Our blog about different topics related to nonprofits including fundraising, donor management software, and nonprofit fundraising strategies.
Steward Leaders Enable Others to Claim Their Birthright
The Oxford online dictionary describes a birthright as “a particular right of possession or privilege one has from birth, especially as an eldest child.” Bible commentaries generally concur that a father’s eldest son in those days was recognized as theRead more…
Are we on the verge of citywide generosity movements?
What would it look like if God determined to show Himself through the united churches of a city? What would happen if Senior Pastors and Elder Boards started to pursue something larger than their local expression of the church? HowRead more…
How To Give Away $100 Million?
In my full-time role at Covenant Family Wealth Advisors (www.covenant.ca) I have been advising a Christian couple with respect to their financial and estate planning. They are in the process of discerning how to give away the bulk of theirRead more…
Representatives of the Owner
Most definitions of stewardship include in one way or another the concept “to manage resources that belong to another.” But what most definitions miss is a critical aspect of a steward’s role: that stewards manage those resources in order to achieveRead more…
The True Freedom of a Steward Leader
A bookmark of mine carries a thought that has stayed with me throughout my years in leadership. It reads: IT DOESN’T MATTER IF THE WORLD KNOWS, OR SEES OR UNDERSTANDS, THE ONLY APPLAUSE WE ARE MEANT TO SEEK IS THAT OFRead more…
How to Get the Most Out of a Major Gift Visit!
You finally have the meeting with Mr. Big. What’s next? What do you do? What do you say? It can be tough to keep your eyes on the prize when you get in front of your best major donor prospects.Read more…
The Spirituality of Major Gift Fundraising
My guess is that you or some of your colleagues in the field are thinking, “What the heck are these guys talking about now?” “Spirituality and Major Gift Fundraising?” What’s this all about? Okay, I get it. Today when youRead more…
This organization uses its newsletter to keep clients and supporters informed. Can the same newsletter double for donors as well? Mission possible?
Hi, Kivi and Tom, I know you are the experts on how to approach this, so I hope you don’t mind me asking. I am new at an organization that has never really done a donor newsletter, though they do mail outRead more…
London’s Giving to grow place based giving throughout London
London’s Giving is a new network designed to inspire Londoners to give to charities tackling hidden poverty, inequality and isolation in their communities. Launched by London Funders and backed by City Bridge Trust, the City of London Corporation’s charity, it also aims to helpRead more…