Comments on: The Attack of the Guerrilla Donor http://topschoolfundraisers.com/news/the-attack-of-the-guerrilla-donor/ Top School Fundraisers is dedicated to connecting school groups with effective fundraising ideas Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:08:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Marc A. Pitman http://topschoolfundraisers.com/news/the-attack-of-the-guerrilla-donor/#comment-6658 Marc A. Pitman Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:35:50 +0000 http://topschoolfundraisers.com/news/?p=346#comment-6658 Great post! It doesn't help them to point out that a direct gift to a specific individual isn't even tax deductible. Since donor x isn't even involving school leadership, the best thing to do would be to train faculty how to handle these situations. When there's a high buy-in to the strategic objectives of the school, it would be easier (not "easy" but "easier") for faculty members to say: "Thank you SO much for your generousity. But our school has LOTS of giving opportunities and we take a long time figuring out that priority list. Would you be willing to give to this or this instead?" Wouldn't that be nice? *grin* Great post!

It doesn’t help them to point out that a direct gift to a specific individual isn’t even tax deductible.

Since donor x isn’t even involving school leadership, the best thing to do would be to train faculty how to handle these situations.

When there’s a high buy-in to the strategic objectives of the school, it would be easier (not “easy” but “easier”) for faculty members to say: “Thank you SO much for your generousity. But our school has LOTS of giving opportunities and we take a long time figuring out that priority list. Would you be willing to give to this or this instead?”

Wouldn’t that be nice? *grin*

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