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Reading Time: 12 minutesFor healthcare institutions, grateful patient fundraising programs are an essential component of a robust development strategy. They give patients an outlet to go beyond a heartfelt “thank you” and philanthropically express their gratitude to the healthcare providers…
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn today’s rapidly changing nonprofit landscape, innovation is critical to staying relevant and achieving impact. However, with limited resources, it can be challenging, daunting, or downright unrealistic for nonprofits to pursue groundbreaking new ideas. Fortunately, sometimes the…
Reading Time: 3 minutesFundraising, the lifeblood of any nonprofit organization, is an essential, metrics-focused activity conducted by both professionals and volunteers. As degree programs, professional associations, and academic research in the field become more prevalent, the result is an increased…
Reading Time: 5 minutesEvery healthcare organization – whether it is a standalone community hospital, an academic medical center, or a growing health system – is at a unique place in its philanthropic history and striving to raise charitable dollars to…
Reading Time: 4 minutesFundraising is a career in which many of the required results of our job are ultimately decided by people and forces outside of our control. We ask individuals to willingly give money away, not for financial gains…
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn campaign planning, organizations often get stuck on priorities: Which initiatives, projects, or efforts is the campaign going to fund? What belongs in the campaign and what belongs in the annual fund? Is it a capital campaign…
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhile talking to a DEI leader at a premier higher education institution, she mentioned that some of her colleagues—nationwide—were having trouble forging partnerships with their Development counterparts. Recent movements such as Black Lives Matter and #MeToo have…
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs a fundraiser, events can be the smelly little brother you love: they’re often annoying, but there can be moments of magic where you feel the energy in the room, exceed your goal, and feel the unconditional…
Reading Time: 4 minutesPlanned giving, the act by which a donor creates a financial or estate plan to make a charitable contribution at a future date, can be an excellent supplement to your annual fundraising efforts. Planned gifts can include…
Reading Time: 5 minutes“Your child has cancer.” Few words are more sobering for a parent to hear. And yet each year in the U.S., more than 17,000 children are diagnosed with cancer (an estimated 400,000 worldwide). While tremendous progress has…
