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The Motorola Solutions Foundation in Schaumburg, Illinois, has announced grants totaling $5.5 million to one hundred nonprofits working to provide science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education programs to students across the United States. Awarded through the foundation’s Innovation Generation initiative, the grants will support interactive afterschool programs and camps, science and math clubs, and mentoring programs for mor…
… challenge lies in choosing how to utilize data analysis to benefit your organization. Participants will learn what data they should be tracking and how to analyze it to improve fundraising efficiency and planning. Learn what technology options exist and the latest data analytics services that range from constituency surveys to forecasting annual giving totals and comprehensive campaign projections. Instructors, including national and regional co…
21st-Century Relationship Management Instructors: Ali McLane, Bentz Whaley Flessner and Ben Renberg, Rice University Although fundraising always will be based on relationships, new technology offers additional ways to learn more about prospective donors and new opportunities to cultivate them. An expert in data analysis will discuss the latest technical tools for managing development information and a seasoned fundraiser will explain how to use…
The University of Pennsylvania has announced a $15 million gift from an anonymous donor to renovate the Arts, Research, and Culture House. The renovations will integrate state-of-the-art technology into the building — which houses the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships, three cultural resource centers, a classroom, an auditorium, and community spaces — while retaining its historic façade. Highlights of the renovation plans include…
…rtant and broad external perspective on patient-based fundraising. We can partner with you to maximize the opportunities that are uniquely available for you institution. This partnership includes addressing issues like HIPAA, technology, staffing, and physician and caregiver relations – important building blocks towards increased philanthropy through grateful patient and family programs. Our areas of expertise include: Grateful Patient/Family Pr…
Overall giving grew 3.4 percent in the first 11 months of 2011, marking the first time it had exceeded the level of giving in 2007, before the recession, Blackbaud says. The company, which provides technology and services for nonprofits, also reported that overall charitable giving grew 1.4 percent for the three months ended November 2011, compared to the same period a year earlier, while online giving grew 12 percent. Based on $2.5 billion in 1…
Some nonprofit leaders and futurists are looking beyond the immediate concerns of the bad economy to ponder what the charity world will look like in the next 10 years. The Chronicle’s special report looks at key changes in technology, demographics, and other issues that will affect philanthropy. Full text article by Ian Wilhelm is available via The Chronicle of Philanthropy, 1/14/10. …
…th in donor rolls and respectable growth in dollars raised. But for the last 20 years we have only nibbled around the edges of growth in annual giving. The decades of the 90s and 00s represent the age of major gifts driven by technology: database screening, statistical modeling, prospect research and prospect management to name a few. And there seems to be a great deal of upward potential still dormant in the upper tier. Perhaps the most signific…
…e she worked with the Board and the President implementing a plan to significantly increase the size of the development office in preparation for a campaign at the $1 billion level. As Vice President at Rochester Institute of Technology, she led a successful $300 million campaign. Laurel began her development career at Oberlin College before moving into a senior development role at the Cleveland Clinic. Laurel has deep experience in improving the…
The total that charities raised online jumped 19 percent in 2011 compared with the previous year, and the number of Internet gifts they received climbed 20 percent, according to a new study that analyzes online fundraising and advocacy at 44 national charities. The 2012 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study was published by M+R Strategic Services, a fundraising consulting company, and the Nonprofit Technology Network. The share of people who responded to …
