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For over 30 years Ruth has worked as a major gift fundraising consultant in the UK heading up her own Consultancy and then as Business Development Director and Board Member for the UK’s Chapter One Group/Ketchum Inc Consultancy followed by Major Gift Director for the London based Domain Group. She is currently the Principal and Founder of Ascent Philanthropy. Ruth is a writer and blogger and is passionate about helping non-profits with their major gift programmes either by enhancing the work of the philanthropy team or overseeing the introduction of a new major gift programme.

Wealth Screening and Profiling Lawfully

By admin Posted on October 23, 2017 Posted in Blog No Comments

Included in my new book is the detail on how to wealth screen and profile your donors lawfully in line with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). Finding the multi-millionaires embedded within your data is an exciting step. It is …

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Wealth Screening and Profiling Lawfully

Don’t Ask in the Ask Proposal

By admin Posted on June 12, 2015 Posted in Blog No Comments

After at least 9 months of detailed relationship building, you may sense the time is right to do the ‘ask’.  The assumption for this is : You have had a minimum of monthly, two way ‘touch points’ ie at least …

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Prepare a Values document for your Major Donor Programme

By admin Posted on May 13, 2015 Posted in Blog No Comments

A values or philosophy document underpins your Programme.  It simply sets out your guidelines for developing relationships with Philanthropists.  This is particularly needed as the Programme weaves through every department within your organisation – finance, supporter relations, direct mail, programme …

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Donors:   Mid – Major – what’s the difference?

By admin Posted on March 13, 2015 Posted in Blog No Comments

A key factor for any organisation is how much time to allow for developing relationships with donors.   Who will do the developing and how much time do they have available to build the relationship with each donor?  At the heart …

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