Thoughts from the Group

When we discuss stewardship, acknowledgments and reporting are usually the first items that come to mind. Similarly, when people think...

By Avery Howard In donor relations, specifically in higher education, fund utilization is always a topic that brings forth much...

By Melissa Carrera Why do peanut butter and jelly go together so well? The salt of the peanuts and the sweet jelly blend together...

First, let’s all pat ourselves on our backs – we all survived the spring…events, commencements, maybe even budgeting season and...

By Jay Love, Co-Founder and current Chief Relationship Officer at Bloomerang Turning first-time donors into recurring supporters is...

By Jan McGuire Ah, Spring! How we anticipate its arrival each year after the dreary days of winter. We emerge from layers of sweatpants...

Addressing the nuances around scholarship legality can be daunting to anyone, but especially when we are facing conversations with...

By Angie Joens At the DRG Group, one of our goals each year is to learn something new. We do this in a variety of ways—reading or...

By Sarah Sims The phrase “naming opportunity” can give even the most seasoned development professional heart palpitations and cold...

By Holly Kizer You get one chance to convert a first-time donor into a lifetime supporter. Think of it like a first date, you want to put...

By Sarah Sims The term “impact report” is very nebulous in our profession and used in just about every context. There are many...

By Jan McGuire What do we mean when we raise the question, is it legal, possible, or practical? Cue the Law & Order theme music—we're...

By Holly Kizer Sailing the world, designer handbags, vacation homes—how can we show our major gift donors our appreciation when they...

Guest post by Josh Kligman at Yearly Ten million nonprofits worldwide can't be wrong - producing an annual report to show your community...

Special thanks to Gina Parente and Brandeis International Business School for sharing their team's brilliant work and the process behind...

Guest post by Jess Campbell Us nonprofits? We’ve got a major problem. I’m talking HUGE. Want to know what it is? While we are coming off...

By Sarah Sims Many of us are gearing up for annual endowment reporting season, and now is the time to be making strategic decisions about...

By Sarah Sims When it comes to endowment reporting, impact reporting, or general impact storytelling, we can often feel very “unlucky”...

Written by Jan McGuire Endowment Reporting. These two words alone can cause you to sit up a little straighter or cringe with angst....

By Lynne Wester Let’s face it, as this pandemic goes on, time seems endless and it's groundhog day for many of us. But in reality it is...