Allegiance Group

MAY 13, 2024

This is more than just scanning old photos and adding them to an online database. Gwinn-Becker outlines the two core components of a robust digital archive and explains how fundraisers can use the archive to discover, reach, and engage more donors. Photograph all elements with an overhead camera and save them as large TIFF files.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Let’s get started: How can I find the names of individual donors that support an organization? How much you can find out about individual donors depends on how much information a nonprofit or donor is willing to make public. Check your nearest location to see if it provides access to these databases. Have a question?

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 4, 2023

When you get more than 200 donors, you may be eligible to mail at nonprofit postage rates as low as 19 cents per piece (as of July 2023). That’s why nonprofits outsource to nonprofit mail experts as their donor file grows. This letter puts all donor information on one sheet of paper. The donor can handle one lick!

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Bloomerang

JUNE 9, 2022

As a nonprofit fundraiser, you’ve probably heard some variation of the phrase, “treat every donor like a major donor.” If you treat every donor like a major donor, you’d probably run out of team member time. Plus, not all of your supporters want to be wined and dined like a major donor. Who are your major donors?

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Allegiance Group

JANUARY 23, 2023

All nonprofits experience various amounts of donor attrition, making it essential to re-engage with lapsed donors. And, like new donor acquisition and donor retention, donor re-engagement after a lapse takes effort. Most organizations define lapsed donors as those who haven’t donated in the past 18-36 months.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 1, 2023

If you have an annual giving program (or ever hope to) you know the answer: Your donors respond to mail in a physical mailbox. Donors acquired through direct mail stick with you, resulting in better Long-Term Value (LTV). Through which vehicles do you acquire new donors? Online sources have not surpassed 15% of overall giving.

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3rd Sector Labs

MARCH 1, 2015

Now, let’s talk about your donor database. Year after year you gather information about donors. Donors lapse. You keep adding new donors, new prospects and your mailing lists get larger. Is your organization is a donor data hoarder? Data hoarding extends far beyond just your donor data and CRM software.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 13, 2023

For nonprofits, this might include donor data like the email address, name, address, and giving level of a donor who just signed up to receive your newsletter. To get the most out of your donor or client data, it’s essential to organize, manage, and maintain a clean, accurate database. Use data management software.

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Kindful

MARCH 16, 2021

Nonprofit software helps organizations manage their day-to-day functions like administration, fundraising, donor relations, accounting, marketing, and more. It also keeps you organized by reducing data redundancy, tracking donor activity, and providing automatic reports. There are plenty of free tools you can use instead.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

That’s because donations to these organizations are usually tax-deductible for the donor, making it easier to raise funds. Nonprofits are most successful when they’re focused on one primary issue because it makes it easier to communicate the organization’s purpose to potential donors. Where will we turn to for financial support?

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sgEngage

MARCH 11, 2024

Ultimately, this helps major gift teams focus on what matters most—building relationships with donors and helping their organization make an impact. AI tools help minimize those tasks by prioritizing and identifying donors, drafting email communications, and syncing data to your CRM. It’s a necessity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2013

.” Recently, I had an opportunity to meet Tal Frankurt, CEO of Cloud for Good, where he shared some thoughts about how a well-designed SalesForce database could be an excellent tool for managing, measuring, and tracking relationships with donors. First and foremost, Salesforce is not a donor database.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Lack of shared storage, inaccessible files, and the desire to avoid changing existing data platforms all worsen these existing data silo challenges. From donor management to volunteer communications and major giving planning, every nonprofit has plenty of data to manage. Here are a few advantages: Deepened donor connections.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

The ability to grant access to certain apps, software, and files in the cloud keeps confidential and highly sensitive information on a “need to know basis.” Backing up your nonprofits databases, critical operations information, and other critical data is crucial to any business or foundation. Disaster recovery. IT Support.

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The Modern Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Imagine slicing through administrative red tape with the precision of a laser, turning data into a goldmine of donor insights, and connecting with your community on a level you never thought possible. Consider the repetitive tasks that consume much of your team’s time, from managing donor databases to sending out thank-you emails.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Another way to work around limited organic reach on Facebook is to promote Fundraisers via your other communication channels (this approach also has the benefit of being free). If you’re keeping a master file of your exported Facebook Fundraiser donation data as suggested previously, you can mine it for potential major gift prospects.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Some tools are free, at least to start. Cloud storage: For file sharing and storage, you can start with Drive through Google Workspace, so all documents can be stored in a convenient, accessible place. Both tools offer some free storage and, for about $10 a month, you can get significantly more. And, it’s free!

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Phonathons are a tried-and-true resource for all sorts of nonprofits and higher education institutions to engage donors and raise money effectively. One thing that phonathons have historically struggled with has been identifying donors who may be eligible for a matching gift from their employer? Schedule calls when donors are home.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

To thrive in today’s philanthropic environment, nonprofits must demonstrate to donors and community stakeholders that their dollars are being put to good use. Today cloud-based software has replaced much more than printed donor lists and fundraising reports. Nonprofits operate on trust. Nonprofits must earn their trust.

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DipJar

JANUARY 23, 2023

These programs make the original donation go twice as far, so you should encourage your donors to look into their companies’ guidelines. Locating match-eligible donors is a fantastic way to diversify your revenue streams and maximize the donations you’re already receiving. Any nonprofit would be remiss to pass up this free funding!

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

Here are some of my favorite tools and how I use them to stay organized and be productive: Google Workspace, formerly known as G Suite: I cannot imagine a more important set of tools for nonprofit productivity than these free tools from Google: Google Docs , Google Sheets , Google Forms , Google Slides , and Google Calendar.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2022

As nonprofits rely heavily on donors to provide their revenue, the question becomes, how do prospects determine an organization’s donation-worthiness? Studies show that donors ask less about where their money is spent and more about the impact their donation is making. What criteria do they use to make these decisions?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Know What You’re Looking For: 2 Types of Fundraising Apps There are two types of fundraising apps you should be aware of: nonprofit-facing, and donor-facing. Donor-facing fundraising apps are those downloaded and used by the donor themselves in order to make giving to your nonprofit easier. Let’s dive right in!

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

As more and more of our lives move online, nonprofits need an optimized, well-designed website in order to stand out and engage donors—and to justify the expense of maintaining one! As your organization grows, you’ll probably want to move to an option that connects directly with a donor database. Others do, too!

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DipJar

AUGUST 16, 2022

Your waivers are tools for learning more about your supporters, allowing you to fill out their demographic information in your donor database, cater to their specific needs , and further understand who your audience is. . You can use your waivers to gather information such as your participants’: Age. Keep track of your records.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

While there are plenty of options available for different purposes, nonprofit tools help organizations do things like connect with their donors, plan events, run campaigns, collect donations, and cultivate strong donor relationships. Once you’ve organized your donor data, you can use marketing tools to connect with your donors.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

EveryAction stores over 89 million "Action Profiles" of donors and supporters, which means that a significant number of EveryAction forms come pre-filled. Have easy access to the voter file. Attend free, weekly trainings. Your donors can update their own information. Cultivate major donors with Moves Management.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

Cabral, MA, CFRE will lead you through the why and how of creating your own database standards manual and processes to ensure that you are not leading your organization down the path of “Garbage In=Garbage Out.” We are here to talk about keeping your donor database healthy, wealthy, I should say wealthy and wise.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 23, 2024

Nearly half (48%) of donors cited email as their preferred giving channel ahead of social media, text messaging, direct mail, and phone calls in a study published last year by fundraising platform Neon One in Chicago. Research backs this up. Email deliverability continues to be top of mind for digital marketers for these reasons.

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2015

TechSoup is proud to announce our newest donor partner, Tableau Software. You can connect to any data your organization collects — Excel files, databases, and online data sources. Donor data, campaign success, data-driven graphics — anything you have using data can be represented in Tableau. spanhidden

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

While it’s impossible to track these donations unless you poll your online donors, the more your nonprofit utilizes social media to build your online brand and your e-newsletter list, the more likely potential online donors are to discover your nonprofit—and your nonprofit’s “Donate Now” landing page.

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Tech Soup

JULY 23, 2013

So it's a good thing many TechSoup donor partners offer mobile versions of the technology you already rely on for your nonprofit, charity, or library. Learn how you can do more on the go with our guide to TechSoup donor partner mobile apps. FileMaker users can access their FileMaker databases using an iOS device with FileMaker Go.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Not only does it result in lost contact with donors or prospects, but it is costly in staff time and resources. These timely updates give staff confidence in our database and save the foundation time and money. areas, database entry , communications, and general education. Free eBook: Internal Controls for Grantmakers.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

They work by matching your database with Facebook, creating a custom audience. Each group was then further segmented into 3 separate audiences: Giving history divided donors into: Current donors : Members who have donated in the past year. Lapsed donors : Members who have donated, but not in the last year.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

Protect your donor, client, and project information with Symantec's Norton products and comprehensive Small Enterprise and Large Enterprise security tools. Donor Management and Grantseeking Solutions: Find Funding. Finding grants and managing donor relations are crucial tasks for nonprofits. Need servers and database tools

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Tech Soup

MARCH 23, 2015

TechSoup has put together a collection of nearly 80 great productivity apps that are available from our donor partners to communicate, collaborate, manage files and data, and more on the go. QuickBooks Online ( iOS and Android ; free for 30 days). QuickBooks GoPayment ( iOS and Android ; free — requires GoPayment account).

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 10, 2023

You’ll also want to keep an eye out for a tool that will help you grow, especially as you reach new donors, serve new clients, and work with new volunteers. A nonprofit CRM, strictly speaking, is a database that houses information about all your different constituents. It’s a tall order! Why Should Small Nonprofits Use a CRM?

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