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Donor-Advised Funds: Parking or Philanthropy?

By All Posts, Annual Giving, Commentary, Donor Cultivation, Fundraising, Grants, Insights, News You Can Use, Planned Giving, Prospect Research, The Giving Institute No Comments
Jeffrey D. Byrne President + CEO The Giving Institute recently hosted its Summer Symposium in Boston, and I attended a very informative session on "The Charitable Landscape and Donor-Advised Funds" presented by Matt Nash, a Senior Vice President with Fidelity Charitable. I felt the presentation made a good case for donor-advised funds, and has helped me re-shape my thinking around…
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Utilizing the Giving USA Annual Report

By All Posts, Fundraising, Giving USA, Insights, News You Can Use, Stewardship No Comments
At JB+A, we encourage nonprofits to utilize Giving USA to improve their fundraising efforts. Discover the ways nonprofits can use Giving USA every year and cumulatively to improve their development efforts Understand the factors impacting philanthropy in general and by subsector Benchmark their own fundraising performance against national averages, helping them plan future fundraising strategies Educate Board members, volunteers, donors…
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501(c) Success National Speaker Series: First Look Giving USA 2015

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Editor's Note: On the morning of June 25, more than 180 individuals from the nonprofit sector gathered at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Conference Center for the 501(c) Success National Speaker Series: First Look Giving USA 2015. The event was co-sponsored by Jeffrey Byrne + Associates, U.S Trust and Nonprofit Connect, and marked 10 years of the Giving USA program…
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