Connection Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2013

Or you continue managing in your portfolio, the same major gift and planned gift prospects and don’t see any additional prospects to fill in your pipeline that have identified potential or inclination. There are many options for doing this, whether you embark on a statistical analysis on your own or hire a vendor to do this analysis.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Online giving on #GivingTuesday 2013 was up 90% compared to 2012. million in online donations on #GivingTuesday 2013. The average online gift on #GivingTuesday 2013 was $142.05, which was significantly up from $101.60 That’s a 40% year-over-year increase in average gift size. #GivingTuesday Donation Growth.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Online giving on #GivingTuesday 2013 was up 90% compared to 2012. million in online donations on #GivingTuesday 2013. The average online gift on #GivingTuesday 2013 was $142.05, which was significantly up from $101.60 That’s a 40% year-over-year increase in average gift size. #GivingTuesday Donation Growth.

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Donation Online Blackbaud Interview 53

Connection Cafe

MARCH 13, 2014

2013 was a strong year for fundraising, with charities posting their best increase since before the economy plunged in 2008, according to the 2013 Charitable Giving Report. Organizations that raised the most money invested more in staff, in securing major gifts, and in overall fundraising capacity.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 21, 2014

At the beginning of every year, it’s fascinating to read all of the “top” lists from around the Internet, hear what commentators are saying about the past year’s occurrences, and generally reflect on the previous year (of course all while accounting for those year-end gifts ).

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Look at each of your fundraising programs for annual, major, and planned gifts, and look at your successes to build upon in planning for the upcoming year. For example, you could look at evaluating the following: How many newly identified mid-level and major gift prospects have come to the forefront?

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

The analysis found that donors who cared most about conservation and research, animal care, and general zoo activities gave more than other donors. 31, 2013, and raised another $7 million. Last year, the Roger Williams Park Zoo farmed out the marketing of its annual fund to a local mail house and marketing firm. Cultivate them.”

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Rhode Island Donor Cancer Atlanta 20

Care2

DECEMBER 10, 2014

According to Pew Research , 63% of adult cell owners use their phones to go online, as of May 2013, and 34% of cell internet users go online mostly using their phones, and not using some other device such as a desktop or laptop computer. The average gift size increased on responsive sites. See more at: [link]. See more at: [link]'

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 1, 2014

This is the 2013 edition of my annual review of year-end email subject lines that started in 2011 and continued in 2012. I analyzed 320 email messages sent to me from 55 nonprofit organizations between December 1st and 31st, 2013. Nonprofits sent a median of 5 emails during the month of December 2013. Subject Line Analysis.

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Whole Whale

JULY 10, 2021

Have an internal point person executing the plan and creating a wrap up analysis with learnings for next year (this doesn’t have to be your classic fundraising person either). Don’t forget matching gifts. Matching gifts are to #GivingTuesday as deals are to #CyberMonday. Fox Foundation did this very well in 2013.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Last week I published the 112 Nonprofit Blog Posts, Articles, and Stories from 2013 You Can’t Miss , that compiled some of the wisest words and insights from across the industry this year. . npEngage’s Top 20 Posts from 2013. Read his 5 Facts About Online Average Gift Size , and you might learn to love the metric too.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 22, 2017

For more than a decade now, there has been much debate about whether online activists would ever turn their clicks into gifts. We are seeing how actigiving is accelerating how people move from just hearing about the causes they care about to quickly supporting them with a gift. Goodbye, slacktivism. Hello, actigiving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2013

2013 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study. Key Finding: Online nonprofit fundraising is on the rise, with explosive growth in sustaining gifts and a larger audience of supporters reached through social media networks like Facebook! RESEARCH STUDIES. billion email messages sent to 45 million list subscribers, 7.3 Retweet Lab. This tool is fun.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 8, 2014

While organizations focus on their development goal and raising money through major gifts, events, direct mail, grants and online, we continue to see a lack of focus on stewardship and retention. Lack of stewardship has a price, and nothing proves that more than the AFP Fundraising Effectiveness Survey.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 1, 2015

Be sure to give the 2013 , 2012 , and 2011 reviews a look too. That was a significant increase from 2013 and nearly as many emails that I received on December 31st. That was slightly down from 2013. Subject Line Analysis. Once again, words like “gift” and “Holiday” were very popular.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

That is significantly below average gift amounts through online donation forms. The Right Donor Data Transfer There is a lot of time and attention on what goes into getting someone to make an online gift. Apple could do a lot more good for the nonprofit sector by offering special discounts to organizations or gift-in-kind programs.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

Be sure to check out 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , and 2011 too. Subject Line Analysis. Variations on “Gift” and “Give” were very popular this year. Several organizations have developed very successful year-end matching gift campaigns. RE: Urgent deadline: all gifts DOUBLED! This is it.

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