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OCTOBER 10, 2013

Social media has already shown that it is paying off for many nonprofits, but in a new way – not through direct gifts, but by deepening relationships with supporters, by empowering evangelists and much more. LinkedIn use rose 24% from our 2010 study to 48% in 2013. Twitter use increased by 20% from our 2010 study to 59%.

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AUGUST 9, 2012

When the American Diabetes Association made the decision to focus on promoting self donations in their 2011 Tour de Cure fundraising campaign, they increased the number of participants contributing to thier own fundraising efforts from 2% in 2010 to more than 37% in 2011. How can your organization see this kind of success?

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MAY 27, 2011

As a result, online revenue originating from direct mail integration increased from 12% to 28% from 2009 to 2010! The initial test doubled the number of text gifts to the organization. Local messaging has been introduced to test impact on number of gifts and gift size. Online revenue from 2009 to 2010 increased 148%.

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JUNE 16, 2016

This is the sixth consecutive year of increases in giving, a period of growth that began in 2010. Giving by foundations, which includes grants made by independent, community, and operating foundations, grew from 15% to 16% percent of all gifts made in 2015. Gifts to Foundations actually saw a decline of 3.8% Who is Giving.

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APRIL 26, 2012

“In our 2010 Nonprofit Governance Index, BoardSource found that 90% of the boards with a structured orientation process were rated as effective, compared to only 67% of the boards without such a process. Ideally your contract lays out the following: Individual gifts the board member will make. Board Contract. Program attendance.

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JANUARY 18, 2012

Overall, Convio clients raised 17 percent more online in the last three months of 2011 than in 2010. But, the real impact was made in December when our client’s year-end fundraising efforts came on like gangbusters—raising more than $30 million more online than in December 2010.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2013

They are also comfortable making a mobile gift – but more so through a website or app than text. While many still give through direct mail, don’t dismiss digital channels – Boomers’ online giving and social media usage shot up since we last checked in with them in 2010. Matures (b.

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JUNE 24, 2010

How are we going to ask for end of year gifts? Who are we going to ask for end of year gifts? How are we going to thank our donors for giving to us in 2010? Here are some questions to get you started and a suggested timeline to follow in the coming months. What is our budget for an end of year campaign(s)?

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

FG’s 2010 report provided the first comprehensive view of Americans’ demand for charitable giving and impact investing since 1994’s The Seven Faces of Philanthropy. Whether it’s a $25 gift or a $25,000 gift, our donors have to know that they matter. Out of all the statistics in this report, this one struck me the most.

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MAY 20, 2010

And at the time the Haiti disaster occurred in January 2010, the nonprofit had virtually no social media presence aside from the Father Marc’s blog updating supporters of the organization's work in Haiti. A surge in gifts and donations quickly found their way to Free The Kids through the avenues created by influencers and advocates.

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MARCH 4, 2019

For example, 65% of charities still do not pre-select a mid-range gift on their donation forms even though the data shows this approach performs better. SMS text-to-give in the United States experienced a major spike following the Haiti Earthquake in 2010 but has never achieved inflated expectations.

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AUGUST 9, 2013

You can insert personalized content that: Cultivates (thank recent donors/volunteers; report how gifts were used). MailerMailer’s 2010 Email Marketing Metrics Report, 2011 MarketingSherpa Email Marketing Benchmark Survey. How to Personalize Your Emails. During the webinar, I shared several ways to personalize email content.

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APRIL 19, 2012

They take advantage of the information from a 2010 study by CMB Consumer Pulse that says 51% of Facebook fans and 67% of Twitter followers are more likely to buy their product SINCE becoming a fan/follower. Promote their business and your cause by offering a gift card at different levels.

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APRIL 9, 2010

The Generational Divide of American Giving - 2010 NTC Next Generation Presentation View more presentations from Convio. . - They are very scrutinizing of donations - Smallest cohort and shrinking - Less open to new appeals. So what does this all mean? Noteworthy points everyone should make note of. -

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MAY 10, 2011

I tell them, “Yes, I would like to make a gift this year, however I would prefer you save the stamp and I’ll go online to make my gift. As the number of touch points grows, it will become more and more important for organizations to determine which channels are prompting the gifts they receive.

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

Make gifts as tangible as possible: Try to increase fundraising results by tying a tangible gift to specific donation amounts. Thank them again for their donation in 2010, and ask if they could give again this year. Rather than asking people to make a donation to a general year-end fundraising campaign, make it real and fun!

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MAY 5, 2009

I was additionally proud of Convio’s matching gift involvement in this effort. We will continue to innovate in our communities and organizations and we will all look forward to gathering around the campfire again next year in Atlanta, GA for NTC 2010! Photo Credits: SteveLavo (Flickr).

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JANUARY 25, 2012

Not surprisingly, the top 10 cities didn’t change much year over year from 2010 to 2011. However there were a few moves of note: Seattle, WA climbed the ladder three spots to be this year’s #1 and also showing northwest corner pride, Bellevue, WA made it back into the top 10 at #9 after slipping to #11 in 2010.

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MARCH 22, 2017

For more than a decade now, there has been much debate about whether online activists would ever turn their clicks into gifts. We are seeing how actigiving is accelerating how people move from just hearing about the causes they care about to quickly supporting them with a gift. Goodbye, slacktivism. Hello, actigiving.

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JULY 6, 2017

The giving data examines demographic and donation data for donors that only gave online, donors that only gave offline, and donors that made both online and offline gifts in 2016. Donors who were new in 2015 and made only offline gifts have higher first-year retention rates at every age group than online only donors.

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MAY 8, 2012

The median number of online gifts grew by 12.6%. The average online gift for that tier was $105.01. The average online gift for that tier was $65.49. percent in 2010 to 11.9 The average online monthly gift amount was $31.96. The percentage of online advocates also making an online donation grew from 6.4

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APRIL 4, 2013

It is the follow-up book to the critically acclaimed Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential from 2010. In 2010, Disney spent 582 times more than that on advertising or as Pallotta puts it more bluntly: “Save the Children 1. The American Petroleum Institute spent $39 million on advertising in 2010.

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AUGUST 22, 2014

Example: If your organization’s mission revolves around serving food to the needy, a sentence like, “ Without your help, 800 citizens in this area will go hungry in 2010 ” sounds dire and threatening. With your help, we hope to double the number of meals we distribute in 2010.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Online giving is increasing; remember $6 billion was estimated to have been donated online during the 2010 holiday season. This tells us that direct mail will not be the dominate channel for soliciting and collecting gifts that it is today. Author: Tad Druart. In a word: Yes.

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JUNE 2, 2015

Extremely popular in the United Kingdom, Canada, and other regions, sustained giving has also gained momentum in the United States—having grown from 5 percent of online fundraising revenue in 2010 to nearly 17 percent now. Since they’re active longer than their single-gift counterparts, sustainers are more invested in your cause.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

Think of December 2010 as your golden opportunity. Although this reason doesn’t make us feel as warm and fuzzy inside as the prior, when it comes down to it people want to get their donations in for 2010 so they can get the tax break. Tell your constituents why you need their gift and what you intend to do with it.

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