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

MAY 23, 2024

I say it’s a real phenomenon that occurs when fundraisers are so focused on the money that they forget where the money comes from. People aren’t sure how their money’s being used (lack of transparency). People aren’t sure how their money’s being used (lack of transparency).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Many nonprofit organizations struggle to engage their board members with fundraising, especially the act of asking another person for money. Some individual board members may want to start with “easier” tasks like thanking donors, but eventually, they should be directly helping raise thousands of dollars annually.

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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. Are you with me?

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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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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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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

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.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 14, 2021

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. For donors who want their money to be used in ways that change lives, a gift to your organization is the right year-end move.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Nonprofit-facing fundraising apps are those that your nonprofit staff members use to raise money on the go. For instance, your major gift officer may use an app to look up more information about major prospects prior to initial meetings. This helps your members show chapter spirit and helps your organization raise more money.

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sgEngage

MARCH 13, 2024

Is this bad news? New vs. Returning Participants People who were returning participants raised more money than brand-new people in all categories. Create a plan for boosting revenue: Growing the average gift size is another strategy to increase revenue. Can your P2P fundraisers ask for a bigger gift?

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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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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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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. Overall, groups were split on whether they raised more or less overall digital revenue than end-of-year 2020 — in fact, our sample was split exactly 50/50! Fewer gifts, higher averages! Kinda like…2021.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2023

The pressures to maintain and increase gift income mount as the need for programs, services, and benefits escalate during times of inflation and challenging economic realities when more people are struggling. What have they enjoyed from gifts made to other good causes that they haven’t seen receive enough attention from your nonprofit?

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 13, 2024

million in gift annuities. billion, including pledges receivable of $14 million and gift annuities of $4.8 According to the organization’s Consolidated Statement of Financial Position for 2018, BSA had total assets of just more than $1.56 billion, including around $108 million in cash and cash equivalents, $91.2

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2023

Today’s question comes from a director of development who wants advice on how to quickly and efficiently find the best major gift and planned giving prospects: Dear Charity Clairity, We recently purchased donor analytics and now have a database overlay indicating who has major gift and planned gift likelihood. That’s great news.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2014

Ellen will divide up the money between St. ” The Humane Society staff had no advanced warning of this gift when Ellen announced the donation on her TV show on Monday. As soon as the Humane Society got word of the gift via Twitter, they tweeted a thank you since people were buzzing about it already on Twitter.

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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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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. Was it at least 35%?

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Bloomerang

JULY 12, 2021

No, this doesn’t have to be complicated (or cost money)! . They made a video to show their donors the excitement on the student’s faces when the kids found out how much was raised at their fundraiser that weekend. Give them the gift of being known by you. . This is the anniversary of when they made their first gift to you.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

If Facebook extended their fundraising tools to WhatsApp (owned by Facebook) and Facebook Messenger, messaging apps would likely become much more powerful in their ability to raise money for charitable organizations. Baby Boomers are most likely to give tribute gifts at 41%. Donors are also highly engaged in civic life.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Here’s a common question that many small and growing nonprofits ask: How do you get your Board to raise money, especially during the holidays? It’s part of a Board’s basic responsibility to help you raise money. Are you looking for Board members who Give matching money for your Fall appeal? It’s frustrating.

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CauseVox

APRIL 25, 2022

But aside from thinking about this season as just a time to raise money, also stop to consider how you can truly enhance relationships with these current donors while you’re making the big “ask.”. Check out this list of 7 spring fundraising ideas that focus on raising money AND deepening relationships with your current donors.

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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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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Yet for all that may be different between organizations, shared fundraising challenges seem to endure, especially when it comes to identifying more opportunities for major gifts. The bad news : Overall donor counts are shrinking as the number of nonprofits continues to grow. Understanding Benchmark Data.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 16, 2021

For the last three years, I’ve devoted virtually every day to the challenge of training professionals and especially volunteer fundraisers to overcome the fear of asking for gifts for their favorite nonprofits. My specialty is addressing the solicitation of major gifts, particularly from individuals. Blunder No. Blunder No.

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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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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.” So good news. But if you can get inside a donor’s mind, I think that is the secret to reducing your attrition, which means increasing the number of people who renew and give you gifts year after year. .

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NetWits

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Because key industry benchmarks and trends show that engagement online through advocacy is an effective springboard for raising money because advocates are 7X more likely to give (full report), compared to non-advocates. Transform Actions Into Money. So how do you clear a path from taking action to giving money?

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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. Sounds like a win-win situation, right?

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sgEngage

JULY 6, 2022

They can be powerful voices when they advocate or raise money for your nonprofit. You probably see ads appear in the margins of the news you read or as you look up a recipe on your phone. You can create groups, create advertisements, raise money, and more. Keynote speakers. Targeted advertisements.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Matching Gifts With a matching gifts program , employees make gifts to nonprofits and the company matches each donation dollar for dollar. Not only does this double the impact of every gift an employee makes but knowing that their gift is being matched can make them even more likely to donate.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 18, 2024

Needing money is a common denominator among all nonprofits. 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. The donor’s gift may be tax deductible. billion in just one year.

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The easier you can make it to help, the more money you will be able to raise. I’ve never heard of a donor who complained that there was an extra button in their emails asking for a one-time gift and then another button asking for a monthly gift. So, join some programs with a small gift and see what others are doing.

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sgEngage

MARCH 29, 2021

At GoodUnited, we work with nonprofit organizations to raise their relationships with social media supporters. How to Raise Your Relationships with Facebook Fundraising Supporters. To start a Facebook fundraiser, a user completes the following steps: Click on “Fundraisers” in their News Feed. Click on “Raise Money.”.

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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. After all, they gave your organization a gift. Thank you for your generous gift to xyz organization.’ That’s a lot for one letter to accomplish! And important.

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