Fundraising

Year End Strategy
Board Development

Thinking Back; Looking Forward

Last year we had a number of conversations with our community about strategy and operations, exploring questions such as “Are you afraid your funding efforts

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Fundraising

Trust is a Must

Of the 5 elements required to build a sustainable philanthropic community – people, shared purpose, shared experience, shared resources, and trust, TRUST is the lynchpin to how everything else evolves.

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Data on Fundraising
Fundraising

Fundraising decreased 5.6% in many nonprofits … how about yours?

Data is telling us that Fundraising is HOT this year!
“The Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP)” has released its results for Q1 2021, and they show that the number of donors grew by a projected 10% from the first quarter of 2021 compared to the first quarter of 2020, while the retention of new donors grew by 13.6% over the same time period, “just two signs that fundraising continues to fare well overall.”
As a reference, you will recall that last year’s 1st Quarter results for 2020 showed a growth of over 7% in fundraising from Q1 2019, so that is TWO years of Q1 growth!
But wait…you say you aren’t seeing these results?

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Case Studies

Fundraising Case Study: Capital Community College Foundation

We conducted a strategic assessment of the Foundation’s philanthropic opportunity by auditing and assessing the Foundation’s internal administration and governance of fund development and the attitude, perception and beliefs about the college and philanthropy with key stakeholders. With that knowledge in hand, we identified strategic opportunities to generate the revenue needed to meet their objectives, and delivered findings for review and discussion by the foundation board that identified and outlined strengths; areas of opportunity for both short term and long term results.

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Case Studies

Campaign Feasibility Case Study: CT Public

Connecticut Public enriches people’s lives through high-quality, non-commercial, educational programming through public broadcasting. Since its first debut over five decades ago, it has evolved from a single television broadcasting network to the multi-platform news, talk shows, and entertainment programming it offers today, reaching a growing audience of one million viewers and listeners each week.

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