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The Philanthropic Quest
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How is this different
from conventional fund raising?

Here is a chart that shows how the philanthropic quest is evolving from conventional fund raising, still grounded in the best of proven practices.

Conventional approach	The next level
Problems	Possibilities
Money	Meaning
Organization wants to get something	Donor wants to do something
The kind of organization the professional wants	The kind of world the donor wants
Tell organization's story	Listen to donors' stories
Professional is acquisitive	Professional is inquisitive
Donor is reactive	Donor is proactive
Scarcity of resources	Abundance of resources
Incremental advances	Unprecedented breakthroughs
"Catch-up, get-by" fund raising	Optimal philanthropy
Cultivation	Collaboration
Coverage	Authentic engagement
Event: the "ask"	Process: lifelong relationships
Token gifts	Full-of-meaning commitments
Taught -- as admonitions	Learned -- by example
Control fund-raising costs	Invest to build equity