By David Allen, Development for Conservation So – are we headed for another recession? Plenty of folks think so. Mazarine Treyz of Wildwoman Fundraising points to the slowing housing markets on the East and West Coasts, state government belt-tightening, and gun-shy foundation granting as signs that a downturn...
By David Allen, Development for Conservation Among the notable passings in 2018 was one Jerold (Jerry) Panas. Jerry’s was one of the most recognizable names in fundraising. Author of twenty books on fundraising, Panas was also a regular contributor to blogs and magazines about the topic....
By David Allen, Development for Conservation Things would be so different if they were not as they are. - Anna Russell Jeff Brooks posted a guest blog by Christiana Stergiou speculating on the unquantifiable – opportunity costs. An “opportunity cost” is the amount of money we leave behind...
By David Allen, Development for Conservation Let’s say you need to raise some money for a specific project. You’re thinking capital campaign. Somebody asks you whether you’ve done a feasibility study. As you consider the question, several other questions come up. Do we have to? Aren’t feasibility studies...
by David Allen, Development for Conservation Dear Mary, We opened the Trillium Trail today. In the grand scheme of things, it was a little thing. There were about 30 people there, mostly the volunteers who worked on building it these last three years. Frank was there,...
A Qualified Major Gift Prospect is a donor we are actively building a relationship with - intentionally cultivating for a $5,000 (or more) ask within the next three years in support of a specific project, program, or outcome....
You will want to imagine the relationship from the donor’s perspective. What will they see from the organization? Will it come from a single “voice” (better)? Or will each communication be from someone different (not as good)?...