Ethical Dilemmas
Fund raisers are often faced with sticky choices when dealing with potential donors.
Share your thoughts on how to react to three real-life situations.
Podcasts About Fund Raising
Social Good: How to use Twitter and Facebook to build better relationships with your donors.
Philanthropy This Week: How donors are using new tools to raise money for their favorite causes.
View all podcasts in our Multimedia section.
Prospecting
View more >>Planned-Giving Resources
-
Watching for Red Flags When Accepting a Planned Gift
Charities can end up offending donors or facing financial trouble if they don’t handle planned gifts properly.
-
Avoiding Pitfalls in Seeking Planned Gifts
How to avoid the common missteps fund raisers make in seeking bequests and other planned gifts.
-
Accountability Tips for Endowments
Endowments have caused controversy in the bad economy, but nonprofits can take several steps to make them easier to manage well, a planned-giving expert says.
-
How Endowments Fail to Live Up to Donors' Wishes
Recent News
-
Ex-Teacher Gives N.J. School $60-Million Bequest
A former English teacher -- and coal-company heir -- leaves $60-million to a New Jersey school.
-
Outlook for Bequests and Other Planned Gifts Improves, Experts Say
-
Charities Tweak Their Handling of Gift Annuities in Bad Economy
-
Fund Raisers Urged to Pursue Childless Donors for Bequests
- New Research Sheds Light on Bequest Giving
-
Group Urges Change in Gift-Annuity Payouts to Donors
-
Planned Gifts Help Small Charities Build Endowments
Expert Advice
-
Recession-Proof Philanthropy
The shaky economy has many charity leaders worried about how their organizations will carry out their missions and pay their bills.
