{"id":4402231449239,"date":"2025-11-20T06:25:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T11:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philanthropy.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=4402231449239"},"modified":"2026-05-08T01:35:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T05:35:48","slug":"securing-major-gifts-whats-working-now","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.philanthropy.com\/store\/training\/securing-major-gifts-whats-working-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Securing Major Gifts: What\u2019s Working Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Fundraising Webinar originally aired on May 7, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">America\u2019s biggest donors gave away\u00a0$22.4 billion\u00a0last year, according to the\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Chronicle<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2019s latest \u201cPhilanthropy 50\u201d list of the nation\u2019s top donors.\u00a0That\u2019s\u00a035 percent more than in 2024, and the largest sum since 2021. Yet even as\u00a0more dollars are raised, the number of donors\u00a0continues to\u00a0fall\u00a0\u2014\u00a0and\u00a0the competition for\u00a0big\u00a0gifts\u00a0is fiercer than ever.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">How can your\u00a0organization\u00a0keep major donors close, attract\u00a0new wealthy supporters,\u00a0and\u00a0land\u00a0large gifts in 2026?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Join this 75-minute\u00a0webinar\u00a0to learn from two leaders at nonprofits with thriving major giving programs: Thomas Moore, executive director of American Friends of the Louvre, and Kathryn Van Sickle, director of parent gifts at Yale University.<\/span><span 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