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Client Partner Spotlight: Speed Art Museum
Learn more about Ashley|Rountree’s strategic planning project with the Speed Art Museum.
In with the not-so-new: Top 4 for 2024
By Jeff AshleyPresident & Founder It’s hard to believe we’re already saying goodbye to 2023. As I look back over the last year or so, several things we might have called “trends” have shown pretty significant staying power. When things move from “trends” to ongoing best practices, they also start to become “non-negotiables” as the […]
Top 10 tips for your annual appeal
After quite a few years of direct mail carrying a reputation as “old school” in the fundraising realm, there are signs the trend may be coming back as a valuable tool. As you plan your year-end or annual appeal, consider my top 10 tips for a successful direct mail piece.
Recap: Grant Milestones, Metrics, & Misconceptions
Our free coffee chat lent some insight into common grant myths, how to measure success, and what it means to be “grant ready.”
Remembering Mimi
Our friend and colleague, Marie “Mimi” Ward, passed away November 8, 2023 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Much ado about something: Grants
By Jenny BowenVice President, Grants & Research, and Senior Consultant For so many nonprofits, grants make the world go ‘round. Countless people in our communities benefit from the services provided through grant-funded programs, and none of us want to imagine the state of living in their absence. With lingering financial impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic […]
PG and MG: What’s the BD?
Planned giving and major gifts programs can play important roles in your overall fund development plan.
Are you fundraising or friend-raising?
We’d never tell you to pass up a chance to secure money for your nonprofit, but we’re confident that dedicating more time and people power to your big-picture, long-term fundraising strategy will result in a more predictable and sustainable future.
Meet our marketers: Messaging your mission
By Heather HiseVice President, Marketing & Communications, and Senior Consultant Anyone else feel like the COVID years were a blur? Sometimes it’s hard to remember what we were doing during those years. But there’s one thing I know for sure: While everyone was hunkered down, Ashley|Rountree was scaling up to create a “one-stop shop” experience […]
Teaming up with donors to support higher ed diversity
By Kacy Noltemeyer and Keeley ParkerVice Presidents, Fundraising Solutions, and Senior Consultants The Supreme Court’s recent decision on affirmative action, declaring that race cannot be a factor in college admissions, has raised many questions for higher education institutions as they fulfill commitments to student diversity. And while those in school leadership positions have a lot […]