In my decades of work in the philanthropic and nonprofit world, I’ve met many folks who are frustrated with the process or disappointed with the results of their giving. These people end up reining in their generous urges. Step 2Read more…
The Generosity Gameplan – Step 1: Explore your heart and history
For our generosity to be effective in the world and meaningful to us as givers, I am convinced that we must give from our heart’s desire. By that, I mean two things: Your desire for connection: For a sense of interdependenceRead more…
Does your giving do good and feel great?
Many generous people who want their giving to matter – to themselves and to the world that’s been changed for the better. But many get stuck between their desires and actions, unable to take their generosity to the next level.Read more…
Fundraising training webinars
Rob Martin, Lausanne Senior Associate for Resource Mobilisation, is giving webinars on 19 and 20 September. The attachments will give more information. For more information on the WEA Leadership Institute webinar on 20 September see www.worldevangelicals.org/pdf/WEALI_Webinars_Rob_Martin_2013_Sep.pdf. Register at https://wea24194.thankyou4caring.org/wealifeepayment. For moreRead more…
Tomorrow’s Donors in Numbers
The giving landscape in the US is changing. This will have serious consequences for fund development for churches and ministries in the future. The Chronicle’s special report (http://philanthropy.com/article/Tomorrows-Donors/141073/) on this changing landscape shares suggestions of what charities should do toRead more…
Preparing for a Seismic Shift in Fundraising
By 2045, Hispanics, blacks, and other minorities will outnumber whites in the United States. Fundraisers and also Christian ministry fundraisers must prepare for a changing philanthropic landscape. This is a transcript of a live online discussion with fundraising experts andRead more…
Raising money in a changing world
America’s demographic transition that has the potential to transform the philanthropic landscape. This will also have an impact on giving to churches and Christian organisations in the future. The attached article looks at various shifts that will influece giving inRead more…
The Nonprofit Data Gap
An interesting infographic on how 500 nonprofit/charity executives in the US sees the most important fundraising practices.
The ‘Charitable-Industrial Complex’ and Charity Pay – A reflection
Two separate but related debates about charities/non-profits/non-governmental organisations (NGOs) burst into the open the past few weeks in the US and the UK. First it was Peter Buffett who talked about the ‘charitable-industrial complex’ maintaining and increasing economic inequality (seeRead more…
The Charitable-Industrial Complex
A debate about the role of non-profits was catalysed in the US when Peter Buffet who talked about the ‘charitable-industrial complex’ that maintains and increases economic inequality. As he says ’As more lives and communities are destroyed by the systemRead more…