To raise funds, or not to raise funds. That’s the question.
I have been one of the lucky ones being able to attend the IFC for quite a number of years. Now I am also involved as a volunteer in the IFC Advisory Panel, which is a great honor. Except for the 7:30...
View ArticleReady. Acquire. Aim.
Once, twelve days into a new fiscal year, we threw out the annual plan. Fundraisers love – and should love – their strategic and annual plans. We need plans. Then sometimes we need new ones. This is a...
View ArticleGood donors, bad donors
In a series of though provoking articles, the New York Times asked prominent philanthropists and scholars to discuss the status of contemporary giving and charities. Peter Buffet (son of Warren Buffet...
View ArticleFundraising in the First World War: fighting the good fight
July will mark 100 years exactly since the beginning of the First World War – a battle that witnessed global carnage on a scale few could have imagined. Britain, for its part, lost just under a million...
View ArticleA few words about Ebola and you
By Francesco Ambrogetti and Derek Humphries ‘Ebola’ and ‘you’. These are probably not words you want to think about. Not in such close proximity. Not words any of us want to see so close to each other....
View ArticleQuestion: what do all recent fundraising success stories have in common?
Answer: None of them started with fundraisers! Fundraisers here at IFC and all over the sector are raving about the spontaneous phenomena of the ‘No make-up selfie’ and the ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’. But...
View ArticleFinding committed donors from disaster responders
A devastating earthquake hits Nepal. Many people are killed, and tens of thousands are without shelter, clean water and food. International organisations from nation states, UN and NGOs respond fast....
View ArticleThe Syrian refugee crisis, tipping points and fundraising
Remember how you felt last week when you saw the photo of Aylan Kurdi, the little Syrian boy who drowned and ended up on a Turkish resort beach? Or when you saw Laith Majid, the father crying and...
View ArticleFundraiser – you can be the difference: 4 tips to get started on the right track
A friend of mine has spent three years working with refugees on the border of Turkey and Syria. Sometimes the challenges were overwhelming, 16 hour days for weeks on end, as the stream of people...
View ArticleHow we Raised the $ to Sponsor a Large Refugee Family from Syria
We’re The Ripple Refugee Project, a group of private citizens in Toronto who’ve come together because we want to help refugee families start new lives in Canada. And under Canada’s Private Sponsorship...
View ArticleOpen Source Fundraising
2016 is ending not completely without marvel for me. Two great things happened last week. First, on December 16, the family of Canadian philanthropists Larry and Judy Tanenbaum donated $20 million to...
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