While cash donations are always welcome, many charities are also happy to accept gifts in kind. However, unlike cashing a cheque, it's not always clear what the value of a gift in kind actually is, which makes filling out a...
What kind of response rates do your direct mail fundraising letters generate? That's the most common question I'm asked by potential clients. And it's a good question, since nonprofit organizations need the highest response rates they can get in today's...
To receipt or not to receipt, that is the question. Well, actually, that's just one of the questions that crops up when a charity receives a donation. Adam Aptowitzer, a lawyer with the Ottawa-based law firm Drache LLP, reviews the...
If there's one thing that concerns both the corporate and nonprofit sector equally, it's the constant fight to minimize costs while maximizing returns. But where for-profits can operate relatively unhindered and calculate elaborate cost-saving schemes, some nonprofits can't even afford...
Are event auctions more trouble and work than they are worth? And is silent better than live? Online better than silent? Each style of auction has its pluses and minuses. Guests do enjoy them. Sponsors love that they can place...
The handmaiden of planned giving programs Endowment funds are often referred to as the future lifeblood of any charity, and the handmaiden of a planned giving program. Providing for the long term financial success of the organization, they are also...
It was Friday afternoon one month before Christmas, when Verne Sawyer, owner of Frames Plus and Colours of Art in Frederick Mall, turned away from a line up of customers to answer the phone. It was a charity asking for...
Beyond cash, there are many other types of gifts that donors can give to charity. Adam Aptowitzer, a lawyer with the Ottawa-based law firm Drache LLP, reviews some of the options and what charities need to keep in mind when...
Nonprofit organizations play an integral role in our lives and infuse our world with a conscience. But their impact on our well-being notwithstanding, they also comprise a significant economic force, providing services and products, and achieving success on the same...
A successful major gifts fundraising campaign is not magic. It is a straightforward, concise process of executing well-defined components arranged in a step-by-step progression. I know this to be so because I have seen it done over and over again...
