Capital campaigns. You love ‘em and you hate ‘em. This is because few other fundraising endeavors are capable of eliciting excitement and a little fear at the same time. For fundraising professionals, running a successful capital campaign is like competing in the Ironman Triathlon…
Now that the dust has settled on your end-of-year fundraising frenzy and you’ve had time to process (literally!) the gifts, we want to know: What was the best gift received by your organization in 2014 and why?
As much as we try not to take our work for granted, it happens. And then an opportunity like the “Big Idea” edition of the City Paper comes along (see post below) and provides a humbling exercise in reflection on why our work at ASP “matters.”
We’re excited to announce the launch of our newest service: Corporate Giving consultation. This new service line provides tools, tips and strategies to help businesses find the reward in giving back. While we’ve always answered questions from the private sector about the best ways to give, our Corporate Giving consultation formalizes our best practices and make them accessible to businesses of all sizes, everywhere…
Like many people, I receive all kinds of requests for donations in the mail. And there are certain ones, mostly local, that I support every year with a gift of $25 or $50. When tax season rolled around this year, I tallied up my various donations from the previous year and was surprised by how much I’d actually contributed without feeling like I’d done anything important…