Fundraising & Nonprofit Blog

2017 In Review

2017 was a great year for the nonprofit community, and it was also one of the busiest years ever for…

Integrating iWave With Your Donor Database

Convergence is everywhere For many of us, our workday is centered around a computer. Historically, this meant running several applications…

How to Leverage #GivingTuesday In Your Major Gift Program

The 2017 edition of Giving Tuesday (#GivingTuesday on Twitter) is here.  Some nonprofits don’t get the hype, but for others…

Conversation Starters: Strategies That Open Doors to Major Gift Success

Guest Post by Paul D’Alessandro, D’Alessandro Inc.  Donors, Then and Now In the late 80’s I worked on my very…

Finding New Donors With Political Contributions

Many prospective donors give not only to support various nonprofit organizations, but also to support various elected officials and campaign…

Trust As a Service

Last week, iWave hosted Lori Lawson of WorkingPhilanthropy.com for an engaging webinar on prospect research ethics.  Lori discussed, among other…

Taking a Hard Look at Prospect Research Ethics

  Every growing nonprofit’s major gift program depends in part on the fundraising intelligence that prospect researchers provide.  But how…

A Major Gift Officer’s Biggest Wish Comes True

Guest Post by Meghan Jamison, Front Range Source As a prospect researcher working for a fundraising consulting firm, I get to…

A Conversation With Liz Rejman

iWave connected with Liz Rejman, President-Elect of Apra, to chat about the Apra Prospect Development conference, giving trends, privacy challenges,…

iWave Roundtable #3

Welcome to iWave’s Prospect Research Roundtable #3.  Here are our participants this time around: Elizabeth Roma / Assistant Director, Research at…

School’s In For Fundraising Intelligence

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” – John Dewey Academic institutions face several challenges.  Perhaps the…

Why Be A Fundraiser?

The goal of fundraising is to build relationships and work with donors to create real change. Guest Post by Michael…