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Matching Donations: A Nonprofit’s Guide to Doubling Impact

DipJar

They often match at a dollar-for-dollar rate, doubling the original donation. The top matching gift companies offer generous match ratios and maximum match amounts per employee. For example: Disney will match donations between $25 and $25,000 at a ratio of 1:1. What Is Donation Matching?

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Supporting a Nonprofit Business Plan: A Leader’s Guide to Guiding Your Board

Neon CRM

Now, let’s say that, during a proposed budget review, you notice that the board has cut funding for a top-rated yearly educational program with your constituents. By presenting this data to the board, you can inform discussions, provide evidence-based recommendations, and bridge the gap between different perspectives.

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Does Your Nonprofit Need a Website Revamp? How to Tell

Top Nonprofits

If your conversation rate is low or bounce rate is high, it’s a good indicator that your site isn’t engaging your visitors. Whichever page converts at a higher rate should be considered the more effective option and then implemented on your site. For instance, large text should have at least a 3:1 contrast ratio.

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How do you make your holiday charitable giving decisions?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last year, Nathanial Whittemore facilitated an online discussion by asking bloggers to answer the question: " What is the one thing you need to know before you donate to charity? " This year the answer to the question isn't overhead ratios and executive salaries. . Are overhead ratios important to you? differently.

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End-of-Year Fundraising & Matching Gifts: It’s Not Too Late!

Double the Donation

Let’s discuss this particularly relevant topic and its importance for any fundraising organization, with these key points: The Correlation Between Matching Gifts and Year-End Giving. Mentioning matching gifts in fundraising appeals results in a 71% increase in response rate. Sources: Double the Donation and 360MatchPro.

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How Should Funders Evaluate Charities?

Care2

The three powerhouses, Guidestar, Charity Navigator, and Better Business Bureau, that foundations, philanthropists, and donors use to seek out information and ratings about nonprofits released an open letter to the nonprofit and foundation world yesterday. Organizations also fear being penalized by some of the ratings services.

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7 Employee Engagement Ideas to Promote Philanthropy

Double the Donation

Employee engagement is important because it boosts productivity, profitability, and retention rates at your company. We’ll discuss: Matching Gift Programs. Many companies match at a 1:1 ratio (dollar for dollar), but these ratios range anywhere from.5:1 And having high employee engagement levels comes with a lot of value.