Total charitable giving in the U.S. rose an estimated 4.1% to more than $373 billion in 2015.
Client Advisory: Special Project Initiatives as an Alternative to Comprehensive Efforts
There are times when a comprehensive campaign may not be the right approach. An alternative may be to conduct special project fundraising initiatives.
Client Advisory: Three Keys to Major Gift Success
3 strategies for maximizing your major gifts.
Maximum Capacity: Establishing Common-Sense Metrics and Deliverables for Prospect Research
The advantages of establishing common-sense metrics and deliverables for prospect research are outlined in this AFP article co-authored by Bentz Whaley Flessner’s Bond Lammey.
Client Advisory – Increase Unrestricted Giving? Is Full Costing an Answer?
Bentz Whaley Flessner outlines how full-costing may be worth considering for non-profit organizations that seek private giving revenue to cover operating costs.
Client Advisory – The Philanthropic Agenda
One of the keys to successful fundraising is finding the intersection of organizational priorities with donor interest. Bentz Whaley Flessner introduces a methodology that organizations can use to begin to prioritize their philanthropic agenda.
Client Advisory – Are Your Development Officers Prepared to Raise More Money?
Many of our clients are preparing for or headed into a major campaign. Their success will depend on many things: engaged donors, clear priorities, sufficient infrastructure, etc. Campaigns also largely rely on those agents who transform these important elements into fundraising outcomes: development officers. For DOs to be successful, however, leadership of your development shop […]
BWF Client Advisory – A New Pattern of Charitable Giving Among Younger Women
Women have a special role in the world of philanthropy: they live longer than men, have significant input in where gifts are directed in their households, are attending 4-year institutions at a higher rate than men, and tend to give more to social service-related philanthropies. In this week’s Client Advisory, Bentz Whaley Flessner offers a […]
BWF Client Advisory – Building Confidence
In this week’s Client Advisory, Bentz Whaley Flessner highlights 3 tips to build the confidence in your organization that is so crucial to fundraising success.
BWF Client Advisory – Giving in Numbers
With the level of uncertainty for future growth of corporate giving, it is more important than ever to make your organization’s corporate giving programs as strategic as possible. In this week’s Client Advisory, Bentz Whaley Flessner offers tips and strategies to maximize your corporate giving results.
BWF Client Advisory – Prospecting at the Speed of Philanthropy
Predictive modeling, the process of using data patterns to predict future activity, is well established in fundraising for identifying prospects, prioritizing portfolios, and increasing return on annual giving investments. However, for many organizations, these likelihood indicators remain static for many years despite the dynamic nature of donor relationships. Now, it is within the reach of […]
Client Advisory – Reboot the Suit: Using Stories for Effective Fundraising
Bentz Whaley Flessner addresses the items to consider when creating a compelling story to attract and motivate donors to aid in effective fundraising.
Client Advisory – How Oregon Health & Science University Raised $1 Billion in 2 years
In this week’s Client Advisory, Bentz Whaley Flessner offers strategies on how nonprofit organizations can apply the principles that Oregon Health and Science University used to raise $1 billion in 2 years.
Client Advisory – The Philanthropic Agenda
For any organization considering a major fundraising campaign, developing a strong case for support, or “philanthropic agenda,” is critical to the campaign’s success. In this week’s Client Advisory, Bentz Whaley Flessner introduces the five elements of strong case for support.
Client Advisory – Your Most Difficult Data Could Also Be Your Most Valuable
An institution’s internal data is one of its biggest assets. In this week’s Client Advisory, Bentz Whaley Flessner introduces a few things you can do make sure you’re gathering and using data to maximize your fundraising results.