Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Margaret King, President of the InfoRich Group, has published an article on how prospect research yielded $1 million in foundation funding for one of her clients. You can read the article at [link]. Tags: Prospect Research Fundraising Foundations. The results: a 75% success rate, resulting in nearly $1 million.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Robert Weiner

MAY 4, 2010

Resources : My article Finding the Perfect Fundraising Database in an Imperfect World includes a section called "To RFP or not to RFP" Idealware article: The Perfect Fit: A Guide to Evaluating and Purchasing Major Software Systems. Techsoup article: The RFP Process: An Overview.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Every day it seems like there’s a new article on how nonprofits and businesses can use Twitter for engagement, activism, marketing, and fundraising. Their recommendations include: Do some casual research to learn if people who care about your cause are talking about it on the site.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 22, 2010

John Taylor cites statistics from a 1999 study by TARP Research. I also pointed her to CASE's book Advancement Services: A Foundation for Fund Raising , and CASE's Handbook of Institutional Advancement , which includes a chapter on Advancement Services, as well as the Association of Advancement Services Professionals.

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Robert Weiner

AUGUST 8, 2012

They researched online. Tale #4: Most recently we had one alumnus promise us his art collection and then went to post an article online about how he strung us along – he actually posted our email exchanges online through a local newspaper where he was a freelancer…. They have no ties to [the college].

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