Tip 607 Review college event contacts for potential major gift prospect involvement. This could include music, art, athletic, community, business, and other events. p. 181 #fundraising #advancement #FRStips #highered #comm_collegehttps://bit.ly/38t3d2J

Tip 608 Find connections to corporate donors through Rotary, Chamber of Commerce, vendors, faculty spouses, parents, board members, and so on. p. 181 #fundraising #advancement #FRStips #highered #comm_college bit.ly/38t3d2J

Tip 611 Winning major gifts my require strategic cultivation over one to three years. The trick is to know when to ask. p. 182 #fundraising #advancement #FRStips #highered #comm_college bit.ly/38t3d2J

Tip 612 Every major gift prospect has several organizations that are contenders in the contest for who will receive the big gift. So go to the nth degree in your cultivation program. p. 182 #fundraising #advancement #FRStips #highered#comm_college bit.ly/38t3d2J

Tip 613 Thorough cultivation over time is the best predictor of success in major gifts, so don’t ask too soon. It isn’t as if you have an abundance of top prospects. p. 182 #fundraising #advancement #FRStips #highered #comm_college bit.ly/38t3d2J

Tip 614 Forty years ago Hank Rosso, when asked why people do not give when asked he responded, “They’re asked too soon!” p. 182 #fundraising #advancement #FRStips #highered #comm_college bit.ly/38t3d2J

Tip 615 The IRS Form 990 is a good place to start for prospect research on foundation prospects. Annual reports are also essential tools. p. 182 #fundraising #advancement #FRStips #highered #comm_college bit.ly/38t3d2J

Tip 616 Nonprofit board memberships held by private company CEOs may reveal something about their philanthropic interests and whether they might become major gift prospects. p. 182 #fundraising #advancement #FRStips #highered#comm_college bit.ly/38t3d2J

Tip 618 Collect annual reports of organizations that interest your major gift prospects, especially those to which your prospects are significant donors. p. 182 #fundraising #advancement #FRStips #highered #comm_college bit.ly/38t3d2J

Tip 619 Ask acquaintances of prospects for information about their friends’ charitable interests. p. 182 #fundraising#advancement #FRStips #highered #comm_college bit.ly/38t3d2J

Tip 620 Aim for a qualified prospect list of 60 to 100 to launch a full-fledged major gift program. p. 182 #fundraising #advancement #FRStips #highered #comm_college bit.ly/38t3d2J

Tip 621 Don’t forget, a qualified major gift prospect is one for which capacity and linkage have been verified. p. 183 #fundraising #advancement #FRStips #highered #comm_college bit.ly/38t3d2J

Tip 622 When considering cold prospects include those for whom you are capable of constructing a viable cultivation plan or with whom you have a known linkage. p. 183 #fundraising #advancement #FRStips #highered #comm_college bit.ly/38t3d2J

Tip 623 A prospect rating system assigns qualifying parameters to the prospect. For example, a prospect rated “1a” might be a warm prosect with a gift capacity above $100,000+. p. 183 #fundraising #advancement #FRStips #highered#comm_college bit.ly/38t3d2J

Tip 624 The ratings in your data base should be was data-based as possible. Informed estimates by people who know the prospect should form the basis of potential gift range estimates. p. 183 #fundraising #advancement #FRStips #highered #comm_college bit.ly/38t3d2J

Tip 625 A major gift prospect list is a living document. Update it regularly. p. 183 #fundraising #advancement #FRStips#highered #comm_college bit.ly/38t3d2J

Tip 626 The bigger the vision, the bigger the gift. p. 183 #fundraising #advancement #FRStips #highered #comm_college bit.ly/38t3d2J

Tip 627 Avoid a long wish list when discussing institutional priorities with donors. Feature two or three instead p. 183 #fundraising #advancement #FRStips #highered #comm_college bit.ly/38t3d2J

Tip 628 I refer to Marquee Projects as the anchor tenants of a campaign. Think of a new building, lab, program, student success center, or scholarship initiative. p. 184 #fundraising #advancement #FRStips #highered #comm_college bit.ly/38t3d2J

Give Fidelity 30 days to reverse its decision to prohibit owners of donor advised funds to give to the SPLC. After that boycott them and transfer your donor-advised funds elsewhere. Tell Fidelity. The DOJ is engaging in political persecution. nytimes.com/2026/04/29/bus… #splc