Ok, philanthropy doesn’t suck. In fact, it’s a beautiful thing. What I mean is, over the last 50 years, the number of nonprofits has increased dramatically, the field of fundraising has professionalized and the U.S. now has over 1 million millionaires. Yet, giving in the U.S., as a percentage of GDP, has not even BUDGED!… [Read more…]
September 13, 2011
Last week I obviously hadn’t done my job well. A potential donor and I were having a conversation about his support. Several minutes into the conversation he said, “So…(long pause)…when I go home to my wife, what am I going to tell her our money went for?” I was making the case for administrative overhead. … [Read more…]
June 22, 2011
Sparked is a mobile volunteering platform allowing for the crowd-sourcing of volunteer talent in short amounts of time and done online. (Disclaimer: I’ve actually worked with Sparked on two separate occasions – and had an awesome experience.) Jacob Colker presented at the recent 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. While it may sound like a sale –… [Read more…]
November 8, 2011
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