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The Mid-Level Donor: The Relationship Your Fundraising Program Is Probably Ignoring
The $3,000 Donor Who Could Have Given $100,000 (If You’d Noticed Her): Last month, a community foundation in Ohio discovered that a donor who’d given $2,500 annually for seven years had just committed $750,000 to a local hospital. The foundation’s executive director called, baffled. “We didn’t even know she had that capacity. Why didn’t she…
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What Your Board Members Actually Owe Your Fundraising Program
The Accountability Gap That’s Costing You Millions:Three weeks ago, a board member at a $4 million nonprofit asked the executive director, “Why aren’t we raising more major gifts?” The ED pulled up a spreadsheet. Last year, their 15-member board made 47 donor introductions combined. Five trustees gave personally. Zero participated in a single ask. The…
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Moves Management: Why Major Donor Prospects Slip Away—And the System That Stops It
The $250,000 Gift That Disappeared Because Nobody Owned the Relationship: A major donor prospect sits on your radar for eight months. Your development director met them twice, your CEO sent a handwritten note, and they attended your annual gala. Then silence. Six months later, you learn they committed $250,000 to another organization—one with a smaller…
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