Community Foundations: Building Philanthropy and Effecting Social Change
Aug 2013
We close the current theme (fundraising) with a look at community foundations and the value propositions that drive their ability…
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Notes From The Field: CECP on Corporate Giving
Jul 2013
A brief note on the the state of corporate giving from Carmen Perez, Senior Research Analyst, Global Valuation, CECP. Carmen’s…
Knight Foundation on: Methods & Tools for Community Foundation “Giving Days”
Jul 2013
As we noted in an early post by Beth Kanter (Doing The Math Ourselves), upgrading the information infrastructure in the…
Funders—Try Completing Your Own Online Applications and Reports
Jul 2013
Born out of 1950’s moon shots, our modern tech identity is understandably replete with technology as the wonderful, sole solution,…
The Social Sector Needs a Social Infrastructure
Bathing in social media, we might just be tempted to think we know it. There are a lot of folks…
Addressing the Nonprofit Fundraising Elephant in the Room
Jul 2013
A simple dinner for two with great conversation and an elephant under the table… In our previous series, Evaluation, we…
Salesforce.com Foundation on Market Dynamics For fundraising
Jul 2013
It is impossible to reach your fundraising potential today without a timely consciousness of market dynamics followed by an agenda…
Markets For Good Interview: Debbie Adler
Jul 2013
I have just had the opportunity to catch up with Debbie Adler (Debbie Adler Consulting) at the The Aspen Institute’s…
Revisiting the Art & Science of Fundraising
Jul 2013
Dvorit Mausner, of Hope Consulting references her extensive work in development fundraising to dissect its components and propose a different…
On Fundraising, Data, and Live Music!
Jul 2013
Fundraising is an odd thing today – at once, a business function and now a fashionable topic anywhere you find…