Melissa S. Brown & Associates, LLC

04/05/2021

Great ideas plus the do’s & don’ts of digital marketing for nonprofit consultants.

03/11/2021

11/17/2020

Interested in our 2021 Winter E-Forum? See below for all the details!

08/07/2020

Honored to be invited to speak (virtually) for several groups in the next few months

02/20/2020

Please see my main page MSBrown LLC. Thank you!

10/03/2019

Please check out the page I actually post to, MSBrown LLC

03/08/2019

Gender accounts for a 10 percent difference in salaries between male and female fundraisers, according to new research published by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) on March 8, International Women’s Day.

09/04/2018

This is the secondary page. My actual business page uses the nickname MSBrown LLC. Thanks for stopping by.

08/28/2018

At a conference and connecting worlds. Two clients, one friend last seen circa 1994, a colleague from IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, a current M.A. candidate there, and the rep.from DonorSearch.net. Indianapolis really is the crossroads of America!

DonorSearch provides wealth and philanthropy screening services, analytics, and fundraising solutions to nonprofits.

06/13/2018

A few tidbits below from yesterday's Giving USA Foundation annual report on philanthropy... Thanks to Jim Yunker and The Yunker Group for hosting and inviting us to be media sponsor this year. Insights from Melissa Brown, Ellen M Katz and Rob Reifsnyder.

$410 billion in charitable giving in 2017, up from $390 billion in 2016. Breaks down as follows: 31% to religion. 14% to education. 12% to human services. 11% to foundations. 9% to health. 7% to public-society benefit (United Way, Jewish Federation, etc.). 6% to international affairs. 5% to arts, culture and humanities. 3% to environmental causes/animals. 2% to individuals.

Your thoughts? Ideas?
What questions do these numbers raise?