I am compelled to write this timely note to our clients because I know many around us are engaged in the election, and there is going to be a reaction about change. I want you to know you are in good hands. Your mission was important before and it is important now. Through the years,…
For many, June 30th is the end of their fiscal years. I want to take a moment to single out and recognize some of our clients that I work with personally. I can hear people saying, “Here we go, bragging again.” Okay, sure. But this isn’t about me. Many of the clients I work with…
Read that headline again: Gene Tempel—long time Executive Director of the Center on Philanthropy, currently Indiana University Foundation President—has returned to his favorite assignment. But this time he is there to organize what so many of us have dreamed of for so long: a School of Philanthropy.Congratulations to Gene.The Growing Philanthropy Award for Founding the…
Dan Moore is a great friend of Hartsook and former senior executive with Guidestar and now the owner of his own consulting practice–cleverly called Dan Moore Consulting. Dan is the “go to” resource for an understanding of government regulation of both the fundraiser and the fundraising professional in America. I first met Dan at a…
Holidays give me time to ponder. I’m sure some of the Hartsook staff wish I wouldn’t think so much because I have a reputation of making more work for everyone. But this Thanksgiving, I didn’t think of more we needed to do to grow philanthropy. Instead, I was in a very reflective frame of mind. …
For now 11 years I have had the pleasure of being counsel to Harvesters – The Community Food Network for the 26 counties surrounding Kansas City. I have been very vocal about their outstanding CEO, great Chief Resource Officer and the young, strong Development Director and her cadre of fundraisers. They have been #1 in…
With an increase in giving of 14+ % in 2009 and a similar number in 2008, the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation was identified as one of the Top 400 Nonprofits that has consistently grown through the recession. They were noted as the institution that has grown the fastest in the Top 400 since its…
I just talked to my friend who is also my personal banker and is in charge of giving for his bank in my home town. He is a great guy who cares about philanthropy. He has been supportive of me in the community. In our conversation, I told him that the Giving USA Report had…
The myth that small budget nonprofit organization cannot or should not pursue multimillion dollar campaigns is exactly that: a myth.The size of your nonprofit organization’s operating budget does not dictate its fundraising prowess.How do I know? The nonprofits who have been successful:A battered women’s shelter with an annual budget of $90,000 raises $2.1 millionA youth…
This was not the headline of the Chronicle of Philanthropy or the news release issued by the group announcing the study. Their headline was along the lines of, “Two thirds of Americans to give less or the same in 2010.” If you read their articles, they say that 53% of Americans were going to give…
