News You Can Use Newsletter June 2014 Charitable Donations Grew Again in 2013 Fourth Straight Year of Gains Contributions Reach $335.17 billion from American Individuals, Estates, Foundations and Corporations Editor’s Note: If you live in the Greater Kansas City, Missouri area, please join Jeffrey Byrne + Associates, Inc., U. S. Trust and Nonprofit Connect this Thursday, June 19, at…
News You Can Use Newsletter July 2014 The Benefits of Planned Giving John F. MarshallSenior Vice President I began my fundraising career way back in 1976 when I joined the development department in New York City, one of the largest Salvation Army departments in the country, if not the world. I was young and lacking any previous development experience, and…
News You Can Use Issue 110/February 2012 Campaigns Are Going Over Goal… Really! By Judy Keller, CFRESenior Vice President If you pay attention only to some of the doom and gloom still present in the media about fundraising’s incredibly slow recovery, you may find it hard to believe, but campaigns today are not only succeeding, they going over goal in the face…
News You Can Use Issue 120/December 2012 A Year-End Note by Jeffrey D. ByrnePresident & CEO As Nonprofit Executives and Development Professionals you are called on to juggle multiple issues all the time within your nonprofit organizations. Additionally, you have to keep abreast of what happens around your local communities, regionally and around the globe. Just think about a…
Click on any of the links below to read past issues of News You Can Use Newsletters, published monthly by the professionals at JB+A. Articles prior to November 2011 can be found on our Resources page. April 2015: A PESTy Assessment Tool For Your Organization / Patrick Rooney, Ph.D., Presenter of GUSA Annual Report. March 2015: Are You on the…
News You Can Use Issue 141/September 2014 Donor Retention: Keeping Ice Bucket Challenge Donors from Evaporating Rhonda McClung Vice President The wildly successful Ice Bucket Challenge in support of the ALS Association brought in $100 million in 30 days, an amount that continues to grow as the challenge spreads globally. In addition to the dollars though, it brought in more…
News You Can Use Issue 137/May 2014 How Will the Affordable Care Act Affect Your Organization’s Fundraising? By Mary Ellen ClarkSenior Vice President While many businesses and individuals have been looking at the effect of the Affordable Care Act on their businesses and personal futures, the nonprofit industry – and specifically many hospital foundations – have been taking a somewhat passive…
News You Can Use Issue 140/August 2014 CEO Personal Behaviors Can Kill a Board Judy KellerSenior Vice President CEOs and Executive Directors often express concern that their Boards are not fully engaged. Even the most active, professional Boards often have one or two members who may be fully supportive of the organization, but do not demonstrate that commitment. We are often asked:…
News You Can Use Issue 128/August 2013 Strengthen Fundraising Efforts through the Futures Program: Incorporate Planned Giving for a Solid Fundraising Strategy John MarshallSenior Vice President The time is now for nonprofits to utilize planned giving vehicles to augment their fundraising efforts. During 2012 in the United States, the transfer of wealth from one generation to the next exceeded $20 trillion. It…
News You Can Use Issue 136/April 2014 501(c) Success Speaker Series Editor’s Note: As part of our ongoing commitment to provide timely and thought-provoking topics that stimulate discussion as well as affect your daily work in the nonprofit sector, Jeffrey Byrne + Associates belongs to a Task Force of Nonprofit Connect overseeing and organizing the 501(c) Success National Speaker Series. …