The top 50 American individuals and couples who gave or pledged the most to charity in 2023 committed US$12 billion to foundations, universities, hospitals and more. That total was 28% below an inflation-adjusted $16.5 billion in 2022, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s latest annual tally of these donations. The Conversation U.S. asked David Campbell, Angela R. Logan and Michael… Read more »
Tag: major gifts
A journey of fundraising exploration
Fundraising. A word that means to raise funds. Sounds simple enough, right? As many of you are probably aware, it’s not. As Dr. Gene Tempel, dean emeritus of the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and president emeritus of IU Foundation, said, “fundraising is the difficult art of engagement.” It’s time-intensive, not easy, and often misunderstood… Read more »
Relationship, research, refine, repeat: Practicing a major gift ask
How many of you have solicited a gift before? What’s the process like? How do you prepare for and approach the solicitation? In The Fund Raising School’s course Developing Major Gifts, participants have the opportunity to quickly prepare and practice their solicitation on another course attendee. Some may be seasoned professionals at the task, while… Read more »
Custom course helps UNICEF raise funds for children in need
Cara Haberman, global philanthropy specialist for UNICEF, has spent almost a decade working in fundraising for a number of international development and human rights nonprofits. Last year, Haberman and her team began looking into professional development programs in order to build capacity for UNICEF’s major gifts fundraisers. “We had a good experience working with the… Read more »
A day of fundraising exploration
I am not a fundraiser. I say that now, in order to clarify that what I say is not the opinion of someone from the field and with practical experience. My experience is with marketing and communications, and while I have worked with fundraisers in the past through previous roles, I don’t have direct fundraising… Read more »