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10 Types of Planned Gifts Your Team Should Understand

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The high ROI of planned gifts and their accessibility to wider groups of donors has always made them a smart investment of your time and development resources. Training your team and developing their communication skills will be essential. A donor can also gift any retirement funds that they won’t use to your nonprofit.

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6 Tips to Help Manage Prizes for Your Nonprofit Online Silent Auction

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Tip: Include gift vouchers for local shops and cafes, food hampers, small sets of bath and beauty products. Ask platform providers to set up a test auction so you can see how easy it is for your supporters to access and use. 6) Make Claiming and Accessing Prizes Simple Be clear about how the prizes can be claimed and accessed.

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10 Powerful Online Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits

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The good news is that once you embrace digital donor engagement tools, most of the grunt work – like donation forms and gift acknowledgements – is done for you through automation. Secure a major donor for a matching gift campaign. The best thing about incorporating video in your strategy is that no special skills are needed.

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Nonprofit Volunteer Management: Three Tips to Increase and Maintain Engagement

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Volunteer applications can also uncover valuable skills, interests, and certifications. The information is stored securely and is easily accessible. Create opportunities to ask open-ended questions to continue learning about their skills and interests and ask for feedback within your communications to improve your programs.

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Helpful Ways to Measure and Optimize Your Nonprofit’s Performance

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This technology has helped Cassie Chilcutt, prospect research manager for the Conservancy, reduce major gift officer portfolios by more than one-third after removing low-likelihood prospects. “(It) It) has helped me identify the correct constituents to place into gift officer portfolios,” she said. Your goal is transparency.

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Zero-cost, maximum-impact professional development for fundraisers

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Quick ways to build fundraising skills If your schedule is packed, consider intentionally setting aside a small amount of time—say, 15-20 minutes—to learn each week. and “ What information should be in a gift acknowledgement letter? These locations provide some of Candid’s in-person trainings, along with access to tools and resources.

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Employee Giving Strategies to Boost Year-End Impact

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These include: Employee matching gift programs Giving Tuesday corporate partnerships Annual giving campaigns In-kind donation drives Corporate volunteerism [and volunteer grants!] Employee matching gift programs Program overview: Employee matching gifts are a powerful tool for nonprofits, driving individual and corporate revenue alike.

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