The Best Fundraising Books Ever Get the best help you can! I’m a huge fan of fundraising best practices. Why break your head trying to invent the wheel when you can go to the store and buy a ferrari? I have a huge fundraising library that...
Is stewardship the same thing as fundraising? No, stewardship and fundraising are NOT the same thing. In many parishes, confusion reigns over the difference between stewardship and fundraising. “Fundraising” is usually thought of as a...
Fundraising First Steps Fundraising first steps are those things that you should always do at the beginning. You just can’t get around them. The I went to a Knights of Columbus meeting over the weekend. I’m new to the Knights, but I...
Planned Parenthood Doesn’t Do Bake Sales. Or, Why the Church is Losing the Culture War. As a fundraiser, I constantly try to educate myself on the best ways to raise money. I read books and blogs constantly, and I’m also part of a...
Stewardship is above all a way of life. Stewardship means bringing our financial decisions into harmony with our faith. Let’s face it, the decisions that we make with our money reveal a lot about what we actually value. Share...
After you’ve acquired a new donor, you need to cultivate that relationship. “Donor Cultivation” means continuing to build a relationship with a donor and specifically, asking them for additional gifts. The term “donor...
Our Bucket is Leaking! The perils of donor attrition. Dear Fr. Zagloba, I was talking to Carmen about the church budget and she mentioned that one of the big problems is that our revenue budget must be filled by fewer and fewer people. We got to...
Invest in Alabaster Jars! Give thanks to the Lord, for He is Good! Dear Fr. Zagloba, Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you have a nice trip home to visit your family. We’re going to have a house full… maybe 30 people. 15 or so children. Delightful...
Stewardship is only 10% about Church! Stewardship has a bad reputation! Dear Fr. Zagloba, I ate lunch with Mrs. Sanderson yesterday and we got to talking about doing a stewardship renewal campaign at St. Catherine’s. She told me...
Why Stewardship? A Personal Testimony Stewardship is More Than a Fundraising Slogan Dear Fr. Zagloba, To be honest, no, I don’t think most people in the parish have caught hold of vision for the “Stewardship as a Way of Life”...
Stocked up – A Path to Bigger Gifts Taking Stock of Major Gifts Dear Fr. Zagloba, I have great news about the matching grant! A few months ago, I mentioned the possibility of getting money from the Catholic Extension Society to help fix the...
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