Successful fundraising is based on five Fundraising I’s of the donor cycle: Identify, Investigate, Inform, Involve and Invest. It is important that a prospective donor be taken through the entire cycle before a solicitation is made.

We have lots of reminders about what has to happen before we achieve desired responses.

Our region stands tall on the foundation of great leadership from visionaries who were able to go after what they dreamed of for the Triangle, and build it for future generations.

In the book Just Six Numbers by renowned astrophysicist Martin Rees, the genesis of the universe is explained in a simple theory based on just six numbers.

An interesting new report, "Fundraising Bright Spots - Strategies and Inspiration from Social Change Organizations Raising Money from Individual Donors", was recently published by the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr.

Non-profit funding has been increasingly tied to measurable outcomes. This trend is positive. Understanding the hoped for impact of a program or service is an important part of the donor decision to fund an organization.

In recent months my team at Armstrong McGuire has been helping some terrific organizations across North Carolina navigate change – transitions in executive leadership; the loss of long time staff members and volunteers; changes in vision

Many, many, many years ago while searching for an internship during my last semester in graduate school, my faculty advisor offered some cautionary words about a placement I was seriously considering.

“Persistence is the twin of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time” Anonymous. At the John Rex Endowment we believe in the close relationship between the two.