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  • donor handing check to nonprofit executive

    Strategies for Success

    Looking Ahead to the Next Major Gift: Cultivating Lifelong Donors

    April 1, 2025

    Learn how to cultivate lasting relationships with major donors in your nonprofit. Discover strategies for engaging donors, showing genuine appreciation, and involving them as collaborative partners to secure future support and drive mission success.

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  • boys sitting against a tree in a park

    Strategies for Success

    Leaving a Legacy

    For several years, there has been much discussion about the coming transition [...]

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  • a woman volunteering with children around

    Power of Philanthropy

    A Force of Nature

    Banneker Elementary School, located at Gregory and Askew on Kansas City’s East [...]

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  • man writing on paper

    Strategies for Success

    Preparing One-of-a-kind Proposals

    Effective proposals should not look alike. Each proposal is designated for a [...]

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  • Tom Butch speaks during a private screening of Unbroken at The National World War I Museum

    Power of Philanthropy

    Energy that Spawns Philanthropy … and Vice Versa

    Energy is essential to philanthropy, and the truest philanthropy is an energy [...]

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  • Strategies for Success

    Time-tested Targets for Making a Case

    It’s not surprising that over the course of nearly three decades writing [...]

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  • picture of Ross, his wife, and his daughter smiling for a photo

    Power of Philanthropy

    Philanthropy for All the Ages

    In my work with nonprofits, I have the privilege of watching many [...]

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  • many people gathered around a table for a board meeting

    Strategies for Success

    Unleashing Your Board’s Power of Philanthropy

    Many discussions around board term limits center on circumventing negatives: boredom in [...]

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  • picture of a clock made out of flowers in a garden in Chile

    Power of Philanthropy

    There’s Time

    You’ve probably thought, as I have, “There’s just not enough time!” Several [...]

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  • three men smiling looking at a computer screen

    Strategies for Success

    Campaign Success Made Simple

    Many nonprofits don’t fully realize the amount of research, preparation and donor [...]

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