Funding the Mission

I will see advertisements for webinars, posts from experts, etc. advocating a cool, new concept, monthly giving.Is monthly giving new? Not really. How many remember the old 3 minute-long commercialfrom “Feed the Children”-type charities that would challenge you thus: “for less… Read More

The Giving USA Report for 2018 is Ready to ViewEvery year, Giving USA releases the state of giving in America. You can see the graphic below or view it here. Read More

Auction Season ApproachesFor some people August is the start of the school month… for fundraising staff, it's the start of the fall auction season!As some of our schools look to October through December to operate their dinner/auctions and golf outings, others will start working… Read More

Last year around this time I ran my first triathlon and wrote a post about 9 ways it compared to fundraising.A few weeks ago a friend joined me as we ran our first Spartan obstacle run, and like last year as I successfully finished (a.k.a. survived) the obstacles, I started to… Read More

Today’s post is the fourth of four articles [Read Part I, Part II, Parts IIIA, and IIIB here.] on K-12 alumni engagement. I hope you have enjoyed our discussions on just who alumni are, why bother to connect to them, how to overcome the barriers to starting a program, and basic… Read More

Welcome to Part B of Part III of a now 5-part series (should I say “saga”?) on alumni engagement. See the previous Part I, Part II, and Part III-A. Part B continues from A with a plan to communicate and engage those alumni after creating a goal, a committee, and a database with… Read More