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Part I of our discussion with two development professionals about thanking donors. Acknowledging gifts is crucial element of any gift planning program, no matter what the type of nonprofit organization or institution. To find out more about how different charitable organizations thank their donors, Give & Take spoke with Tom Cullinan, executive director of gift …Read More
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Archive for November, 1998
Acknowledgement Programs–From Two Gift Planners’ Perspectives
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Large gifts to charities abound A number of significant gifts to charitable organizations and institutions have recently been completed. This trend in larger gifts is being set primarily by individual donors. The following list summarizes a number of these large gifts and the people who made them: 1. $80 million to the Salvation Army of …Read More
Creative Ways to Integrate Current and Future Gift Marketing
Your development efforts don’t have to become a battle between encouraging gifts today versus those that will be completed over time. With a little ingenuity, the two concepts can be successfully communicated at the same time. Here are the pros and cons of several ideas for marketing seemingly conflicting gift options in a cooperative, rather …Read More
Beyond Target Marketing, What’s Next?
Recently the subject of target marketing has become a more popular topic in planned giving circles. In past years, it was common to start with the assumption that you “could never tell” who would make a planned gift, so it was wise to disseminate gift planning information as broadly as possible. This approach worked well …Read More