Insights

The Compass Group announces the first ownership transition in its 30-year history. Compass president Robert Lee Bull, Jr. has acquired the company from founder, Frank Pisch.

If you find yourself swimming through a murky portfolio of questionable prospects, consider your donor qualification efforts. While often overlooked, investing time in the process of vetting prospects for both capacity and interest sets up your organization to maximize philanthropy. Read on for Compass’ tips for employing a systematic method to jump start your major gifts program.

All the buzz about the eclipse and the idea of “totality” speaks to the power of alignment. In fundraising, we work to optimize four key areas to create something special.

Inspired by conversations that were amplified during Black History Month, Compass President Rob Bull highlights his personal path to understanding the opportunity to change how fundraising consultants can impact nonprofit organizations that are often overlooked and shares his broader view of the progress occurring across several key areas.

Giving Tuesday can elicit strong opinions. While some view it as a gimmick many nonprofits use it as an opportunity to experiment, innovate, and reach new audiences.

Compass President Rob Bull shares his perspective with The Chronicle of Philanthropy and asserts that when used correctly, donor pyramids and gifts charts are valuable fundraising tools.

A Perspective on Maximizing Nonprofit Anniversaries. Often viewed as major inflection points, anniversaries offer an opportunity to elevate an organization’s profile (and more). But, without strategic focus and disciplined execution, anniversaries can amount to little more than a quickly forgotten party.

SOAR is an acronym for Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, and Results. The SOAR process results in a strategic vision for organizations that is focused, positive, and uplifting. Replace the traditional SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis with an inspirational and engaging activity that energizes your board, identifies the “big ideas,” and creates an exciting vision for your organization.

Fundraising can be daunting when you attempt to tackle everything at once. Successful fundraising involves a series of specific steps that when followed diligently, create a higher comfort level with the entire process. These steps—presented here as the Seven I’s of Fundraising—will aid in promoting significant philanthropic support for your mission and vision.

Your ability to envision a bold future for your organization and to articulate that future in a Case for Support will be the key to attracting the resources necessary to make that future possible.