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Five tips for building a succesful donor pipeline

October 2021

Identify the donors who could potentially donate.

October 2021

When looking at capacity it's important to understand where people’s wealth comes from and how it might translate into a gift.

Data protection and major gifts – are you up to date?

September 2021

Three key questions to ask yourself:

1. When did you last review your data protection policies and procedures to check they include all the research you need to do for your major gift fundraising?

2. Have you checked your privacy notice lately?

3. Are you working to your policies and procedures?

Gift acceptance and due diligence

September 2021

Major gifts can be critical to your fundraising success. However, you also need to take steps to mitigate the potential risks they can bring.

Understanding cold, warm and hot prospects

October 2021

COLD PROSPECTS:

These are people who can afford to give, but you don't know if they are interested in giving.

Industries doing well from COVID-19

July 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a range of challenges for businesses in the UK resulting in financial hardship for many.

Top Tips for Attracting Philanthropists

August 2021

Philanthropists can help transform your charity, so how do you attract them?

Sporting Heroes turned Philanthropists

August 2021

The 2020 Olympics games was just what we all needed to boost our spirits and bring everyone together.

Ready for research-based fundraising? Here's how to keep it GDPR compliant

May 2021

Research-based fundraising is all the rage. More and more organisations are using it to boost their major gifts, online and corporate fundraising programmes.

Three tips to reinvigorate your major gift fundraising

May 2021

Get in touch with your current donors and supporters. If communication from your organisation has been patchy throughout lockdown, it’s time to fill in the gaps.

The role of research in best practice fundraising

May 2021

We’re advocates of research-based fundraising and are seeing more organisations embrace the process to weather the pandemic.

Three reasons it's time to start legacy fundraising infographic

April 2021

Three reasons why now is the right time to start legacy fundraising.

Four tips for finding new donors to support your cause

March 2021

An infographic with four research-based tips for finding new donors to support your cause.

Three things you need to know before wealth screening

March 2021

With face-to-face fundraising on hold, more organisations are seeing the virtues of a well-researched major gift fundraising plan.

Three questions research-based fundraising can answer infographic

February 2021

An infographic highlighting three questions research-based fundraising can help you to answer.

New to research-based fundraising? Here's how to get the most out of your budget

February 2021

Over the last year, more and more organisations have embraced research-based major gift fundraising to survive the financial hardships of the pandemic.

Are you ready for legacy giving?

January 2021

Is your organisation laying the groundwork for gifts in Wills? If not, now is the perfect time to start. Legacy income can transform your fundraising, it sits perfectly alongside other fundraising programmes and you don’t need a huge investment to ensure you have a campaign with impact.

Five signs it’s time to refresh your pandemic pipeline

January 2021

How well do you know your existing supporters? Have you kept up-to-date with your research to see which of them might be good prospects for your major gifts programme?

Fundraising tools to get you through the winter

December 2020

With big events being postponed and the rule of six looking set to stay, organisations may be panicking about getting through the winter and meeting their income targets for the year...

Four tips for finding new donors to support your cause

Decemeber 2020

This year has seen a drop in individual giving for some organisations and it’s hard to know what’s yet to come. Despite these hard times...

Our team answers the most frequently asked questions about major gift fundraising

December 2020

If you haven’t considered it before, now is definitely the time to look at a well-researched major gift fundraising plan. Coronavirus has knocked...

Three mistakes fundraisers make when seeking major gifts

October 2020

We work with teams to develop the best strategy for approaching their major gift funders. Here are some of the biggest mistakes we see fundraisers make when major gift fundraising and our tips for avoiding them.

Top tips for fundraisers seeking new corporate partnerships

September 2020

As we come to terms with the post pandemic fundraising environment, more and more organisations are seeking out corporate partnerships to give their fundraising a much needed boost. If you’re thinking of following suit, here is our Corporate Connections approach to getting started.

Is your organisation ready for a well-planned wealth screen?

September 2020

Wealth screening is hands down our most popular service. While there are still some questions from organisations that may not know how to carry it out in a compliant way, we’re yet to meet an organisation that hasn’t secured a gift after putting their wealth screening results to good use.

Looking for trust and foundation funding? Here's how to get started

September 2020

Trust and foundation fundraising could be the perfect solution if you need to secure additional funding for your cause. In the wake of COVID-19, we’ve seen trusts adjusting their application criteria.

Ready for effective major gift fundraising? Here's PFG can help

September 2020

We offer a free half-day of consultancy to charities and not-for-profit organisations that are ready to transform their fundraising. Are your major gift fundraising efforts falling flat? Do you want to launch a capital campaign or have your strategy take a new direction?

Three tools fundraisers can use to get their fundraising back on track

September 2020

As we emerge from the coronavirus crisis, we’ve seen organisations and fundraisers deviating from their carefully laid fundraising plans and pivoting their programmes to get income back on track. We’ve had an influx of research requests...

Five tips for reinvigorating your major gift fundraising during a crisis

July 2020

An infographic with our top five tips for getting your fundraising back on track during a crisis.

Three tips for planning a wealth screening

July 2020

With face-to-face fundraising being put on hold and individual giving taking a hit for some charities during COVID-19, we’ve had an influx of requests for wealth screening.

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Four steps for starting prospect research for major gifts

July 2020

We work from the basic principle that successful major gift fundraising starts with good research.

Four tips for data protection for major gift fundraising

July 2020

An infographic with four tips for getting data protection right for major gift fundraising.

10 reasons your major gift fundraising strategy needs a table of gifts

July 2020

An infographic with 10 reason your major gift fundraising strategy needs a table of gifts.

Nine places to look for millionaires when carrying out prospect research

July 2020

Nine places to look for millionaires when you're carrying out prospect research.

Why cultivating your major gift supporters is crucial during the coronavirus crisis

June 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has shown us that, when called upon, major donors...

Data Protection - what you need to know to get it right for major gift fundraising

June 2020

Here are some key principles for navigating data protection for major gifts with confidence.

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