Robert Weiner

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Matching Gifts Best Practices 2009

Robert Weiner

SupportingAdvancement.com has published the results of their 2009 survey on how nonprofits are handling corporate matching gifts --their fourth such survey. The responses came primarily from academic institutions, but also included significant numbers from healthcare, religious, and social service organizations. in last years' survey.

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Matching Gifts Best Practices

Robert Weiner

SupportingAdvancement.com has published the results of their 2008 survey on how nonprofits are handling corporate matching gifts. The responses came primarily from post-secondary schools, but also included elementary schools, healthcare, museums, gardens, performing arts, and service organizations. 63% raised over $50,000.

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The Current Economy and Major Gifts Fundraising

Robert Weiner

Here’s another: Kevin Johnson of Retriever Development Counsel posted a response to the question, I’m preparing a major gift strategic overview and wanted to include updated thoughts on the current economic situation and how that might affect our numbers moving forward. Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.

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Preventing Fraud on our Online Giving Pages

Robert Weiner

Kirsten Williams , Associate Director, Gift Services. The credit card scam/fraud attempt that many nonprofits have experiences starts with a very large online gift from an unknown donor. For example, if you tend to get 40 gifts overnight, you may see 400 or even 4000.). Those gifts are typically for less than $5. ยท

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Roundup of 2009 Online Giving Stats

Robert Weiner

69% of the organizations they looked at raised more online in 2009 than in 2008, while 31% raised less. The average gift size was $80.80. Most organizations saw declines in average gift size. Small organizations grew fastest. As Convio found, average gift size declined.

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Discussion of Donor Data Retention

Robert Weiner

The original question: My organization is working on a data retention policy and wondering if others have insights to share. Is it a criteria which is temporary โ€“ โ€œtheyโ€™ve not given to us everโ€ doesnโ€™t mean they may not wish they had, and upon decease urge gifts โ€œin their memoryโ€ to your organization. Not giving?

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Thoughts on the Blackbaud โ€“ Convio deal

Robert Weiner

There are tons of choices out there for small and mid-sized organizations. But that product started out with development and support from a major organization (the Metropolitan Opera). Idealwareโ€™s Consumerโ€™s Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems reviewed 30 systems, the majority of which donโ€™t come from Convio or Blackbaud.

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