DonorPerfect

MARCH 8, 2021

This article is submitted by Amy Eisenstein, ACFRE. For the last decade, I’ve written, spoken, taught, and even preached about the benefits of in-person solicitation for raising major gifts.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

There are some universal elements to any compelling story, whether they’re in books, the news, articles, blogs, or movies. In our story, the resolution would be raising enough funds to provide every school child with a nutritional breakfast and lunch. What Makes a Good Story? Setting: This is where your story happens.

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CauseVox

JULY 14, 2021

At CauseVox, we feel that the tools you use to fundraise online should do 2 basic things: help you raise more and make your job simpler. Here’s a look at how your nonprofit can benefit from the new Auto-Pledge forms on CauseVox: Auto-Pledges Help You Increase Gift Size. That way, large gifts become approachable.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2023

By Wendy Mercurio , Content & Education Specialist at Qgiv — an online fundraising platform empowering 20,000+ nonprofit fundraisers to raise money for their causes while keeping costs low. Peer-to-Peer fundraising can build a major gift pipeline for your organization as well! In return, donors may provide larger gifts.

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Is there something you can do now to influence their end of year gift? According to a 2019 article from Forbes , 90% of text messages are read within 3 minutes of being sent. They tell you how your gift made a difference. Maybe they mention how your gift helped a person or solved a problem and include a photo (or emoji.).

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.orgSource

APRIL 29, 2024

How many articles about AI have you read? Generative AI is not a gift that lends itself to neat packaging. David, who is the owner of Strategic Consulting, has a gift for distilling complexity into digestible soundbites. We need to raise it to be a Boy Scout instead of a scary version of Damien Omen Three. “AI

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CauseVox

MARCH 9, 2021

They tend to give 2x more over their lifetimes than those who repeatedly give one-time gifts. If you take nothing else away from this article, here’s your #1 tip: Make recurring donations the default option on your donation form. To create the perfect donation tiers , take a look at the average gift your monthly donor gives.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 16, 2022

To better analyze your campaigns, you’ll need to understand a few fundamental metrics, including ROI, cost per dollar raised (CPDR), and cost per acquisition (CPA). Metrics like these measure your digital marketing campaigns in different ways, but they all seek to answer the same question: “Are your campaigns raising or losing money?” .

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Candid

MAY 22, 2024

The Q4 2023 Quarterly Fundraising Report , released in April, found significant year-over-year declines across all metrics for 2023, including the number of donors, total dollars raised, and retention rates. of dollars raised—significantly lowered the total. of donors making only one gift, which amounted to 41.8% jump in 2020.

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Last week, we started a three article series on year-end fundraising. In this post, I want to talk about the strategy behind raising more money during the final 4-6 weeks of the year. The final 4-6 six weeks of the year is a great time for all of the seeds you have planted during the year to bloom with year-end gifts.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2024

Jasper AI is great for analyzing decisions and making personalized recommendations and is used primarily for marketing copy such as blog articles. Some giving options your nonprofit can consider are: Recurring giving Digital wallets Mobile donations Matching gifts Giving apps Crowdfunding platforms And more!

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2021

That doesn’t mean that raising funds for your animal organization is easy! You’re doing amazing work for animals, and you want to raise as much as you can to support your mission. . We put together some charity donation form best practices to help you raise more money for animals! Tech Can Help You Raise More .

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

If those new donors never make a second gift, that return on your investment won’t grow. But, if you can inspire new donors to give a second $50 gift, you’ll net $60 instead of $10. Retaining your donors is the most sustainable, cost-effective way to raise money. Made in-kind gifts? After reading a Facebook post?

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

As development professionals, volunteers, and board members, we spend a lot of time searching for new prospects … trying to find new individuals, companies and foundations who might respond to our message, who we can cultivate, and who, over time, might make a significant gift to help us continue our work. How Can Good PR Help Me Raise Money?

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Greater Giving

JULY 20, 2022

However, 27% of nonprofits are struggling to develop major donors and large gifts. Write essays or articles for special or niche publications in your cause area to court and recruit professionals in the field. The post Engage Donors and Raise More Money with Four Easy Actions appeared first on Greater Giving Blog.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Nonprofit-facing fundraising apps are those that your nonprofit staff members use to raise money on the go. For instance, your major gift officer may use an app to look up more information about major prospects prior to initial meetings. This helps your members show chapter spirit and helps your organization raise more money.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In this article, we’ll look at three important steps to take as you start planning your year-end fundraising campaign, including: Setting your year-end fundraising goals Identifying your campaign’s story Planning for donor retention Let’s take a look! How much did you raise? How many new donors did you acquire? fundraising goals.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 20, 2022

Whether virtual, in person, or hybrid, raffles are an effective way to raise money for your nonprofit (case in point—the $9,420,506 raffle organizers on Eventgroove have earned for their causes since November 2019). Eventgroove sweepstakes organizers have given away everything from cars to gift baskets! What Sort of Prizes Work Best?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

Since this is an article on using AI to write, we asked Google’s Bard, “What is the difference between ChatGPT, Google’s Bard, and Bing Chat?” Prompt: “Please write 3 energetic tweets for this article by the Eventgroove brand for an audience of nonprofit professionals and individuals hosting fundraisers.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 9, 2023

You see, raising money for bricks and mortar is different than fundraising for ongoing operations. You need a different approach so you can successfully raise the money you need, which is probably more than you’ve ever attempted before. Funds raised from a capital campaign are in addition to your regular annual fundraising efforts.

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

When making something (video, blog post, article) ask yourself if this is something that would also be interesting and useful a year from now. An example on this site is our Online Fundraising page, notice how we break it into sections, descripe each one and then link to the supporting article. More on content marketing here.

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 4, 2024

To truly understand the health of your organization, there are seven key metrics you should track in your database: Year-on-year revenue Donor file growth Donor retention Gifts per donor Average gift Revenue per donor Cost to acquire Data can be overwhelming. Look at metrics like response rate, average gift, and revenue per thousand.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The strategies in this article will help you. A money-focused thank-you letter might say, “Thanks to your generous gift of $200, we’ll be able to equip two students with all the school supplies they need for their senior year of high school.” Donors will receive their receipts within minutes of making their gift.

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The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This is a two part article on how to create fundraising systems for your nonprofit. Everyone at this nonprofit was constantly wringing their hands about raising money. In Part 1, we will talk about what fundraising systems are and why they are important for development. One Seriously Stressed Out Nonprofit. Let me tell you a story.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

Development staff, and even development board committees, are shoved to a corner and ordered to “go raise money.” Both outright (annual and major gifts) and deferred (legacy gifts). It costs from 5 to 25 cents on the dollar to renew current donors and/or generate major, capital and legacy gifts from individuals.

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CauseVox

JUNE 26, 2023

In this article, we will explore the benefits of incorporating a tribute donation feature to help your supporters donate in honor of someone. Instead of receiving traditional gifts, they may request tribute donations to be made in their name. They increase overall giving, raise awareness, and create a supportive community.

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sgEngage

JUNE 2, 2023

Major giving is often the largest revenue source for nonprofits, so being able to identify and build relationships with large-gift donors is crucial to successful fundraising efforts. In this article, we will go into more detail about major gifts, major donors, and how software can help identify prospects. What are Major Donors?

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

If you scramble at the last minute to put this together, it will show — and chances are good you’ll raise less money with a poorly-done online fundraising campaign. It also helps your potential donors understand where their money will go, why their money is needed, and the impact their gift will make. Define your needs.

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CauseVox

MARCH 11, 2022

Using these standards, and for the purposes of this article, we’re classifying any org with assets totaling $500K or less as small. With these advantages in mind, if you’re working to raise money for a small nonprofit, we recommend the following fundraising ideas to boost your ROI. Corporate Matching Gifts. Small But Mighty.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Don’t miss your best opportunity to solicit these individual gifts. . Steven Screen from Work Less Raise More created a video to show you everything you need to know to craft compelling year-end online appeals that raise the most money with the least amount of work. It’s what happens because of the donor’s gift.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Included in this article you’ll find: The results of our flash polls we conducted on year-end fundraising. Fundraising goal: 17% had a goal to raise $15,000 – 25,000 at year-end. 22% had a goal to raise $25,001 – $50,000 at year-end. 18% had a goal to raise $50,001 – 100,000 at year-end.

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Bloomerang

MAY 3, 2021

My last article of this two-part series, “ Nonprofit Giving Trends and Future Fundraising Strategy ,” began a discussion of smart fundraising strategies to take advantage of best practices and current trends. After all, your thank you establishes trust and kick starts your ‘next gift strategy.’ Do you type your signer’s signature?

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

If you want to raise enough money to fully fund your programs, you need to use more than one tool. People will check you out online before they make a gift, so be ready for them. Has the blog been updated recently with a new article? It’s easier to raise money when you’re proactive instead of reactive.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 21, 2018

As a nonprofit professional, you’re well aware of all the fundraising benefits of corporate matching gifts. But what you know may not know is that promoting matching gifts can also help cultivate donors into major donors. Reaching out to donors about matching gifts establishes trust. .

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

We put the consultant fees in our budget which is what we thought was the way to do it according to articles we read on capital campaigns , keeping the expense between 10 and 15% of the total campaign. You’re speaking the language of “raising money costs money.” — Between a Rock and a Hard Place.

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Blue Fox

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Here’s our CEO’s most recent article addressing this issue: Raise More Money - 4 Financial Secrets for Fundraisers.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 12, 2023

If a donor makes an update in the portal, it is communicated back to your donor management system, and online gifts and donation activity entered in Bloomerang is reflected in the portal. Take a minute to learn more by reading this help article. Already using Bloomerang? The Donor Portal is available with Kindful Fundraising.

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