Tax reform legislation has been introduced in the House of Representatives with potentially significant implications for the not-for-profit sector, particularly higher education, and especially major college athletic programs.

The first and most important step is knowing whether or not your organization can attain its fundraising goal. Even if the initial assessment may be bad news, the end result can still be good.

Hone your #GivingTuesday and end of year giving messages to highlight how your donors continue to make a difference for your community through the support of your work.

Despite encouraging news that giving in America reached almost $400 billion in 2016, there are signs for concern when it comes to the number of people giving.

Talk with Shuff for a few minutes and it is likely that you will learn four things: 1) He is passionate about philanthropy; 2) He considers himself fortunate to be married to Patti, his bride of 49 years; 3) He is more than a little proud of their two sons and seven grandchildren; and 4) […]

There are so many data points that you can track. So many in fact, that meaningful information may get lost in the noise. More data points do not necessarily yield better results.

Thank you all for everything you have done to bring us to the point where we understand where we are… Dr. William N. LaForge, President

While working with one of our private school clients, I was reminded of the of the “10,000 Hour Rule”. Some are endowed with “innate talent”…just born with that “it” factor that allows them to be successful in some particular discipline, but it takes practice to really make it happen.