Philosophy of fundraising – Page 5

NEWS: Accountability to beneficiaries requires change of ethos among fundraising regulators

Organisations that regulate fundraising need to move away from a ‘consumer protection ethos’ to ensure that charities can be more accountable to their beneficiaries, Rogare’s evidence to a parliamentary enquiry says.

NEWS: New theory brings beneficiaries into ethical decision making in fundraising for first time

A white paper outlining a new theory of fundraising ethics is published today by the fundraising think tank, Rogare, at Plymouth University’s Hartsook Centre for Sustainable Philanthropy.

NEW IDEAS: A balancing act – applying ‘total’ RF to all donor relationships

Ian MacQuillin explores how total relationship fundraising could ensure that supporters have harmonious relationships in all their contacts with a nonprofit organisation.

NEW IDEAS: Refashioning relationship fundraising – it’s about more than just donors

Fundraisers would have more success raising money if they spent more time talking to trustees and senior leadership teams, says Ian MacQuillin. Total relationship fundraising might just be the answer.

NEW IDEAS: The ideological attack on fundraising, Part 3 – Why we need an ideological defence

In the third and final part of his exploration of the attacks on fundraising, Ian MacQuillin argues that the ideological narrative the profession needs to defend itself is undermined by anti-fundraising attitudes in its midst.

NEW IDEAS: The ideological attack on fundraising, Part 2 – are you a Voluntarist or a Professionalist?

In the second of three blogs, Ian MacQuillin outlines the two competing ideologies jostling for control of the public’s conception of how nonprofit organisations ought to operate.

NEW IDEAS: The ideological attack on fundraising, Part 1 – happenstance, coincidence, or enemy action?

The current attacks on fundraising are part of a wider ideology about how charity ought to operate. In the first of a three-part blog, Ian MacQuillin makes the case why the attacks on charity should be thought of as ideological.

OPINION: Servants’ exit – Why are some people trying to sever the connection between fundraising and philanthropy?

Some of the greatest thinkers about charitable giving have described fundraising as the servant of philanthropy. So why, asks Adrian Sargeant, is there now a movement that claims there is no link between them at all? Continue reading OPINION: Servants’ exit – Why are some people trying to sever the connection between fundraising and philanthropy?

NEW IDEAS: Critical Fundraising – a new mode of thought for our profession

Rogare has ambitious plans to transform how we practise fundraising. But before we can do that, argues Ian MacQuillin, we need to change the way we think about it.
Continue reading NEW IDEAS: Critical Fundraising – a new mode of thought for our profession