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Friday Update: Major major gifts
The Friday Fundraising Update collects fundraising industry insights and success stories and delivers them to you each Friday from Ruffalo Noel Levitz.
This week, some great articles from the major gifts and campaign world.
From around the web:
Are Fundraisers Really “Cooking the Books?” Here’s What Some IP Readers Think
Inside Philanthropy (May 31 2017) Inside Philanthropy received numerous responses to a recent article about how fundraisers and other charity leaders “cook the books” to exaggerate the amount of money given to their organizations in capital campaigns and other revenue-generating efforts.
Listen to Your Heart, Follow Your Friends: How Young Women Philanthropists Think Differently
Inside Philanthropy (May 31 2017) There have been quite a few studies conducted about women in philanthropy and how female philanthropists give differently than their male counterparts. More broadly, much has been written in recent years about the rising importance of women’s philanthropy…
Find the Right Board Giving Goal for Your Capital Campaign
NonProfit PRO (May 30 2017) What percentage of your campaign goal should your board members give to your capital campaign? Twenty-five percent? Forty percent? Ten percent? Again and again, I’ve seen board members stumble over this question. They want to do what’s right, but really, they have no idea what’s appropriate or more importantly, what’s possible…
7 More U.S. Philanthropists Sign Giving Pledge
The Chronicle of Philanthropy (May 30 2017) Seven Americans are among 14 individuals and couples newly committed to donating at least half of their wealth to charity, per the philanthropic leadership campaign started by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett…
Spotlight: What gift officers say about productivity
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