Leveraging Your EOY Fundraising Data for Campaigns
In Q1, nonprofits, chambers, and economic development organizations should review their 2022 giving data in an EOY fundraising review. It is essential to identify critical insights into year-end gifts that could lead to long-term investor relationships and future contributions. In a previous blog, Turning Data into Dollars, Convergent’s General Manager Brian Abernathy referenced real examples of organizations […]
Survey Says: GrowthZone’s 2023 Annual Chamber Survey
GrowthZone, a leading Chamber CRM solution, just released their 2023 Chamber survey results, we found the trends to be very interesting, particularly through the lens of fundraising. You can review the details for yourself at GrowthZone. The surveyed Chamber leaders’ top 3 concerns were: #1 Member Engagement & Retention, #2 Growing Membership, and […]
Nonprofit Management During a Recession: How to Keep Your Mission Moving Forward
Nonprofit management during a recession can make or break an organization. Keeping your mission moving during a recession is a difficult task made more challenging by increased demand for services and the potential for declining revenues. As discussed in the Harvard Business Review, the public hopes that nonprofits will expand during a recession but “The […]
Is Your School Ready for a Capital Campaign?
Walking before you run, reading over your notes before the big exam, pouring the foundation before the main structure–these all seem like obvious steps in achieving a goal. Yet, in my career as Head of School at several institutions over the past 30 years, I have seen numerous schools fall short of their capital campaign […]
Recession Fears Shouldn’t Stop Fundraising
It’s hard not to let concerns of an impending recession creep into one’s thoughts. You avoid looking at your 401 (k) because it’s depressing. You consider taking out a loan just to fill up your SUV’s gas tank. You find yourself talking about the good old days when mortgage rates were 3 percent. More times […]
Turning Data into Dollars
A data-driven approach to major gift fundraising and capital campaigns can help you set the bar high, but at an appropriate level, and assure that your funding effort will have the best possible chance for success. I’ll share two examples I’ve recently encountered: Organization A received an abnormally large investment from a first-time donor via […]