The 2024 OFS Salary & Satisfaction Survey: The Results are In
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:43:21-04:00As consultants, we try to be genuine thought partners for our clients. If you've been around our blog for any length of time, you've undoubtably [...]
Sustainable Success Requires Succession Planning
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:46:26-04:00Recently, we have found ourselves discussing succession planning with several clients. So much so, it made us think perhaps we should write about it. Succession [...]
A Perspective at the Intersection of Black History and Women’s History Months
Jenneh Scott2025-06-09T17:47:27-04:00I am coming up on my first anniversary as a consultant with Our Fundraising Search, and I'm realizing that it has really been quite a [...]
The Salary & Satisfaction Survey Results Are In!
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:48:12-04:00The Salary & Satisfaction Survey Results Are In! Thank you to everyone who participated in our first Salary & Satisfaction Survey. We had a strong [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
What Should I Pay My Head of Marketing? – Part 1
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:57:24-04:00A couple of months ago, we published a blog titled “What is the Right Amount to Pay a Fundraiser?” It was much more successful than [...]
Why Can’t I Retain Good Fundraisers?
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:57:24-04:00If you work in the nonprofit field, you’ve heard that turnover rates are exceptionally high among fundraisers. Depending on which survey you look at, the [...]
What is the Right Amount to Pay a Fundraiser?
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:57:24-04:00Some years ago, I had a client tell me that the ideal candidate for their chief development officer would be a black woman with 20 [...]
My Experience as an Intern with Our Fundraising Search
Davon Holmes2025-06-09T17:59:12-04:00To have the opportunity to work and understand nonprofits has been a fantastic experience. For the past few months, I have worked closely with a [...]