In the current economic environment, smart giving requires the same carefully constructed, strategic thinking that we apply to the rest of your finances. Even during the recession, almost half of all donors made gifts at the same level as in years past, with 26 percent of donors actually increasing their gift levels.* We need to […]
When Carol Nash retired four years ago from Dimensions Healthcare System in Maryland after a long career in nursing, she had no inkling that she would soon be working harder than she ever did before.
“What motivates Millennials is a desire to affect THEIR cause through YOUR organization with their friends.” – Derrick Feldmann, CEO of Achieve
These days, we have high expectations of what companies should be. It’s not enough that they make good products. They also need to be good citizens. We expect them to minimize their social and environmental harm, to report their “impacts,” and to give money to charity. And we expect them to do more than simply […]
I sit with my cape in one of the couches at the SXSW Trade Show Bar and Lounge and see how our Friday news release about our Angel funding is being picked up by the national media. Of this, I’m not that surprised. What I didn’t expect is that writers would go beyond reporting the […]
The holidays are a distant memory now, and for many companies, so is their annual giving campaign. As you say “sayonara” to 2013, are you pleased with your company’s giving results?
WASHINGTON: After the 2008 financial crisis, economic growth took a tumble, and amid anemic indicators since, charitable giving would be expected to decline. Indeed, after the global recession, giving dipped in the United States. Yet US giving to charities international in scope rose an estimated 15.3 percent in 2010 – the largest percentage increase of […]
