In our 30 years of experience surveying United Way donors, we have seen basically everything. Recently, I was thinking back to the biggest lessons we have learned from donor surveys and landed on these three . . .

Spring is approaching and with it, the annual tradition of spring cleaning. Recently, I got it into my head that, in the spirit of spring cleaning, I was going to sort and clean spaces throughout my house that had accumulated “stuff.”

2020 was an odd year…

2020 has been a rough year for all of us. I doubt there will be anyone who disagrees with me on that. Luckily, the end is in sight! 2020 is almost done and not a moment to soon. However, it’s not time to celebrate just yet.

Over the years, United Ways have watched their donor rolls shrink, despite all their efforts to try to attract and retain donors. This begs the question “Where did your donors go?” The simple truth is that most of your donors have . . .

Cutting costs is not a long-term sustainable strategy for United Ways. Instead of cutting costs, a more appropriate, albeit harder, strategy for long-term United Way sustainability is growing revenue.