By: Robert F. Sharpe, Jr. As the new year unfolds, many nonprofits are making plans for 2014 fundraising efforts or are continuing to implement plans already in progress. Taking time now to design a thoughtful fundraising strategy for the coming year can help ensure you meet or exceed expectations now and in the future. This …Read More

By: Joe Chickey Fundraisers know that finding wealthy prospective donors is a vital component to successful efforts. But identifying the individuals you believe have the capacity to become key donors is just the first step. Finding ways to interest and involve these potential donors with your organization can often be a bit more challenging and is central to the process of …Read More

By: Russell James Professor Russell James, J.D., Ph.D., CFP® of Texas Tech University is responsible for the university’s on-campus and online graduate program in charitable financial planning. This month’s article is the final installment in a three-part series highlighting new findings from his latest research into the demographics of charitable estate planning. About 80 percent of Americans …Read More