Annual Fund Raising
Annual Fund Raising Let's be honest. Annual fund raising may not be very exciting, but it is a critical success factor in Read more
Major Donor Development
Major Donor Development "Big dollars are almost never given; they are almost always asked for." Moses Read more
Pre-Campaign (Feasibility Studies)
Pre-Campaign (Feasibility) Studies The first phase of a capital campaign is a Pre-Campaign or Feasibility Study to determine what the likely Read more
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Friend and Fund Raising
Navigating Uncharted Waters in Turbulent Times"Tough times never last, but tough people do."- Robert H. Schuller
Can it get worse? Perhaps. Unfortunately, worse than the actual data itself is the uncertainty of what may be in store for us tomorrow. Is this the bottom? Or just the beginning of a long downward slide? You may have a capital campaign to run, budgets to approve, and decisions to make, but how can you know what to do? Things are changing so fast that by the time you read this some of the statistics I cite are already out of date. Can we decide anything with any sense of certainty these days? |
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Every day the forecasts seem unrelentingly grim. You can't turn on the television, glance at a newspaper headline, or open your homepage without hearing yet another story of doom and gloom. There is no doubt we have entered tough times. The stock market has been down almost 40% since a year ago. Home prices are also down-almost 20% nationally and by as much as 35% in some areas. Unemployment is trending up and real incomes are trending down. As a nation we are waging two wars and mounting unprecedented debt.