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The Compass Group is privileged to serve a variety of
nonprofits. In every setting, our fundraising professionals
bring extensive successful experience and knowledge to each
partnership.
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Announcements
New Strategic Partnership
The Compass Group, Inc. is pleased to announce our strategic partnership with
WealthEngine as an added resource for our clients. For more than 20 years, WealthEngine has been an integral part of nonprofits’ quest to build, cultivate and steward their donors and prospective donors. Their unique formula allows organizations to effectively rank individuals by wealth and propensity to give. Their wealth identification and prospect research solutions easily pay for themselves with the first major gift. In fact, a hospital foundation recently achieved a 62% increase in $10,000+ gifts by applying WealthEngine’s prospect research techniques to their grateful patient program. They also helped an opera house increase contributions by 82% over three years.
Special Offer! WealthEngine is currently offering special rates on custom modeling and prospect screening—discounts as high as 40%! For more information about this service and working with Compass and WealthEngine, contact Christy Shields, Vice President of Client Services & Operations at
cshields@therightdirection.com.
Fundraising Presentations
View the top
fundraising presentations
for your staff, board and volunteers, from The Perfect
Ask to Building a Better Fundraising Board.
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White Papers
Cultivating Fundraising Success
The Importance of Cultivation Events During a Capital Campaign
Cultivation—the ongoing education and involvement of potential donors—is imperative for successful capital campaigns and for an organizations’ overall financial health. This white paper illustrates the importance of a formal cultivation program and the need for integrated cultivation events to ensure the success of capital campaigns.
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Strategy Brief
Before the Solicitation - Preparing for The Perfect Ask
Successful fundraising is both an art and a
science. In this strategy brief, we examine pre-solicitation
preparation as a critical skill in the science of
fundraising success. The success of a solicitation lies in
the strategy and preparation before making The Perfect Ask.
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your copy today!
Press
Nonprofits Optimistic on Fundraising in 2011
Washington, DC—May 3, 2011—Philanthropic Journal's
recent survey, conducted by Sage North America, revealed
optimistic outlooks for nonprofit fundraising in 2011. A
focus of the study was U.S. nonprofit organizations and
their views and outlooks on fundraising. An impressive
jump in numbers from 2010 showed 90% of respondents
expect to raise equal or higher amounts in 2011.
Full Press Brief.
Resources
Donor Stewardship: Keeping new, year-end donors active in 2012
Year-end giving often consists of gifts from first-time donors. While nonprofit organizations welcome the temporary increase in giving, these donors frequently drift back into anonymity. Nonprofits must proactively engage in donor stewardship to keep these first-time donors loyal in the new year.
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Resource Archive