by Nancy Rieves | Feb 27, 2019 | Donors
I remember one of the first times I asked a donor for a major gift. I was helping a friend raise money for an arts organization. The couple was middle-aged, had no children, and had been consistent supporters of the organization. We shared with them the needs and the...
by Nancy Rieves | Feb 21, 2019 | Donors
Soon after the foundation was established, we received gifts in odd amounts of over $1,000 from a gentleman I had never met. At the forming of the foundation, we were throwing a wide net to capture supporters. This gentleman was in that wide net. He was not on a short...
by Nancy Rieves | Feb 15, 2019 | Leadership
Last week, I had lunch with my friend and philanthropist Tassie (not her real name). She has been supporting a family for years struggling to stay above the poverty line. She has taken two young sisters under her roof occasionally instead of their going into foster...
by Nancy Rieves | Feb 8, 2019 | Board, Donors, Leadership
Ralph, my significant, had a smile of his face when he handed me a handwritten note he had just received. He said, “you have to read this!” He had been the executive profiled in the local business journal and made a statement that “fairytales do come true.” Unrelated,...
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