DON'T TELL THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
I'm a big fan of the " Don't Tell the Donor " blog. Where else can we get an insiders look at nonprofit fundraising confessions? This anonymous blogger, known only as "a fundraiser" is apparently a Blackbaud Raisers Edge user. "A fundraiser" has me (again) pondering the sad cross purposes of fundraising and finance. The two should be like body and mind--inseparable. "A Fundraiser", in a December 1st post titled "Projections, predictions, and the problem of past performance", confides: ...it discourages me when I hear fundraisers who feel they do not have a responsibility to provide cash flow projections and predictions to the finance teams. It seems obvious that finding a resolution to these problems could only make us more effective. Accordingly I offer a few thoughts of my own, hopefully they'll get us a little further in that direction: Accountants are bound by (at least) three guidelines: 1) Generally Accept