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Adult conversations

fpanneAugust 8, 2018

Daniel McDiarmid on the five things you need to know to get your major gift fundraising right....

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How big must a capital campaign lead gift be?

fpanneAugust 8, 2018

Fundraising websites, blogs and capital campaign guides often note that a lead gift of 10-20% of the campaign goal is a prerequisite for the campaign's success. Find out what the outcome was when twenty three capital campaigns were analysed....

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How a US fundraising expert is building a million-dollar class giving culture at UQ

fpanneAugust 8, 2018

The University of Queensland has made headlines for securing million-dollar donations. But UQ’s work in building a donor pipeline is likely to produce the biggest long-term dividends....

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IMPACT100 Sydney North offering $100,000 grant to programs that cut through youth issues

fpanneJune 7, 2018

Applications are now open for the collective giving group’s second annual primary grant, after helping the Barbershop project to assist young men on the razor’s edge....

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Veritas Health secures $500,000 grant from three major foundations

fpanneMay 30, 2018

Ian Potter Foundation, Paul Ramsay Foundation and Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation have joined forces to support am innovative health research platform....

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How the National Museum secured a $1.5M donation for its digital classroom plan

fpanneMay 21, 2018

“The best programs emerge from a real dialogue with your philanthropic supporters about what it is you’re trying to do together and how to do it," says NMA Director Dr Mathew Trinca....

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Do you still love me?

fpanneMarch 28, 2018

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

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Orygen’s capital campaign secures $12.76 million by building networks

fpanneMarch 9, 2018

FIA Award Winner - Capital Campaign Under $5 Million & Most Outstanding Fundraising Project...

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Ma & Morley – How UON was gifted US$20m

fpanneMarch 9, 2018

Developing the Ma & Morley Scholarship Program at The University of Newcastle was quite a feat for the advancement team. Emily Cox tells the story of the complexities involved in coordinating this landmark philanthropic commitment....

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Transformation: the Butterfly Campaign

Clare JoyceDecember 11, 2017

Tracey Grobbelaar, Director of Development & Community Relations at Siena College, Melbourne, talks about its bold $1.25 million capital campaign....

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Here’s how to fine-tune your major gifts program

fpadminJune 13, 2017

Roewen Wishart explores the ins and outs of starting or refocusing your major gift fundraising – and helps you find essential linkages so you can fine-tune your major gifts program....

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When NOT to launch a capital campaign!

fpadminApril 10, 2017

Susanne Williamson, Head of Fundraising at Walter + Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, says it is imperative to have all your ducks in a row prior to launching a capital campaign. ...

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Capital campaign fundraising: a first-ever for this grassroots gallery

fpadminMarch 28, 2017

When this grassroots art gallery ran its first-ever capital campaign, its fundraising team acquired some valuable insights to use in the future. Lise Taylor rep...

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Major gifts preparation: how much can someone really give?

fpadminMarch 20, 2017

Using research to inform ask amounts is an essential part of major gifts preparation say Conor McCarthy, Molly Masiello and Charlotte Grimshaw in this extract from FR&C’s new book, Understanding Major Donors....

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How Hummingbird House raised $10 million

fpadminJanuary 31, 2017

Lise Taylor chatted with Hummingbird House Cofounder Gabrielle Quilliam about the capital campaign that raised a total of $10 million to build Queensland’s only hospice for kids affected by life-limiting conditions....

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$950,000 donation to The Shepherd Centre

fpadminJanuary 30, 2017

An initial $950,000 donation gave a welcome boost to The Shepherd Centre’s campaign to build a new $2.1 million centre at Campbelltown in Sydney’s Western Suburbs....

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Capital campaign: yours for life

fpadminDecember 12, 2016

Creating the Sydney Adventist Hospital’s Integrated Cancer Centre required raising over $20 million from a capital campaign. Here’s how Barbara Ward made it happen. ...

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Major gifts: getting to the heart of what matters

fpadminOctober 21, 2016

The National Heart Foundation’s NSW CEO Kerry Doyle and NSW Board President Rebecca Davies share the key learnings from their study tour of nonprofit organisations in the US and UK. Lise Taylor reports....

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Major gifts fundraising for nonprofit organisations

fpadminJune 20, 2016

Adrian Sargeant explains why being in major gifts fundraising for the long haul is not only essential but – when well stewarded – can lead to high levels of suc...

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If you build it, gifts will come

fpadminApril 12, 2016

Liz Henderson asked Gail Perry about the best methods to cultivate donor relationships that she has used to help nonprofit organisations raise hundreds of milli...

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