The Do Not Call list needs to be expanded to include non-profits, political calls, and surveys. We also need a way to automatically block all calls that originate from outside the USA.
My advice is do not donate to political organizations or non-profits. It has been my experience that a $25 donation will be spent on repeated requests for additional donations, rather than on accomplishing what the organizations supposedly support.
I work in the fundraising shop for a state university, maintaining the database and extracting data. We make no more than one call per year to selected alumni and donors. We don't mail much either (usually three times per year) also, to keep costs down. Because we have a preexisting relationship with the folks we call, and we use student callers that we hire (instead of outsourcing), we are exempt from having to use the Do Not Call list, but this is not true for all non-profits. We do honor requests to be removed from phone calls and/or mail, so please ask politely. Cussing out a 19 year old student worker at one's alma mater is pure assholery. We are not doing as much calling these days, as too many people are not picking up their phone, but some still do when they see the name of their alma mater on the caller ID.
We run a lean shop. You donate $25 to our Mathematics department, the full $25 goes into an account for the Maths folks to spend, We fund our fundraising activities (including my salary) from other sources.
I work in the fundraising shop for a state university, maintaining the database and extracting data. We make no more than one call per year to selected alumni and donors. We don't mail much either (usually three times per year) also, to keep costs down. Because we have a preexisting relationship with the folks we call, and we use student callers that we hire (instead of outsourcing), we are exempt from having to use the Do Not Call list, but this is not true for all non-profits. We do honor requests to be removed from phone calls and/or mail, so please ask politely. Cussing out a 19 year old student worker at one's alma mater is pure assholery. We are not doing as much calling these days, as too many people are not picking up their phone, but some still do when they see the name of their alma mater on the caller ID.
We run a lean shop. You donate $25 to our Mathematics department, the full $25 goes into an account for the Maths folks to spend, We fund our fundraising activities (including my salary) from other sources.
Wow colleges and universities calling for money, that's funny. Ask the board to take a paycut, they'll have tons of money.
I said yes and realized it was the scam to get you to say yes, which they use later to prove you ordered something or other
If you get the prerecorded "you've won a cruise" deal, just start randomly punching numbers on the keypad. This apparently confuses their computer and you generally won't get called again.