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Crucial Donors:
How Major Individual Givers
Can Best Support Nonprofits
A vital resource for this GivingTuesday and the giving season, this report offers insight into what major donors can do to better support nonprofits and how nonprofits’ relationships with major donors differ from their relationships with staffed foundations, as well as questions to guide major donors in building relationships, addressing the understanding gap, and deciding what kind(s) of support to provide to nonprofits.