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Human-Centered Major Gifts
October 20, 2026 · 21 minA donor rode a city bus at 6:15 a.m. He hadn't been on one since college. The woman next to him had lived in that neighborhood for forty years. She was about to change his $250,000 gift. They were riding the route families take to the…
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Thinking Global: Cross-Border Major Gifts
October 13, 2026 · 22 minA 6:45 a.m. call from London. A donor wanted to give $1.5 million to the children's hospital that saved her little brother. Her gift officer was thrilled. Thirty seconds later, she was terrified. Because the donor was a US citizen living…
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Bringing Relationships Back from the Brink
October 6, 2026 · 20 minHer mother's name was spelled wrong. It was on the plaque. On dedication day. In front of her grandkids. The mistake didn't end the relationship. What came next almost did. The clinic took six weeks to fix it. Nobody called. The apology…
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Stacking the Deck for Year-End Major Gifts
September 29, 2026 · 22 minMy worst December as a fundraiser? I spent it chasing a stock transfer with no name on it. My plan had been "we'll get serious after the gala." The gala ended in mid-November. You can guess how that year went. Here's what I learned the…
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Impact Reporting That Deepens Commitment
September 22, 2026 · 20 minOne page changed everything. A donor said it was the first report she'd ever kept. Two years later, she made the largest gift in the organization's history. It wasn't a glossy annual report. No pie charts. No forty pages. Just one number…
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Today’s Gifts, Tomorrow’s Legacy
September 15, 2026 · 23 minOne question. A lasting legacy. Andrea almost didn't ask it. She was afraid it would muddy her donor's renewal. Her donor, Walter, had given faithfully for eleven years. He was about to renew his major gift. And he kept asking one thing…
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Calming the Waters: Supporting Anxious Donors
September 8, 2026 · 19 minHe went quiet for two months. She thought she'd blown the ask. She hadn't. The donor had watched his business take a hit, watched the news every night, and frozen. He wasn't saying no to her $250,000 proposal. He was saying he didn't know…
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Growing the Next Wave of Major Gift Talent
September 1, 2026 · 18 minShe gave me four minutes. It changed my career. Almost thirty years ago, I had a donor meeting with a man who genuinely intimidated me. My development director stopped by my desk and asked what I planned to ask him. I recited my agenda…
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When Clicks Meet Conversations: Digital and Major Gifts
August 25, 2026 · 19 minThe lobby test. Your website is the lobby of your building. It never closes the gift. But it absolutely sets the tone for everything that happens around it. In this week's episode of The Intentional Fundraiser, I tell the story of a…
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Campaign Planning When the Future Is Fuzzy
August 18, 2026 · 23 min"What's our plan if we only raise nine?" A campaign chair asked that in a planning meeting for a $14 million campaign, and the room went completely quiet. She wasn't being negative. She'd run a manufacturing business for thirty years, and…
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Recognition That Feels Right Today
August 13, 2026 · 19 minA donor wall almost cost them their best donor. At the opening of a gorgeous new wall, one of their most generous donors leaned in and said, "I didn't give so my name could be up there. I gave for the kids. I wish the wall told me about…
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Build for What's Next
August 11, 2026 · 37 minUrgency can steal our future. I’ve watched it happen in nonprofit teams everywhere. We race from grant deadlines to events to year-end goals, doing everything possible to meet today’s needs. But somewhere along the way, the…

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