How AI is Revolutionizing Fundraising
Artificial intelligence is taking the fundraising world by storm, bringing new efficiencies and unprecedented insights to the fundraising process. But despite its vast potential, a striking 58 percent of nonprofits have yet to harness AI’s power, according to a recent survey. This hesitancy leaves a wealth of untapped opportunities to elevate fundraising endeavors to new […]
Going Long: Building a Legacy of Family Philanthropy
For a substantial number of wealthy Americans, establishing charitable foundations and family funds has become an attractive and tax-effective way of channeling their philanthropy, and as a result the proliferation of such vehicles has reached unprecedented levels. In the United States alone, roughly 100,000 private foundations and 250,000 donor-advised funds today hold some $1 trillion […]
Three Tips for Optimizing Foundation-Grantee Partnerships
Make no mistake. I thoroughly treasure the 30 years I spent leading two wonderfully innovative and successful nonprofit organizations – one domestic and one international. I learned about leadership and strategy, about problem solving and team building, about visioning and change management … and so much more. I also learned enough about raising money to […]
Generation Zoom: Opportunities for Fundraising Leaders
A 2-part series on virtual donor engagement in times of Covid-19 There is finally a light at the end of the global pandemic tunnel. The vaccines are being rolled out. And yet, as fundraisers and organizational leaders, it will take us well into the summer and fall of 2021 to reopen our traditional donor cultivation […]
Reluctant Rolodex Syndrome
How long has it been since you — or anybody you know, for that matter — used a Rolodex for anything other than to keep loose papers from sliding off the desk? And yet “Rolodex” continues to be one of the most widely used terms among development officers and fundraising consultants — not to mention one […]