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The business of direct-response fund raising is changing in genuinely fundamental ways under the onslaught of emerging new technologies. A never-ending parade of new information technologies confounds and amazes us. [...]

Foundation giving may increase slightly, corporate gifts will decline and government funding will cease. But most important will be the generation of large gifts from individuals. There has never been [...]

The wealth is there, but education must first concentrate on major gifts, revamp mechanics of fund raising, overhaul management and work for greater diversity and public trust. When I think [...]

More regulation and legislation is coming. How onerous this will be depends on how well the charitable community explains itself and its role to the policymakers and the general public. [...]

There are challenges on the horizon that will alter greatly the form, function and effectiveness of organized philanthropy in the years ahead. The changing boundaries of society are changing the [...]

Database marketing basics helped political fund raisers to break records in 1992 campaigns. But what is the real legacy of their success? And how well will they and their candidates [...]

A longtime university development officer tells what things will change and what won't in the fund-raising environment of the 1990s. My assignment is to take on the hazardous task of [...]

Fund raisers must prefigure the philanthropic temperament of our future society. From there, they must prepare new attitudes, methodologies and technologies to cultivate the donor, receive the gift and maintain [...]

With government at all levels cutting back on spending for vital services and corporate support continuing to shrink, the number of non-profits competing for charitable dollars via direct mail will [...]

Philanthropy in general, and fund raising in particular, is changing. Such change is more radical than most recognize and certainly faster than the most organizations are prepared for. Those that [...]

Since the turn of the century, fund raising and consulting practices have changed little in a field defined by slow evolution, low technological advances, labor-intensive practices and relatively expensive time/resource [...]

Confidence in the climate for charitable giving now and in the future increased 9 percent among professional fund raisers since last summer, according to the latest Philanthropic Giving Index (PGI) [...]

Heading Into The 1990s Demographic trends are profoundly changing the philanthropic landscape. Fund raisers will have to know what they are and how to adjust to survive. Customers are what [...]

An arts renaissance, more women leaders and a religious revival point to a coming surge in non-profit giving, says Don Hinman, vice president and performance group manager for The Lifestyle [...]

In the philanthropic marketplace, as in many other sectors of American life, it is beneficial at the beginning of each new year to evaluate the future. With that in mind, [...]

Roger Craver, president, Craver, Mathews, Smith & Co., spoke before the Direct Marketing Association of Washington recently and his remarks are worth repeating. His speech should be 'must' reading for [...]