If you’ve been hearing about the K-shaped economy and wondering what it means for your prospect pool, Valerie Anastasio has some clarity—and a dose of realism—to offer. Valerie is a fundraising consultant who’s spent decades…
“If it’s not in the system, it didn’t happen.” Karen Cochran has repeated this mantra throughout her 30+ year career in fundraising, and it’s advice that prospect research professionals need to hear—especially when pursuing transformational…
If you ask Jeff Schreifels, Principal at Veritus Group, the answer is clear: It’s not about wealth ratings or capacity scores alone. It’s about finding the donors who actually want a deeper relationship with your…
The next time you read about the “donor crisis” in America, I want you to think about Carol Horner. A major donor to many causes in her community of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Carol lives a…
Erik Hoover comes from the world of competitive intelligence. Although the industry is different, many of the research objectives are remarkably similar. When working in competitive intelligence, Erik tried to answer, “What motivates an investor…
If you could raise $2.3 million from one donor or $2.3 million from 61,508 donors, which would you choose?
It’s kind of like asking whether you would prefer to take a magic diet pill to lose and keep off 20 pounds or spend the rest of your life doing moderate exercise and eating a balanced diet.
By Elisa Shoenberger In Fidelity Charitable’s 2023 Giving Report, donor-advised funds (DAFs) gave $11.2 billion to 189,000 charitable organizations in 2022. That’s almost a billion dollars more than the prior year. While some people find…