Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during Sep/Oct 2009, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. A FEW YEAR AGO I WROTE in a Grassroots Fundraising Journal article called “Lessons from the Other Side of the Table” about my experience of being solicited for a major donation by an educational program from
Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during Nov/Dec 2004, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. For more than fifteen years I’ve worked as a professional fundraiser. Although I’ve been on the receiving end of direct mail pieces, friends’ requests to sponsor them for whatever-a-thons, and school children waving candy bars, I
Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during Jan/Feb 2007, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. It was already September and the July newsletter still wasn’t done. I was especially concerned for two reasons. We had two events coming up that we wanted to promote in the newsletter, and we had a
House Democrats are first out of the gate with their vision for what the next round of “stimulus” spending should look like.
Reporter Robin Pogrebin notes an unusual but simple adaptation mechanism that’s emerged among New York City’s arts organizations, from large to very small.
Might the president’s tax returns finally be made available, just months before the next national elections?
RuPaul chose a great venue for expressing his support of Planned Parenthood: the nation’s oldest popular TV game show.
A full third of Pennsylvania’s COVID-related deaths have been in nursing homes. The AG has responded with a criminal investigation, but the state may wish to interrogate itself.
COVID-19 has set its sights on Black communities. Time for philanthropy to do the same.
As the coronavirus has exposed, US cities today rely on nonprofit partners to govern effectively. Recovery plans must be altered to account for this.
Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during Jan/Feb 2006, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. This year we debuted a new feature, short descriptions of organizations that have succeeded in raising money in creative and thoughtful ways under somewhat difficult circumstances. People often ask us for real-life examples of successful
Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during May/Jun 2007, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. Deep in the heart of every development director you’ll find an enduring fantasy: volunteer board members who ask for big gifts face to face. This vision is so pervasive and persistent that an entire industry —