Neon CRM

OCTOBER 23, 2023

As the giving season approaches, you may be thinking of new ways to raise money for your organization. One-off fundraisers have their time and place, but if you want to truly make an impact, it’s time to start thinking about major gifts. If you haven’t refreshed your major gift program, now’s the time to start.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Many nonprofit organizations struggle to engage their board members with fundraising, especially the act of asking another person for money. Make a “ stretch gift ” that is very generous and is outside your normal giving pattern. For example, could people who donate every year be cultivated for a larger or monthly gift?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2024

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants tips on how to connect with and cultivate Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) donors: Dear Charity Clairity, My boss thinks we should get more funding through DAFs. of those gifts were given anonymously.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2021

33% of donors give tribute gifts to family and friends. Donors are most interested in giving tribute gifts as memorials (43%), birthday gifts (25%), and on religious holidays (10%), such as Christmas, Hanukkah, and Eid al-Fitr. This allows you to easily promote each tribute gift individually via email and on social media.

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3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 7, 2014

Most charities raise money from many different sources – direct mail appeals, online donations, events, United Way campaigns to name a few. How often do the funds come in without workable donor data – or any donor data – behind it? For my money, that proverb has been around as long as people have.

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Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2021

We know that the generosity is very important to making an impactful gift, but that getting to the motivation of that generosity for a donor is sustaining to a long-term relationship.”. Like other older nonprofits and charities, the diocese does have some endowments, but they are designated for very specific purposes.” .

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Lucky for you, employee matching gifts and nonprofit fundraising events are two of the most significant tactics for charitable organizations today. Meanwhile, Double the Donation reports that an estimated $2-3 billion is contributed by businesses through matching gift programs each year. Let’s begin!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2019

A wealthy constituent wants to know what their money will be going toward and what it can accomplish. During your solicitation meeting, make sure you communicate: How much money the project needs. The specifics of what their money would be funding. Reports can include: Major Gifts Follow Up Report.

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3rd Sector Labs

JULY 24, 2015

Most charities raise money from many different sources – direct mail appeals, online donations, events, workplace giving campaigns, and matching gift programs to name a few. How often do the funds come in without usable donor data – or any donor data – behind it? I’m glad you asked.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to persuade leadership to get donor thank-you letters out sooner: Dear Charity Clairity, I just took a new job and have discovered they don’t get thank you letters out for two weeks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 21, 2019

The average online gift in 2018 was $96.40 The average online gift in 2018 was $96.40 The number of new donors giving to charity declined by 7.3% billion USD to charity. 31% of donors worldwide giving to NGOs, nonprofits, and charities located outside of their country of residence ( Global Trends in Giving Report ).

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Bloomerang

JULY 29, 2022

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Dear Charity Clairity, We are running a capital campaign to open a home, plus fundraising for operations. Must gifts be recorded to show gifts for operations/general needs separately from funds designated to the maternity home?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 3, 2022

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Dear Charity Clairity, When you write “the average dollar retention is just 47%,” I’m not sure what that means. Does that 47% refer to how much money retained donors raised as a percentage of total revenue raised? Purpose of gift.

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3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 7, 2014

Most charities raise money from many different sources – direct mail appeals, online donations, events, United Way campaigns to name a few. How often do the funds come in without workable donor data – or any donor data – behind it? For my money, that proverb has been around as long as people have.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 16, 2018

The benefits of recurring gifts are obvious—more predictability in funds and the ability to plan operations. However, a recurring-gift donor base requires a commitment to engagement strategies and technologies that nurture donors and make them feel connected to your organization on a more regular basis. Make the “ask” personal.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2023

It’s a significant opportunity to increase your nonprofit’s planned gifts by making your donors aware of this. Charity Navigator has documented that 10% of overall giving comes from bequests made by Wills. Even if that gift is only 1% of a donor’s total estate, it can have a huge impact. That is simply not true.

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Care2

APRIL 18, 2014

Loyalty, donation levels, and fundraising performances is just some of the data unveiled in Blackbaud''s 2013 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising study. This begs the question, who is really raising money? The more you ask people to suffer, the more money you will raise for charity events. The average Cycle gift is now $73.42.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2023

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. You don’t want to delay, because your data is fresh now. Here are some things you might suggest to your boss: We bought the research; now we need to free up some staff time to better target identified mid-range and major gift donors. That’s great news.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

As technology evolves, there are new ways nonprofits like yours can take advantage of advancements to save time and raise more money. From navigating donor data to finding the most effective ways to communicate, AI for fundraising can be applied to many aspects of your organization to help lift some of the burden of changing the world.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Some focus primarily on traditional fundraising like monthly gifts, planned giving, online fundraising, and special events like galas. You need to ensure that any money raised specifically for scholarships actually goes into scholarship awards. Access one set of data in the format you need as often as you need. At a university,?a

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Dear Charity Clairity, My supervisor and I are disagreeing about whether or not to announce a financial goal for our fundraising campaign and, if so, when to share it. People give more money when they know the impact of their giving. . What do you think?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Community Brands recently shared donor retention data that reinforced alarming trends that the nonprofit sector has been monitoring for a while. On average, donor retention rates increase based on the average gift amount. On average, donor retention rates increase based on the average gift amount.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2021

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Dear Charity Clairity, Every time I attend a conference or webinar on the subject of major donor development I learn about the importance of meeting with major donors in person. . The real work of major gift fundraising is relationship building.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2021

We put together some charity donation form best practices to help you raise more money for animals! We can try things and let the data speak for itself! . Here are some key things you’ll want to include when trying to raise money for animals. Make it easy for donors to find out if their gift is eligible for a match.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

If you’re starting a new nonprofit, you already know that you need to raise money. Your plan should also include what you’ll do when you’re NOT asking for money like donor communications, stewardship, and warm touches — all designed to give the donor a GREAT experience. Their gift helps fulfill their personal philanthropic goals.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Dear Charity Clairity, We have some high-tech folks on our board, and some think we’re not doing enough digitally. Nor am I convinced we’ll have the bandwidth to use the tools or this data. . How can these tools help you track meaningful data?

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sgEngage

JUNE 20, 2023

Trust, Money, Future Compliance helps you protect “the big three:” trust, money, and your organizational future. Money: Noncompliance can result in regulatory audits and fines, which cost you both time and money. For example, UK charities miss out on nearly £600 million in unclaimed Gift Aid every year.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

The data is available, and we know dire predictions of the death of philanthropy early in the pandemic have been disproved. Charities feared last year donors would lose jobs, see income diminish, worry their nest eggs were insecure, and would consequently stop giving. And that’s what happened with charities who froze in fear.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Don’t miss your best opportunity to solicit these individual gifts. . People often set aside a certain amount of money to give to friends, coworkers, and nonprofits. A brief description of the outcomes their gift will make possible. It’s what happens because of the donor’s gift. Here’s an example from Charity: Water.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2023

The Giving USA 2023: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2022 is the most comprehensive report on philanthropy in America and the data within sheds light on the state of fundraising and ways nonprofits can overcome shortfalls in funding. decline in gifts’ impact. Giving to health organizations grew 5.1% before inflation.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Last month, the Blackbaud Institute released a report entitled “ Share of the American Wallet ,” which uses the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Expenditure Survey data to explore how demographic attributes and discretionary spending patterns relate to philanthropy. Does that mean that you don’t have any major gift prospects ?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 7, 2021

One of these nonprofits is Bipolar UK, the only national charity in the U.K. Bipolar UK understood that the best way to scale the work they did was by housing data in one place and automating processes that took up huge amounts of staff time. Salesforce.org has saved us a huge amount of money.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 18, 2021

Organizations across the board had a drastic increase in first-time gift givers in 2020. With so many one-time gift (OTG) donors, there’s never been a more opportune time to sift your donor base and find those special donors willing to become monthly supporters. I advise you to look into upgrading smaller gift givers to middle donors.

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Care2

DECEMBER 14, 2012

People donated more money to charity in 2012 than in 2011, according to a Blackbaud survey , where over 4200 donors from the US, the UK, and Australia responded to a variety of questions about their donation habits to nonprofits. Older donors gave the most amount of money in each of the countries. Recurring Gifts.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 15, 2022

Online giving is a great way to raise money. To successfully raise money online, you need a compelling reason for someone to give, a tool to raise money, and a plan for driving traffic to your site. It lets you choose from Stripe or Moolah to facilitate online transactions, monthly gifts, or EFT donations. Not really.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Dear Charity Clairity, We’re considering a capital campaign, and I’m wondering if I should invest in wealth screening. The most important major gift fundraising strategy, by far, is getting to know your donors. See here.].

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2012

She has worked in healthcare, politics and government, and technology for more than 20 years and appreciates working with nonprofit fundraisers and philanthropy consultants who use NOZA philanthropy data every day. How NOZAsearch.com Can Help Raise Money. Alice didn’t know about any of these gifts to others.

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