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I love the idea and have considered it myself.  However, my "fundraising"
friends say that in the fundraising world it is considered unethical and
unwise to pay a fundraiser on this type of system.  Here's the best reason
they gave me:

Your fundraiser gets paid for the funds he/she raises now.  If he/she were
to have opportunity to get $10,000 from a company today, he/she might take
it versus working for a donation such as $2000 per year for the next ten
years.  They tend to live by the system, "A bird in the hand is worth two in
the bush."

Kristie Maher
SD Discovery Center
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From: "Chad Johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 3:12 PM
Subject: Incentive based pay


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> The Edgerton Explorit Center is looking into hiring a full time fundraiser
and like most science centers we don't have enough money to offer a great
big salary to lure in the cream of the crop.  Does anyone out there
currently use incentive based pay for staff - or on the other hand anyone
tried it and given it up?  What are the legal issues as a non-profit?  We
would be very interested in any advice on implementing this type of plan.
>
> Thank You
> Chad Johnson
> Director of Education
> The Edgerton Explorit Center
> http://www.edgerton.org
> 1.877.694.4032
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