First Thing Tuesday

02 Jun CoronaVirus and Fundraising – Cultivating Board Members

Posted at 07:24h in Board Development, Board Members, COVID-19, Donor Cultivation, Donor Stewardship 3 Comments

2 June 2020 By David Allen, Development for Conservation I am not a gardener. We live in an urban home on just shy of an acre, and we are busily converting anything that is now grass into something else – trees, flowers, vegetables, and so on – that...

26 May CoronaVirus and Fundraising – What Do Donors Think?

Posted at 06:56h in COVID-19 2 Comments

26 May 2020 By David Allen, Development for Conservation Happy Memorial Day! – Sort of. The flags were out in my neighborhood, the grills were active, and the mail didn’t come – all that was normal. But the parade was cancelled. The community pool still sits empty (and the...

19 May Funding Now, and Funding Later – Legacy Matching Grants

Posted at 06:56h in COVID-19, Planned Giving 6 Comments

19 May 2020 By David Allen, Development for Conservation Matching grants have been used forever to stimulate giving. It seems like today, they are most closely associated with public broadcasting campaigns and state giving days, but nearly every nonprofit has at least some experience with them. Thirty...

12 May CoronaVirus and Fundraising – Scenario Planning

Posted at 06:36h in COVID-19 2 Comments

12 May 2020 By David Allen, Development for Conservation At a macro-scale, land trust mission statements and core strategies shouldn’t change much. Acquire land or rights to it. Manage land. Monitor easements. All in perpetuity. Acquire more land or rights to it. And so on. So, what changes...

05 May Consortium Direct Mail – Lessons Learned

Posted at 06:11h in Membership, Membership Recruitment 1 Comment

5 May 2020 By David Allen, Development for Conservation WARNING: This post contains geek material. Last Fall (seems like another lifetime), I coordinated a direct mail collaboration between five conservation organizations – three land trusts and two river groups. The collaboration featured a collective rental of Nature Conservancy...

28 Apr Coronavirus and Fundraising – Cuban Advice

Posted at 06:15h in COVID-19 3 Comments

By David Allen, Development for Conservation First off, I hope that you, your family, and everyone in your orbit is well and stays that way. Hunker down, wash your hands, stay six feet away from others. Stay home and stay well. Mark Cuban – featured Shark Tank...

21 Apr Coronavirus and Fundraising – Planned Giving

Posted at 05:47h in COVID-19, Planned Giving 7 Comments

14 Apr Coronavirus and Fundraising – Letting Emotional Words Flow

Posted at 05:29h in COVID-19 1 Comment

By David Allen, Development for Conservation First off, I hope that you, your family, and your extended family is well and stays that way. Hunker down, wash your hands, stay six feet away from others. Stay well. If you have a question about fundraising in these challenging...

07 Apr Coronavirus and Fundraising – Testing Our Sustainability

Posted at 05:10h in COVID-19 13 Comments

31 Mar Coronavirus and Fundraising – Getting Real and Getting Creative

Posted at 06:30h in COVID-19 7 Comments

By David Allen, Development for Conservation First off, I hope that you, your family, and your extended family is well and stays that way. Each of us will eventually know someone who catches the virus and probably someone who gets hit hard by it. I hope...