Major Gifts: The Art, the Heart, the Ask and the Attitude
While you’re at it, think of the institution you represent today as a fundraising professional. What are its strengths, weaknesses and purpose for existence? What service does your institution provide, and how does it fit in that context? Do your fundraising plan and individual/institutional philosophy blend well with your personal beliefs? Are you representing the institution as a sales representative, or are you fully, emotionally and passionately linked to the institution that you serve? Does the individual (you) represent the organization with passion, commitment and dedication, and are you fully convinced that investments in philanthropy are put to good use?
Duke Haddad, Ed.D., CFRE, is currently associate director of development, director of capital campaigns and director of corporate development for The Salvation Army Indiana Division in Indianapolis. He also serves as president of Duke Haddad and Associates LLC and is a freelance instructor for Nonprofit Web Advisor.
He has been a contributing author to NonProfit PRO since 2008.
He received his doctorate degree from West Virginia University with an emphasis on education administration plus a dissertation on donor characteristics. He received a master’s degree from Marshall University with an emphasis on public administration plus a thesis on annual fund analysis. He secured a bachelor’s degree (cum laude) with an emphasis on marketing/management. He has done post graduate work at the University of Louisville.
Duke has received the Fundraising Executive of the Year Award, from the Association of Fundraising Professionals Indiana Chapter. He also was given the Outstanding West Virginian Award, Kentucky Colonel Award and Sagamore of the Wabash Award from the governors of West Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana, respectively, for his many career contributions in the field of philanthropy. He has maintained a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) designation for three decades.
