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Whether you’re in a small or mid sized organization, or part of a development team of one or 25, you are probably raising major gifts. But let me take a step back and address some common questions that I hear about major gifts.
We ask a lot of our board members, and we can’t expect them to succeed without the proper tools. One way to support their success is to focus on how board members can support your work in addition to donating—building relationships, opening doors, stewarding your current donors.
Now, majority-white organizations are soliciting Black and other non-Eurocentric individuals to come into this system that was not designed to include them. Much like the cultural appropriation of a people’s customs, this is essentially attempting to appropriate other cultures’ wealth. So, to avoid this unfortunate trend, before you launch into a campaign or new program to attract Black donors and dollars, I recommend you ask yourself and your organization these important questions.