Advice for Fund Raisers Shooting for Big Gifts
Dream Builders, by Nick G. Costa, outlines approaches to attracting big gifts. The book profiles several organizations that are raising money for capital campaigns and shows how they apply Mr. Costa’s suggestions, which include learning when to casually engage potential donors and when to ask…
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Simple Ways Fund Raisers Can Relate to Donors
The Zen of Fundraising: 89 Timeless Ideas to Strengthen and Develop Your Donor Relationships
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
A Report on Foundations That Support Leadership Development
Investing in Leadership: Inspiration and Ideas From Philanthropy’s Latest Frontier, Volume 2
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How Nonprofit Groups Can Recruit Baby-Boomer Volunteers
Civic Engagement and the Baby Boomer Generation: Research, Policy, and Practice Perspectives
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
A Humanitarian’s Fight to Educate Girls in Central Asia
Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations . . . One School at a Time
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Accountability Tips for Nonprofit Boards
Reinventing Your Board: A Step-by-Step Guide to Implementing Policy Governance, Revised Edition
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
A Collection of Stories From Red Cross Aid Workers
Blood, Sweat and Tears: An Oral History of the American Red Cross
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
THE FACE OF PHILANTHROPY When Israel (Izzy) Paskowitz took his son into the water for his first surfing lesson, Isaiah was kicking and screaming with all the intensity a 4-year-old can muster. But as soon as he got on the board, he calmed down and began to enjoy the feel of the waves. “I felt I was…
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How to Prevent Ex-Convicts From Returning to Crime
NEW BOOKS When the Gates Open: A National Response to the Prisoner Reentry Crisis, by Joshua Good and Pamela Sherrid, reports on Public/Private Ventures’ Ready4Work program, which enlists religious organizations and other charities to help the 750,000 people released from prisons each year.…
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Ways in Which Social-Change Groups Can Raise Money
NEW BOOKS Promising Practices in Revenue Generation for Community Organizing, by Sandy O’Donnell, Jane Beckett, and Jean Rudd, analyzes how big a role grant makers and other sources of money play in supporting advocacy and social-change organizations. It reports on a survey’s findings that 62.7…
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions