Tag: Rogare

Charity values may not be so important to the ethics of turning down donations

Stuart Mitchell

Many fundraisers – and perhaps more non-fundraisers, such as senior leadership and trustees – might consider that not aligning with their charities’ values is an important consideration in deciding whether to refuse a donation from a ‘tainted’ source. However, new work from Rogare – The Fundraising Think Tank – produced in collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Fundraising and published in the new paper: Take it or Leave It: The Ethics of Gift Acceptance and Refusal– argues that values alignment may not be the best way to make the most…

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Think tank launches project to resolve ethical dilemmas in fundraising for schools

Stuart Mitchell

Fundraising think tank Rogare has launched a project to create tools and theories for resolving ethical dilemmas in fundraising for schools. The project is being carried out in Australia and New Zealand in three phases, and will form a foundation for the ethics of school fundraising that will apply in other countries. With an expected completion date of July 2025, it is the second major project that Rogare has conducted outside the USA and UK – after its work with AFP Canada on the Canadian Fundraising Narrative. Project objectives The…

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New Rogare project to create concepts and tools for resolving ethical dilemmas in fundraising for schools

Stuart Mitchell

The international fundraising think tank Rogare has begun a new project to:  identify the ethical issues, challenges and dilemmas specific to school fundraising adapt the ideas, theories and frameworks of professional fundraising ethics to solve these dilemmas devise new ways to do this if the existing resources are not up to the job.  The project – which aims to be completed by July 2025 – will be conducted in three phases in Australia and New Zealand.  Phase 1 – This first phase has been to review current thinking on secondary educational ethics to…

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Rogare publishes Blueprint to dismantle patriarchal structures in fundraising

Stuart Mitchell

Charities should publish donor codes of conduct that commit donors to behaving in a respectful and non-discriminatory manner towards fundraising professionals. This is a key recommendation from the second phase of Rogare’s work on gender issues in the fundraising profession. The second phase of this project culminated on Tuesday March 7 with the publication of the report: A Blueprint to dismantle patriarchal structures in the fundraising profession. As part of this paper, Rogare has devised its own ‘model’ code of conduct that other organisations can use or adapt. Rogare’s model…

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