Earlier in the week, I did a not-so-exhaustive search of the Internet to see how many organizations promote planned gifts as ways to honor or memorialize another. I was shocked to find exactly one example.

Does your organization make the most of honor and memorial giving? Consider these ideas to enhance the effectiveness of this often overlooked giving channel.

Since I am solidly part of the Millennial Generation (I recently celebrated my …

From finding a fundable project to submitting a follow up report, there’s a strategy to grant writing success. These tips will help ensure a positive outcome.

By Steve MacLaughlin, director of Idea Lab, Blackbaud Online fundraising continued its double-digit …

Yesterday, the good people at Resource Media shared a report which I immediately …

Does engagement at your organization begin with the “chicken”, or in development parlance, the donor; or the “egg”– the prospect? What does it matter? For optimal results, find ways to “touch” as many major gift prospects as you can, whether they have self identified through giving or whether you have identified them through other strategies.

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Love them or hate them, events are a constant staple in nonprofit fundraising. …

Direct mail and direct response, annual fund, special campaigns, major donors and event donors and participants form the back-bone of your planned gift prospect pool. It’s not the origin of your donor that makes a good planned giving prospect – it’s the consistency in giving – especially in the past three years – that usually tips the scale in the planned gift favor. Explore simple ways to engage your event donor in the planned gift conversation.