Category: Fundraising

We recently got a call from a Christian school wanting to start a capital campaign and raise $3 million dollars. But, they only felt like they could raise ...
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Good help is hard to find, especially in development. Major gift development in particular requires a unique type of individual to succeed. In our ...
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“I have tried raising money by asking for it, and by not asking for it. I always got more by asking for it.”
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After one of my fundraising classes, a participant asked me, “Which is better: direct mail or event fundraising?”
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I’m not a huge fan of event fundraising. First of all, they’re a lot of work, and when your staff is working full-steam at your mission, the added stress ...
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Yesterday, Brent Hafele of Dickerson, Bakker & Associates was featured as a fundraising expert on WABE FM, the NPR station in Atlanta, GA. The topic was ...
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The second question in my series on capital campaigns comes from Amanda of Indiana:
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My first fundraising job was at Hope Gospel Mission (HGM), a homeless shelter in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. At the time, HGM was just four years old with a ...
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