Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Donors who gave to you once will slip away. Even if your donor loves your cause, if your email hits on a day that they don’t have much time, the subject line is the key to getting your email opened. How do you let your donor know in a short subject line that the email is urgent? So take the time to get this right. Make sense?

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

As a nonprofit fundraising professional, you’re always thinking of ways to encourage your donors to increase their donation amounts. Some donors upgrade their giving without being asked, but most donors need some prompting. This makes it easier for your donors to choose how much to give to your nonprofit.

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Bloomerang

MAY 10, 2022

Magic happens when you build those kinds of relationships with your prospects and donors. This is where donor stewardship comes into play. What is donor stewardship? Donor stewardship—also known as stewarding your donors—is the act of building relationships with supporters after they make a donation to your nonprofit.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to ask donors to pay associated credit card fees with purchases and donations. . It’s not donor or customer-centered anymore than a retailer is when they tell potential customers they’ll have to pay extra if they pay with credit cards. — Fed up with fees.

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

If your nonprofit organization hosts a peer-to-peer event with thousands of happy participants and supporters, but you don’t have a plan to convert those bikers, gamers, walkers, golfers, dancers, scavenger hunters, or pub crawlers into monthly donors, you’re missing out on the point of putting on an awesome P2P event.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 4, 2022

Most charities had used the same tried-and-tested methods for decades (namely, galas and sponsored endeavors), but with new health and safety guidelines to contend with, this was no longer possible. Imagine if you could tap into the networks of all of your donors. 9) Gift fundraising. You could even use their gifts in auctions.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. One of the biggest problems nonprofits face is improving their low donor retention rate. When you’re losing 8 out of 10 new donors, donor acquisition becomes an expensive proposition.

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 18, 2021

You might have a campaign steering committee, a kick-off committee, a committee to oversee the feasibility study, and a lead gift committee. Of particular importance is the Lead Gift Committee. The Lead Gift Committee – A Key to Success. Lead Gift Committee Member Responsibilities. They think the big task is asking.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I’ve offered you checklists , FAQs and e-guides with templates for writing donor-centric annual appeals. This is the specific donor you’re appealing to. . In order to inspire the donor to take action, you need to create a sense of urgency around the ask. . Have you written to one specific donor? .

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

And how does their impact compare to those of one-time donations and gifts from major donors? Don’t get us wrong: One-time donations and major gifts should both play big roles in your organization’s fundraising. Donor Loyalty: Recurring donors tend to be highly committed to your cause.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

As a fundraiser, I understand all of these matters impact nonprofits, and the trend is leaning—hard—toward privacy and donor data protection. . To understand where we are, including fundraisers and nonprofits, with donor data protection, we have to take a look at what happened in souring the public on the idea that privacy was dead.

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Qgiv

JULY 13, 2021

When those gifts are doubled (or sometimes even tripled!). That’s a lot of money left on the table that could support great causes! How you can make it easier for your donors to match more gifts so your nonprofit can raise more money? By making gift matching part of the donation process!

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Hours of writing, editing, rewriting, and testing go into crafting something that inspires donors to give. One of the main motivating factors that influences donors to give is hearing about the impact they’ve made on your mission. . Write your appeal and thank you messages and report back to your donors all at the same time.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Dear Goal Averse, Before I share some data about how donors respond to publicly-stated fundraising goals, I want to be clear: It’s not as simple as saying “stating a goal is more effective than not stating a goal” or vice versa. This makes it possible for donors to see the impact of their giving in real time. . What do you think?

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Candid

AUGUST 18, 2021

AI can completely change how nonprofits engage donors and prepare for fundraising appeals. For instance, AI can quickly rank individual donors by their likelihood to give to a direct mail appeal right now. . But this doesn’t mean nonprofits need to waste time, money, and attention on outdated backend processes. .

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Qgiv

MARCH 22, 2023

A pledge drive is a fundraising campaign where donors promise a gift amount to your organization based on a goal set by you or your participants. As your organization or participants meet those goals, donors increase their pledged donation. How much money do you want to raise? How do you want to reach your supporters?

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Robert Weiner

JULY 10, 2012

It does Direct Marketing but not Major Gift fundraising (or it does Major Gift fundraising but not Direct Marketing); we need support in both areas. So how do we justify that system to management (and perhaps our donors)? staff time to specify and test system enhancements. Stewarding current donors. Managing staff.

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Allegiance Group

MARCH 7, 2024

Drawing on her experience as a successful businesswoman, Greer is now out to “save giving” by teaching nonprofits how to improve the ways they interact with donors. She’s the author of the bestseller Philanthropy Revolution and is ready to guide charities to a new mindset that sees donors as people, not sources of revenue.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Amongst our friends joining us for the appeal writing workshop , the most popular questions were how to craft a tangible ask but keep the money unrestricted, and if the reply envelope should have a stamp on it. Don’t feel obligated to overemphasize it – donors understand that even though you’re talking about one thing (i.e.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Further, with 64% of total giving coming from individual donors in 2022, ensuring you have a well thought out strategy to attract these dollars is critical. Run NCOA and address standardization, test email addresses, remove deceased record — this is a year-round effort, but extra important for a big end-of-year push.”

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

If you’re starting a new nonprofit, you already know that you need to raise money. Your plan should also include what you’ll do when you’re NOT asking for money like donor communications, stewardship, and warm touches — all designed to give the donor a GREAT experience. Many founders do.)

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 18, 2024

Needing money is a common denominator among all nonprofits. You’ll gain access to potential donors and volunteers, such as the business’s employees. For instance, matching gifts and volunteer grants allow companies to align their charitable giving with employees’ values, leading to greater employee retention and talent acquisition.

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Easy for your donors. It’s donor-centric and donors want to help. The easier you can make it to help, the more money you will be able to raise. And the more donors you will keep. What’s not to like about monthly donors who provide sustainable unrestricted funds for your mission? Easy for you!

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Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Note: contains affiliate links) Fundraising for Introverts by Brian Saber If you’re an introvert and you’ve ever felt overwhelmed or anxious about the prospect of raising money for nonprofits, Fundraising for Introverts: Harnessing Our Powers for What Matters is an absolute game-changer. And which books are missing from my shelf?

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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. Fewer gifts, higher averages! However, one trend that did come through loud and clear was that the majority of groups received fewer gifts, but a higher average gift compared to last year. Hello, SEARCH!

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 18, 2021

For many of us, summer fundraising can be frustrating because often our donor communications during this season yield less-than-ideal results. . When it comes to traditional channels, one thing you can test is a summer-long fundraising campaign. Try to come up with something that would inspire your donors to give.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

As the world continues to grapple with the ups and downs of COVID-19, it’s essential to meet your donors where they’re most comfortable, and that means coming up with inventive online fundraising ideas. Due to a lack of major upfront expenses, fundraising online is one of the most profitable ways to raise money for your organization.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

If you’ve heard about Giving Tuesday , you likely know that it presents a huge opportunity for nonprofits to raise a lot of money during one 24-hour period. Talk to your donors and try to secure a matching gift for the Giving Tuesday campaign. Plan your matching gift announcements and/or special rewards (i.e.

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M+R

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Donors that come in through ads are generally less familiar with your program than existing supporters or even people who found your website on their own — so it’s extra important to introduce your organization from the moment they sign up! Testing changes to your donation form to improve conversion rates. those KPIs.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

As technology evolves, there are new ways nonprofits like yours can take advantage of advancements to save time and raise more money. From navigating donor data to finding the most effective ways to communicate, AI for fundraising can be applied to many aspects of your organization to help lift some of the burden of changing the world.

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sgEngage

APRIL 10, 2023

Start testing your outreach plans. Spend time strengthening donor relationships. For example, if you discover your donor retention rate is falling, you can focus on donor stewardship in the months leading up to Giving Tuesday to boost retention. Start testing your outreach plans.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 4, 2022

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. You’re so focused on the money that you’ve forgotten about your donors. Here’s what’s really going on: You’re too focused on money. What do you see?

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Achieve

JUNE 8, 2023

They’re major investments of your time and resources with potentially huge payoffs—an increased capacity to drive impact, strengthened relationships with donors and partners , and tons of valuable fundraising experience. You start discussing your goals with donors, but they don’t understand why you’re asking for such large gifts.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The holidays are coming soon and that means you need to be ready to make the most of it, starting with getting your nonprofit website spiffed up, donor friendly, and ready to receive donations. You see, many donor prospects will check out your nonprofit online before they donate to see who you are, what you do, and how you make a difference.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

While receiving a windfall from a major donor or hosting a particularly successful campaign is a reason to celebrate, setting up something like a monthly giving program or running a recurring donation drive now will give you even more reasons to celebrate in the future. . But how do you encourage a donor to make a repeat donation?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

For the past few years, nonprofits have been raising 40% to 60% of their money online during the month of December. Highlights include: 77% raised more money this year than they did in 2009. The number of donors grew by 12% in 2010. The number of donors grew by 12% in 2010. Highlighting different gift amounts.

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