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By admin on
3/16/2010
Top 10 Emerging Trends in Major Gifts
1. The importance of Stewardship Equity
Think about donor retention and spreading the word about your mission and vision.
2. Increase in the number of transformational gifts to smaller nonprofits
A residual effect of stewardship time and effort, these change the landscape forever in terms of cash flow, staffing, brand name / brand presence in the market to name a few.
3. Namesake donors stepping up to make a second, third and fourth major gift
Follows from #1. Broaden the stewardship to the direct family & extended family,lots of great follow along major gifts coming out.
4. Convergence of online giving and text messaging gifts
The cell phone has quickly emerged as the most dynamic electronic device ever and when y ...
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By admin on
3/4/2010
The month of February revealed a surge in new Major Gifts. From the first half of the month I tracked $154 million in major gifts that was surpassed in the last few weeks with $305 million more for a total of $459 million for February, 2010. This includes only those major gifts that I find in my day-to-day survey and is not the total amount of giving. Take note of more evidence of what I refer to as Pockets of Philanthropy in 2009, when you review the campaign results from the Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's Healthcare in Louisville + the over goal report from the United Way in Roanoke, VA. Congrats all around.
In other Major Gift news I am in the final stages of completing my work on the Survey of Major Gifts & Philanthropy, Canadian edition, to be followed by my Survey of Major Gifts & Philanthropy, USA edition.
Major Gifts - $305 million +
February 15th to February 26th, 2010
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By admin on
2/16/2010
Here is an excerpt of my recent Major Gifts Reports, sponsored by DonorSearch.net listed here are half of the Major Gifts I tracked so far this month from public announcements.
Full Major Gifts Report available at DonorSearch.net web site.
Major Gifts - $154 million +
February 1st to February 14th, 2010
Major Gifts announcements from Individuals, Foundations and Corporate funders by Terry Burton/Dig In Research
Las Vegas. UNLV raised $537 million in the just completed first ever capital campaign. $537 million campaign
Haiti Relief. The American Red Cross updated the giving from mobile donors who committed $10 at a time to relief efforts in Haiti, creating a new plateau of philanthropy. $32 million
Philanthropy & Sponsorship
Columbus, Georgia. NASA has donated parts from the space shuttle&nb ...
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By admin on
2/9/2010
Terry Burton
Dig In Research
http://diginresearch.biz
Extraordinary Gifts from / to Foundations in 2009
Seattle. Warren Buffett donated the largest portion of his pledge to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. $1.56 billion.
Philadelphia. Haas Charitable Trusts gift to the William Penn Charitable Foundation. $767 million.
New York. New York investment managers Stanley and Fiona Druckenmiller reported gifts to their Druckenmiller Foundation. $704 million.
Akron, OH. University of Akron received an in-kind gift of computer software from Siemens to its’ School of Engineering, market value for 300 licenses pegged at $218 million.
Washington, DC. Siemens PLM Software, a division of the Siemens Industry Automation Division announced a series of ...
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By admin on
1/29/2010
This is Part 3 of Research on Major Gifts made in 2009
Also working on a presentation for NEDRA "Emerging Trends in Major Gifts" for the NEDRA Conference in Boston, April 2010.
Open invitation to all APRA Chapters interested in a webinar session of this presentation please contact me directly. No cost to APRA members.
Major Gifts to Arts & Culture in 2009
Cincinnati, OH, Ohio arts patron Louise Nippert donated $75 million to support the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and another $10 million to the city’s opera and ballet companies and other classical-music entities, $75 million + $10 million
Washington, D.C., The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History announced that multibillionaire David H. Koch’s gift will finance the David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins, $30 million
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By admin on
1/26/2010
 Customer service has a foundation that needs to be built on strong partnerships.
Motivation for success can/is/should be a key driver for customer service. Success on a personal level is important, but the more important component of success is to transmit motivation to the whole organization so everyone on the team can also be successful in providing great customer service.
The environment we’re in is intensely competitive. We are selling ideas and issues which are practically intrinsic compared to organizations that are selling physical goods. If we don’t get it right, people will quickly move to another idea for another cause.
Basics of fundraising – these have n ...
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By admin on
1/24/2010
Part Two of my research this is the Top 25 Major Gifts to Higher Education in 2009 there was a tie for 25th with six gifts of $20 million, this lists includes other major gifts made at the time of the Top 25 gift.
For more details visit Dig In Research at http://diginresearch.biz
compiled by Terry Burton
Universities & Colleges
Cambridge, MA, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, received the first installment of $100 million towards the $400 million pledge, to a genomic medicine research institute shared by the two universities from Eli Broad, $100 million
Cambridge, MA, David Rockefeller pledge to Harvard for international study programs and to expand its arts programs. Harvard will not receive the $100 million until Rockefeller’s death but will receive $2.5 million / year until then, $100 m ...
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By admin on
1/15/2010
Major Gifts - $228.5 million January 4th to 8th, 2010 Major Gifts newswire announcements over the last week brought to you by Terry Burton of Dig In Research
26 cities in USA The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has promised $70 million to community foundations that serve the 26 cities where the Knight newspapers are found, a seven year program
Cambridge, Massachusetts The Rajawali Foundation, the charitable arm of the PT Rajawali Corporation, made a gift to Harvard to create a new Institute for Asia and an Indonesian program within the Kennedy School’s Ash Center $20.5 million
Chicago, Illinois The Kenneth and Anne Griffin Foundation made a gift to the new Children’s Hospital to establish an emergency care center that will be named after the couple $16 million
Columbia, South Carolina Solomon Jackson, Jr., winner of the Powerball Lottery, made a gift to his alma mater ...
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By admin on
1/15/2010
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY
The gift from Sanford Weill, his fourth gift of at least $100 million to the the Weill Medical College at Cornell, The gift will help buidl a new medical research building. $ 170 million
Children's National Medical Center
Washington, D.C.
The Sheik Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation named at the Children's National Medical Center for this gift from the government of Abu Dhabi $ 150 million
University of California San Francisco Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
Charles F. Feeney’s gift from his foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies, to the University of California San Francisco Medical Center in support of the development of a facility to provide medical services to children, women and cancer patients at the university’s new downtown campus&n ...
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By admin on
1/7/2010
Major Gifts in the USA - $845 million + $38 million International
Week of December 28 to 31, 2009
The following is a partial list of major gifts from newswire announcements from December 28 to December 31, 2009. The complete Major Gift Report is sponsored by DonorSearch.net and can be found in the Major Gift Research section of their web site.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania William Penn Foundation received $747 million from the Haas charitable trusts $767,000,000
Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland Foundation awarded grants to a wide range of Ohio nonprofits including:
Cleveland Metropolitan School District - $1,000,000 + for the education initiative
Cleveland Metropolitan School District - $750,000 to help implement its transformation plan
Starting Point - $450,000
Youth Opportunities Unlimited - $300,000
Cuyahoga County Family and Children Fi ...
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