By John Kroetz As I reflect on the first 27 years of my life and how it relates to my perspective and passion for fundraising, I think of the many organizations and relationships I have been in contact with and how those relationships affected my views and attitude towards the philanthropic sector. I think of… Read more »
Fundraising
Perspectives on an old narrative about the fundraising profession
By Sarah K. Nathan, Ph.D., and Heather A. O’Connor As former fundraisers and “pracademics,” we care deeply about supporting the fundraising profession though evidence-based practices. We are also educators energized by young people choosing philanthropy as their careers. So when recent reports on fundraisers’ job satisfaction sounded a familiar alarm about high turnover rates, we… Read more »
Fundraising from the business sector
How can fundraisers form relationships and raise funds from corporations? Read a transcription of a podcast produced by The Fund Raising School, narrated by Bill Stanczykiewicz, assistant dean for external relations and director of The Fund Raising School, and featuring Dr. Dwight Burlingame, Glenn Family Chair in Philanthropy and professor of philanthropic studies. Bill Stanczykiewicz (BS): I’m… Read more »
The difficult art of engagement
By Dr. Gene Tempel Hank Rosso, founder of The Fund Raising School, said in his first edition of Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising (1991), that fundraising is the gentle art of teaching (people) the joy of giving. Today, cutting edge research substantiates that there is, indeed, great joy in giving. Sara Konrath, my colleague here… Read more »
Donors, fundraisers, and how to encourage planned giving
How do you implement planned giving into your organization’s fundraising plan and goals? Read a transcription of a podcast produced by The Fund Raising School, narrated by Bill Stanczykiewicz, assistant dean for external relations and director of The Fund Raising School, and Phil Purcell, senior counsel for philanthropy at the Fellowship of Catholic University Students. Bill Stanczykiewciz (BS):… Read more »