Do you ever give to a charity out of pity, guilt, or from an impulse response to marketing? If so, it must align with your giving goals determined in Question #1. If not, stop. Think it through. A charity’s promotional material should reach your heart, but not cause you to give just with your heart.…
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After decades of watching the correlation of humans giving to others and thereby accomplishing big and small victories, I can anecdotally see that generous people, are happier people.
“A dollar spent today has more value than a dollar spent 10 years from now” (pfc.ca) When our children were young, I remember an article that mocked the “Baby Boomer” generation for acting like they “invented” children. It didn’t take long for me to realize that we belonged to that very generation and, indeed, we…
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“Sustainability” has become a commonplace word in nonprofit circles. When such powerful words are employed mostly to suit the need of the speaker or writer – whose purpose might be little other than to display their trendy vocabulary – the meaning is watered down and becomes worthless over time. (Be sure to leave a comment…
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(Things you can do and have in place before you hire a fundraiser) Many non-profit organizations erroneously assume that once they can afford to bring a fundraiser on staff, all of their money problems are over! A seasoned fundraiser, however, will ensure that the organization realizes at the outset that, along with good marketing and…
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All of my grandparents are from Ukraine. In fact, my Dad was born in Ukraine. The extended families immigrated to Canada with dozens of children to escape religious, cultural and economic injustices that arose in the early 20th century. By the late 1960s, the annual family reunions, held in a large Canadian park, were huge…
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