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Insights and ideas from the Giving Geek team.
Giving USA 2026 hit $617 billion — but the real story isn’t the headline number. Brian Gawor breaks down the three shifts fundraisers need to act on right now.
The time to prospect for new donors is before you need them. How the foraging behavior of honeybees became a framework for building prospecting curiosity into your fundraising culture.
The ‘convincer’ model of fundraising is broken — and today’s donors know it. Brian Gawor makes the case for a new approach: listening, partnering, and meeting donors where generosity already lives.
Consumer confidence, institutional trust, and donor attention are the three currencies your donors spend before writing a check. Here’s what’s happening in all three — and what to do about it.
Giving days are high-stakes, high-opportunity moments. Here are three strategies to cut through the noise and turn your special day into real revenue — and real relationships.
