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Required Minimum Distributions: A Win-Win Strategy for Donors and Charities

I love the TV show The Profit. Marcus Lemonis, a serial entrepreneur, invests in struggling businesses and offers advice on how to turn things around. Often even small adjustments in managing people, capital, or processes yield amazing results.

Following Marcus’ lead, I’m proposing a small tweak in...

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Overcoming Self-Doubt in Fundraising: Strategies for Staying Resilient

The following is from the Petrus Annual Manual Weekly Emails. Visit the Annual Manual page to learn more about the Petrus Annual Manual.


Development is a demanding job, and it can be emotionally taxing.

 

Successful fundraising requires you to put yourself out there in a vulnerable way. If you ...

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Essential Fundraising Terminology: A Beginner's Guide to Development Lingo

As the practice of fundraising has evolved and become more professionalized and complex, many new terms have been created or repurposed that people unfamiliar with fundraising may not understand. For this reason, the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) developed a complete glossary of ter...

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Seven Books for Any Catholic Fundraiser’s 2025 Christmas List

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 list. Not really being one to...

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5 Reasons to Read "A Spirituality of Fundraising"

By Jamie Cappetta, President at USC Caruso Catholic Center


 

5 Reasons to read “A Spirituality of Fundraising” by Henri Nouwen

 "A Spirituality of Fundraising" is a mandatory read for all Catholic fundraising professionals. It is a short read, and you will not regret spending some time with i

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