Many if not most trust and foundation funding applications have to be completed online. This can be a nerve wrecking process. Allison Shirk offers very useful tips to complete these applications.
Generosity Gameplan Step 7: Reflect on your results
Here we are at the end of your introduction to the Generosity Gameplan. Now is the time to take a step back and look at the big picture again. Step 7 is to reflect on your results. As you continue downRead more…
The Generosity Gameplan – Step 6: Get in the game
Up to now, we’ve spent time exploring our hearts and figuring out what we want our giving to look like. Now we’ve come to the step that is all about action. Step 6 is to get in the game. TheRead more…
The Generosity Gameplan – Step 5: Develop your gameplan
We’ve moved from the domain of our own hearts to the arena of the world, and now is the time to start to link these together. Step 5 is to develop your gameplan. In this step, you create a strategy forRead more…
The Generosity Gameplan Step 4: React to the headlines
In the last three steps you’ve explored yourself: your heart and history, your Generosity Gaps, and your strengths. Step 4 is about turning outward and looking at the world. How do you want your generous impulses to manifest? On whatRead more…
9 God-honoring Principles of a Fundraising Ministry
In the Global Generosity Network we started talking about faciliating ’Kingdom-appropriate fund development’ as one of our key objectives and engagement areas. In the attached blog that appeared on the Christian Leadership Alliance website, Wesley Willmer give guidelines for suchRead more…
The ‘More Asking – Less Writing’ Approach to Grantseeking
When I moved from being a grantmaker to a fundraiser, my first thought was “Where am I going to find funders for our work?” Today, after raising over $200 million and working as a consultant, I find it’s still the mostRead more…
Next Gen Donors: Who are they?
There has been a shift towards discussing need and merits of specific programs rather than just supporting the overall mission among donors between 21-40 years. The attached blog gives a perspective on their thinking and has a link to anRead more…
10 Perils of Prosperity
Sustained prosperity is new and sustained prosperity for masses of people is completely unprecedented. What is sustained prosperity? It’s three or more generations of people who do not need to focus on survival or live in economic depression, but who canRead more…
Mind the gap [Generous Connections]
This summer, my 90-year-old English mom wanted the boys of our third generation (now men) to see her homeland and connect with family. Tough duty, but I agreed to accompany Generation Three and we had a delightful adventure. My son,Read more…