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This collection brings together distinguished features and all cover stories from GIVING magazine. These are not just stories, but touchstones of modern philanthropy—insightful, strategic, and inspiring for today’s leaders.
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When I’m hiring a frontline fundraiser, one of the top qualities I look for is what I call “fundraising gumption.” Whether I’m looking for a new major gifts officer, a director of development, or an entry-level fundraising coordinator, if you can prove you’ve got gumption, chances are, you’ve got the job.
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We asked, you answered: How do you show donors gratitude? From simple gestures to thoughtful gifts, here's how savvy fundraisers all over the country are making donors feel like they're part of the mission—not like part of a checkbook.
Because gratitude isn’t just good manners. It’s not an afterthought. And it’s definitely not something to check off once the gift comes in. Gratitude is a strategy.
Sometimes, I hear my mother’s voice in my head. As a child, I would receive a birthday card from my grandma every year with crisp five-dollar bills enclosed. My mother would sit me down with a pen and a fancy notecard to write grandma a thank you note. Her rules were that it had to start with “thank you” and then explain exactly how I spent the money.
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While parts of the economy boom, millions of Americans remain locked out of
opportunity. In particular, young adults who are out of school and out of work, often
called “disconnected youth,” are bearing the brunt of structural inequality. According to
Measure of America, nearly 1 in 9 youth aged 16 to 24 are disconnected, a status linked to lower lifetime earnings, poorer health, and higher risk of long-term poverty.
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