Major Gifts

Big picture giving: a marathon, not a sprint

Fiona AtkinsonOctober 12, 2021

What we can learn from Hands Across Canberra about intergenerational wealth transfer and donations that last forever… ...

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Major Giving: timeless principles and emerging trends

Fiona AtkinsonOctober 5, 2021

A new report shares valuable insights that could transform your major gifts program. ...

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How to build an endowment fund

fpanneSeptember 21, 2021

If you are looking to future-proof your nonprofit, an endowment fund could be a good option. Gavan Woinarski will outline how to get donors onboard and successfully launch an endowment fund....

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Donor stewardship Sydney Uni style

fpanneSeptember 21, 2021

University of Sydney is one of the leading Australian organisations doing principal and major gifts fundraising. Jeremy Bradshaw interviewed Mary Ellen Rielly to find out their secrets to successful donor stewardship....

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Injecting personality into your major gifts program

fpanneSeptember 7, 2021

Do you know how each of your donors take their tea? Shelley Mason does. And at Harry Perkins, this knowledge is a team-wide philosophy. ...

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Do you still love me?

fpanneAugust 28, 2021

Nurturing a relationship takes time but you might just find a soul mate. Chris Downes gets serious about fundraising....

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How mountain-top thinking is taking on plastic pollution

Fiona AtkinsonAugust 23, 2021

The Minderoo Foundation’s recent $4.5 million grant to the University of Queensland is part of a carefully planned granting strategy to change our plastics industry before it’s too late. ...

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Ken’s gift

fpanneMarch 29, 2021

How Ken Lord's gift to Prince Alfred College in Adelaide, South Australia, has changed the lives of boys from the Outback....

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University of Melbourne raises $16.9M for COVID research and treatment

Clare JoyceFebruary 26, 2021

As Coronavirus storm clouds gathered, University of Melbourne fundraisers rolled up their sleeves and got to work raising funds to fight the global pandemic. Jeremy Bradshaw tells how the University raised $16.9 million in just 10 months. ...

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University of Queensland major philanthropic campaign

How UQ rallied its community for a major philanthropic campaign

Andrea RiddellJanuary 29, 2021

The University of Queensland’s first big philanthropic campaign raised over $600 million and inspired donors worldwide....

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Creative Partnerships Awards 2020 Winners

Winners of the 2020 Creative Partnerships Awards announced

Andrea RiddellNovember 23, 2020

Brought to you by Creative Partnerships Australia, the Creative Partnership Awards champion leaders in arts, business and philanthropy. ...

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Trends in Australian philanthropy

Andrea RiddellNovember 17, 2020

The report from Perpetual draws on five years of data to forecast trends in philanthropy and the top eight challenges facing NFPs....

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Five key trends in fundraising

fpanneNovember 9, 2020

Want to secure a seven-figure gift, grant or partnership? Andrea Riddell and Andrew Sadauskas share five tips for doing it, from the recent Big4 conference....

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Major Gifts: protecting your reputation with due diligence

Andrea RiddellAugust 21, 2020

All nonprofits can attest to the fact that your organisation’s reputation is the single most important thing. So why risk it all for a gift? Andrea Riddell caught up with FR&C to learn about the importance of due diligence....

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Big4 Fundraising 2020 is going virtual and registrations are open

fpanneJuly 29, 2020

Find out the secrets to securing big donations and grants from trusts and foundations, major gifts, gifts-in-wills and corporate partnerships....

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Do you believe? Are you inspired

fpanneJanuary 15, 2020

Why do universities receive such massive donations? “Why not us?” pondered Oxfam’s Micah Demmert. He has some ideas, and a solution....

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Big4 Fundraising conference breaks registration record

fpanneSeptember 23, 2019

A record number of Australian fundraisers are set to attend the Big4 Fundraising conference this year, with two weeks still to go before the landmark annual event. ...

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