By Andrew Robison, President of Petrus Development
This post was originally written for the CCMA (Catholic Campus Ministry Association) Fundraising Focus Newsletter.
People often ask if it’s worth starting a fundraising program for their Catholic ministry. While the question seems straightforw...
By Andrew Robison, President of Petrus Development
This time of year, it can be very easy to become anxious about traveling, cooking, shopping, cleaning, hosting, wrapping, family, decorating and much more. For those of us in the fundraising world, this is a busy time of year for donations, ap...
 This post is an excerpt from Episode 5 of The Petrus Development Show.
Recently, I sat down with Peter de Keratry, Co-Founder of Petrus Development for a conversation for The Petrus Development Show. We covered a variety of topics, but one topic we covered was what development officers truly nee...
By Andrew Robison, President of Petrus DevelopmentÂ
This post is an excerpt from the Fundraising Focus series presented by the Catholic Campus Ministry Association (CCMA).
Many years ago, I was sitting in a donor meeting with my boss at the time, Greg Gorman, and a major benefactor for St. Ma...
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By Andrew Robison and Jamie Cappetta, President of Our Savior Parish and Caruso Catholic Center at the University of Southern CaliforniaÂ
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In the business world, setting goals, creating metrics and tracking progress is the name of the game if you want to succeed. Imagine if a Fortune 500 C...
By Tara Doyon, Director of Stewardship and Development at St. Paul Catholic Newman Center and Parish at Indiana University and Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP Campus Minister
When I tell people about my job, the response is almost always a bemused look followed by the statement, “I could never ask people ...
The following is from the Petrus Annual Manual Weekly Emails. Visit the Annual Manual page to learn more about the Petrus Annual Manual.
Development is a demanding job, and it can be emotionally taxing.
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Successful fundraising requires you to put yourself out there in a vulnerable way. If you ...
How can a development committee increase the effectiveness of your development office?
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What is a development committee, and how does it function?
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Recently Petrus Development President Andrew Robison was on site with Steve Nache from Lumen Christi Institute in Chicago. They had the opportunit...
As the practice of fundraising has evolved and become more professionalized and complex, many new terms have been created or repurposed that people unfamiliar with fundraising may not understand. For this reason, the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) developed a complete glossary of ter...
Catholic campus ministries and Newman Centers often face the challenge of building and maintaining a robust alumni donor base.
Alumni are typically the most connected and potentially generous segment of a ministry's donor population, yet many organizations struggle to effectively capture alumni con...
By Andrew Robison, President of Petrus Development
In the world of nonprofit fundraising, the key ingredient in every successful development officer's strategy is a relentless focus on face-to-face visits. While other annual targets and goals are important, nothing is as crucial as getting in f...
By Ryan Kekula, Director of Development of Warhawk Catholic Campus Ministry at U of Wisconsin – Whitewater
The day I showed up at the 2018 Petrus Leadership Conference in San Antonio, TX, I had been a Development Director for exactly 97 days. Â Suffice it to say, I had no idea what to expect fro...
