The power of legacy and planned gifts: how nonprofits and donors work together to change the world

This book provides the practical knowledge and tools that smaller organizations need to connect with loyal donors--and to build a pipeline of future incomefrom bequests to sustain, strengthen, and advance their work and organizational missions. Written in an easy-to-understand fashion for use in a variety of settings, small and intermediate size groups are given clear, realistic steps to effectively use their resources and implement this work. It also gives individuals, volunteers, staff, and donors a way to start thinking about their gifts, and how best to accomplish their goals. Using real examples and cases, with worksheets to guide the user, the book focuses first on the donor perspective of making a gift, then details a simple, multi-stage process to build a pipeline of future bequest income for the nonprofit.Kevin Johnson (OR, consultant and founder of Retriever Development Counsel, LLC, has more than 30 years' experience working with public service organizations, political campaigns, and start-up ventures. He has helped nonprofit groupssecure or complete more than 500 legacy and major gifts valued at more than $81 million. As a senior associate with Training Resources for the Environmental Community (TREC), he has delivered numerous web-based training sessions and provided extensive one-on-one coaching. Kevin is a member of the Planned Giving Mentor national advisory board, and is a regularly invited speaker at regional and national fundraising and planned giving conferences. He is past president of the Northwest Planned Giving Roundtable and member of the Portland Estate Planning Council. He has authored planned giving related articles that have been published in Planned Giving Today, PG Mentor, and the Journal of Gift Planning, among others.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-54136-4
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 336
• Fecha Publicación: 30/04/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés