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NPR takes another stab at fundraising with stations
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After years of attempts that fizzled, NPR is reviving efforts to collaborate with member stations on major-gift fundraising.
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What’s a major gift in public media? Depends on who you ask
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At most stations, individuals who contribute at least $1,000 cumulatively over a year are considered major donors. But outside of public media, major gifts involve much larger donations.
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Small, midsize stations make progress with major-donor fundraising
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Small and midsize stations must be especially creative in developing ways to engage and grow their pools of major donors.
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Why stations should look to younger sustainers for bequests, major gifts
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Findings from a new survey suggest that public media should focus on cultivating sustainers for decades to come.
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Push for major gifts advances as NPR, stations work together
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The network’s Jazz Night in America and NPR One app have benefited from the effort.
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KCPT, NewsHour receive $4 million in “transformational” donation
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A “transformational gift” from an anonymous donor through KCPT will create a digital news center in Kansas City, Mo., as well as provide support for PBS NewsHour through the PBS Foundation.
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Seven rules for station execs to succeed in fundraising
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More than a decade ago, I was appearing on-air during a television pledge drive when a phone bank volunteer said a caller on his line insisted on talking to me. I picked up the phone with some trepidation and — sure enough — a WXXI member complained angrily about getting too much direct mail. He was especially upset because he had received a letter inviting him to join WXXI when he was already a member. I apologized and, to make up for his inconvenience, invited him to lunch and a tour of the station. He accepted, and took a bus to the station (he didn’t drive) to meet with me.
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Seeking the next $100 million
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A review of public stations’ financial data over the past 15 years shows that, despite their widely divergent revenue trajectories, public radio and television have both made great progress in implementing structural and cultural changes needed to pursue new revenues.
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Local/national fundraising ‘rules of the road’ needed
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While a local public broadcasting station traditionally romances big-donor prospects in its locality, it can occasionally find itself in a jealous spat with a national network courting prospects in its nation. It happened recently in Denver….