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The 2009 International Conference of the Association of Donor Relations Professionals (ADRP) drew nearly 200 attendees from throughout the United States and Canada to Baltimore, Maryland for a three-day conference on today’s most important issues in the field of donor relations and stewardship. One of the largest meetings of donor relations and stewardship professionals in the world allowing participants to share best practices and discuss the …
Bentz Whaley Flessner works with clients to enhance their donor relations and stewardship programs so they will provide satisfaction to the donor, deeper engagement with donors, and increased likelihood of closing future major and planned gifts. We accomplish this through defining viable plans, addressing practical support issues, and developing effective strategies to implement for successful stewardship and donor relations programs. Donor Rela…
In our recent online briefing, “The Profile of the Super Donor: Who is making the 8- and 9-figure gifts,” we touched upon the rise of the anonymous donor. The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University has collected data over the last decade that indicates only 3% to 5% of large gifts have historically come from anonymous sources. This is in stark contrast to the percentage of anonymous gifts in recent years. Of the 67 individual g…
Register now for the ADRP webinar on Tuesday, January 24. Chris Cannon will present “Integrating Donor Relations and Fundraising Operations: A Critical Balance” January 24, 2012; 1 p.m. (Eastern) Donor relations requires detailed attention to individuals and organizations as part of a comprehensive fundraising environment. Fundraising operations—data, technology, reporting, and key processes—should provide a supportive environment for donor rela…
… might not be thrilled that we created a record of the visit, BUT there is a significant difference between being offended and being unhappy. The unspeakable may happen at Brown University as they are being asked to turn over donor records as a result of some civil litigation. This court order includes “unredacted” employee email that is being requested. The issue is not about Brown, but about how development staff everywhere retains data. Refle…
The nation’s donor-advised funds held nearly $30-billion in assets last year, an increase of more than 12 percent from 2009, a new report finds. But the $6-billion the funds distributed to charity didn’t grow nearly so fast, rising by just 1.3 percent last year. Donor-advised funds allow people to put money into a charity account, get an immediate tax deduction, and then make grants to any nonprofit any time they want. The funds continue to grow…
…coherent and that they give for reasons of convenience, especially at the end of the year and in the wake of large-scale disasters. The study, which was sponsored by America Online, also found that just as the strength of the donor-charity relationship heavily influences offline giving, the online giving experience has a significant impact on donor loyalty, retention, and gift levels; that giving on social networks is significant, but donor loyal…
For the first time since the Bernie Madoff scandal rocked the nonprofit world, a new poll has found that American nonprofit organizations have started to experience a material increase in donor activity over the last six months. According to the poll conducted by Campus Management Corp., provider of the Talisma Fundraising donor management solution, of the 383 nonprofit groups polled, over three quarters of the respondents (77.8 percent) reporte…
Part of the AFP/Wiley Fund Development Series, Nonprofit Essentials: Effective Donor Relations provides in-depth advice from an expert in the field. Filled with immediately useful guidance on creating and implementing each aspect of a donor relations plan, this professional guide offers sample documents, checklists, and other tools to ensure your first-time donors become return donors. …
According to a new study conducted by the National Philanthropic Trust, the dollar amount of grants awarded by donor-advised funds to nonprofit organizations in 2009 exceeded total contributions into DAFs. Based on data from 331 organizations, the 2010 Donor-Advised Fund Report found that DAFs awarded more than $6 billion in grants — the second-highest total in the six-year history of the study — while taking in $5.9 billion. “ Full text a…
