Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Who'd like to make more holiday gifts this year? One raw material I have more than enough to work with is photos, so today I'm brainstorming holiday gifts to make with them. But I'm often stumped for ideas. All photos are by me (: Tweet

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Double the Donation

JULY 27, 2021

This technical partnership has come together to provide educational institutions with the power to double eligible donations through the industry-leading matching gift solution, 360MatchPro. These two solutions integrate seamlessly so that your organization can start harnessing matching gift funds in minutes.

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NetWits

MAY 31, 2011

The 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report provides analysis of 28 major nonprofit organizations and transactions for over 15 million donors and more than $1 billion in revenue. This report continues to be the most significant analysis of online/offline giving trends based on actual data from nonprofits.

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NetWits

APRIL 26, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Giving Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. Instead of just offering what you want (annual fund, matching gifts, etc.), Or, perhaps past donors are considering a larger gift.

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Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 19, 2011

The nonprofit was notified of the gift on Jan. The IRS has stated that a charitable gift made by check is complete at the time the check is delivered or mailed, provided the bank eventually honors the check." A gift made by credit card payment is complete when the charge is made." A staff member heard the message on Jan.

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Care2

JANUARY 30, 2012

In January of last year I wrote up a quick summary on how some of our clients' end-of-year fundraising campaigns did vs. the prior year, and I thought it’d be nice to repeat the exercise to see how nonprofits fared in 2011. A ton more gifts – 93% saw an increase in the number of gifts made.

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NetWits

JUNE 7, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Giving Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. During those months, healthcare’s online earnings increased from around seven percent to roughly 11 percent of their total online gifts.

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sgEngage

JUNE 20, 2011

The Giving USA Foundation and its research partner, the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University , has released Giving USA 2011: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the year 2010. billion in grants and gifts made by corporate foundations to recipient organizations and individuals. Corporate giving rose an estimated 10.6

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Care2

DECEMBER 14, 2012

People donated more money to charity in 2012 than in 2011, according to a Blackbaud survey , where over 4200 donors from the US, the UK, and Australia responded to a variety of questions about their donation habits to nonprofits. one-time donations increased from 2011 to 2012. Recurring Gifts. One-Time Donations. In the U.S.

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NetWits

JUNE 14, 2012

Online to offline conversion must take place almost immediately, as online donors tend to move to offline giving within a year of the first online gift or not at all according to our 2011 Multichannel Giving Report. 2011 Internet and Multichannel Giving. Donor Movement Across Channels.

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NetWits

AUGUST 8, 2012

Yet one of the most striking findings in our 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report was that, in aggregate, online-acquired donors still have much higher cumulative value over the long term than traditional, mail-acquired donors. 2011 Multichannel Fundraising Report.

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sgEngage

JUNE 22, 2011

The Giving USA 2011 report is out and the team at The Giving USA Foundation and the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University have given plenty of data and statistics to sift through. But in June 2011, 275,000 nonprofit organizations lost their tax-exempt status for failure to file legally required documents for three consecutive years.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 2, 2012

In 2011 I gave to over twenty different nonprofit organizations. The type of thank you did not appear to depend on the size of my gift. In a 2003 survey, 92% of donors said that a gift acknowledgement from the organization was critically important to the donor. We welcome your comments and feedback. For example, I gave $20.08

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NetWits

MAY 22, 2012

Typically they’re first-time donors who shell out nearly double the amount that offline first-time donors do - to the tune of $62 versus $32 on average, according to our 2011 Multichannel Fundraising Report. Leave the donor feeling satisfied that his or her gift made a real difference. 4) Track Time and Ask on Cue.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. They want to know how their gift will be used. This session focuses on how to successfully get started with mobile technology, with Tonia Zampieri from Smart Online presenting. Millennial Distinctions. about 85 Million. 1st generation raised on mobiles.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2012

In our 2011 Online Giving Report we've combined findings from The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving with additional multiyear giving data, which allows us to pull out a very rich set of insights. Key 2011 Online Giving Trends Include. of online giving happened in October, November, and December of 2011. of the 34.8%.

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NetWits

MAY 17, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Fundraising Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. While it does not yet amount to the bulk of fundraising for most nonprofits, online giving grew by 13 percent from 2010 to 2011.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 31, 2010

I don't know about you, but I'm ready to move forward into 2011. Page from my visual journal December 30 - Gift This month, gifts and gift-giving can seem inescapable. What’s the most memorable gift, tangible or emotional, you received this year? What is the key to your happiness in 2011?

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Care2

DECEMBER 28, 2010

What fundraising strategies will be a game changer for nonprofits in 2011? I hope that 2011 will be about getting back to basics and mastering online fundraising, that is the art and science of fundraising via an organization’s own website. What’s on tap for social media and advocacy? Holly Ross, NTEN. And not apps.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 15, 2021

I’ve heard that to be a major gift officer you have to have access to people with money, be comfortable socializing with them, and speak their language. Is major gift officer the only viable career in fundraising ? I have worked for nonprofit organizations for most of my professional life, and I have never been a major gift officer.

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NetWits

JULY 9, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Giving Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. If your organization already has an online ask, review it, noting how it compares to your average gift. 2011 Online Giving Report.

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Online Giving Haiti Fundraising 144

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 top 1% of donor households’ share of overall revenue has grown from 37% to 45% since 2011. Understanding Benchmark Data.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

I am happy to announce the 2011 Community Survey winner of the free 12NTC registration (drum roll please): Richard Wollenberger, Director of IT from the National Center for Parents as Teachers. Well, now that registration for the conference is open – and Early Bird spots are going fast ! –

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 12, 2013

Dianna Schwartz is a 2011 graduate of the Public Allies program at the ASU Lodestar Center. Yet there are nine students on a broken bench; and for my money, that’s a paradigm issue. And I’m not entirely sure that paradigm shifts can, or should be, bought with Western dollars.

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Classy

MAY 3, 2021

For a monthly gift of $25, donors receive: . A FundHER welcome gift delivered to your door . Quarterly progress reports showing their life-saving gift in action. Break up your incentives based on the size of the recurring gift and offer different perks for higher giving levels. Recognition on the program page .

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sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2012

This time I collected all of the nonprofit emails that I was sent between December 15, 2011 and January 1, 2012. The result was that words like “give” and “gift” were used the most along with “deadline” and “midnight” in the subject lines. Just hours left for year-end gifts.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Matching Gifts By far, the most popular form of corporate giving is matching gifts, with 65% of Fortune 500 companies offering matching gift programs. The concept of a matching gift is simple: An employee contributes to their nonprofit of choice, and their employer matches their donation at a predetermined ratio.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Recurring Gift Donors only accounted for 10% of all US Donors. Taking into account the post from Godin in 2008, his recent interview and the semi-troublesome statistics above … How can we continue to innovate in 2011? Fundraising Email Response Rate is 0.13%. Only 26% of Nonprofits Rated their Websites Very Effective.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

The 2011 Convio Summit is 14 days away. You could win an iPad, gift card and more! Author: Jill Ward. I say this with a mixture of excitement and sheer terror since I still have a list a mile long of things to get done before the event. For every right answer, gets one entry into our prize drawing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

When we started Fondeadora in 2011 (the first creative crowdfunding platform in Mexico, renamed to Donadora in 2016), processing online payments was very difficult. 18% of donors in Mexico give tribute gifts. 31% are more likely to donate if they are offered a free gift in exchange for their donation. ?

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NetWits

JUNE 19, 2012

A 2011 Gleanster survey found the most important value drivers for top corporate email programs were: Testing and measuring everything. Marketing Sherpa’s 2011 Email Benchmark Report found sending emails based on behavior was one of the most effective ways to improve the relevancy of your emails. Building in targeting capabilities.

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NTEN

JANUARY 23, 2012

Besides average gift amount, what might we expect? Average gift: $65.23. Median gift: $25. Largest gift: $2,500. Number of donors who made more than one gift: 15. We learned so much while running that campaign, but we also made lots of mis-steps along the way. Number of unique donations: 244.

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NTEN Campaign Fundraising Benchmark 55

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

The DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is back and calling for your best 2011 nonprofit videos! Did your organization create impactful videos in 2011? Are you a nonprofit? Do you want your organization to be recognized for making great videos and maybe win some incredible prizes? So what do the winning nonprofits get for participating?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

The longer version of my why is that in 2011, I had a hypertensive emergency with a blood pressure reading of 200/110 that was brought on by severe chronic stress and burnout. Had they hit some sort of genetic lottery that gifted them with super stress-busting superpowers? What was going on with these people?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Nonprofits with a low donor retention rate need to continually acquire new donors or larger gifts to keep up. In 2011, the DonorVoice collaborated with around 250 nonprofits to find out what they had done well to keep about 1,200 donors loyal for many years. Offering recurring gift options. Reporting on outcomes.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Are you going to Convio's 2011 Summit in October? The first 50 people who take the survey will receive a $5 Starbucks gift card! Author: Alissa Ruehl. Do you want to share your opinions so that we can make Convio more user-friendly? The Convio Usability Lab will be back for its 4th year. Monday 11am to 5pm. Tuesday 9am to 4pm.

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sgEngage

JUNE 21, 2012

The Giving USA 2012 report is out and it gives us a look at philanthropic trends from 2011. Giving by individuals, bequest, and family foundations amounted to 88% of total giving in 2011. The estimated two-year change in charitable giving to religion-related organizations between 2009 and 2011 is a decline of 3.7%—the

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