Many times in smaller organizations, executive directors and development directors will bemoan the fact that they do not have the "movers and shakers" on their board and therefore, cannot consider a major gift program or a capital campaign that relies heavily on leadership level gifts. Before writing off your board members, consider doing some brainstorming on major donor prospects. You may be surprised at the connections your board has in this regard.

Brainstorming is best done in the form of screening and rating session. There are basically three ways in which to conduct screening for major donor prospects. For all three methods the screening committee could include:   Read more >>

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