Tag Archives: stewardship

Serendipity and Stewardship

Posted on April 27, 2011 by

Serendipity, aside from being a long-ago restaurant I used to enjoy, is having things –usually positive things–occur by chance.  So it was when I read in the Chronicle of Philanthropy that according to IRS figures, individual giving to nonprofits dropped … Continue reading →

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Acknowledgements and Thank Yous

Posted on March 30, 2011 by

Years ago, when I was a school-based development director at a large research university, part of my job was to draft thank you letters for my dean for the gifts that came in.  Elsewhere in the University, acknowledgements of receipt … Continue reading →

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The Dating Game

Posted on November 10, 2010 by

For too long, I’ve sketched out the development process as a circle with arrows, labeling each with the 4 “I”’s of fundraising. But I’ve both gotten bored with looking at it and concerned that leaves out a most important factor—stewardship … Continue reading →

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Keeping Donors

Posted on August 25, 2010 by

There are two immutable facts about fund raising. The first is that it is all about relationships. The second, which follows seamlessly on the first, is that your best prospect is an existing donor–if you have treatedthat donor well. A … Continue reading →

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