Bloomerang

MARCH 15, 2023

In this post, we talk to Cait, a hospitality manager and athletic instructor, in New Orleans, LA, who donates $10 each month to WWNO, the New Orleans Public Radio station. The Cause : WWNO , New Orleans Public Radio | See how public radio stations use Bloomerang to move their missions forward. Very familiar. Absolutely.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Lucky for you, employee matching gifts and nonprofit fundraising events are two of the most significant tactics for charitable organizations today. Meanwhile, Double the Donation reports that an estimated $2-3 billion is contributed by businesses through matching gift programs each year. Let’s begin!

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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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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

If you’re looking for a cost-effective and efficient way to ask for donations from your donors and prospects, look no further than a fundraising email! With email, you can send numerous donation asks out with the click of a button. Take a look at these top six best practices for asking for donations with emails. Leave no doubt!

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Kindful

JUNE 10, 2021

No matter how big or small the gift, a heartfelt thank you is always in order. You should send a thank you letter to anyone who donates to your organization. Does my organization need to personalize the thank you letter for each donation? The good news is that you don’t have to do all of this manually.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 27, 2021

Needing money is a common denominator among all nonprofits. Two of the tried-and-true methods for raising dough, sponsorships, and charitable donations, can cause a lot of confusion. Some sponsorships are charitable donations whereas others are actually non-charitable support. What about in-kind donations?

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 18, 2022

In order to maximize their donation potential, nonprofits could embrace creative, diverse fundraising alternatives to monetary contributions. Many gifts that fall in this category are in-kind donations, defined as any non-monetary contributions to a nonprofit, like products and services.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 8, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether they can credit a donation in 2023 if the check was dated 2024: Dear Charity Clairity, A donor advised in early December a $20,000 check was mailed to us. She then advised she cancelled the first check and sent a new one. But it’s a bit tricky.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

GuideStar reports that new donors who receive a thank you within 48 hours of donating are four times more likely to give to your organization again. Share the good news of any preliminary results you have from your Giving Tuesday campaign, such as how much you raised or any challenge matches you’ve met. Why send this email?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2024

This combination puts immense pressure on nonprofits to find creative ways to engage supporters and bring in donations. Followers will tune out repetitive asks for money. Share statistics, facts, and news related to your cause. Joint campaigns, takeovers, and shoutouts expand your reach to new audiences in an organic way.

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Classy

JULY 28, 2021

An easy donation experience offers value to both supporters and nonprofits, and we’re breaking down how to achieve it all. . Help your supporter make easy donations through pathways that meet them where they are, whether that’s payment type or donation frequency. See What’s New In Fundraising.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Time is almost up to make a final donation to XYZ organization for 20201 and change their lives.”. Collect all the good-news/feel-good stories that you did not use during Giving Tuesday and send them out one at a time over the last few days of the year using both email and social media. Secure a last-minute matching gift.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 20, 2022

Whether virtual, in person, or hybrid, raffles are an effective way to raise money for your nonprofit (case in point—the $9,420,506 raffle organizers on Eventgroove have earned for their causes since November 2019). The good news is that Eventgroove Fundraising provides built-in, legally compliant official rules for each sweepstakes.

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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.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

In part 1 (on the left side of the cycle), the donor gives you money. Acknowledge the donor for their gift. If your letter doesn’t do these two things in as few words as possible, you need a new letter. The good news is that Tahoe is not in any pain. There are two parts to the Cycle of Giving. He is going blind.

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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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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

As development professionals, volunteers, and board members, we spend a lot of time searching for new prospects … trying to find new individuals, companies and foundations who might respond to our message, who we can cultivate, and who, over time, might make a significant gift to help us continue our work.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 9, 2023

You see, raising money for bricks and mortar is different than fundraising for ongoing operations. You need a different approach so you can successfully raise the money you need, which is probably more than you’ve ever attempted before. Money raised during a capital campaign can only be used for that project. New major donors.

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2022

It’s also likely not news to you that people are discouraged and that so many of us are wondering whether it’s worth it to work toward and hope for a better future. The next tweets give some context for the news he’s about the share. Where is this money coming from? The exhale comes from his next tweet : He’s still optimistic.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Did you know as many as 81% percent of new donors don’t return to give again? It’s also the number one reason you’re raising less money than you could. You’re Leaving Money on the Table. I wonder what they did with the money and whether it helped. If you want future gifts, you must give present ones.

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sgEngage

MARCH 13, 2024

Have people changed the way they donate? Is this bad news? Returning Participants People who were returning participants raised more money than brand-new people in all categories. They know how to fundraise, and their friends and families are used to receiving requests for donations. in 2021 and by 15.4%

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 11, 2023

And good news! A clean list , with the most current email and mailing addresses, will save you money and help you reach the right people fast. What difference will their money make? Don’t just mail or email a letter and hope to raise money. Bad news – it doesn’t work that way. Ready for it? Plan it out.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

But good news – it IS doable. Confirms to the donor that you got their gift. Closes the loop on this gift and prepares them for the next gift. Take the time to write the strongest thank you letter you can to show your appreciation, deepen the donor relationship, and set the stage for the next donation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

These best practices serve as a foundation for your online fundraising campaigns, but much of your nonprofit’s success also depends upon the service you choose to process your online donations and the design and frequency of your e-newsletter. Make Your Donate Now Button Stand Out from Your Website’s Color Scheme.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

This typically involves donations of money, time, and/or resources from corporations to charitable causes. And that the future of corporate giving is increasingly trending toward employee-centric giving programs, such as matching gifts, volunteer grants, and other forms of workplace giving. And that’s just one example!

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 4, 2022

Sometimes, methods of fundraising that worked in previous years don’t work as well when the economy shifts or a big news event pulls people’s attention away. Maybe you just asked people to buy tickets to your big event or participate in your online auction then two weeks later sent out an appeal asking for money. What do you see?

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

These nonprofits have gotten really good at making it easy for people to understand how their donation will make a difference. Monthly giving can change the game for your new, young, or small nonprofit! If someone gives you a donation of $100, that’s great. Let’s look at the math. Not to mention the $240 is predictable income!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 12, 2015

The 32 nonprofits were bookmarked for a donation and selected because they were effective at grabbing my attention and sparking an inspiration to give through their tweets. The last time Nonprofit Tech for Good donated to a large volume of nonprofits – $25 to 28 nonprofits – 27% of the donations failed due bugs.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Additionally, when a donation was included as part of a compensation package, workers’ productivity increased anywhere from 13 percent to 30 percent for the least productive workers at a company—just as much as if a bonus was added as a part of a compensation package.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Yesterday, I shared the “ Good, Bad, and Ugly ” about the Facebook Donate button and the discussion was prompted further insights that I’m capturing here. The feature makes it easy for people to donate to nonprofits. It’s frictionless donations. Donations are not a priority for Facebook.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 21, 2022

A planned gift is the ultimate gift a donor can give your nonprofit. It’s usually their last gift. And quite often, it’s their largest gift. And planned gifts can have some surprising benefits. According to PlannedGiving.com , a planned gift can be 200 times the size of a donor’s annual gift!

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M+R

JANUARY 11, 2022

December is for two things: cooking great big extravagant feasts, and using every tool at our disposal to raise money. And those who weren’t in the news… didn’t do as well, generally speaking. Fewer gifts, higher averages! Groups also dealt with higher costs on social, leading to less efficient donations. Hmmm, social!

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 20, 2021

This results in more money for your mission, more satisfied donors, and more solutions to the world’s most pressing problems! . In 2020 the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act introduced some new temporary tax benefits. In all other years, donors who made significant gifts could only deduct up to 60% of AGI.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Yes, you’ll need an efficient way to process donations and facilitate the collection of food drive items. Take a look at the statistics : 75% of young donors are turned off by out-of-date websites, making them less likely to donate. Offer a team fundraising option so participants can go head-to-head to see who can raise the most money.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

This is good news. You must spend money to make money. . If instead you think of it as a revenue-sucking cost center, fundamentally only about money, you’ll always consider it a “necessary evil” at best. Development staff, and even development board committees, are shoved to a corner and ordered to “go raise money.”

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Kindful

JUNE 3, 2021

Businesses, unlike foundations, aren’t in the business of giving away money. They’re in the business of making money. It may feel tempting to “marry for money,” but those deep pockets can come with lots of strings attached. Matching gifts. In-kind gifts. Matching employee gifts. Before you get started.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

18% of donors worldwide have donated to a charitable organization directly through Facebook. Of all social media worldwide, Facebook dominates and its new fundraising tools will likely transform global giving. 41% of donors to charitable organizations also donate to online crowdfunding campaigns that benefit individuals.

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