Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever – Guest Post by Joe Waters. A college grad researching a career in fundraising recently asked me what’s changed since I started in the field. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2000. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2004. Everything,” I replied.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 16, 2013

This past September 30th, Blackbaud hosted over 30 senior fundraising leaders from the largest charities in the US and 10 expert presenters for npNEXT. npNEXT was an experimental event to bring together experts and fundraising leaders from across the nonprofit sector to discuss emerging trends and next practices.

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AFP Blog

MAY 22, 2014

Online Fundraising Goes Mainstream - Online Fundraising - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : While online giving continues to gain steam, it still accounts for a very small portion of the money charities rely on.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

With last minute gift. All the traditional fundraising tools (phone-a-thons, direct mail) are. All the traditional fundraising tools (phone-a-thons, direct mail) are. interacting with their favorite charities has evolved: they’ve gone. In October 2013, mobile phone users sent an average of 678 texts a month!

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 15, 2013

npNEXT was an experimental event to bring together experts and fundraising leaders from across the nonprofit sector to discuss emerging trends and next practices. This past September 30th, Blackbaud hosted over 30 senior fundraising leaders from the largest charities in the US. Million Dollar Gifts and Donor Loyalty.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

million for 520 South Florida nonprofits, with a total of 19,245 gifts. Working with a cohort of local partners , including Knight Foundation, The Miami Foundation helped incentivize community giving by making a bonus gift for every online donation between $25 and $10,000 received on Give Miami Day. Fundraising'

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2013

More than 10,000 partner charities, volunteer organizations, corporations, community centers and foundations joined in the ‘giving spirit’ as they asked donors to give to their favorite causes from across the nation and around the world. Online giving on #GivingTuesday 2013 was up 90% compared to 2012.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

It was one of the first 24-hour day of giving that rallies and inspires to donate to charities. Now, in your 6th year, drum roll, tell us Give to the Max Day by the numbers : Total raised: $18,316,626.42 (7% increase over 2013). Total gifts: 120,664 (13% increase over 2013). Fundraising' Stay tuned!

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 4, 2013

More than 10,000 partner charities, volunteer organizations, corporations, community centers and foundations joined in the ‘giving spirit’ as they asked donors to give to their favorite causes from across the nation and around the world. Online giving on #GivingTuesday 2013 was up 90% compared to 2012.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 15, 2018

Shanon has a unique focus: along with usual fundraising efforts, she places an especially high importance on donor appreciation after they decide to give. “ He’s had massive success helping major organizations like Habitat for Humanity and Komen Greater NYC with their fundraising. Shanon Doolittle ( @sldoolittle ).

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Care2

MARCH 17, 2014

DonorDigital donated to 16 major US nonprofits to learn about their integrated fundraising practices. For 6 months in 2013, after making an online contribution, they tracked all interactions with these organizations through direct mail, online, and by phone. Remember fundraising is about building a relationship with people.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 23, 2014

We’ve all done a little fundraising in our lives. One day, they returned from school with orders to sell anything from popcorn and candy to gift wrap and magazine subscriptions; as parents, we were left to do most of the legwork. Today, fundraising is a little different. Today, fundraising is a little different.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Michael Johnston is the president and founder of the global fundraising consultancy, Hewitt and Johnston Consultants (hjc), which has offices in Los Angeles, Vancouver, Toronto, and Cordoba. The increase in use of mobile devices has led us to a place where mobile fundraising can no longer be ignored. Civics (born 1945 or earlier).

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2014

Since the fall of 2013 when Microsoft made its product donations available to 501(c)(3) faith-based organizations including churches, synagogues, and mosques lots of faith-based organizations have been discovering TechSoup. Find some examples of CauseVox fundraising campaigns here and more detailed information about the offer here.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 28, 2014

in 2013 and has been growing by double digits ever since. And depending on your average gift amount, this could equate to a significant increase for your organization. Take charity: water for example. People want to know they’re on a secure site when giving a gift and sharing credit card information.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 19, 2017

Overhead is defined as a “percentage of a charity’s expenses that goes to administrative and fundraising costs” (Guidestar, 2014). Therefore, other factors such as program performance, governance structure, staff professionalism, fundraising efficiency, and other practices should be considered as part of the bigger picture.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Michael Johnston is the president and founder of the global fundraising consultancy, Hewitt and Johnston Consultants (hjc), which has offices in Los Angeles, Vancouver, Toronto, and Cordoba. LinkedIn use rose 24% from our 2010 study to 48% in 2013. He has helped raised over a billion dollars for his clients. Let’s dig deeper, shall we?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

In our recent survey “ The Next Generation of American Giving ,” it was no surprise that Boomers and Matures report giving the most money to the most charities; they are more established financially and in their charitable values. They are also comfortable making a mobile gift – but more so through a website or app than text.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2014

million raised, a 63% increase in total donations over 2013 according to the Case Foundation. One of the great things about #GivingTuesday is it makes you realize you are a part of something bigger as a donor, as a charity, and as a nonprofit professional. Are you tapping in to the increased posture of philanthropy on this day?

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

As a fundraiser, I understand all of these matters impact nonprofits, and the trend is leaning—hard—toward privacy and donor data protection. . To understand where we are, including fundraisers and nonprofits, with donor data protection, we have to take a look at what happened in souring the public on the idea that privacy was dead.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Increasingly, board members are looking to development staff to devise a plan using social media to increase gift income. There were tens of thousands of people who never gave to ALS until they were specifically asked for a gift. Staffers must not stray the course to focus on “fundraising” versus “development.”

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Overall fundraising revenue for 334 churches, synagogues and other faith-based organizations representing nearly $1.2 target="_blank">The Blackbaud Index that tracks fundraising revenue for congregations and other faith-based organizations. percent for the three months ending October 2013, compared to the same period a year earlier.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 19, 2016

Fundraising is an undeniable part of the nonprofit sector, particularly for 501(c)(3) public charities. According to the National Center for Charitable Statistics at The Urban Institute, 2013 saw $1.74 Roughly 21% of this came from gifts, donations, and grants, while 79% came from fees, contracts, and other revenue streams.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

The last three years, in particular, have shown how online giving continues to be a growth engine for fundraising in the nonprofit sector. Since 2016, online fundraising has grown 17% among nonprofits in the United States. of total fundraising revenue. Diversification is the key to sustainable fundraising success.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2013

Walk into a coffee shop in any size town, and you will see a bulletin board chock-a-block with posters for charity walks, runs, and similar events. The charity 5K and walk is so common that municipalities struggle to schedule parks and roadways for these events every weekend. The calls and requests for interviews started pouring in.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) billion in 2013. billion in 2008 to $29.8

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 4, 2013

Dan Pallotta’s recent TED Talk, “The way we think about charity is dead wrong” , has garnered more than 1.2 million views online and he is the keynote speaker at NTEN’s upcoming 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference. But we don’t want people making money in charity.

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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. Find great fundraising supporter stories to amplify.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

From #batkid to #GivingTuesday, the Next Generation of American Giving to Content Marketing for Nonprofits , storytelling to social fundraising, retention rates to relationship building, the roundup below covers it all (and everything in between). Your blog is your gift to them, as well as to yourself. Yes, even your older donors!

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 3, 2014

But what does Dylan’s changin’ times have to do with gift type parity? Recurring giving grew by 27% in 2013 , becoming a preferred way for donors to engage with organizations online. Despite this growth, many organizations fail to create an equal playing field for the recurring giving gift type on their donation forms.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 11, 2014

However, if you don’t have conversations with your donors about leaving legacy gifts, your nonprofit could miss out on an extra avenue to support your mission. According to Guidestar, almost 70 percent of Americans give to charity during their lifetime , but fewer than 10 percent create legacy gifts. Thanks for the $20 gift.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

This year #GivingTuesday is on December 3, 2013. The idea is for charities and the people who support them to sign up on the #GivingTuesday website. Supporters commit to doing something good like donating money or services to a registered charity. Fundraising Volunteers Online Giving tsfundraising GivingTuesday'

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

For several years now, January 1st not only means the beginning of the New Year, but also an opportunity to look at trends in year-end fundraising emails from nonprofit organizations. Here is the 2015 edition of my annual review of year-end nonprofit fundraising email subject lines. (Be Emails by Hour. That’s a new record.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2014

I’ll be talking about the role of hyper-connected donors based on my experience and some recent research that shows how valuable these champions are for crowdfunding and social fundraising. 9237 is the average amount raised when groups are working on a team to fundraise. Set realistic fundraising goals. I love serendipity!

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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

AUGUST 17, 2013

Maybe you’ve seen it, shared it with your network of peers, discussed the findings, or pondered over what the study means for the future of your organization’s fundraising. 5 of a Number of Takeaways from Blackbaud’s 2013 Next Generation Giving Study – NPQ. New Study: 60% of Americans Donate Money to Charity – Frogloop.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2022

Do you ever worry about “intruding” before you send out a fundraising appeal ? Do you get heart palpitations when you pick up the phone to make an ask for a philanthropic gift? 2013 work by Brent Simpson and Rob Willer : Beyond altruism or reciprocity, many other social norms around giving can come into play.

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