Archive for Major Gifts
Insights from Donors on How to Ask for the Major Gift
Fall 2011 A main benefit of being a consultant in philanthropy is that you get to meet a wide range of major donors across the nonprofit spectrum – literally from A to Z, arts to zoos. Oftentimes it’s in the context of an interview for a campaign feasibility study. For more than 25 years our [...]
Prepared to Invite That Major Gift?
In this Blog–Dealing with Objections from my book: Take the Fear Out of Asking for Major Gifts We are almost half-way through 2009. Are you, your fund raising staff and volunteer committees prepared to maximize your major gift fund raising efforts for the remaining six months of the year? Most financial experts are predicting an [...]
Major Gifts the Old Fashion Way
The older I get, the more old fashioned ways appeal to me — especially when it comes to fund raising for major gifts. In June I conducted a major gifts training session in Ohio for the Salvation Army of Licking County, outside of Columbus. The firm providing capital campaign fund raising counsel was Carlton & [...]
