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Main Street: The Backbone Of The Economy And Charitable Organizations
Main Street: The Backbone of the Economy andCharitable Organizations In the last blog, Sophie’s Legacy, we discussed how Registered Retirement Investments can transform estate planning. As soon as potential donors have access to the FUNDING matters Power Donor Experience (PDX) and the GIFTABUALTOR,
Giftabulator: Estate
Transformative Estate Planning In last week’s blog, From Spare Change to Real Change, we talked about major and planned giving through stocks. At FUNDING matters, our goal is to help your organization allow donors to visualize the various types of assets that can be used to make a donation. In this
From Spare Change To Real Change: Enlightened Philanthropy And How To Achieve It For All
From Spare Change to Real Change:Enlightened Philanthropy and How to Achieve It For All In the previous blog, Why Visualization is the Key to Success, we talked about the importance of visualization to help donors, their families, and their advisors construct major and or planned gifts. This blog wi
Blog Visualization
Why Visualization is Key to Major and Planned Giving Success In the past several blogs, we’ve covered five of the seven steps of FUNDING matters, Power Donor Experience (PDX). The goal of the PDX is to help individuals and organizations visualize how they need to manage the relationships and develop
Step Five: Physics In Fundraising: How To Use Leverage And Friends To Lift Heavy Objects
Physics in Fundraising: How to Use Leverage and Friends to Lift Heavy Objects Physics is a science that deals with matter and energy and their interactions. Matter and energy are both required to successfully raise funds. Fundraising is a never-ending race, and in order to maintain your speed, your
Step Four: Fostering Effective Communication With Donors
Step Four: Fostering Effective Communication with Donors In steps 2 and 3, we talked about cultivating relationships and building connections with prospective donors. Unfortunately, all of this can quickly fall apart if effective communication isn’t established. Step 4 is focused on donor communicat
Step 3: Connecting
Family Day… Remember, You Can’t do it Alone.It Helps to Have Connections. Why every charity needs a Godfather or Fairy-Godmother Engaging stakeholders has long been a struggle for charitable organizations. This is a core element of charity marketing, and yet, it’s hard to even start the conversation
Valentines Day
💝💝💝 … Better Than a Box of Chocolates! Forrest Gump is known for the famous quote, “My mom always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” And in general, this sentiment holds true…especially when it comes to charitable funding. Charitable organizations work
How To Find Your Next Big Donor
How to find your next big donor In How to Successfully Brainstorm While Social Distancing, we discussed how charitable organizations must start the process of identifying, cultivating, and soliciting high net-worth donors for major and planned giving. We talked about how you can put together a remot
Step One: Brainstorming
How to Successfully Brainstorm While Social Distancing Nearly every facet of life has changed due to COVID-19, and that’s frightening when it comes to major charitable giving and donations. We know that 99% of current charitable donations comes in the form of cash or non-asset gifts and 20% of a cha
Power Donor Experience Design
Mark Twain once mused, “I’m in favor of progress; it’s just change I don’t like.” Covid and the pandemic has caused a disruption to how we live our lives and go about our daily routines. 2019 and before permitted many organizations to go about their business in the “old ways” without being forced ou
Raise $1M More This Year
Raise an Additional $1 Million in 2021 – Transform Your Mid-Level Donors Your loyal, generous annual donors are there for you and your organization in many different shapes and forms; they number in the hundreds if not thousands. These individuals understand how important your organization is. Tell