TWB Fundraising Blog

June 9, 2014

The Odd Couple: Capital Campaigns and Planned Giving

Historically, planned giving and fundraising campaigns have had a somewhat rocky relationship....

March 3, 2014

Client Testimonial: Hephzibah Children's Association

We recently had the pleasure of working with Molly Philosophos and Liz Condon at Hephzibah...

February 28, 2014

TW&B Service Spotlight: The Annual Giving Assessment

Written by Don Souhrada

Is your organization on track to reach its annual fund goal this year?

If your organization is not...

February 13, 2014

Access Living Recognized as Top Nonprofit for People with Disabilities

At the end of 2013, Chicago-based Access Living was named #12 in a national list of 16 top...

June 4, 2013

TWB Sponsors Development and Membership Luncheon at AAM Meeting

Ter Molen Watkins & Brandt was pleased to serve as one of the sponsors for this year's American...

May 17, 2013

Alumni Relations in the Age of Online Education (Part Two)

Written by Clyde Watkins

Think about it. Pretend you are a college student, registered at any given institution, taking most...

May 15, 2013

Alumni Relations in the Age of Online Education

Written by Clyde Watkins

As all of us are aware, we live in an age of rapidly changing communications systems, and this is...

March 26, 2013

TW&B President Gene Brandt quoted in Crain's Chicago

Excerpt from "The price of board membership: the give/get" Crains Chicago March 25, 2013:

March 25, 2013

Soliciting Campaign Gifts: The Vanishing Volunteer

Written by Clyde Watkins

In the forty years I have been working in development, the past two decades as a consultant, I have...

March 4, 2013

The Power of the Fundraising Team

Written by Gene Brandt

We don't always agree! I'm not talking about my wife and I, or my 16 year old (we almost never...

February 11, 2013

Don’t Trust Your Feasibility Study Interviews to a Novice!

Written by Gene Brandt

I love doing feasibility study interviews. That may surprise you. As a senior member of our firm, I...