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 »
It started with a piece of mail. Community Foundation of Boone County (CFBC) President and CEO Kristi Reynolds had been thinking about doing her own professional development, but when she saw a mailing from IUPUI and The Fund Raising School, she started to imagine how CFBC could maximize the potential of The Fund Raising… Read more »
In early October, a group of four South African higher education fundraising directors and two program officers from Inyathelo, a South African non-governmental organization, came to Indianapolis and the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy to take a custom course with The Fund Raising School. Taught by faculty members Drs. Tim Seiler and Genevieve Shaker, and… Read more »
The new “Generosity for Life” interactive web site reports an 11-percentage point decline in American households making charitable donations between 2000 – 2014. What does this mean for fundraisers? The report is rigorous and reliable and, therefore, is useful for your fundraising planning. But how? 1. The report’s findings serve as a reminder to stay… Read more »