OUR APPROACH, PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS & DONOR BILL OF RIGHTS

We maintain a close and continuous relationship with our clients. As such, we are able to analyze, research, plan and implement fundraising, management and marketing strategies. In many instances, our campaigns set new fundraising records for our clients.

This close working relationship requires that all information pertaining to our clients' financial condition, strategic plans, structure and donors be held in strict confidence. This approach enables us to apply over 172 years of combined fundraising, marketing, planning and management experience to specific problems or opportunities while discretely handling confidential information and issues.

Our approach enables us to:

• Devise realistic, measurable and imaginative solutions in order to achieve success 
• Infuse our commitment, tireless vitality and resourcefulness into each assignment 
• Show we can organize a dramatic and compelling campaign or project 
• Attract the involvement of key volunteers, donors and other from your constituencies
• Conduct our consultations with the understanding that we will not disclose confidential information

 HIGH PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

Gloss & Company maintains the highest ethical standards in fundraising. We adhere to the Code of Ethics of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy, the Partnership for Philanthropic Planning, the Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement, Colorado Professional Researchers for Advancement and Colorado Planned Giving Round Table. We also follow the Donor Bill of Rights (see below).

THE DONOR BILL OF RIGHTS*

Philanthropy is based on voluntary action for the common good. It is a tradition of giving and sharing that is primary to the quality of life. To ensure that philanthropy merits the respect and trust of the general public and that donors and prospective donors can have full confidence in the nonprofit organizations and causes they are asked to support, we declare that all donors have these rights:

I. To be informed of the organization's mission, of the way the organization intends to use donated resources, and of its capacity to use donations effectively for their intended purposes.

II. To be informed of the identity of those serving on the organization's governing board, and to expect the board to exercise prudent judgment in its stewardship responsibilities.

III. To have access to the organization's most recent financial statements.

IV. To be assured their gifts will be used for the purposes for which they were given.

V. To receive appropriate acknowledgement and recognition.

VI. To be assured that information about their donation is handled with respect and with confidentiality to the extent provided by law.

VII. To expect that all relationships with individuals representing organizations of interest to the donor will be professional in nature.

VIII. To be informed whether those seeking donations are volunteers, employees of the organization or hired solicitors.

IX. To have the opportunity for their names to be deleted from mailing lists that an organization may intend to share.

X. To feel free to ask questions when making a donation and to receive prompt, truthful and forthright answers.

* The Donor Bill of Rights was created by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Giving Institute: Leading Consultants to Non-Profits. It has also been endorsed by numerous organizations.

Declaración de los Derechos de los Donantes: http://www.afpnet.org/files/ContentDocuments/derechos_del_donante.pdf