In an email today, Catholic Campus Ministry Association (CCMA) Executive Director, Mike St. Pierre announced a collaboration between Petrus Development and CCMA. St. Pierre announced that all active CCMA members would be eligible for ONE FREE MONTH of the Petrus Annual Manual if they sign up with...
Today, Kyle Jaeger joins Petrus Development as our new Account Manager. Kyle came to Petrus from St. Paul’s Newman Center at North Dakota State University, where he helped build a strong development program and lead the Move Newman Forward Capital Campaign to more than $15M in gifts and...
By Andrew Robison, President of Petrus Development
Petrus Development has been working with Catholic ministries around the country since 2004 to build sustainable development programs, and we are pleased to announce that we recently served our 100th ministry. While I am proud of this good work,...
By Andrew Robison, President of Petrus Development
Ministries and nonprofit organizations are always trying to grow their database of donors. For organizations who have students or program participants, alumni will typically be the largest and most connected segment of their donor population....
By Andrew Robison, President of Petrus Development
The key ingredient in every great development officers recipe for success is the same…a relentless focus on face-to-face visits. There are certainly a number of other annual targets and goals, but if you can get in front of donors and...
By Ryan Kekula, Director of Development of Warhawk Catholic Campus Ministry at U of Wisconsin – Whitewater
The day I showed up at the 2018 Petrus Leadership Conference in San Antonio, TX, I had been a Development Director for exactly 97 days. Suffice it to say, I had no idea what to...
By Mark Randall, CFRE, Executive Director of Pontifical North American College (Rome)
As we approach the end of the calendar year, development teams are in full swing. With estimates of 30% of all annual giving taking place in December (and 12% in the last three days of the year!), we have...
By Andrew Robison, President of Petrus Development
"A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.” – Abraham Lincoln
Every year as we get close to Christmas, my family always asks me to give them my Christmas...
By Mike Perkins, South Area Director at the Fellowship of Catholic University Students
Henry Ford said, “You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.”
Newsletters, when done well, can be an effective means of spreading the good word about your...
By Jamie Cappetta, President at USC Caruso Catholic Center
5 Reasons to read “A Spirituality of Fundraising” by Henri Nouwen
5. You will be Encouraged
“Fundraising is a very rich and beautiful activity. It is a confident, joyful and hope-filled expression of...
By Tara Doyon, Director of Stewardship and Development at St. Paul Catholic Center
Mission and vision statements function as essential guideposts for any organization but can be vital to the success or failure of a small nonprofit or ministry. These foundational documents allow your...
By Andrew Robison, President of Petrus Development
No matter where in the country you are, you have undoubtedly seen the images of the destruction that Hurricane Harvey has left in its wake. Over 21 trillion gallons of water across Texas and Louisiana, over 50 inches of rain in many...
