Details about the first charity greetings card* (1949), first charity rock concert* (1969) and first fundraising telethon* (1951) are among the entries on a timeline of fundraising history from 1900 to the present day, unveiled today by Rogare – The Fundraising Think tank.
Continue reading NEWS: From CSW (Charles Sumner Ward) to CCF – fundraising since 1900
NEWS: Latest praxis paper says fundraisers can mentor donors to help them create more value in the way the support charities
- Third paper in Rogare series that translates recent academic study into practice
- Looks at how fundraisers can help donors create value in their own fundraising
- Recommends that fundraisers should be trained to coach and mentor donors to create more value when they conduct their own community fundraising activities
Why donor codes of conduct must become ubiquitous
Rogare has recently published a code of conduct for donors. Although published as part of our work on gender issues in fundraising, Ian MacQuillin argues that such codes have wider relevance.
Continue reading Why donor codes of conduct must become ubiquitous
Rogare publishes Blueprint to dismantle patriarchal structures in fundraising
- Report contains 45 recommendations to bring about transformational structural change
- Based on ‘Lean Out’ Feminism
- Key recommendations include:
- Donor codes of conduct
- An awareness campaign to encourage men to call out misogyny
- Ratings agencies and grantfunders to consider charities’ gender performance.
NEW THINKING: Blog digest – November/December 2022
Each month, the Critical Fundraising blog presents a digest of the best fundraising-related blogs and articles from the previous month that have adopted a critical fundraising mode of thought. This month we have a double edition as the editor got Covid and was not able to compile the November digest.
Inclusion in this digest does not indicate that Rogare agrees with any arguments presented, only that we thought they made a good case.
The ‘wildcard blog’ is a blog that does not discuss ideas that are directly related to fundraising, but whose ideas we might be able to use if we think critically and imaginatively about them.
Continue reading NEW THINKING: Blog digest – November/December 2022
NEW THINKING: Neither amateur nor professional but something in between – the ‘Corinthian’ nature of fundraising and the problems that causes
Fundraising is torn between the need to be professional while at the same time embodying ‘amateur’ values. Ian MacQuillin argues this compromise exacerbates a power differential between givers and askers.
Continue reading NEW THINKING: Neither amateur nor professional but something in between – the ‘Corinthian’ nature of fundraising and the problems that causesNEW THINKING: Blog digest – October 2022
Each month, the Critical Fundraising blog presents a digest of the best fundraising-related blogs and articles from the previous month that have adopted a critical fundraising mode of thought.
Inclusion in this digest does not indicate that Rogare agrees with any arguments presented, only that we thought they made a good case.
The ‘wildcard blog’ is a blog that does not discuss ideas that are directly related to fundraising, but whose ideas we might be able to use if we think critically and imaginatively about them.
Continue reading NEW THINKING: Blog digest – October 2022NEW THINKING: Blog digest – September 2022
Each month, the Critical Fundraising blog presents a digest of the best fundraising-related blogs and articles from the previous month that have adopted a critical fundraising mode of thought.
Inclusion in this digest does not indicate that Rogare agrees with any arguments presented, only that we thought they made a good argument.
The ‘wildcard blog’ (there are two this month) is a blog that does not discuss ideas that are directly related to fundraising, but whose ideas we might be able to use if we think critically and imaginatively about them.
Continue reading NEW THINKING: Blog digest – September 2022NEW THINKING: Blog digest – August 2022
Each month, the Critical Fundraising blog presents a digest of the best fundraising-related blogs and articles from the previous month that have adopted a critical fundraising mode of thought.
Inclusion in this digest does not indicate that Rogare agrees with any arguments presented, only that we thought they made a good argument.
The ‘wildcard blog’ is a blog that does not discuss ideas that are directly related to fundraising, but whose ideas we might be able to use if we think critically and imaginatively about them.
Continue reading NEW THINKING: Blog digest – August 2022NEW THINKING: Blog digest – July 2022
Each month, the Critical Fundraising blog presents a digest of the best fundraising-related blogs and articles from the previous month that have adopted a critical fundraising mode of thought.
Inclusion in this digest does not indicate that Rogare agrees with any arguments presented, only that we thought they made a good argument.
The ‘wildcard blog’ is a blog that does not discuss ideas that are directly related to fundraising, but whose ideas we might be able to use if we think critically and imaginatively about them.
Continue reading NEW THINKING: Blog digest – July 2022
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