by Jennifer Filla | Jan 5, 2026 | Major Gifts, Prospect Research
Meet Will Schrepferman: a 24-year-old who’s been fundraising for more than half his life. Will raised his first dollar at age 13 and has spent his entire career around philanthropy and mission-driven organizations. After studying data science at Harvard and...
by Jennifer Filla | Apr 1, 2024 | News, Profiles, Prospect Research
Which number sounds more impressive: 6% or $29.48 billion? According to Giving USA, corporate philanthropy was only 6% of total giving in 2022. But that translates to collective corporate giving of $29.48 billion. Companies may not be the largest source of donor...
by Jennifer Filla | Mar 7, 2023 | Learning Edge Blog, News, Profiles, Prospect Research
“If it’s not in the database, it didn’t happen!” How many times have you heard that phrase – or uttered it yourself? And usually, it is directed at development officers. But should it be directed at prospect research professionals too? When fundraising research is...
by Jennifer Filla | Dec 3, 2014 | Learning Edge Blog, Prospect Research, Rhode Warrior Blog
by Rhode Warrior Blogger, Mark Noll I was approached once by my then Vice President of Development and asked a simple and forward question: “How confident are you in these numbers?” His question was regarding the Net Worth-to-Capacity-to-Ask Amount, the hop, skip and...
by Jennifer Filla | Sep 8, 2014 | Learning Edge Blog, Prospect Research, Rhode Warrior Blog
September 2008 will long be remembered as the time when several major financial institutions collapsed. The subsequent economic impact had a domino effect which resulted in a significant disruption in the flow of credit to businesses and consumers. The end result...
