Why Conduct a Wealth Assessment?

One of the most popular profiles we prepare at Eclipse Research Group are our Wealth Indicator Reports & Analysis.  This profile includes a Wealth Assessment of the prospect.  While front line fundraisers generally just want “the numbers” it is helpful to understand what a Wealth Assessment is, and exactly how it can help your organization. What Read more about Why Conduct a Wealth Assessment?[…]

The Great Canadian Giving Challenge

If you haven’t already heard, The Great Canadian Giving Challenge is back and is happening right now!  This challenge gives registered charities the chance to win $10,000.  The Great Canadian Giving Challenge started on June 1 and goes until midnight on June 30, 2016. For every $1 donation (minimum $3 donation required) made to a Read more about The Great Canadian Giving Challenge[…]

A Few of My Favourite Things (AKA Free Canadian Prospect Research Resources) – Part 2

As I listed in my previous post (A Few of My Favourite Things (AKA Free Canadian Prospect Research Resources) – Part 1), free prospect research resources can offer a wealth of information to both prospect researchers and their fundraising team.  In that post I listed three of my favourite free resources, here are some more: Read more about A Few of My Favourite Things (AKA Free Canadian Prospect Research Resources) – Part 2[…]

My #ResearchPride

March is International Prospect Development Pride Month.  #ResearchPride was launched by Helen Brown two years ago.  A fundraising professional since 1987 and co-author of the book Prospect Research for Fundraisers with Jen Filla, Helen is a distinguished prospect research professional.  (As the Chair of Programming for the conference I am particularly excited to say that Helen will Read more about My #ResearchPride[…]

A Few of My Favourite Things (AKA Free Canadian Prospect Research Resources) – Part 1

I started my prospect research career in a small shop as the first prospect researcher the organization hired.  In that role I implemented the organization’s prospect research program using mainly free resources as we had a very small budget.  Having a small budget meant spending time and using creativity to find free prospect research sources Read more about A Few of My Favourite Things (AKA Free Canadian Prospect Research Resources) – Part 1[…]

Why Should Fundraisers Media Monitor?

Media monitoring is one way for organizations with a fundraising department to learn about their constituents.  Information to be learned from media monitoring includes: Who has joined a Board Who has opened a new business Whose business is in the news Who has received an award (e.g. Order of Canada or Order of Manitoba) Who Read more about Why Should Fundraisers Media Monitor?[…]

Stock Options Explained

Compensation for the highly paid executives in public companies often includes the base salary, bonus, all other compensation, share based awards, option based awards and pension value.  One of the most mysterious components of that compensation is the stock options.   What are stock options and how do we determine their value? Stock options are benefits Read more about Stock Options Explained[…]