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Climate Change and Fundraising

Heatwaves, droughts, melting glaciers in Greenland, rising sea levels, forest fires, larger icebergs breaking off from Antarctica, earlier springs, later falls, less snow for recreation or water replenishment, diminishing water for irrigation, electrical brownouts, and disappearing lakes are a few of the effects of climate change. Even some of the climate change skeptics are muting their cries of disbelief. It does appear this stuff is real.

So how does this effect fundraising?

Crypto Currency and Fundraising

Your editor recently attended an AFP-sponsored Zoom presentation on crypto currency and fundraising. The presentation was given by Patrick Schmitt, who is a former fundraising manager for Barack Obama and a founder and head of FreeWill, a firm which consults on fundraising technology. In the presentation, Mr. Schmitt made five key points about crypto currency and fundraising.

Time to Launch a Capital Campaign?

The pandemic motivated many nonprofits to put capital campaigns on hold or put off launching capital or endowment campaigns in 2020. Some are asking us whether it’s time to launch or relaunch such a campaign. Here are some considerations if you are considering how or whether to proceed with a campaign.