M+R

DECEMBER 1, 2021

If you’re one of those nonprofits (or if, like us, you personally received 82,533 of those 13 billion texts), get ready: 2022 is going to look a lot different. Until recently, cell phone carriers allowed organizations to get people to manually send millions of texts to folks who may not have opted-in (aka “peer-to-peer texting”).

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

If your nonprofit organization hosts a peer-to-peer event with thousands of happy participants and supporters, but you don’t have a plan to convert those bikers, gamers, walkers, golfers, dancers, scavenger hunters, or pub crawlers into monthly donors, you’re missing out on the point of putting on an awesome P2P event.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Ready to host your own hybrid or virtual scavenger hunt fundraiser? Looking for tools to make your fundraising event a success? That’s what Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bluegrass did when hosting their hybrid scavenger hunt event. What is Eventzee? What Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bluegrass Did. How to emulate their success.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising is a powerful online fundraising strategy that empowers individuals to fundraise on behalf of your cause. But without an effective volunteer recruitment strategy, finding participants for peer-to-peer fundraisers can be challenging. Prepare participants with a peer-to-peer fundraising guide.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2024

But inertia is not an option when your grant programs outgrow your current solution, or your vendor sunsets the software you use, like Salesforce is doing with their grant management software, FoundationConnect. Here are five tips to help you make the best decision for your grantmaking processes. What reports do you pull regularly?

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M+R

APRIL 13, 2023

READ TIME: 3 minutes This post was originally published on EveryAction’s Thursday Thoughts blog. As spring unfolds and the days get longer, many nonprofit supporters are ready for opportunities to show up—in person, virtually, or both!—and and take action for your cause. Enter: Planned Parenthood’s National Volunteer Program (NVP)!

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2024

This short paragraph should answer questions such as: Why is this project worth doing? The problem statement should not presume a cause or prescribe a solution but should answer questions such as: What’s wrong or not meeting the needs of our stakeholders? What is a Project Charter? Why is it important to do it now? out of scope).

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Qgiv

AUGUST 9, 2022

Use a peer-to-peer fundraising platform to encourage team fundraising. Virtual fundraising events are inexpensive to host while being profitable for many nonprofit organizations. One great option for hosting a virtual event is a virtual trivia night. How do you host a virtual trivia night event? Recruit teams to participate.

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AccelEvents

JULY 22, 2021

But what happens when a more niche session topic is ready for discussion amongst an even smaller group of interested attendees? Getting to know everyone: The best kind of personal connection is specialized, and writing a list of questions for each breakout room will help foster that conversation!

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

That’s where peer-to-peer fundraising comes in. Peer-to-peer fundraising is one of the most popular fundraising methods for faith-based organizations. Not only is it an engaging donor experience, but peer-to-peer fundraising is often the push you need to reach essential fundraising goals. Download eBook.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 19, 2023

Check out this blog post for step-by-step instructions on developing a strategic fundraising plan. Fundraising is both an art and a science. To make fundraising a little easier for nonprofits, we put together this list of nonprofit fundraising best practices. Read on to learn more! It’s important to approach fundraising with a plan in mind.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

But you do have good critical thinking skills, and by getting answers to a few specific questions from your current or potential fund accounting vendor, you can better understand if their system will help your organization grow—or hold you back. Bonus question: what percentage of the organizations you work with are tax-exempt?

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

In particular, peer-to-peer fundraising has found great success when it comes to pivoting to virtual, as its engagements already happen primarily online. The beauty of peer-to-peer fundraising is that there is an almost endless list of virtual ideas that you can explore and adapt to your unique mission. Download PDF.

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Media Cause

JANUARY 10, 2023

This blog is a guest post by the team at Bonfire. Selling merchandise can be a helpful additional revenue source. Branded products, such as t-shirts, mugs, tote bags, and even pet clothing, allow your nonprofit’s most passionate supporters to better represent your cause and make for thoughtful gifts. Assess your audience.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2023

The first blog, The Economy’s Impact on Philanthropy , detailed how economic instability has changed fundraising. Our first blog outlined how donors are also impacted by inflation and what their giving habits look like during such a period. This blog will cover the data and takeaways we gathered about fundraising events.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

When you’re ready to compile and analyze your fundraising data , set aside your other projects. Ask lots of questions of your data to get answers that will help you. Stephen Kilbreath and Julianne Read have been working in fundraising events since the 1990s, and bring an incredible amount of experience to the table. Get curious!

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

From online donation forms to auction software, peer-to-peer platforms to text fundraising, there are plenty of fundraising tools that will help you raise more money for your mission. Navigating the world of nonprofit tools can be tough. Nonprofit Tools. Nonprofit Tools. Nonprofit Fundraising Tools. Key fundraising tools.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Keep an eye on nonprofit blogs and bookmark pages that offer new perspectives. . Perhaps using your commute to work, while getting ready for the day, or on that mid-morning coffee break. L isten and ask questions. Keeping your nonprofit healthy by: Listening to your peers. R ead up on the latest research.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

Most nonprofits use marketing tactics to recruit, like emails, social media posts, blog posts, and web pages. Building upon an existing peer network can be one of the best ways to increase the number of volunteers and volunteers who plan to engage long-term with your organization. More than 10.4 Select the Right Tools. Let’s get to it!

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 21, 2021

More specific reports from peer-to-peer fundraising can transform donor data into segmented information about participants, donations, teams, badges earned, and inventory details. To be strategic with your data means to identify which questions you want to try to answer. What do we mean by “data?”.

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sgEngage

APRIL 10, 2023

Whether you’re ready to jump back into in-person fundraising or would rather host a virtual event-free fundraiser , you’ll need tools in place to keep donors’ attention and motivate them to give. Fundraising is often a necessity for schools to provide students and teachers with resources that set them up for success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2014

This is a question being asked in many nonprofits as they look at how to prepare younger leaders in their organizations to lead and develop their talent. Ready, set, here’s the deep end – hope you can swim. Are leadership skills different for emerging “Millennial” leaders than for people from different generations?

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 2, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll walk you through how to design a volunteer engagement program that fosters a positive experience for both your nonprofit and your volunteers. Recruiting Volunteers Ready to find your dream team of volunteers? But wouldn’t it be great to do more than just rely on their goodwill?

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Ask these questions: Is there a project you want to get funded for immediate use, before the end of the year or early into next year? Your answers to these questions should help you to determine the type of campaign you want to create, and how you do it. We took an in-depth look at Fiver’s campaigns from the last couple of years.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Are you ready to take your virtual fundraising to the next level? Now that we’re entering a new post-COVID era, nonprofit leaders need to think about what virtual fundraising will look like in the future. In our 2020 Navigating the Unknown Report , we found that over 50% of nonprofits pivoted to virtual events last year.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 21, 2023

To effectively advance your cause and push your fundraising goals forward, your nonprofit needs a strong internal infrastructure and team. This means rallying not only your staff and volunteers around your nonprofit’s mission, but also your board. Let’s begin. Involving your board members in nonprofit strategic planning can help.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Peer-to-peer campaign. Set up a peer-to-peer fundraising page, complete with a thermometer to track how much money your food drive has raised. Food banks work hard to fight against increasingly pervasive hunger in our communities. If your nonprofit is looking for a way to contribute, consider hosting a food drive.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. Are you Millennial ready? Co-creation: Millennials want to be part of the creation, they want to create with you and their peers. 90% of mobile subscribers in the US have internet-ready phones. Millennial Distinctions. about 85 Million.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Ask a question. (“How LEAVE THEM WANTING MORE Keep the body of your email under 200 words and link to blog posts or videos for more information. LEAVE THEM WANTING MORE Keep the body of your email under 200 words and link to blog posts or videos for more information. Our supply of pantry items will last only 30 days.”)

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Those are the two main questions that an annual fundraising plan must answer to help you become more successful. This blog post explores how to create an annual fundraising plan and even provides a helpful annual fundraising plan template to help putting together your fundraising plan easier. Ready to download the template?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

After you’ve considered your foundation’s readiness and decided this approach makes sense, here are some practical, actionable ideas for developing participatory grantmaking in your funding institution. Check out the blog post, “ Grantmaking: What’s Participation Got to Do With It? ”. Choosing Your Participatory Grantmaking Champion.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Ask a question. (“How Leave Them Wanting More Keep the body of your email under 200 words and link to blog posts or videos for more information. Leave Them Wanting More Keep the body of your email under 200 words and link to blog posts or videos for more information. Our supply of pantry items will last only 30 days.”)

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OneCause

JULY 7, 2022

These unprecedented levels of giving represent a significant continued trend of increased generosity, especially in online methods such as peer-to-peer campaigns. Online giving continues to be a fast growing and dynamic revenue opportunity for nonprofits of all sizes. Nonprofit campaigns saw record breaking success in 2021, with $2.7

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

This is a session where you’ll be an active participant in your learning and will leave ready to apply lots of practical tips and techniques that will give your trainings more impact. Peer Learning Design. How To Get Started Designing Peer Learning That Works. Peer Learning As A Prelude to Collective Action.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Ready to learn more about Giving Tuesday and how your nonprofit can make the most of it? Despite increasing commercialism, the holidays traditionally get people thinking about ways they can give—whether they’re wrapping gifts for loved ones or donating time and money to a cause they care about. When is Giving Tuesday 2021? Let’s get started!

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Software solutions keep the nonprofit sector in motion. 67% of nonprofits use a constituent relationship management system (CRM) to track donations and manage supporter communications. That’s just the start—nonprofit software tools come in many varieties, offering support for marketing, event planning, form building, and much more.

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

Ready, set, goals! Having a detailed strategic plan in place before embarking on a fundraising campaign can be a huge determinant of its success, even before the first dollar is raised. But it isn’t enough to have a rough idea of messaging, an incomplete timeline, some scheduled tweets, and an arbitrary fundraising goal. Let's get started!

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