One Shovel-Full at a Time
My whole body aches. Those of you living in the Northeast know exactly why I am in this state. After coming indoors after my forth effort to dig out my car after the Blizzard of 2013, I found that a hard earned advancement metaphor had crept into my frigid gray matter. I stopped counting the number of shovel-loads of ...
Challenges Facing Nonprofit Fundraising
A recently released study, UnderDeveloped: A National Study of Challenges Facing Nonprofit Fundraising, should be on the radar of all development professionals. The research, a joint project of CompassPoint and the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, provides an important assessment of the state of the advancement profession. Key findings include the challenges faced by smaller nonprofits and the advancement ...
Copley Raff’s 13 Fund Raising Trends to Watch in 2013, Part 2
And without further delay...Fund Raising Trends to Watch in 2013 (Part II) (Continued from Part I) 8. Funding Diversification Many nonprofits are facing the prospect or reality of losing funds from traditional sources. This could be in the form of a reduction or complete loss of funding from long term partners including foundation and corporate grants and government funds. Organizations ...
Copley Raff’s 13 Fund Raising Trends to Watch in 2013, Part 1
"The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker As everyone in the advancement business knows, it is becoming increasingly challenging to raise funds. Organizations need to invest more and more in advancement operations and personnel to grow… or just stay even. 2013 promises to be even more challenging for fund raising than any ...
Boards as Investors and Donors
What’s in a name? That’s a challenging question when it comes to fundraising. The nomenclature behind philanthropic giving has evolved over the years. Terms for what is essentially giving money or resources to a nonprofit have ranged from making a donation; contributing; making a gift; giving a grant; making an investment; venture philanthropy; and, impact investing. They all are valid ...
It’s the DEMOGRAPHICS, Stupid!
So the results are in, and Barack Obama will continue as our President for the next four years. No matter how you personally feel about the outcome, this victory, and the strategy behind it, has many lessons for us in the advancement world. The pundits can explain President Obama’s victory over Mitt Romney in more ways than we can count ...
