Can Your Organization Afford Not To Hire A Professional Fundraiser?
There is a lot of competition out there for fundraising dollars. Is your team up to the task? Do you need an experienced guiding hand to take your fundraising skills to the next level? Southern Philanthropy can help. Our proven approach is
- employs a high-touch, relationship-based approach steeped in hospitality
- custom-tailored to the major donor
Long-term major gift fundraising is key to any organization and is only successful when built upon a solid operational foundation.
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Successful Fundraising Starts With Building Relationships
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Getting Started: Major Gifts 101
An A-Z guide teaching you how to raise major charitable money for your organization. The manual showcases practical approaches that challenge you to work smarter, not harder. Sample documents, cut-and-paste text, and “how to” guides make this a perpetual point of reference for any fundraising professional.
Chapter highlights include: How to Build Your List, Hallmarks of Remarkable Fundraisers, Advisory Boards, Proposals, Sample Correspondence, Strategic Touch, and many more.
Unlike other manuals that offer “pie-in-the-sky” visions of fundraising, this manual is practical, user-friendly, and written for the development professional who takes great pride in their work and performs with initiative.
MEET BEN STARLING
Ben’s founding of Southern Philanthropy in 2015 was the result of a decade of calls and inquiries requesting guidance from fundraisers and philanthropists. His advice was solid, with gut-level honesty. Ben became known for his willingness to help any organization, and then send a written report with practical, actionable steps to success.
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