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Give Your P2P Events New Energy with Activity Tracking

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While traditional events still have an important place in the fundraising calendar, activity-based fundraising events now encompass a diverse range of experiences, from yoga to pickleball to kayaking and more. What Activity Will Appeal to Your Donors? That means more donors and more dollars.

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Pickleball and Paddleboards: Get Creative with Activity-Tracking Events

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Activity trackers, such as the Apple Watch and Fitbit, have revolutionized the way we approach physical fitness and they’re also dramatically changing the way we approach fundraising events. Peer-to-peer activity-tracking events have emerged as a game-changer for nonprofit organizations seeking to raise funds and promote a healthy lifestyle.

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How to Activate Volunteers as First-Time Donors Through Micro-Donations

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And a Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund report from 2009 (PDF) showed that volunteers will donate 10 times more money over their lifetimes than nonvolunteers to the cause they're involved in.

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Your Unrestricted Funds Need Stewardship, Too

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All in unrestricted funds with no reporting necessary. While Scott is far from the first to focus on giving major gifts with no strings attached, the scale of her philanthropy is causing many funders to rethink long-held beliefs about what requirements should be paired with a donation. What Are Restricted Funds?

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Step-by-Step Plan for Activating Fundraising Ambassadors

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Will you be willing to consider a gift of [amount] for the [how their gift would be spent] by [upcoming date]? Let’s say you have an ambassador who is active in the running community. Activating these waiting-in-the-wings fundraisers is a step toward spreading the fundraising responsibility around so it doesn’t all fall on you!

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Elevating your major gifts and planned giving with data-driven decision-making

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In both cases, you make the individual donations more workable, increasing the chance that they can donate, while also increasing your overall funds raised. Beyond providing basic needs, many parents fund college and also want to leave behind substantial inheritances to help ensure that children, grandchildren, and future generations prosper.

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Why Fund Accounting Software Beats Spreadsheets for Nonprofit Grant Reporting and Compliance

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To meet those requirements, you’ll need to be able to successfully track and manage your grants and effectively report on how you allocated these funds. If you are a grant-funded organization, it will be important to manage spending restrictions and meet reporting requirements. Tracking: Cut Out the Spreadsheets!

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