Bloomerang

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The most successful charities tap into donor motivations for giving , of which there are many. Hmm Like you, other donors may want to blame board members for not reaching out to them. With the culture established by the executive director. Its not for anyone else to judge their motivations. At the top.

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iMarketSmart

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The list below was an attempt by Forbes Magazine to capture the “faces of philanthropy” way back in 1994. For someone who was practicing then, it seems largely true though a bit simplistic about donors’ motivations and the labels applied to them. Are these still the faces of philanthropy? The Seven Faces of Philanthropy.

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Bloomerang

MAY 4, 2023

Donor Cultivation. Are your donors also your customers? Like philanthropy, customer service is uniquely American. Or, at least, American culture has put an indelible stamp on both. Customer Service. Are they the same, similar, or unrelated? This is an important question. And maybe that’s not so bad.

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iMarketSmart

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The less energy an organization devotes to creating the conditions that will motivate donors, the more it wastes on fundraising, predisposing itself to high rates of donor attrition and handcuffing its advancement team. Donor motivations are the philanthropic horse that all too often get put behind the fundraising cart.

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iMarketSmart

APRIL 29, 2022

Yet even the most curious must learn to ask questions that yield the most insight into donor motivation and to link those propensities to institutional mission. Curiosity is a fundraisers greatest asset. Below is the advice I give myself when preparing for each. im Langley is the president of Langley Innovations.

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iMarketSmart

OCTOBER 3, 2022

But the job is to raise money from donors motivated by their own hero story. She can feed the administrator-hero story back to the administrators and out to the donors. Their hero story causes them to misperceive donor motives. You can still push for an internal culture of philanthropy. Giving USA.

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