The Future of Fundraising

Welcome to The Future of Fundraising.

I hope you all had a great holiday and spent it just as you wished, with a chance to exhale.

As we all know, that breath will be important over the next few weeks as we head into the end of the calendar year. This week, we have Giving Tuesday and in the remaining weeks of the year, we all have LYBUNT/SYBUNT lists, follow-ups with donors to fulfill gifts, and more.

It’s times like these when those who have found ways to automate the fundraising processes that are often behind the scenes, really see the difference. However, most automation solutions focus on a single side of fundraising organizations: frontline fundraising, gift processing, advancement operations, or reporting.

The Givzey team has seen amazing outcomes from organizations that are able to connect automation solutions from the donor experience to frontline fundraising; frontline fundraising to advancement operations; and advancement operations to gift fulfillment –?streamlining and empowering staff each step along the way.

If automation is a priority for you, my team and I would love to show you how carefully crafted automation can expand the work we do in fundraising.

Here's what's on my radar this week:

Time for Change: Fiscal Year-End Fundraising

For those of you with a fiscal year-end on December 31, it can feel like the next few weeks determine your year.

Depending on who you ask, there are four to fourteen stages of the fundraising cycle. Frontline fundraisers have roughly 260 working days each year to bring gifts in the door. And, somehow, despite best efforts, there are always donors on the LYBUNT/SYBUNT list. In this post, we examine how you can make this list a smaller mountain to climb at the end of the year. (KEEP READING )

[WEBINAR] Shifting to a Multi-Year Giving Strategy with Special Guest, RPI

Save Your Seat for Thursday, November 30 at 2:30 pm ET.

Historically, many organizations have neither built nor executed multi-year giving strategies to secure giving from loyal donors for years to come. That’s because the work that goes into asking, securing, accurately booking, reminding donors, and processing gifts has been too cumbersome.

However, advancement leadership, like the leaders at RPI, are shifting to a strategy around multi-year giving now in order to exceed fundraising goals as they execute a $1 Billion capital campaign.

Join us for this special webinar with Associate Vice President For Development and Fundraising, for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Joel Kincart.

Together We'll Explore:

• Why multi-year commitments have become critical to the fundraising strategy at RPI
• How RPI is committed to decreasing the time between when a donor makes a verbal commitment and RPI can book revenue
• How to align fundraisers with a new multi-year giving strategy

Join us on Thursday, November 30 at 2:30 pm ET for this can’t-miss webinar.

[RESEARCH WEBINAR] The State of Capital Campaigns

On Thursday, December 7, Givzey welcomes Steven Shattuck of Capital Campaign Pro to our webinar series.

Steven is well-known in the nonprofit sector, having contributed to the National Council of Nonprofits, AFP, Advancing Philanthropy, NTEN, and many others.

In the world of fundraising, myths often shroud the truth, creating unnecessary barriers and misconceptions.?Capital campaigns are no exception. Steven sift through the most interesting insights gleaned from the inaugural State of Capital Campaigns Benchmark Report so you can learn:

• What are the primary drivers of capital campaigns?
• Are capital campaigns typically successful?
• How is the annual fund impacted both during and after a capital campaign?
• Is a high-powered/big-money board necessary for campaign success?
• What impact did the global pandemic and a possible recession have on capital campaign planning?
• Does conducting a feasibility study matter?
• How diverse are campaign committees?(SAVE YOUR SEAT TODAY )

Fundraising Jobs

If you have jobs you would like posted in the Future of Fundraising newsletter, please email [email protected] with your requests.

• Chief Philanthropy Officer | Academy of the Sacred Heart | Bloomfield Hills, MI | APPLY>>>
• Associate Vice President, Development | Bentley University | Waltham, MA | APPLY>>>
• Vice President for Advancement | College of the Holy Cross | Worcester, MA | APPLY>>>
• Associate Vice Dean of Advancement | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | APPLY>>>

Warren Buffett Celebrates Thanksgiving With $866 Million in Donations (Chronicle)

Warren Buffett celebrated Thanksgiving a little early this year by giving stock valued at $866.4 million to his family foundation and the foundations of his three children last Tuesday. (KEEP READING )

Givzey is Hiring Fundraising Professionals

As more fundraising leaders turn to Digital Gift Agreements for their multi-year giving solution, Givzey is growing rapidly.

To support our growth, we're seeking talented team members, especially those with nonprofit fundraising experience, across Sales, Engineering, Marketing, and Customer Success.

Are you passionate about fundraising and looking to join a team that's sole focus is to solve some of our industry's top challenges?

Check out our?openings , we'd love to talk with you.