Books and Monographs

Learning From the Future (2011)

This monograph represents the summary and synthesis of GHC Conversation 2011 - our third gathering of its kind. Fourteen social sector and philanthropy executives gathered on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina in late March 2011. We accepted as the platform for our thinking in 2011 the notion of learning from the future: the personal, organizational, community, and societal interrelationships that will most deeply shape the practice and promise of philanthropy in the year 2030. As in previous years, participants were asked in advance to write and submit an original essay on one aspect of what they believe we must learn from the future. Each essay coaxed the author out of his/her current "moment" and forced a short walk with uncertainty. This step was essential to moving participants away from techniques and models and more toward personal "openings." (PDF format, 158 pages, 3.55MB file).

Complete monograph (discussion summary and essays) - free download (158 pages)

Making Sense of Our Commitment to Lasting Change Through Philanthropy (2010)

This monograph represents the summary and synthesis of GHC Conversation 2010, a gathering of 14 social sector leaders from North American nonprofit organizations and foundations. Contents reflect the depth and scope of our four day discussion. Additionally, the essay contributions of each participant, which served as the catalyst to the conversation, are collected here. (PDF format, 186 pages, 5MB file).

Complete monograph (discussion summary and essays) - free download (186 pages)

Discussion summary only - free download (42 pages)

In Search of New Meaning (2009)

In Spring 2009, Gary Hubbell Consulting convened a think tank of North American nonprofit organization and development leaders. Four topics were selected for discussion, each of which became the focus of an insightful essay by each of the hand-picked attendees. The four topics are: New Perspectives on Leadership, Reimagining the Future of Philanthropy, Development in a Systems Context, and Demonstrating and Communicating Philanthropy's Impact.

Now Available in downloadable PDF format.

Staff-Led Feasibility : How to Design and Conduct Your Own Fundraising Feasibility Study (2009)

"It's not just for consultants anymore."

Prepare for your next campaign with confidence. Now you and your staff can conduct some or all of your next fundraising feasibility study without hiring counsel. Here is your complete reference for planning and implementing the study. Your approach to campaign will never be the same again.

Now available by ordering here and amazon.com.

Download a free chapter of this book here.

When the Party's Over: Why, How and When to Conduct a Post-Campaign Assessment (2009).

This paper explores a much-overlooked dimension of best-practice fundraising. Hubbell makes the case for why you should conduct a post-campaign assessment and how to do it. He fully describes the data to be examined, what types of conclusions you'll want to draw and how the entire process can better position your organization for the next campaign.

Now available in downloadable pdf format.

Lessons from Benchmarking: Fast-Forwarding the Maturity of the Fundraising Operation (2007)

Nonprofit organizations know only too well the constant challenges of fundraising. Help has arrived in the form of a handy new guidebook. In Lessons from Benchmarking: Fast-Forwarding the Maturity of the Fundraising Operation, coauthors Gary J. Hubbell and Mary K. Reinders focus on collecting and using data to implement and continuously improve fundraising efforts.

After analyzing accumulated data from more than forty organizations in the fields of health care and higher education, Hubbell and Reinders discovered that the problem is not a lack of information, but a lack of knowledge of how to convert that massive data into higher returns.

Now available by ordering here, Amazon.com and the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy.

Forces of Change: The Coming Challenges in Hospital Philanthropy (2005)

Hubbell concludes from his analysis that hospital philanthropy will undergo significant challenges between the decades of 2010 and 2030. The intersection of positive and negative forces is explored and interpreted. While some predict a "golden age of philanthropy," this monograph presents a much less robust future for hospital philanthropy-especially for community hospitals. Recommendations are offered hospital development professionals to mitigate negative impact.

Now available by ordering here, Amazon.com and the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy.