Fundraising Trends Then and Now
Linda McNay2025-01-29T12:57:46-05:00It is my turn to write the OFS Fundraising Trends article for this new year. I am also starting off 2025 in my 45th year [...]
Fundraising for Churches: Forward by Jerold Panas
Linda McNay2024-03-26T10:49:03-04:00When my colleague, Sarah Matthews and I set about to write a book for our clients and friends on just that topic, we daydreamed about [...]
10,000 Interviews: Invest in the Success of Others
Linda McNay2023-08-30T14:11:25-04:00Since I do not yet have grandchildren of my own, I spend a lot of time with my neighbors and their kids and grandkids. I [...]
Fundraising on Route 66!
Linda McNay2023-08-14T14:03:20-04:00It is summertime and vacation time. Perhaps you are at the beach or in the mountains or taking a well-deserved staycation? I had the opportunity [...]
New Year, New Who? Exciting Growth for OFS in 2023
Linda McNay2023-01-30T09:28:56-05:00When I was younger, every January the newsstands – remember those? – would be covered with magazines – remember those? – filled with ideas of [...]
Nonprofit Fundraisers Prepare For 2023
Linda McNay2022-12-29T21:38:15-05:00In past years, we have written about fundraising trends, specifically what you might expect in the coming year. We rarely foresee gloom and doom, but [...]
2022 Fundraising Trends – How Does Your School Compare?
Linda McNay, D.M. Paule, Ailena Parramore2025-06-09T17:53:02-04:00Heads of School often have a plethora of comparative data at their fingertips to assist in analyzing their schools’ programs. From academics, admissions, athletics, etc. [...]
What The Unsinkable Molly Brown Can Teach You About Philanthropy
Linda McNay2022-09-08T00:36:38-04:00“I am sick at heart, but alive and safe” This quote was from Margaret, “Molly,” Brown after the infamous sinking of the Titanic. I ran [...]
You Always Remember Your First
Linda McNay2022-04-12T22:14:42-04:00Our development search business is thriving these days. In these post-Covid times nonprofits are frantically trying to replace and add qualified staff at an unprecedented [...]
Now That Football is Over… Fundraisers – This is Your Season
Linda McNay2022-02-15T21:50:15-05:00The Super Bowl may be over for 2022, but fundraisers, this is your season. This is it. This is the opportunity for you to go [...]