Other types of donation
Major one-time donations and planned gifts tend to come from contacts that have a good long-term relationship with your organization or key individuals in it; a strong alignment with your mission or some part of it; confidence that your organization will successfully deliver on commitments, and resources that enable them to make a major gift. Custom fields in CiviCRM can be used to track specific interests and demographic information related to the ability to give. During the cultivation of the relationship, personal face-to-face relationships developed through CiviEvent and board activities can be important. Tracking relationships among high net-worth individuals, or cross-linked board memberships of other organizations, can be important in identifying prospects for major donor campaigns and the best person to contact for the request. Once the request has been made it can be useful to track meetings and phone calls regarding negotiations about the terms of the gift...