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There is a lot of competition out there for fundraising dollars. Is your team up to the task? Do you need an experienced guide to take your fundraising skills to the next level? Southern Philanthropy can help. Our proven approach:
- employs a personal, relationship-based approach steeped in hospitality
- focuses on 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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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 founded Southern Philanthropy in 2015 after a decade of calls and inquiries from fundraisers and philanthropists requesting guidance. His solid, gut-level honesty produced traceable results. Ben is known for his willingness to help any organization, and follow up with a written report sharing his practical, actionable steps to success. Mission sentence at bottom: “My mission is to guide you and your organization toward meeting—or even exceeding—your fundraising goals.”
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Showing Appreciation for Referring Parties
Was your outgoing mail tray full this past Valentine’s Day? Did you have bundles of cards going out for Easter? These were perfect days to let others who have helped you in your business or nonprofit know you appreciate them. It goes without saying you remember your clients, of course! But do you also thank […]
A Dozen Fundraising Tips: Wit Wisdom and Overlooked Common Sense
Fundraising is more art than science. Creative relationship building is key to successfully raising major gift support. Overwhelmingly, philanthropists gravitate to organizations based on personal relationships, not because they received an unsolicited appeal in the mail.Working in some of the most competitive fundraising markets in the United States, I have discovered the campaigns surpassing goals […]
Minding Your Business Etiquette
Interacting with business leaders and influential people can be daunting, especially in more formal settings. Brush up on your etiquette before you attend a function that might be out of the norm of your routine. For leaders and representatives of states and nations, there are certain protocols, and they’re usually spelled out for their guests […]