Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share The Breakthru Podcast
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
The Breakthru Podcast
The Breakthru Podcast episodes
- (7m 4s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Introduction to 👻Spooky Season for Major Gift Fundraisers
The written version will publish to the Breakthru Blog on 13 September 2025. (https://www.jpaulfridenmaker.com/blog)
Follow J.Paul on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky for daily pro tips and reflections on major gift fundraising. (http://linkedin.com/in/jpaulfridenmaker, https://x.com/jpaulfry, and https://bsky.app/profile/jpfry.bsky.social)
Subscribe to The Breakthru Newsletter to have free guides like this delivered to your email each week. (https://mailchi.mp/55b75ef0bc13/breakthru_newsletter)
Links referred to in this reading:
Interested in giving feedback on J.Paul's new fable "Gifted: A Fable About Fundraising (aka Awkward Invitations)"? Email him directly at jpaul@jpaulfridenmaker to get an advance reader copy.
8 min - (8m 14s) - J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Strength For The Descent
The written version will publish to the Breakthru Blog on 13 September 2025. (https://www.jpaulfridenmaker.com/blog)
Follow J.Paul on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky for daily pro tips and reflections on major gift fundraising. (http://linkedin.com/in/jpaulfridenmaker, https://x.com/jpaulfry, and https://bsky.app/profile/jpfry.bsky.social)
Subscribe to The Breakthru Newsletter to have free guides like this delivered to your email each week. (https://mailchi.mp/55b75ef0bc13/breakthru_newsletter)
Links referred to in this reading:
Breakthru Guide SPOOKY Series video promo (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jpaulfridenmaker_a-new-spooky-series-of-the-breakthru-guide-activity-7371906816496246784-NiYd/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAEJbOcBJEZp15whflZxObtD75R37goTgOg)
9 min - (8m 14s) - J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - When You're Running Out Of Daylight
The written version will publish to the Breakthru Blog on 13 September 2025. (https://www.jpaulfridenmaker.com/blog)
Follow J.Paul on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky for daily pro tips and reflections on major gift fundraising. (http://linkedin.com/in/jpaulfridenmaker, https://x.com/jpaulfry, and https://bsky.app/profile/jpfry.bsky.social)
Subscribe to The Breakthru Newsletter to have free guides like this delivered to your email each week. (https://mailchi.mp/55b75ef0bc13/breakthru_newsletter)
Links referred to in this reading:
Tax change explainer from The National Christian Foundation (https://www.ncfgiving.com/stories/obbba-why-give-2025/?utm_campaign=saturday7&utm_source=marketing_cloud&utm_medium=email&utm_content=01_new_laws_btn&j=4147553&sfmc_sub=331231489&l=2050_HTML&u=63514124&mid=100015468&jb=5009)
Chronicle of Philanthropy article (https://www.philanthropy.com/article/why-big-gifts-dropped-in-2025-and-will-soon-rise)
9 min - (11m 20s) - J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Don't Burn All Your Oxygen
The written version will publish to the Breakthru Blog on 23 August 2025. (https://www.jpaulfridenmaker.com/blog)
Follow J.Paul on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky for daily pro tips and reflections on major gift fundraising. (http://linkedin.com/in/jpaulfridenmaker, https://x.com/jpaulfry, and https://bsky.app/profile/jpfry.bsky.social)
Subscribe to The Breakthru Newsletter to have free guides like this delivered to your email each week. (https://mailchi.mp/55b75ef0bc13/breakthru_newsletter)
Links referred to in this reading:
Schedule a 90 minute live session with J.Paul (https://calendly.com/jpaul-9/90-minute-paid-consultation-300dollars)
12 min - (13m 55s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Read The Mountain
The written version will publish to the Breakthru Blog on 23 August 2025. (https://www.jpaulfridenmaker.com/blog)
Follow J.Paul on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky for daily pro tips and reflections on major gift fundraising. (http://linkedin.com/in/jpaulfridenmaker, https://x.com/jpaulfry, and https://bsky.app/profile/jpfry.bsky.social)
Subscribe to The Breakthru Newsletter to have free guides like this delivered to your email each week. (https://mailchi.mp/55b75ef0bc13/breakthru_newsletter)
Links referred to in this reading:
Strength of Relationship Tool (https://www.dropbox.com/preview/Consulting/Packet%20'O%20Stuff/Strength%20of%20Relationship%20assessment.pdf?role=personal)
Schedule free 30m chat with J.Paul (https://calendly.com/jpaul-9/30m-free-consult)
14 min - (9m 40s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Tell Me Again... How Did That Ask Happen? (Read by J.Paul)
The written version will publish to the Breakthru Blog on 23 August 2025. (https://www.jpaulfridenmaker.com/blog)
Follow J.Paul on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky for daily pro tips and reflections on major gift fundraising. (http://linkedin.com/in/jpaulfridenmaker, https://x.com/jpaulfry, and https://bsky.app/profile/jpfry.bsky.social)
Subscribe to The Breakthru Newsletter to have free guides like this delivered to your email each week. (https://mailchi.mp/55b75ef0bc13/breakthru_newsletter)
Links referred to in this reading:
Strength of Relationship Tool (https://www.dropbox.com/preview/Consulting/Packet%20'O%20Stuff/Strength%20of%20Relationship%20assessment.pdf?role=personal)
Will Arnett's Sashimi pun explained (https://www.reddit.com/r/smartless/comments/typ0p9/comment/i3tqhji/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
10 min - (9m 3s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - 🥪A Delicious [tax] Sandwich (Read by J.Paul)
The written version will publish to the Breakthru Blog on 16 August 2025. (https://www.jpaulfridenmaker.com/blog)
Follow J.Paul on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky for daily pro tips and reflections on major gift fundraising. (http://linkedin.com/in/jpaulfridenmaker, https://x.com/jpaulfry, and https://bsky.app/profile/jpfry.bsky.social)
Subscribe to The Breakthru Newsletter to have free guides like this delivered to your email each week. (https://mailchi.mp/55b75ef0bc13/breakthru_newsletter)
10 min - (10m 20s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - Crypto For Charities (Read by J.Paul)
The written version will publish to the Breakthru Blog on 9 August 2025. (https://www.jpaulfridenmaker.com/blog)
Follow J.Paul on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky for daily pro tips and reflections on major gift fundraising. (http://linkedin.com/in/jpaulfridenmaker, https://x.com/jpaulfry, and https://bsky.app/profile/jpfry.bsky.social)
Subscribe to The Breakthru Newsletter to have free guides like this delivered to your email each week. (https://mailchi.mp/55b75ef0bc13/breakthru_newsletter)
Links referred to in the reading:
TrustBridge Global Foundation (https://www.trustbridgeglobal.com/)
11 min - (11m 11s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - 🕯️The Candle In The Next Room (Read by J.Paul)
This is part 5 of 5 of the Major Gift Fundraising MRI Assessment.
The written version will publish to the Breakthru Blog on 2 August 2025. (https://www.jpaulfridenmaker.com/blog)
Follow J.Paul on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky for daily pro tips and reflections on major gift fundraising. (http://linkedin.com/in/jpaulfridenmaker, https://x.com/jpaulfry, and https://bsky.app/profile/jpfry.bsky.social)
Subscribe to The Breakthru Newsletter to have free guides like this delivered to your email each week. (https://mailchi.mp/55b75ef0bc13/breakthru_newsletter)
Links referred to in the reading:
Major Gift Fundraising MRI - free assessment (https://tally.so/r/mYKrAB)
12 min - (12m 29s) J.Paul's Major Gift Fundraising Guide - The Story Before The Trailhead (Read by J.Paul)
This is part 4 of 5 of the Major Gift Fundraising MRI Assessment.
The written version will publish to the Breakthru Blog on 26 July 2025. (https://www.jpaulfridenmaker.com/blog)
Follow J.Paul on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky for daily pro tips and reflections on major gift fundraising. (http://linkedin.com/in/jpaulfridenmaker, https://x.com/jpaulfry, and https://bsky.app/profile/jpfry.bsky.social)
Subscribe to The Breakthru Newsletter to have free guides like this delivered to your email each week. (https://mailchi.mp/55b75ef0bc13/breakthru_newsletter)
Links referred to in the reading:
Major Gift Fundraising MRI - free assessment (https://tally.so/r/mYKrAB)
Schedule a live video debrief of the MRI with J.Paul (https://calendly.com/jpaul-9/mri-debrief)
13 min
About The Breakthru Podcast
From the publisher's feed
Welcome to the Breakthru Podcast – I’m J.Paul Fridenmaker and I am amazed by all you folks who do fundraising, inviting generous people to resource causes all over the world. In the Breakthru…
Podcast, we interview high net worth givers globally to listen and learn about how we, as fundraisers, can do our best work in inviting people to the party.