"Ask and Receive"

Ask & Receive is a newsletter designed to supplement the Fund Raising Initiative of the Ecumenical Campus Ministry Team. It will present a series of ideas and resources on a monthly basis to address the challenges of fund raising and board development. Each issue will deal with an aspect of fund raising, such as the annual fund, visiting donors, or tuning up the board.

The "Voices and Venues” section helps us encounter the people and places where good fund raising practices are being lived out. Readers are invited to contribute to this section by sending information and ideas for inclusion. Ask & Receive is published on behalf of the Ecumenical Campus Ministry Team at 2481 Como Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55108. The editor is Galen Hora. Phone: 651.649.0454 ext. 228 E-Mail: Galen.Hora@elca.org

2012

• February 2012 Ask and Receive
  • Ask: And the Winner Is...
  • Training Visitor Volunteers
  • Giving Trends
  • Strategic Planning Is Board Work

• January 2012 Ask and Receive
  • Ask – The Visit and the Variables
  • Receive – “No” May Not Mean No
  • Giving Trends
  • New Years Resolutions for Boards

• December 2011 Ask and Receive
  • Ask: Grant Writing
  • Receive: After the Gifts are Open
  • Giving Trends
  • Building A Board Book

• November 2011 Ask and Receive
  • Ask – Moving On Up
  • Making Meaning
  • Giving Trends
  • Crafting A Vision

• October 2011 Ask and Receive
  • Preparing for the Fall Appeal
  • Gift Acceptance Policies
  • Giving Trends
  • Board Members Are Human, Too

• September 2011 Ask and Receive
  • Ask – Why Are We Doing This?
  • Get Serious. Stay Engaged
  • Giving Trends
  • Streamlining Board work

• May 2011 Ask and Receive
  • When is it feasible to ask?
  • What's more effective, statistics or stories?
  • Endowment or annual fund?
  • Recruiting good board members

• April 2011 Ask and Receive
  • Making the case for an ask
  • Receiving what a donor has to offer
  • Board/committee evaluations

• March 2011 Ask and Receive
  • The value of a mission statement when asking for financial support
  • Receiving gifts online
  • The role of a campus ministry committee

• February 2011 Ask and Receive
  • Expanding the circle of friendship
  • Building donor loyalty
  • A board job description
  • An updated calendar of fund-raising and board development seminars

• January 2011 Ask and Receive
  • How to ask for a gift
  • Special treatment for special donors
  • Waking up sleepy boards

• December 2010 Ask and Receive
  • The ask: Considering potential donors
  • Communicate appreciation
  • Responsibilities of a development committee

• November 2010 Ask and Receive
  The ask and the fund-raising letter
  • Donor recognition
  • Voices and venues: The University of Colorado
  • Involving board members in fund-raising

• October 2010 Ask and Receive
  • Ask: The annual fund
  • Receive: Donor stewardship
  • Voices and venues: A perspective on making the ask
  • Building better boards for campus ministry

• September 2010 Ask and Receive
  • Stewardship and "the ask"
  • Receiving the gift & a sample thank you note
  • Voices and venues: A donor's perspective
  • Building a fund-raising library
  • Building better boards for campus ministry
  • A board member Bill of Rights