sgEngage

MAY 28, 2024

To help you take the reins and contribute more donors and dollars, here are the top four most effective tips for prospect research. You can’t work with major donors without having a few missed estimates. Your discovery work connects your institution to enthusiastic donors and prospects to causes they find meaningful.

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sgEngage

MARCH 11, 2024

AI tools enable major gift officers to do more with their time by minimizing administrative tasks, helping with research, and drafting communications. Ultimately, this helps major gift teams focus on what matters most—building relationships with donors and helping their organization make an impact.

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Candid

MAY 15, 2024

At the Honnold Foundation, we had been working in partnership with grassroots organizations for some time before we learned that there was a term for the kind of grantmaking we do: trust-based philanthropy (TBP). Ultimately, TBP is about facilitating community self-determination, helping partners envision and create the future that they want.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

National Philanthropy Day, Wednesday Nov. 15 th , 2023, is a day set aside to recognize and celebrate the contributions of philanthropy to individuals, communities, and the world. Freeman was inspired to create a day that would celebrate philanthropy and encourage charitable giving. What is philanthropy? In the U.S.,

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 23, 2021

This post on adopting a culture of philanthropy is part six in a six-part series. Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. Internalize and externalize an organization-wide culture of philanthropy.

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Something that makes you stand out and lets your donors feel like the heroes that they are? Warm your donors up with some thoughtful stewardship through a channel that will help you get through: mobile. Why text donors? What should you text your donors? The other 25,000 donors did not receive this extra thanks.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Your lapsed donors. This timeline offers a clear road map to prevent lapsed donors: What makes donors lapse? The second thing you must know is what defines a lapsed donor. The simple definition of a lapsed donor is someone who hasn’t given in a certain amount of time. Do donors realize they’ve lapsed?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 6, 2024

Understanding what flips the switch for your members to transform them from participants to passionate donors is the key to boosting your fundraising efforts. When members hear about a specific person who overcame adversity because of their help, it paints a vivid picture of the impact and value of their contribution.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants tips on how to connect with and cultivate Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) donors: Dear Charity Clairity, My boss thinks we should get more funding through DAFs. In fact, the majority of DAF donors do not want to be anonymous. — How to Work with Anonymous?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

By Laura Bucher , Storyteller at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. But there are two things that are certain: social distancing will continue to be a reality and your donors will continue to believe in your mission. Not to worry.

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

If you’re a fundraiser bemoaning the lack of your nonprofit’s culture of philanthropy , you don’t get off that easily. . Because you are the one person, or one department, actually charged with living and breathing philanthropy on a daily basis. You are the philanthropy facilitator. . You’re part of the problem.

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Candid

JUNE 23, 2022

Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released a new report, Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining giving in 2021 , in May 2022 that details COVID-19-related philanthropic funding in 2021. Brazil’s culture of giving and philanthropy has been growing since the 1980s.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

While some major donors are helping to boost overall giving in terms of dollars, the number of donors is shrinking. There are some nonprofit leaders who take shortcuts. Some shortcuts include not building capacity — the fuel to fund their mission and the people to whom they serve.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Considering the major benefits that corporate partnerships can offer, your nonprofit needs a defined strategy to raise more from corporate philanthropy and build stronger relationships with businesses. Here’s what we’ll cover: What is corporate philanthropy? What is corporate philanthropy? Let’s begin!

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sgEngage

JANUARY 30, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) fundraising may seem like no more than the newest philanthropy buzzword. If your nonprofit is ready to dive deeper into the world of AI fundraising to boost donor engagement with your mission, this is the place to start! These solutions leverage predictive analytics to help anticipate future donor actions.

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Greater Giving

MAY 9, 2023

Incorporating corporate philanthropy into your nonprofit’s fundraising strategy is a great way to cultivate long-term relationships with companies and increase your organization’s revenue. Here are four strategies to help you incorporate corporate philanthropy into your nonprofit’s fundraising strategy.

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Candid

AUGUST 8, 2022

In 2020, the philanthropic sector started conversations about how philanthropy can better support Black-led organizations and the Black community. These donors had various motives for supporting abolition, however it rarely involved creating an equitable society that included Black people nor supported continual policy and societal change.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 17, 2022

When a donor signs up for a recurring donation online, there are no checks to mail and no monthly reminders needed; much of the expense and hassle on the nonprofit’s side have been eliminated. Recurring donors are over five times more valuable to your nonprofit than one-time donors, according to The State of Modern Philanthropy.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 20, 2023

Today’s question come from a fundraiser and donor who wants advice on how to handle poor donor engagement: Dear Charity Clairity, I’m a fundraiser, but also a donor. Because when a nonprofit doesn’t treat me as if I matter, as I carefully and consciously treat donors to my organization, I get a little peeved.

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Candid

MAY 26, 2022

Writer’s Note: The following recommendations were originally shared in Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining two years of giving , a report published on May 25, 2022 by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy and Candid. Here are four steps you can take right now that can help invigorate your COVID-19 giving strategy. Give trust.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Have you developed nonprofit donor personas? If so, I recommend moving away from those donor personas and toward donor identities instead. . Think about it: Those personas may have been carefully crafted—Soccer Mom, Busy Businessman, Widow, Millennial—but those personas only touch on a small part of your donor’s identity.

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Classy

MAY 24, 2021

The State of Modern Philanthropy is back for 2021. Download the State of Modern Philanthropy 2021. We’ve designed The State of Modern Philanthropy to make it easier than ever to apply key findings in a way that’s unique to your organization. The impact of payment options on donor lifetime value. Soraya Alexander.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Without it, your efforts to cultivate and steward donors won’t go very far. A trusting relationship with donors contains shared perceptions and values, openness, transparency, and a willingness to grow the connection. Your Perception of Your Donors I’m sure you can remember an interaction that felt purely transactional.

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Candid

JUNE 28, 2023

Though the growing climate crisis makes headlines every day, its enormity and complexity can be overwhelming to donors who often struggle to know where to begin and how to devise equitable strategies to address its impacts. In this video, Dosunmu shares how funding data reveals whether or not climate philanthropy lives up to these values.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Have you ever wondered about the powerful connection between volunteers and donors in the nonprofit world? This is the story of how George Washington University Hospital , a hub of compassionate healthcare and advanced technology, bridged this gap, and the inspiring journey of Emily, a volunteer turned major donor.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Part of the job of being a true philanthropy facilitator is showing donors how they might benefit from being a little more generous. Philanthropy” – aka “love of humanity” – works best when everyone wins – your organization, the donor and the community. Why not do your donors a solid by letting them know?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Corporate philanthropy is a key component of corporate social responsibility , which is a category of initiatives held by businesses to improve society in some way. For nonprofits, corporate philanthropy means free corporate support for their missions and programming. Corporate Philanthropy Best Practices. Let’s dive in!

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 19, 2021

My approach to philanthropy will continue to be thoughtful. MacKenzie Scott seems to be nonresponsive to traditional approaches (there is no application process) and operates much more like a Donor Advised Fund (DAF). A donor advised fund is NOT a private foundation, nor does it operate as such. But I won’t wait.

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 6, 2022

If you’re looking to grow your grassroots donors—a segment many nonprofits struggle to retain —sustainer programs in particular can be a natural match for these passionate supporters. Sustaining gifts, or gifts that occur on a regular basis, are convenient, customizable, and fuel connections for long relationships with donors.

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NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 7, 2023

On the final day of Nonprofit POWER in Baltimore, Maryland, Bill Stanczykiewicz, senior assistant dean for external relations at Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, led the keynote session, “Fundraising in Turbulent Times” to help the nonprofit professionals in the room make sense of data and the wealth effects of charitable giving (..)

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The year 2020 was an astounding year for disaster philanthropy, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. federal agencies, donor-advised funds, and giving platforms. In the annual disaster philanthropy report, we tracked nearly $37 million in wildfire funding to date in 2020 by institutional philanthropy. Syrian refugee crisis.

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Qgiv

JULY 8, 2022

On Tuesday, June 21, Giving USA released The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2021. Here is a brief overview and some key takeaways from this year’s report to help inform your philanthropic strategy for the upcoming year for nonprofit organizations. The health subsector declined -5.7% between 2019 and 2020 and grew 7.7%

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Charity Village

MAY 26, 2022

What exactly are younger donors looking for in a nonprofit or charity? When it comes to understanding what younger donors desire, transparency of impact is the very first layer to consider. The post How technology can help your nonprofit attract a new generation of donors appeared first on CharityVillage.

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Givinga

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Our CEO and cofounder Joe Phoenix spoke with Karen DeMasters from Financial Advisor Magazine about how combining philanthropy and technology helps employers easily manage charitable giving and prepare to make a greater impact in 2021. Philanthropy is no different,” Joe said.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 29, 2023

When we raise money to change lives, we are helping to release folks from something onerous. Let’s mutiny against common, boring practices of ho-hum fundraising so we can create an environment of philanthropy that’s fun for us to work in, fun for donors to participate in, and changes more lives than ever before.

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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? And only 43% of all donors remain loyal? . Donor attrition has gotten worse over time. Donors tell us this all the time, both with words and actions. Donors tell us this all the time, both with words and actions. Donor Negative WORDS.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2023

Here are practical tips on how to engage your aging donors and encourage planned gtiving. According to data from various studies and research, the average age of nonprofit donors typically falls within the range of 50 to 75 years old. Use larger print (14-point font at a minimum): Larger print helps aging eyes.

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