What makes a great major donor fundraiser?
Key attributes we feel make up the (almost) perfect major donor fundraiser
Key attributes we feel make up the (almost) perfect major donor fundraiser
How do you define a major gift? Is a commonly-asked question with the expectation of an arbitrary £ amount being the answer. But it might not be that simple if you take an effort/reward based approach to the answer, thus expending your resources wisely for the maximum return.
Major Donor fundraising is not as tricky as you might think and it is the one way of fundraising that works regardless of your organisation’s size or cause area and it can be set up on a shoestring budget – as long as it done well. There is no charity that can afford to not consider this area of fundraising.
The options available for charities for raising money can feel overwhelming and packed full of jargon: high-value, grants, corporate partnerships, acquisition, retention, life-time-value. It can be hard to know where to start and rarely does any charity have a systematic and successful process for raising voluntary income from multiple sources. Read on to discover how your charity can take advantage of a suite of high-value fundraising activities.
Events are a really useful tool for major donor fundraising but will never be the be-all-and-end-all. In fact, they can easily end up as an expensive distraction is not set up properly and for the right reasons. Here are twelve points on which you need to be clear ahead of deciding to go ahead with a cultivation event.