A Look At The Nonprofit Research Collaborative
Answered questions. What if…you could find out which fundraising methods were working in organizations like yours? Are events up or down? What about direct mail? Should you invest in more proposals to corporations or invest in web site development? These are real questions affecting nonprofit organizations of all types in the U.S. and Canada daily.Read More A Look At The Nonprofit Research Collaborative
Three Points to Hammer Home
By Jerry Henry, Partner “For many that rely on philanthropy…this is not just a tough year. This is going to be a tough era.”–Patrick Rooney, Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University “Ugh! What’s our organization supposed to do?” one client asked dejectedly upon reading the statement above in a recent publication based on the 2012 GivingRead More Three Points to Hammer Home
Is it Development or Fundraising?
By: David H. King,President & CEO We have long believed that the words “development” and “fundraising” are not synonyms. Development, in our vocabulary, is a process of “developing” relationships between people and an organization. This relationship building focuses on finding common ground between the interests of people and the mission and goals of theRead More Is it Development or Fundraising?
What the Futures Hold
I’ve just returned from the Giving Institute Summer Symposium where there was a fascinating discussion about the future of the nonprofit sector lead by Dr. Paul C. Light – whose career includes service as a professor at New York University, a fellow of the Brookings Institute and a director at the Pew Charitable Trust. The discussion centered around Paul’sRead More What the Futures Hold
Start Running or Get Run Over
For the past 14 months we have been giving our perspective on how the recession would impact philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. In the summer of 2008 we said that we did not expect the recession to have a great deal of impact on giving for that year. Turns out we were correct as totalRead More Start Running or Get Run Over
Keeping Things in Perspective
Last week the Georgia Center for Nonprofits released the results of a survey that indicated that 25 percent of nonprofit organizations in Atlanta reported that donations were down in the first half of 2009. While that is certainly not good news for the sector and clearly there are organizations who are struggling to meet their budgetedRead More Keeping Things in Perspective
