At Lipman Hearne, we take great pride in helping our clients accomplish great things. That’s why we’re very excited by the recent opening of Rush University Medical Center’s new 14-story hospital building, located at Ashland Avenue and the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago, IL. Lipman Hearne developed the new building’s $300 million fundraising campaign theme, “It’s [...]
As The New York Times reported recently, a study performed by Blackbaud Analytics appears to suggest that donors who give online don’t always give online again. Alarming! Especially in the midst of a recession! But hold on—that sentence is fairly packed with qualifiers. Retaining donors is always hard. Would we be surprised to learn that [...]
An accelerated integrated marketing(AIM) and enrollment services client, the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS) made headlines today as one of the beneficiaries of a mystery that is unfolding in the world of college fundraising: During the past few weeks, at least nine universities have received gifts totaling more than $45 million, and the [...]
I spent a day this week in Detroit – a city much of the country seems to have written off. Violent crime is three to five times the national norm. Average home price is just north of $18,500. City unemployment stands at 21 percent. Foreclosure announcements recently took up 137 pages of the Detroit Free [...]