Archive for November, 2009
Workday Volunteering Study – LBG Associates
Thank You to All the Companies that Provide Workday Volunteering Opportunities
LBG Research conducted a study about corporate volunteering, “Motivating Volunteering in Tough Times,” and while the complete report costs $77, the Executive Summary is available for free at their website: http://www.lbg-associates.com/publications/Volunteer_Executive%20Summary%20for%20Website.pdf.
It’s a valuable and interesting report and I thank LBG for conducting the survey and [...]
One $1 Million Dollar CFC Campaign Exceeds Goal by 10% – So Far
One $1 million dollar CFC campaign beats deadline, exceeds goal by 10%, final total expected to be even higher.
Thanks to all the generous CFC donors, and the volunteers including campaign managers, committee chairs and the keyworkers who are responsible for the success of the CFC each year.
If you have read my articles, or heard me [...]
Give While You Live & Give Without Strings
Non-profits Are Not Businesses, Part II: Program vs Operating Costs
Give While You Live and Give Without Strings
In part I, I said that:
The non-profit sector has done a spectacularly lousy job of explaining what it does and how it does it, and has spent fifty years convincing the American public that “administrative expenses” are [...]
Response to Pablo Eisenberg, WSJ OP-ED
Response to WSJ
Pablo Eisenberg
November 10, 2009 OP ed
Today’s Wall Street Journal has an important op-ed about philanthropy, by Pablo Eisenberg. Here is my response to the points he raises:
If you serve on a non-profit board, please read this, or are responsible for actually making payroll at a non-profit. If not, don’t bother.
If you [...]
Growing the Pie – The GROWTH System of Fundraising
The post below is a chapter from my book on using the CFC as one of the revenue streams for your non-profit. It is longer than most blog posts, and I will be glad to send you the 5 page .pdf of it if you request it via a comment in the blog, or [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Great Example of CFC Fundraising Appeal
One question I’m asked a lot by non-profit professionals is “How exactly does the CFC work?” Part of the answer can be found in the letter below, that is from the CFC lead for a combined military installation command in southern New Jersey.
This CFC appeal is from the Joint Base, McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst newspaper, [...]
