Show Me the Receipts: Field Notes https://www.showmereceipts.org/field-notes.html What the field repeats, and what the receipts show. By Glen E. Quiring, CFRE. en-us https://www.showmereceipts.org/images/notes/field-note.pngShow Me the Receipts: Field Noteshttps://www.showmereceipts.org/field-notes.html9696 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT The Junco and the Fire Engine https://www.showmereceipts.org/field-notes/the-junco-and-the-fire-engine.html https://www.showmereceipts.org/field-notes/the-junco-and-the-fire-engine.html Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT Field Note <img src="https://www.showmereceipts.org/images/notes/field-note.png" width="32" height="32" alt="Field Note"> A bird that sounds like a car alarm and a siren with responders on the way. One story lands. The other one works. The Windmill and the Ask https://www.showmereceipts.org/field-notes/the-windmill-and-the-ask.html https://www.showmereceipts.org/field-notes/the-windmill-and-the-ask.html Sun, 11 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT Field Note <img src="https://www.showmereceipts.org/images/notes/field-note.png" width="32" height="32" alt="Field Note"> A wind turbine does not make the wind. A good ask does not make the donor’s motivation either. It stands where that motivation already moves. The Second Draw https://www.showmereceipts.org/field-notes/the-second-draw.html https://www.showmereceipts.org/field-notes/the-second-draw.html Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT Field Note <img src="https://www.showmereceipts.org/images/notes/field-note.png" width="32" height="32" alt="Field Note"> Two blood draws, two hours apart, looked redundant. They were the only way to know nothing was happening, and someone made room to find out. The Most Skeptical Donors Gave the Most https://www.showmereceipts.org/field-notes/the-most-skeptical-donors-gave-the-most.html https://www.showmereceipts.org/field-notes/the-most-skeptical-donors-gave-the-most.html Sun, 04 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT Field Note <img src="https://www.showmereceipts.org/images/notes/field-note.png" width="32" height="32" alt="Field Note"> A headline said connection beats trust. The donors who trusted charities least gave the most, and that tells us which trust matters. Who Did It Bring Together? https://www.showmereceipts.org/field-notes/who-did-it-bring-together.html https://www.showmereceipts.org/field-notes/who-did-it-bring-together.html Sun, 04 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT Field Note <img src="https://www.showmereceipts.org/images/notes/field-note.png" width="32" height="32" alt="Field Note"> A car show and an air show are poor fundraisers. Their real yield is the community they gather, a crowd of strangers who turn out to be a flock. A Jay in My Yard https://www.showmereceipts.org/field-notes/a-jay-in-my-yard.html https://www.showmereceipts.org/field-notes/a-jay-in-my-yard.html Sun, 05 Jul 2026 15:00:00 GMT Field Note <img src="https://www.showmereceipts.org/images/notes/field-note.png" width="32" height="32" alt="Field Note"> A backyard jay buries acorns to survive one winter and, without meaning to, plants the forest that outlives her. Planting on Purpose https://www.showmereceipts.org/field-notes/planting-on-purpose.html https://www.showmereceipts.org/field-notes/planting-on-purpose.html Fri, 03 Jul 2026 15:00:00 GMT Field Note <img src="https://www.showmereceipts.org/images/notes/field-note.png" width="32" height="32" alt="Field Note"> The napkin asked what’s being planted now. This is the answer: a major gifts program that begins at the first gift. What’s Being Planted Now? https://www.showmereceipts.org/field-notes/whats-being-planted-now.html https://www.showmereceipts.org/field-notes/whats-being-planted-now.html Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:00:00 GMT Field Note <img src="https://www.showmereceipts.org/images/notes/field-note.png" width="32" height="32" alt="Field Note"> A record fundraising year is a harvest planted a decade ago. The question the napkin asks is what’s being planted now. They Know the River https://www.showmereceipts.org/field-notes/they-know-the-river.html https://www.showmereceipts.org/field-notes/they-know-the-river.html Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:00:00 GMT Field Note <img src="https://www.showmereceipts.org/images/notes/field-note.png" width="32" height="32" alt="Field Note"> Marcus fixed the late card. He never fixed the system that produced it. A field note on single-loop learning, told through the salmon run. What a Room Can’t Trace https://www.showmereceipts.org/field-notes/what-a-room-cant-trace.html https://www.showmereceipts.org/field-notes/what-a-room-cant-trace.html Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:00:00 GMT Field Note <img src="https://www.showmereceipts.org/images/notes/field-note.png" width="32" height="32" alt="Field Note"> Every experienced fundraiser can name a failed receipt in sixty seconds. Ask them to trace it to its cause, and the room goes quiet.