John F. Marshall Senior Vice President In 2016, I will mark my 40th year as a fundraising professional. During that time I have served in higher education, healthcare, human services and the arts. Each sector was much different from the others with one exception: nonprofits within each are (for the most part) governed by Boards of Directors and rely on…
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Sandi Grimm Director of Administration It seems like yesterday when Jeffrey, returning from one of The Giving Institute’s Board meetings, told me about a brilliant new initiative to spur people to give during the holiday season. But it wasn’t yesterday. It was 2012, and we were about to launch into our first #GivingTuesday publicity push. What a simple yet grand…
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Judy Keller Executive Vice President A United State Senate Judiciary Committee recently addressed IRS oversight of partisan political activity by tax-exempt organizations. The move is recognition that the current definitions and rules governing partisan political activity are unclear. Advocacy is permissible for any 501(c)(3) and political activity is permissible for certain tax-exempt organizations, but many do not engage in…
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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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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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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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Valuable resources and tips essential to improving fundraising for nonprofits
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News You Can Use Issue 134/ February 2014 Preserve Volunteer Goodwill Rhonda McClung Vice President Recently, I overheard a woman say she volunteered for an organization until "they used up all of my goodwill." How many nonprofits lose volunteers who still believe in the mission of the organization, but feel like the organization has taken advantage of them in some way?…
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News You Can Use Issue 116/August 2012 A Framework for Fundraising Success By John F. MarshallSenior Vice President
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News You Can Use Issue 132/December 2013 A Year-End Note Perspectives on Philanthropy in 2013 Jeffrey D. ByrnePresident + CEO As I reflect upon 2013 and the great and numerous events that happened, three things really resonated with me in regards to our professions in the nonprofit world. First, giving hit an all-time high as reported in Giving USA 2013. Second,…
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