by Eddie Thompson | Oct 17, 2016 | Charitable Estate Planning, Donor Communications
In the previous blog I explained why the fulfillment rate of donor bequests was either good news or bad news, depending primarily on whether your organization has a progressive or regressive approach—that is, whether or not organizational leaders truly believe they...
by Eddie Thompson | Sep 13, 2016 | Charitable Estate Planning
Several years ago I worked on an estate plan for a gentleman with a fifty-plus million-dollar estate. His intention was to leave a sizable percentage to charity and much of it to a nonprofit he had once served as a board member. In the planning process, he notified...
by Eddie Thompson | May 31, 2016 | Development Management
Over the last few years I’ve posted a lot of articles on various aspects of the fund-development process. Some articles zoom in on one specific aspect of donor relations while others are more big-picture applications. In this article I’m going to step way back and...
by Eddie Thompson | May 4, 2016 | Donor Communications
In previous posts I’ve talked about the importance of regular and meaningful conversations with donors. All those thoughts are a result of the one sure thing I know—great donor conversations are the essential foundation of great donor relationships. Rarely does the...
by Eddie Thompson | Jan 19, 2016 | Charitable Estate Planning
Several years ago I posted an article based on thousands of conversations with donors about planned gifts as a part of their overall estate plan. From Helping Donors Answer Their Most Perplexing Questions: “Anyone who has ever toyed with the idea of making a planned...