Through the Numbers: Giving USA 2018 Results
Alexander Haas President and CEO, David King breaks down the… Alexander Haas, President & CEO
How to Navigate Change in your Organization with Jennifer Jones and David Daniel
As your organization adapts to a new vision, your donors come along for the journey. And as your donors change, how they think about money and philanthropy may also change.
Best of Web: Employee Giving Campaigns
Not every organization will choose to conduct an employee giving campaign, but for us the central question is, “Why not?” Our experience includes many examples of joyful giving from employees regardless of their compensation.
Insights Don’t Come From Confidential Donor Studies
The confidential feasibility study model is a barrier to the process, not a catalyst, and a disservice to clients. Here’s why …
Best of the Web: Software Replacement
This post will not discuss specific vendors or products. No doubt you already know what I am talking about simply because you are hearing from your current vendor. Rather, I want to focus on whether you need to change at all.
Mentorship and the Advancement of Health Care with Philip Mazzara
Philip Mazzara, President and CEO of Providence Health Foundation joins Alexander Haas President and CEO, David King to share steps along his career path from advancement to fundraising and how mentorship helped shape that journey.
Endowing the Arts
Do you know how to talk about endowments?
Here are a few facts to help you brush up your endowment IQ.
Team Member Spotlight: Judy Anderson
Meet Judy Anderson, Project Director for Alexander Haas! In this month’s Team Member Spotlight, Judy shares what she loves about working with museums and arts organizations, current industry trends and what brought her to Alexander Haas.
5 Ways Small Nonprofits Can Improve Financial Health
Nonprofits face many of the same challenges as their commercial counterparts. They are under-capitalized, lack reserves to withstand a crisis or act on a special opportunity, and struggle to stay afloat from one pay period to the next.
So, how can small charities overcome these obstacles and improve their financial health?
A Conversation about Community Engagement Curators
An increasing number of museums and cultural centers are adding community engagement curators (CECs) to their staffs to build two-way conversations about how to make our work more relevant to our neighbors and to give them a voice in what we do within and outside the museum walls.