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KNOWLEDGE: The ‘donorcentricity’ debate

American blogger and commentator on the nonprofit sector Vu Le kicked off a small storm earlier this year when he challenged the concept of donor-centred fundraising. Critical Fundraising collates some or the debate engendered by Vu Le’s arguments.

NEW IDEAS: Donorcentrism – all things to all fundraisers, part 1. What is it?

‘Donorcentric’ fundraising could claim to be the dominant philosophy in fundraising. But, asks Ian MacQuillin, can anyone actually describe what it really is?

NEW IDEAS: Donorcentrism – all things to all fundraisers, part 2. What could go wrong?

In the first part of this blog, Ian MacQuillin argued many fundraisers don’t have a consistent idea of what they mean by ‘donorcentric’ fundraising. In part 2, he explores some of the issues this can lead to.

KNOWLEDGE: Blog digest April 2017

Each month, the Critical Fundraising blog presents a digest of the best fundraising-related blogs and articles 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.

KNOWLEDGE: Fundraising ethics – blogs

Rogare has collated a resource of blogs exploring various topics within fundraising ethics.

KNOWLEDGE: Fundraising ethics blogs – theoretical

This is a list of blogs cosnidering theories of fundraising ethics and/or theoretical underpinnings to fundraising ethics.

KNOWLEDGE: Fundraising ethics blogs – beneficiaries

This is a list of blogs looking at how beneficiaries are considered in fundraising ethics.

KNOWLEDGE: Fundraising ethics blogs – trust

This is a list of blogs looking at the role of trust in fundraising ethics.

KNOWLEDGE: Fundraising ethics blogs – regulation

This is a collection of blogs looking at the the ethics of fundraising regulation.

KNOWLEDGE: Fundraising ethics blogs – beneficiary framing and poverty porn

This is a collection of blogs exploring the ethics of how beneficiaries are portrayed – ‘framed’ – in charity fundraising.