Major Gifts Fundraising Archives

September 8, 2020

Major Gifts Ramp-Up Virtual Fundraising – Charities Are Finally Receiving the Millions They Need During COVID-19

Major Gifts Ramp-Up Virtual Fundraising celebrates National Development Institute’s success in raising millions of dollars for charities during COVID-19. Here’s what Jimmy LaRose, creator of the Major Gifts Ramp-Up Model has to share about their dramatic transition to virtual fundraising: We are now living through what is likely the greatest adaptive leadership challenge facing the world; this is not a mere blip, many things have already changed and will be changed forever. Our work in […]

November 20, 2021

Major Gifts Fundraising With Jimmy LaRose

Major Gifts Fundraising With Jimmy LaRose is excerpted from his industry best-selling book RE-IMAGINING PHILANTHROPY. PRESS THE PLAY BUTTON ABOVE TO EXPERIENCE 120 SECONDS OF MAJOR GIFTS FUNDRAISING. Here’s what LaRose has to say about securing 5, 6 & 7 figure gifts: Hands-down, the most effective form of cash acquisition for nonprofits is MAJOR GIFTS FUNDRAISING. I’ll make my case by sharing with you a personal story about a friend and major donor Jerry Strickland. […]

April 24, 2022

Unrestricted Major Gifts Are Charities’ Best Friends – Jim Eskin

Unrestricted Major Gifts Are Charities’ Best Friends is Jim Eskin’s take on the importance of nonprofit cashflow. Here’s what Eskin has to share: In addition to record-setting philanthropy, one of the more encouraging trends we’ve witnessed over the last few years in response to the pandemic is funders letting non-profits and recipients of their generosity decide how money can be best spent. This has long been known as unrestricted giving. For various reasons, non-profits — including […]

January 28, 2024

John Keuffer – Meet a Major Gifts Ramp-Up Expert

John Keuffer – Meet a Major Gifts Ramp-Up Expert is a timely article about the power of raising large gifts written by a veteran nonprofit CEO. Here’s what John Keuffer believes about major donors and nonprofit capacity-building. Some think that because someone has a high net worth, they are morally obligated to give to their nonprofit because their nonprofit has a tremendously high need and it’s the moral obligation of the rich to give because […]