Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

Work from a list of prepared questions , but be prepared to go off-script if the donor goes in a different direction. People give for different reasons, and if your donor is willing to share a little about their background and how they became a generous person, you can better understand what they want to get out of their giving experience.

Relationship 126

Relationship Question Donor Build 126

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Taking part in Giving Tuesday can mean many different things—from participating in an organized service project to donating to a nonprofit to smiling at a stranger. Make sure you’re tailoring your messages to different groups of people by creating multiple contact lists, like a segment of new supporters and a segment of longtime supporters.

Campaign 98

Campaign Ideas Giving Tips 98

Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

This may sound counterintuitive, but you must narrow your focus to reach more prospects likely to convert. Note that a UVP is different from your mission statement. They aren’t interested in large-scale issues like ending homelessness — that goal feels too big. It’s a difference they can see. It’s why you do what you do.

Foundation 52

Foundation Fundraising Cancer Interview 52

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 11, 2023

Use “you” language. Don’t tell the donor that your organization made the difference. This may sound crazy, but a lot of people beat around the bush when asking for a donation and never really come right out and ASK in their fundraising letter. Say “ You can help this mother and son find a temporary home.”

People 98

People Giving Fundraising Mail 98

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 1, 2010

In other words, should the elevator speech include language that refers to the role the donor plays in the organization? We house homeless women and children. Different nonprofits have different units of service. per day per family sounds reasonable for homeless women and children. Telling your story.

Gift 45

Gift Mail Money Donor 45

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 2, 2023

Crafting a good nonprofit mission statement forces you to examine your organization’s purpose at its core and then mine the English language for just the right words to convey that purpose in as few words as possible. Sounds good, but what do they actually do? We work to end the cycle of homelessness for families in our community.

Hunger 105

Hunger Nonprofit Examples Process 105

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Let’s start by taking a look at all the different types of donations, the processes you need to have in place to receive donations from so many third-party platforms, and the all-important Gift Acceptance Policy that makes it easier to determine when and how to graciously say ‘ no thanks.’. Avoid legalese and negative language.

Gift 119

Gift Donation Policy Nonprofit 119

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

So we have several different topics today and the four. ” And to determine what we want to track, we want to look at different areas of engagement. Those are two different things, efficient and effective operating. And there’s three different areas that we can look at. So perhaps we’ll see some of you.

Report 80

Report Measure Impact Process 80

Achieve

APRIL 6, 2017

If a variation of the above sentence sounds all too familiar, your fundraising materials sound identical to that of millions of other organizations. In fact, within an organization and with others in the sector, it can make language more effective and create a sense of unity. Outside the sector, though, it’s different.

Organization 52

Organization Donor Alternative Sound 52

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

So I learned pretty early on, you know, when I was trying to reach a Chevy truck buyer, that perhaps that audience was a little different than the Chevy car audience. So one thing that you absolutely need to look at is, just like it sounds, when did they last give? I worked on accounts like General Motors. Kari: Yeah. Makes sense?

Donor 61

Donor Disaster Gift Puerto Rico 61

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

We didn’t even really have the language to use to create documentation, or, at least we didn’t think we did. We continued to use the tools that emerged in the digital period, and continued adopting new tools; the difference was that we left the land-grabbing to early adopters. We assumed the digital space was all new.

Slides 213

Slides Nptech Digital Case Study 213

Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 13, 2009

This is our own form of public diplomacy, where women are reaching out to each other despite all of their boundaries, or their differences, or whatever, and looking at their connections and similarities. She speaks three languages fluently, Swahili, English, and French, among many other local languages. She was a sexual slave.

International 40

International Interview Bosnia Congo 40