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Multi-Year Gift Agreements: Your Donor Retention ‘Ace-In-The-Hole’

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But there’s one unsung strategy that can elevate your donor retention rates, while expanding mid-level and major giving: multi-year gift agreements. Studies also show that the best major gift and planned gift prospects are donors that have been retained for multiple years. Does this r eally improve donor retention?

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From Prospective Student to Active Alum—Engagement Fosters Lifelong Support

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Engaged student and alum supporter: My daughter gets very excited when she hears talk about the university she attended. A few years post-graduation, she continues to financially support and stay connected to her alma mater. She could see the impact of alum support, and she and her friends were excited about it. What changed?

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Doing Your Appeal In-house? 5 Tips to Save Time & Money

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Of course, USPS makes you jump through hoops for that discount. Below are my 5 top tips to save you precious money and time when preparing your own appeal. Puts color on the front of the letter and grayscale on the back to save money. Calculate personalized gift strings based on the donor’s last gift amount.

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How Embracing Risk and Spending Money Can Help Nonprofits Make More Money

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We need more money. Too often, the problem is that they haven’t considered if they’re spending enough money to equip their teams to make more money. You see, when you want to raise more money for your nonprofit, not spending money is simply self-sabotage. We just can’t seem to get ahead. Invest in your people. .

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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

Nonprofit Tech for Good

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. Give in-kind support to the organization in a way that actually helps.

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Five Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits That Don’t Work (or Why You Aren’t Raising Enough Money)

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They’ve tried what they know to raise money, but it just isn’t working. It’s like a money grab because that’s what it’s all about — the money. The way you’re trying to raise money doesn’t work, no matter how hard you try. You started your nonprofit to make a difference, not to raise money. Limited support.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What is the Purpose of Publicizing Legacy Gifts?

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So no one in the family will notice how, or if, we acknowledge the gift. My boss thinks talking about such gifts is a bit unseemly because they’re received due to a death. And it seems ghoulish, or a bit like bragging, to say we received money as a result. She prefers staying quiet. — Need to Make a Case to my Boss.

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