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What others are saying about Where the Money Is: Advancement Research for Nonprofit Organizations, 2001, BioGuide Press, 905 Conway Avenue, # 6, Las Cruces, NM 88005 www.bioguidepress.com"A professional research librarian offers innumerable tips and lists dozens of Web sites to aid fund raisers in identifying wealthy individuals, foundations, and corporations and assessing their donor potential." Symphony: The Magazine of the American Symphony Orchestra League, March-April 2002
"Great book. What a wealth of information. Excellent job pulling together such a wide range of materials. Nicely done! I was glad you included a good deal of tech info this time around." Editor, Ideas & Perspectives, Independent School Management
"I’m having a good time reading your book. You’ve done a fine job of putting together all the pieces in a lively, readable style....It contains excellent advice on how to use staff and volunteers to cull through the prospect lists—an essential process that’s probably too often skipped." Editor, The Grantsmanship Center Magazine
"I am enjoying it, and especially appreciate that it goes beyond research to address practical day-to-day management issues. I think it will be a must read for many! The first assignment I gave my new researchers was to read your books? The bottom line: invest the $45 and the time to read this book. You will get more information than even the best instructor could fit into a full-day seminar and will have a useful reference on hand for the future." Manager of Major Gifts at a Medical Center, Austin, Texas
"This new book helps nonprofits find those who can be your really big donors. Increasingly donations come from those able to write big checks. But who are they? How to find them? This book helps fundraisers and prospect researchers locate them." Disability Funding News, Nov. 20, 2001
"The book describes how to research wealthy donors using the Internet. Individual donors can be a generous bunch. Each year they donate about $203 billion to nonprofits and causes they care about. But if you’re going to ask individuals for contributions, it helps to know as much about them as you can beforehand. This explains how to gather information on prospects." Children & Youth Funding Report, January 23, 2002
"I just finished Helen Bergan’s new edition of Where the Money Is and highly recommend it to any newbies, folks who feel like they don’t quite have a handle on the various on-line services (free and fee) or screening vendors, and anyone feeling like they should brush up on the basics in the Internet Age….The book is filled with excellent resources….A great update to an old standard. It was a good read! A researcher at the University of Idaho, On PRSPCT-L, January 20, 2002
"If you think the title sounds familiar, you are right. This is the update of a terrific book on prospect researching, and the new edition reflects all the changes in prospecting over the past decade….Helen Bergan knows her business, and she shared her expertise….This book is excellent for the large development office…but also great for the one-person shop." Nonprofit Vermont, Dec.-Jan. 2002
"We can be grateful that Bergan has taken the time to revise and update this very handy manual. The book is thoughtfully expanded to reflect the growing symbiotic relationship between advancement researcher and officer….More than half of the chapters would appeal to front line staff….As a general manual and reference tool, the new Where the Money Is performs admirably….It provides sensible direction, useful tips, and clear, consistent descriptions of some processes that never seem to become organized in a development shop." NEDRA News, New England Development Research Association, Winter 2002 |