By Sarah K. Nathan At the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, we think about charitable giving, generosity, and fundraising, and all year. But this time of year—from #GivingTuesday to the Salvation Army’s red kettles and beyond—is peak season for gift-giving. Adding in the holiday spirit with our desire to help others, charitable giving is more… Read more »
By Sarah K. Nathan, Ph.D., and Heather A. O’Connor As former fundraisers and “pracademics,” we care deeply about supporting the fundraising profession though evidence-based practices. We are also educators energized by young people choosing philanthropy as their careers. So when recent reports on fundraisers’ job satisfaction sounded a familiar alarm about high turnover rates, we… Read more »
By John Ferguson and Sarah Nathan Fundraising can be a challenge for many nonprofits, especially when the person or persons responsible for overseeing the fundraising operations for their organization have little or no experience or training. Turnover is a consistent problem in many communities—a problem that the Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne (CFGFW) wanted… Read more »