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The Philanthropy Outlook 2024 and 2025
Strengthen your fundraising strategy this year and next with this data-driven publication, revealing predictive insights for the philanthropic sector in the years ahead.
CCS Philanthropy Pulse
The 2024 CCS Philanthropy Pulse report serves as a guide for fundraisers, offering insights into the modern strategies nonprofits employ for development and highlighting avenues for fundraising success.
Proposals That Stand Out: Adding Financial Illustrations to Blended Gift Requests
Seeking gift strategies and tips for building effective proposals? Join CCS Fundraising’s upcoming webinar!
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Your Fundraising Forecast Template for 2024
Projecting fundraising revenue can always feel daunting, especially during economic and political uncertainty. CCS Fundraising is here to help you plan for 2024 and beyond with tactical guidance and a downloadable fundraising revenue forecast template.
CCS Philanthropy Pulse
The 2024 CCS Philanthropy Pulse report serves as a guide for fundraisers, offering insights into the modern strategies nonprofits employ for development and highlighting avenues for fundraising success.
DEI in Advancement Services: Q&A With CCS’s Felecia McCree and Vered Siegel
Learn why and how DEI principles should be integrated in advancement services through our conversation with CCS Fundraising’s own Vered Siegel, Senior Director, and Felecia McCree, Senior Director, Systems.
Revolutionizing Fundraising Part III: Guiding Questions for Nonprofit AI Implementation
As access to AI-driven software increases, our guiding questions for AI implementation will help your organization decide whether and how to use artificial intelligence.
Data Integrity & Inclusion: Considerations for Intentional Data Collection
Our world exists beyond binaries. Learn from CCS Fundraising Systems Director Maz King how to ensure that your data honors your donors through data integrity and inclusion.
“If You Can’t Measure It, You Can’t Manage It” – Using Metrics to Strengthen Your Fundraising Program
Growing your fundraising program is not just about feeding your prospect pipeline or hiring more fundraisers. In today’s uncertain economy, a hospital foundation’s use of metrics is the key to increasing success.
CCS Examines Philanthropic Trends Amid Steady Giving in Eleventh-Edition Report
CCS Fundraising is thrilled to share the eleventh edition Snapshot of Today’s Philanthropic Landscape. This report compiles and contextualizes research from across the field of philanthropy to help US-based nonprofits wade through the available data and create informed fundraising strategies.
Eight Tips to Manage CRM Action Entry for Every Nonprofit
Follow our tips on data entry to stay on top of your relationships with donors.
3 Key Considerations for Elevating Your Membership Program
The philanthropic landscape is ripe with opportunity for cultural membership programs. Use the guiding questions below to bolster your organization’s development strategy.
