Fundraising in Nebraska

Fundraising in Nebraska

By Tom Wilson Major Gifts Guru

I’m working on a hospital campaign for a new patient tower in Nebraska. I get to visit once a month for a couple of days.

What’s the fundraising scene in Nebraska?

So far so good. People are cautious right now and worried about what may happen. But, in talking with two small business owners who are on our campaign cabinet this week they both said business is doing just fine. In fact, one said they had gotten in a big order and are scrambling to get it filled.

Another volunteer said his mother, who is in her late 80s kept worrying about her stock portfolio so a few years ago he put almost everything in tax exempt bonds. She only lost $9,000 on one stock certificate he hadn’t converted. So she’s just fine. Her friends? Many have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars and are very worried.

The volunteers on our campaign are willing to move forward. We got a $10,000 physician’s gift last month and another doctor talked to the development director and me this week about an endowment gift. Another couple last month started exploring how to make the hospital the residual beneficiary in their IRAs.

Major gift officers in Nebraska – what would you add?

Please comment.

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