Unlocking insights for development leaders
Learn how to cultivate major donors for your organization with the first edition of our four-part educational series. Before we delve into the strategies for engaging and nurturing, it is crucial to clearly understand what constitutes a major donor.
READ MORE →The evidence we have gathered in our generosity report makes an evidence-based case to resist that fear and move boldly into relationships with major donors and creating experiences that cast vision for transformational impact.
READ MORE →Westfall Group is excited to announce the merger of Westfall Gold and Braintrust Creative. The combined businesses will continue to operate as independent units under the parent company while supporting each other to achieve greater levels of excellence in serving their respective clients.
READ MORE →Listen in on the conversation between Bob Westfall and Katie Appold on The Good to Growth podcast as they discuss how nonprofits can turn transactional giving into transformational generosity.
READ MORE →An accomplished fundraising executive, Clark will succeed Bob Westfall and assume responsibilities on January 1, 2022. Westfall will transition to the role of founder/chairman.
READ MORE →Watch our complimentary webinar with Bob Westfall and dynamic nonprofit leaders to discuss key trends and leading major donor development practices in this mid-year review.
READ MORE →Through the first half of 2021, major donors gave $151.8 million to support nonprofit organizations at Westfall Gold weekend gatherings. This record-setting display of philanthropy is a testament to the desire of donors to give generously as part of a community.
READ MORE →Now, more than ever, it is critical for nonprofits to have a strong major donor base. Organizations that have effectively engaged major donors have found they have been a lifeline during the COVID-19 crisis.
READ MORE →Westfall Gold, the nation’s premier major donor fundraising consultancy, has surpassed a major milestone – inspiring $1,000,000,000 in generous giving to help worthy nonprofits feed the hungry, fight poverty and transform lives around the world.
READ MORE →The advice given in the oft-used proverb, “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth,” is simple: refrain from assessing the value of a gift lest you offend the giver.However, in major donor development, it is incumbent upon a nonprofit to take a good look inside the horse’s mouth, as it were, before accepting a gift from a well-meaning donor.
READ MORE →Join Lisa Wolf, VP of Consulting for Westfall Gold, as she talks with host Adam Christing for a discussion about current fundraising trends and what your organization can do to grow revenue in this unnerving market.
READ MORE →Like many of you, I was absolutely devastated watching the Notre Dame Cathedral burn on April 15, 2019. Even before the fire was put out, millions of dollars were committed toward restoration from donors around the world...
READ MORE →As you invite donors on your missional journey are you drawing their attention to minding the gap or to the destination? Growing missional imagination and engagement requires a shifting of perspective from organizational needs towards the giver's hopes and dreams. To shift the focus, we must inform, inspire, and invite others to join in the journey with us.
READ MORE →Westfall Gold, a leading fundraising consultancy, announced its nonprofit clients raised a record-breaking $102 million through 31 Major Donor Experiences in the first half of 2019.
READ MORE →Over the next decade, the integration of technological innovation will radically change how nonprofits engage with their constituents and supporters. Building a Comprehensive Donor Development Strategy: This article is part of a series launched by Westfall Gold to help nonprofit development leaders create an effective and comprehensive long-term fundraising strategy...
READ MORE →Building a Comprehensive Donor Development Strategy: This article is part of a series launched by Westfall Gold to help nonprofit development leaders create an effective and comprehensive long-term fundraising strategy. An introduction to this series can be found here. Over the next decade global economic, technological, and social trends will transform how nonprofits fundraise...
READ MORE →Among the biggest challenges facing a chief development officer is finding, recruiting, and managing a high performing development team. Typically, there are two extremes of major gift officers. First, there are those that never ask donors for a gift. They seem to think that simply walking beside the high net worth individual, being their friend, and sharing some information about the organization will ultimately move people to give...
READ MORE →Securing a mega gift is an exciting moment for any nonprofit organization. The gift reflects many hours invested by the organization's leadership and relationship managers to carefully cultivate the relationship by building trust and communicating the case for support. But, your work does not stop when the gift is won...
READ MORE →For the past two years, Donor by Design Group has been working with a cohort of nonprofit leaders from across the country on strategies for improving annual giving. While there are many learnings to be shared, I think the most interesting may be what we’ve learned in developing major gift relationships. The cause of our work starts with the community, not with the organization...
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