Design plays a pivotal role. In an era where inboxes are crowded and attention spans are short, optimizing the design of your year-end communications is essential to ensuring your ministry’s message is seen and engaged with. While there is always a time and…
With GivingTuesday quickly approaching, it’s more important than ever for organizations to thoughtfully consider their participation in this global day of generosity. The day has become increasingly crowded, with more nonprofits vying for attention and…
In 2010, Dunham+Company was honored to join the Giving Institute where I’ve had the privilege of serving on the board of the Giving USA Foundation—publisher of the annual Giving USA report. And from 2018-2020 I was honored to serve as Chair of the…
In each presidential election cycle, fundraisers and heads of nonprofits get concerned about the potential impact the election will have on the support of their organization. They wonder, “Will donors decrease their giving to my organization because of their…
D+C Founder Rick Dunham and Executive Director Australia Joshua Crowther recently sat down with Trent on the Cause+Effect podcast to unpack longitudinal data from a donor study on generational giving patterns. We hope this research gives you fresh insights to inform…
The biggest wealth transfer in Australian history is coming as members of the Builder generation and the early Boomers look to pass their wealth on to their loved ones. Here’s how your ministry can “ride the wave” – to engage your donors to…
Here are some further findings from our study on millennial donors… some of them may surprise you! We asked… On a scale of 1-5, 1 being highly unlikely, do charitable organizations have a worthwhile place in society? In our study of the giving patterns…
We recently conducted a study on millennial donors and their behavior. We wanted to look at how they differ from other generations and what we could learn as this generation matures in terms of charitable giving. In 2015, the US Census showed millennials as the…
Recently, a young fundraising manager we work with asked a variation of what has become a common question of late: “Isn’t everyone online now – so can’t we just send a couple of emails instead of mailing people?” My answer? “Yes…
We’re all about helping our clients grow. It’s what gets us out of bed in the morning. So while devoting our efforts to help nonprofit organizations get more from their fundraising efforts, I’m often struck by how easy it is to get it wrong –…
