What’s the difference between Fundraising and Development?
Fundraising is a task. Development is a process.
Fundraising is an activity. Development is a system.
All organizations do fundraising. But not all of them do development.
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February 2015
The Academy Awards of AfterSchool
Tonight I attended the PASESETTER Awards, the annual gala of the Partnership for After School Education. The event is a veritable who’s who of afterschool practitioners and supporters, with more than 500 individuals gathering to celebrate the importance of afterschool programming and recognize five outstanding leaders in the field. Congratulations to the 2015 PASESetter Award Winners (pictured above): Aubrey Semple, Lamont Jackson, Katha Cato, Ranti Ogunlye, and Matthew Smilardi.
New York City is leading the charge to professionalize the afterschool setting, and PASE is one of the main reasons why. Keep up the good work!
Giving is expected to rise in 2015 (or not)
THE GOOD NEWS: According to the Philanthropy Outlook, philanthropic giving is expected to increase 4.8 percent this year, and 4.9 percent in 2016. This growth is spurred largely by an increase in foundation giving, thanks to market gains in the past few years since the economic downturn of 2009.
THE BAD NEWS: Another report, this one by the Atlas of Giving, anticipates a 3.2 percent decline in giving in 2015, because of an expected decline in the stock markets and a possible increase in interest rates.
In light of these conflicting reports, what’s a fundraiser to do?