Posts filed under ‘Letters’
An Open Letter to Managers of Women by Jason Shen
Despite this woman’s outstanding contributions, you haven’t promoted her or given her a raise. It’s not fair and you know it.
Maybe you think she has to wait her turn, or brush up on her soft skills and work better with others, or that she simply needs more experience. But all of those things also applied to the many talented men who have rapidly advanced through the ranks of your organisation. They had somehow not been beholden to the same constraints of “promotions are given every three years” or “but what if so-and-so gets upset that they didn’t get a raise too?”
Continue Reading August 23, 2016 at 10:33 pm Barbara Talisman, CFRE Leave a comment
An Open Letter to the Board of Directors
It was nice of you to quickly approve our 2010 budget and my fundraising plan. I thought when you approved it you understood you have some responsibility in our success (and failure.) In case you didn’t notice, the budget calls for the Board to raise 10% of our income. My fundraising plan offers many opportunities for you to participate and I am here to help lead and support your efforts.
Continue Reading December 4, 2015 at 10:15 am Barbara Talisman, CFRE 4 comments
An Open Letter to Our Director of Development
We were really excited when we hired you. Mostly because we knew you would do all the fundraising. We thought having a full-time fundraiser on staff would mean we would instantly raise more money. We expected, with your skills, our fundraising events and letters would be more successful than before.
Continue Reading December 3, 2015 at 9:55 am Barbara Talisman, CFRE 2 comments
An Open Letter from a Nonprofit Executive Director
Dear Director of Development,
I am writing to give you some feedback on your work to date. I review the budget regularly and noticed 5%-10% increases in individual, corporate and foundation giving. But given what we pay you, I really expected better results.
Continue Reading November 6, 2015 at 9:30 am Barbara Talisman, CFRE 7 comments
Letter from the President of the Board
I am writing to ask for support beyond your time and talent. It is important that every Board member contribute financially to our organization. This is essential for a number of reasons. As leaders, we need to set the pace and example for others to follow. Our fundraising staff needs to show corporate and foundation donors we, as a Board, are supporting the organization work fully.
Continue Reading November 4, 2015 at 11:00 am Barbara Talisman, CFRE Leave a comment
An Open Letter from a Corporate Partner
While we were unable to continue our financial partnership with you, we were surprised not to hear from you since the day we declined to return as a sponsor. We know you are busy, but were hoping you would have kept us informed of your work during these challenging times.
Continue Reading October 9, 2015 at 10:00 am Barbara Talisman, CFRE 4 comments
From a Donor Regarding Your Thank You Letters
A donors take on your thank you letter process.
Continue Reading October 6, 2015 at 10:12 am Barbara Talisman, CFRE Leave a comment
Open Letter from a Foundation Program Officer
We have worked very hard to make our grant process transparent. Grant guidelines and funding areas are clearly listed on our website along with the types of organizations we fund. It appears from your grant proposal you didn’t have the time to review this information because it is clear your organization and programs do not fit our guidelines. In addition, you asked for a grant that is twice the amount of our average grant.
Continue Reading February 25, 2010 at 9:15 am Barbara Talisman, CFRE Leave a comment
Talisman Philanthropy 