Tuesday, April 09, 2019 9:30 AM–12:30 PM Not only do bequests and other planned gifts provide donors with the best opportunity to make a significant impact, they are also the lowest cost, highest value gifts nonprofit organizations can generate. With an estimated $9 trillion expected to pass to the next generation by 2027, nonprofits of all […]
Connecting Donors to Community Needs
Tuesday, March 27, 2018 10:30 AM–12:30 PM Main (Oakland) Established in 1945, The Pittsburgh Foundation is one of the nation’s oldest and largest community foundations. Their resources comprise endowment funds established by individuals, businesses and organizations with a passion for charitable giving and a deep commitment to the Pittsburgh community. The foundation’s grant-making benefits a broad spectrum of community […]
Advancing Your Skills: Creating an Effective Fundraising Plan
Thursday, March 15 at 9:00 am – 4:00 pm The number one predictor of fundraising success is having a plan. A written plan helps you to focus and prioritize the efforts necessary to ensure the success of your fundraising program. A plan also helps to prevent the potential derailment of efforts by well-intentioned board members and volunteers. […]
Coffee Connections: Engaging Companies in Giving and Volunteering
Coffee Connections–Engaging Companies in Giving and Volunteering Tuesday, September 12, 2017 – 8:30am – 10:00am Event Location: United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania Greensburg Engaging companies in giving and volunteering: Identify meaningful volunteer activities for company employees and groups Manage the company and individual relationship from volunteer to donor Work with company leaders to track and acknowledge volunteers and donors […]
Turn Visitors to Donors with A/B Testing and Optimization
Turn Visitors to Donors with A/B Testing and Optimization Wed, December 7, 9am – 12pm Where: Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University, 339 Sixth Avenue #750, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, USA Obama’s campaigns evangelized the power of A/B testing for donation growth. Campaign staff even boasted that once a single content experiment raised […]
Securing Major Gifts for Sustainability
Securing Major Gifts for Sustainability Tuesday, October 25 │ 9:30 am – 12:30 pm at CLP – Oakland │ Fee: $20 Join speaker Joy Braunstein for a highly interactive session on how to plan a major gifts campaign that is donor-centric, organized and effective. Learn strategies to grow your donor base and discover cost-effective prospect research […]
Planned Giving: The Basics & Beyond the Basics
Planned Giving: The Basics – Tuesday, May 5 from 9 a.m. – noon Fundraisers are often fearful of the technical and legal details of planned gifts and leery of talking to donors about a gift that involves their death. Fear not! In this session, learn why planned giving is important for EVERY development program and […]