February 2008: Know your 21st Century Donor
Get inside the skin of your 21st century donor
Want to know more about what turns your donors on and off? A recent report, ‘The 21st Century Donor’ by UK-based research firm nfpSynergy, sheds some light. | more...
Appeal without a letter
Ever thought of doing an appeal without a letter? St John Ambulance Victoria took this unusual step to great effect and achieved award-winning results. Gavan Woinarski and Shannon Gilmore report. | more...
The Main Event
For many nonprofits, events are seen as a much-maligned and necessary evil to raise funds. For other organisations, events are spectacularly profitable and successful. | more...
New age helps restore age-old
A corporate partnership has recently harnessed the power of the internet in a unique campaign to save some of Sydney’s most important heritage sites. | more...
How much for a donor?
Acquiring new donors is an important part of the fundraising mix for many nonprofits, but every organisation has its own approach. | more...
Engaging parents and alumni
Involving stakeholders in your organisation is the first step in fundraising success. Jeremy Madin, Headmaster at Sydney’s Cranbrook School, explains his take on successfully nurturing school communities. | more...
Mother lode comes home to roost
Funding a multi-million dollar community centre in a remote WA town of just 5,000 people (average age 27) may sound daunting, but as Mal Osborne, explains, if you ‘own’ the vision you're half way there. | more...
Giving cultured in Jewish community
Jews across the world have earned a reputation as generous givers, and the Australian Jewish community is no different. | more...
Time for Asia to acknowledge the nonprofit contribution
A recent report on the impact of the nonprofit sector in various countries may spur Asian nations to re-evaluate the importance of the sector, and potentially spur greater philanthropy. Ann Barger Hannum and John Peralta report. | more...
Governance, development, and the American way
As a long-term faculty member of Harvard Business School, Professor Warren McFarlan has built a career as a leading teacher and author on management, business, and the nonprofit sector. | more...
Waiter, there’s a fundraiser in my soup!
The New Zealand College of Chiropractic recently took a novel approach to fundraising by providing donors with a menu of items they could choose from. Some bypassed the entrée and went straight to the main, raising $250,000 in a weekend. | more...
Affluent Aussies could cough up more
New research by QUT’s Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies shows that there is plenty of room for improvement in the levels of giving by wealthy Australians. Kym Madden reports. | more...
Yes minister!
Troy Yerkovich argues that nonprofits should start thinking more strategically about government as a funding partner, and that developing healthy relationships with government can result in funds from outside the usual grants. | more...
Are you getting your share of PPF distributions?
The story of prescribed private funds just keeps getting better. The latest figures from the Australian Tax Office shows there’s more of them and they’re giving away increasing amounts of money. | more...
Millions raised in bequests
We could have headlined this story “Record keeping for bequests,” but most of you would have hit the snooze button and gone back to sleep. | more...
A voice in federal government at last?
The appointment of Senator Ursula Stephens as Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector in the Rudd government should herald a new age for the nonprofit sector. | more...
Industry Insider - February 2008
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