Insights

Last month, together with the rest of the Giving Architects New Zealand team, I crossed the Tasman to join our Australian colleagues at the Fundraising Institute Australia’s (FIA) annual conference. It was the biggest yet, with more than 1300 delegates and 30 speakers from all over the globe. The theme of the conference was ‘where passion meets purpose’. And boy, […]

By Clive Pedley (Director & Chief Executive – Giving Architects). Important fundraising decisions will be required for many charities in 2024. The social and environmental needs many exist to serve and solve are increasing in scale and urgency, and philanthropy has an increasingly critical role to play in partnering with effective charities who can demonstrate […]

Double giving! Who wouldn’t want to do that? And here’s the twist. You can double giving by focusing on the donor – not the money. Simple, right? Well, yes and no. So, let’s look at this a little more closely. Just a few weeks ago our understanding of fundraising practice took another leap forward. However, […]

The Covid-19 pandemic of the last two years greatly affected the not-for-profit sector in Australia and across the world. In 2022, Australians are living with Covid-19, vaccination rates are high and the majority of business and day-to-day activities are getting back to normal. It is expected the economic data from FY21 and FY22 will offer […]

Donor retention remains the biggest challenge fundraisers face, and donor acquisition remains a herculean task as we unpack and unpick generational and demographic preferences and tendencies, as well as the decreasing numbers of giving households. The bigger picture should lead us to a few logical conclusions at a time when charitable and fundraising leaders must ponder […]

Economic realities do have an impact on the needs of people and planet. So we could definitely say rising inflation will make things harder in our communities, increasing the burden that is too often left on the shoulders of the for-purpose sector.  But what about fundraising and giving in all its forms? Does it immediately […]