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Key Trends Shaping Major Gift Fundraising in 2025

Gail Perry Group

Using AI ethically and transparently will be critical to maintaining their trust. Use AI to make your work easier, but let your heart and ethics lead the way. With the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 set to expire, we can expect lots of discussion and controversy about the rules governing charitable deductions.

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Grassroots Fundraising vs. Top-Down Philanthropy: Which Works Better?  

Center for Major Gifts

GoFundMe states that in 2017, 68% of donations were under $50 , and 84% of donations came from households with an annual income under $120,000. Most people love to give, especially when it benefits others and not just ourselves. There’s also a big push toward nonprofits using crowdfunding.

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Improve Your Fundraising Approach and Skills at NetSquared Meetups

Tech Soup

Monday, October 2, 2017. Tuesday, October 3, 2017. Wednesday, October 4, 2017. Thursday, October 5, 2017. Calgary, Alberta: Evening on Data Ethics. Friday, October 6, 2017. Monday, October 9, 2017. Tuesday, October 10, 2017. Wednesday, October 11, 2017. Thursday, October 12, 2017.

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Alumni giving’s growing relationship with high-profile, big money donors 

Candid

This new addition to the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons followed a $150 million gift in 2017—bringing their lifetime giving to Columbia to more than $600 million. Other alumni seek to give back in a way that sets up other students to achieve academic and career success, similar to their own.

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How To Recruit Sponsors For Your Fundraising Events & Campaigns

CauseVox

In our ethics and value-focused corporate culture, companies are now proving that they care about causes through corporate social responsibility initiatives. April 21, 2017. There are virtually an unlimited number of ways for a business to support a nonprofit. What’s In It For The Company? Your present needs (“sponsors”). Tina Jepson.

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Links: Battery recycling, how to lower housing prices, the shift from colleges to apprenticeships, and more!

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

” This makes sense, for all the reasons I articulated back in 2017. ” * Bowdlerizing Roald Dahl and the Ethics of Art. * “ How to go car-free — or car-light — in Middle America.” There are also now programs like Western Governors University (WGU) that are designed to reward skills not time in seat.

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50+ Year End Fundraiser Email Subject Lines

CauseVox

This tool provides an overall score by checking against a list of 750+ words that pressure recipients, are ethically or legally questionable, exaggerate, are related to money, and dont feel natural. Spam Word Checker by mailmeteor allows you to copy and paste an email message or subject line to highlight and remove spam words.