No one responded to your RFP? Try this instead. RFPs, or requests for proposals, are a popular process for organizations to find and vet a capital campaign consultant. Unfortunately for organizations, most philanthropic consultants hate them, and many won’t respond. Why? Because most are poorly constructed: someone who doesn’t know what they need writes guidelines … Read more
Tools for Building Your Donor Program Annual Giving provides diverse tools that open doors for funding and friend-raising. Want to build relationships? Want to build awareness? Want to create a habit of giving? That’s the magic of annual giving. Annual giving can be an extremely reliable foundation for funding for your programs and projects. As … Read more
It’s time to write the next chapter in nonprofit fundraising. How do you think COVID-19 will permanently change fundraising? Here are 6 things I think will change.
We need community now more than ever and so do our donors. Spring appeals must continue with honesty, leadership, and care.
Six 2019 headlines that indicate how the philanthropy landscape is shifting. Learn how it’s changing and how to navigate it.
Why do strategic plans die instead of fly? Here are the top five questions every nonprofit organization must ask.
Donor-Advised Funds don’t practice transparency in their grantmaking and they work very differently than most people think. Here are the top five problems we see with DAFs.
Capital campaigns stall. It happens to the best teams, under the best of circumstances, with the best of planning. Here’s what to do.
Download the 2018 Oregon Year-End Charitable Giving Report created by NAO and AFP, a survey of executive directors and development officers.
Rose City Philanthropy advocates for an inclusive strategic planning process that is not insular nor confined to the board or executive level. Learn why participation-based planning is a superior approach.