Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Did you know that, on average, 88% of total nonprofit donations comes from just 12% of donors? To secure the support of these crucial donors, your nonprofit needs to build a robust major gifts fundraising strategy. Because major gifts are so large, it requires time and dedication to cultivate and acquire more of these donations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 13, 2020

By Christy Noel , Vice President of Digital Marketing Services at MobileCause – a company that pioneered text-to-donate and also offers an extensive suite of online, mobile and event fundraising solutions. You did it: your donation appeal was a success. Make sure your website is mobile optimized for donors using their cell phones.

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Bloomerang

MAY 19, 2023

Dear Charity Clairity, Do you have any tips for acquiring phone numbers? Our online form for giving collects more, but most gifts still come by mail. Dear Call Me Maybe, You’re certainly on the right track wanting to make phone calls to donors. Make it easy to accept donations wherever your donors are.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to attract corporate matching gifts: Dear Charity Clairity, I have a question about how to attract corporate matching gifts. Matching gifts are truly the social benefit sector BOGO. Raise one gift, get the second gift free!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Tribute and honorary gifts , made in honor or in memory of someone who is not a donor, are a great way for nonprofit organizations to raise awareness and funds while honoring an individual, either in memoriam or celebration. In fact, according to the 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report , 33% of donors give tribute gifts to family and friends.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

There are two parts to thanking donors: Connecting with the donor’s brain by providing a gift receipt and more importantly, touching the donor’s heart by letting them know they are heroes for giving to your organization’s cause. Your email thank-you should arrive immediately after a donation is made online. Take your time.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Contributing memorial donations is a meaningful way to honor someone’s life after they’ve passed away. Your nonprofit should have a clear strategy for managing memorial donations and building relationships with donors and the family of the deceased. Managing memorial donations requires sensitivity and thoughtfulness.

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Bloomerang

JULY 7, 2022

In this guide, we’ll offer some tips and sample scripts you can use when calling donors to request a face-to-face meeting or directly request donations. When thinking about how to ask for donations, it’s natural to wonder: What should I say? Plus, scripts are a must when you are training people who have never asked for gifts before.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2024

When it comes to reaching your nonprofit’s revenue goals, major gifts are critical. For the average nonprofit, roughly 80% of all revenue comes from only 20% of its donors—and most of these earnings are major gifts. What role should marketing play in your major gift strategy? Let’s get started!

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

For most of us, fundraising isn’t something that comes naturally, especially a straight request for donations. Nonprofits rely on donations and unless you are independently wealthy and able to self-fund your organization, you’ll need to share with folks a request for donations. Asking for money, can be uncomfortable, right?

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Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

I’m looking at: How easy is it to make a gift? How do they respond to a gift from a new donor? Do they value small donations? A few years back a colleague — I don’t recall who — recommended making a gift to St. Now comes an email for a campaign specific to a need that most nonprofits might shy away from talking about.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Wouldn’t life be easier if people opened and read your fundraising emails? And even better, RESPONDED to them by clicking the Donate Now button? Maybe you check your open rate and see that only 25% of your audience bothered to open the email you spent hours writing. That’s average. ). That’s average. ). So frustrating!

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Hopefully, your donation form is already mobile-friendly, but here are 10 tips to make it mobile-friendlier from online fundraising pros : Eliminate all unnecessary/nice-to-have fields. Also, save Matching Gift information for the Thank You page if you can. Each form field has an input type that tells your phone which keyboard to use.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2022

That’s where micro donations come in! Small gifts can not only grow your donor base but also appeal to younger audiences and potential recurring donors. A strong recurring gift program provides more long-term security and sustainability than occasional large gifts, and micro donations can help. Show Impact.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Chances are, you’ve already made a good one with your donor because they’ve made their first gift to your organization. Set up a drip email to do the work for you. To use a drip-email campaign, determine what your end goal is, or your call to action. Examples: Make a second gift. List of major gifts given today.

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Neon CRM

MAY 17, 2024

A phone call gives you the opportunity to build real personal connections with the people who support you. Calling to thank donors for their support after they give a gift can strengthen their bond with your nonprofit, leading to higher donor retention and engagement rates. But how should you actually go about calling your donors?

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EveryAction

AUGUST 30, 2023

One way to meet new major donors is to steward existing donors into upgrading their gifts to your nonprofit organization. — Personalized communication and engagement strategies are critical to helping mid-level donors see the value and potential impact of increasing their donations to your nonprofit organization.

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The subject lines in your inbox might be shouting, “Donate now” or “Urgent, just a few hours left!” or “MAKE YOUR DONATION BEFORE MIDNIGHT.”. Is there something you can do now to influence their end of year gift? You are 8 times more likely to get a response from a text message than a voicemail or email.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

A CTA is an invitation to take action, such as donating, volunteering, signing up for something, signing a petition, pledging to do something, etc. Make a “ stretch gift ” that is very generous and is outside your normal giving pattern. Help the organization get authorized for receiving donations on Facebook. Be Informed.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The median gift size was $50. From the 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report : 2) 9% of donors worldwide donated to a nonprofit, NGO, or charity on GivingTuesday 2019. 8) 47% donate to crowdfunding campaigns that benefit NPOs, NGOs, and charities. Of those, 83% donate to the NPOs, NGOs, and charities that they volunteered for.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 23, 2024

Regardless, it’s something to be concerned about BEFORE you see a decrease in your donations. Donor fatigue refers to the feeling someone gets when they’re tired of receiving donation requests. What if donors making gifts since that time weren’t receiving their thank-you letters? I’ll show you. What is Donor Fatigue?

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Neon CRM

MAY 16, 2024

Their past donations prove they’re committed to your cause, and their familiarity with your organization means they’re often easier to engage than brand-new supporters. Use your donor management software to identify donors that haven’t donated in the last year. They may not even remember they donated!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2024

It should be mobile-responsive, attractive, and include features like: Online registration with secure payment processing Customizable text, imagery, and URL The ability to collect donations Sponsor onboarding and digital exposure Live leaderboards 1. Email campaigns. Organizational website. Partner marketing.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2023

And it’s why the way we’re used to categorizing gifts as small, medium, and large (or “new,” “mid-level,” and “major”) may not be the most fruitful strategy. Let’s stop giving gifts, and donors, these outdated labels. First time First-time donors are making their very first gift to your organization. With him, the force is weak.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 21, 2023

They’ve always donated together in the past. Your best bet is to use the phone. If the donor has a personal cell phone, feel free to call it and even leave a quick message if they don’t answer. I’m calling to thank you for your recent gifts—it means so much! The check didn’t even include the spouse’s name.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 4, 2024

Travel and Busy Schedules: Traditional outreach methods like phone calls or in-person events might not be as effective. Here are some creative ideas to keep your donors engaged and donations flowing throughout the summer: Embrace the Season: Theme Your Appeals: Incorporate summer themes into your emails and social media posts.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 29, 2023

Online fundraising platforms are software solutions that your nonprofit can use to solicit, accept, and process donations made via the internet. Many online fundraising platforms also make it easy for supporters to start fundraisers of their own to gather donations on behalf of your organization. What are online fundraising platforms?

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Qgiv

APRIL 6, 2021

The internet — and even phones, to some extent — have produced a certain amount of anonymity when it comes to asking for donations and making contributions. However, sometimes you need to ask for donations in person at fundraising events or other functions. It can be a stressful and time-consuming endeavor.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2020

As a nonprofit, there are certain ways you can encourage your donors to use their phones for good. According to The Guardian , people are spending an average of three hours and 15 minutes on their phone per day. From there, the app will automatically begin rounding up their purchases to donate the remainder of each dollar to charity.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Fundraising automation encompasses a plethora of ways to make the fundraising process easier for your organization—data collection, emails, receipts, and more! By automating thank-you emails and other interactions to get to your donors quicker, you can increase your donor retention rate, ultimately boosting your fundraising efforts.

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EveryAction

JANUARY 25, 2023

Relationship building is the cornerstone of any good development plan, and it can take a while for a potential donor to be ready to give that first gift, or for a current donor to decide to “level up” their giving. It is not enough to simply send a tax receipt with a form letter when you receive a gift. Send regular newsletters.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In the spirit of last-minute year-end fundraising actions , feel free to cut and paste this letter into your email, make any edits you think necessary, and get it out. Self-reflection / Gift of significance Before describing three suggested actions, allow us to share something important that we’ve learned. We’ve done the work for you.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Julie Ordoñez will outline a proven strategy, messaging and action steps you can implement right away to close major gifts faster, ethically. We’re here to talk about 3 steps to closing over $10,000 gifts by December 31st. It is not too late to raise major gifts this year. Julie: Let’s do it. That’s right.

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CauseVox

MAY 12, 2022

Here’s a surprising truth for a lot of nonprofit organizations: the donate button on your website is a really big deal! A good donation page is more than a pretty website: it can increase both your number of donors and the size of their donations. And it starts with your donate button. What Can A Donation Page Do?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

To maximize efforts and drive greater donations, below are some critical steps to keep in mind before jumping on this emerging trend in online fundraising. As resources may be limited, it’s best to target items that won’t take a lot of phone calls or research to request. 1) Get your auction list in check. .

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sgEngage

JANUARY 16, 2024

Individuals raising money for a cause they care about deeply want to surpass their donation goals and build enthusiasm for the mission. Send Handwritten Letters First, Not Emails Email is faster and can return instant results, but old-fashioned handwritten letters give that personal touch.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

1) Creating Custom Donation Appeals in Minutes Use ChatGPT to craft a sequence of donation appeals with the goal of encouraging your stakeholders to make a donation. Simply enter a few details to guide it in the direction you want your email to go, and it will generate email and/or letter copy based on what you entered.

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