The Shrinking Middle: Why nonprofits need to start treating every donor like a major donor
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Derric Bakker
Donors are the lifeblood of nonprofit organizations. Their contributions go beyond financial support, impacting the nonprofit's ability to fulfill its ...
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What's Holding Your Fundraising Back? Issue #6: Aimless Asking
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Derric Bakker
Too many nonprofit leaders tell us they can’t move forward because their fundraising is stuck in neutral. They know there’s a better way. Our team has ...
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Stuck in a Paradox: Four Troubling Discoveries from a National Study of Nonprofit Leadership & Fundraising
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Derric Bakker
Derric Bakker, President of nonprofit consultancy DickersonBakker, is one of those rare individuals who has been in fundraising for almost his entire ...
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Four Key Takeaways from Giving USA’s Alarming Report on 2022 Giving
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Derric Bakker
The United States experienced a rare decline in charitable giving last year. According to a recently released Giving USA report, total giving in 2022 fell ...
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What’s holding your fundraising back? Issue #1: Not using donor data and analytics effectively.
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Derric Bakker
For many years, my wife and I have made it a tradition to see Handel’s Messiah during the Christmas season. When the soloists, the chorale, the musicians, ...
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Are You Ready for the Christian School ‘Revolution’?
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Derric Bakker
We’re living in a time when controversies are raging in America’s public schools.
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How will Christian Schools Respond to the Mass Exodus of Students from Public Schools?
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Derric Bakker
A recent report in The Christian Post revealed nearly 2 million U.S. students have left the public school system since the pandemic. That’s huge. And it ...
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Ten Questions to Put You on a Path to Success in Major Gift Development
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Derric Bakker
If you polled most people in a non-profit organization, they will probably say that the Development Director has a cushy job. Meetings with interesting ...
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Seven Habits to Raise Major Giving to the Next Level
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Derric Bakker
What’s it take to become masterful at major gift fundraising? Discipline yourself to build these seven habits into your work routine and you will raise ...
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