Recent decades have seen a sea change in American wealth, taxation, and philanthropy. The wealthy have never been wealthier; changes in tax law have shuffled donor priorities (and removed many incentives); Baby Boomers find themselves with significant retirement accounts – along with equally significant anxieties about outliving their wealth; donors are sending huge amounts of money to donor-advised funds and foundations, rather than to operating charities; and now, we’re all worried about inflation, recession, and stock market volatility.
How should fundraisers adjust? “Same old, same old” won’t cut it anymore. In this session we’ll look at jettisoning some old ways of doing business, while exploring innovative approaches to attract major contributions and positioning our institutions to survive and even thrive in the new reality.