The Storytelling Non-profit

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

To help you maximize your fundraising efforts this month, I’m here with advice on how to tell stories that raise money in December. Two Types of Stories to Tell to Raise More Money in December. There are lots of different types of stories you can tell in fundraising. Why Tell Stories in December. The Future Story.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

As we spring further into a new year, it’s time for your fundraising efforts to pick up speed! Spring fundraisers are a great way to bring your community together while gaining support for your cause. Here’s a list of spring fundraising ideas to help you celebrate the season with your supporters: Spring fundraising ideas 1.

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Double the Donation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

As crowdfunding continues to become an increasingly popular form of fundraising for a wide range of causes, the need for a profitable and easy-to-use platform grows as well. GoFundMe is one of the leading crowdfunding platforms in both the nonprofit and individual fundraising spaces. Fundly’s crowdfunding platform is one of the best.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

When you think of fundraising ambassadors, you might think of celebrities who use their fame to mobilize support for their favorite nonprofits. But fundraising ambassadors do not have to be celebrities. You probably have potential fundraising ambassadors who are already engaged in your work. Sounds great, right?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether or not it’s a good idea to announce and share a financial goal for their fundraising campaign. . A nonprofit may simply announce a fundraising goal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Digital fundraising professionals face a significant new challenge when it comes to fundraising on Facebook. Running Facebook fundraising ads is an excellent way to reach your target audience and optimize for donations while generating data that allows you to measure your success. 2) Identify your target audience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

By Paige Kutliek , SEO Manager at GoFundMe ––a free fundraising platform for charities, people, and the causes you care about. To date, more than 50 million donors have given over $5 billion through the GoFundMe fundraisers. 1) Choose the right fundraiser images and videos. 1) Choose the right fundraiser images and videos.

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CauseVox

MARCH 30, 2022

Meat Fight is a nonprofit dedicated to “funlanthropy” who has used CauseVox to set records in their digital fundraising. They host barbecue competitions to raise money for the National MS Society and for what they’ve coined Meat Bike: funding bikes and race fees for people currently battling MS. Peer to Peer Fundraising.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

You may be wondering where to focus your fundraising as we emerge from the fog of 2020 and into, perhaps, a less cloudy future when it comes to nonprofit giving trends. Who laid off their fundraising and marketing staff, and cut back on donor communications. If you rely on contributed income, fundraising and marketing are essential.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 15, 2021

With that many people using smartphones — and smartphone apps — why not incorporate them into your nonprofit’s digital fundraising ? There are tons of easy-to-use fundraising apps already out there to help you reach your goals and engage your donors. Facebook Fundraisers & Instagram Donation Stickers. GiveLively. GiveLively.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 17, 2023

Winning fundraisers know how to handle it. Bottom line: Fundraisers typically hear one out of three responses to an ask: Yes, No, or Maybe. First and foremost, hearing no is all part of the fundraising business. First and foremost, hearing no is all part of the fundraising business. ” This scenario occurs every day.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Fundraising is hard—and throwing a flesh-and-blood fundraiser event is even harder. But not all fundraisers are difficult and time-consuming to pull off. That’s why we’ve pulled together a list of 19 easy fundraisers you can use in between major events to engage your supporters, build community, and—of course—raise some money.

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Kindful

JUNE 15, 2021

Although many nonprofits still report receiving more donations offline than online, online fundraising is too valuable to ignore. If your organization is interested in beginning the process of collecting donations online, keep reading to see our advice for navigating the technical world of online giving. Online fundraising channels.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether or not it’s useful to invest in wealth screening before a capital campaign. . — Need to Build a Campaign Portfolio. Is it worth it? See here.].

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Bloomerang

JULY 29, 2022

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to record and frame a combined ask (operations, campaign or program funding, etc.) for a capital campaign. . They must track the money coming in and going out.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 14, 2022

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on the best fundraising strategy for new nonprofits. . I’m excited to get a fundraiser going for our organization to further benefit our clients and their missions! .

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Qgiv

AUGUST 5, 2021

Market your text fundraising keywords. For your text fundraising campaign to be as successful as possible consider the following. Choose an effective text fundraising keyword. The keyword should simultaneously be something that’s easy for supporters to remember and relates directly to your campaign goals.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

1) From the outside, it appears that NGOs in Kenya do not have access to the traditional fundraising services that are so common here in the United States, such as a “Donate” page for processing credit cards and PayPal accounts. Fundraising is never easy, but NGOs who take a long term view of crowdfunding can achieve self-sustainability.

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Allegiance Group

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Are you charged with writing the fundraising appeals for your nonprofit? If so, you’ll want to read our tips for better writing effective fundraising letters. At Allegiance Group, when we talk about fundraising writing, we focus primarily on direct mail and email appeals directed toward individual donors. Why give now?

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The Storytelling Non-profit

OCTOBER 5, 2021

I’ve been writing fundraising copy since 2010. If there’s one thing that I’ve learned in 11 years of writing and millions of dollars I’ve raised, it’s that writing for fundraising is its own genre. And writing fundraising emails is its own wonky subgenre. Writing for Fundraising is a Process. Source stories.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 20, 2022

8 Top Examples of Fundraising Flyers+Tips to Make Your Own. So, you have your fundraising idea locked down. Maybe you’ve drafted some fundraising letters to your community, but you’re in search of new ways to spread the word. Informational tips for your fundraising flyer. Fundraising Flyer Fundamentals.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

AUGUST 2, 2022

Translating a cause you care about into compelling words for a fundraising appeal can be a challenge. All of these things can get in the way of you actually writing the fundraising appeal that you need to write in order to raise money. That roadmap is called a fundraising appeal brief. I talk about briefs all the time.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 17, 2023

Winning fundraisers know how to handle it. Bottom line: Fundraisers typically hear one out of three responses to an ask: Yes, No, or Maybe. First and foremost, hearing no is all part of the fundraising business. First and foremost, hearing no is all part of the fundraising business. ” This scenario occurs every day.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 13, 2022

Traditionally, January isn’t a very lucrative month for fundraising. While that is likely still going to be the case this January, here are three things that you can do to fundraise without exhausting your donors or ignoring their financial realities. Ask them to give too little , however, and you leave money on the table.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 7, 2011

They have worked with many organizations and individuals looking to fundraising online and are constantly sharing back what they observe and learn from the campaigns on their platform and elsewhere. to gather more advice, broaden their perspectives, and pull together more insights. Personalize your fundraising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

By Stephanie Kanak , Content Strategist at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. We surveyed over 700 nonprofits to find out what advice they’d give themselves and others about fundraising in the new normal. Many nonprofits rely heavily on in-person fundraising.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 20, 2014

The truth is, without the help of data, effectively planning a fundraising strategy or maintaining high donor retention numbers makes a hard job near impossible. Mixed advice. This is true despite that fact the majority of fundraising, data aggregation, and data storage is done using highly sophisticated software and technologies.

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Qgiv

MARCH 12, 2024

When thinking about fundraising, most people immediately think of individual donors, but corporations are another great source of potential revenue for nonprofits! These programs are easy for employees to participate in and boost both the business’s reputation and the money raised for the eligible nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2016

Online fundraising cornerstone campaigns are critical elements for a successful integrated fundraising program. A cornerstone campaign is one that's repeated year over year, and that can be refined and tested to drive success and constituent engagement. This tactic also works well before a planned telephone campaign.

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Kindful

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

An organization in London raised five times its original fundraising goal on a particular project. A fundraising professional from Texas crafted a monthly giving program from scratch. A Nepalese fundraiser started the very first conference for fundraisers in his country.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 16, 2013

Part of the reason is a commitment to altruism, but I also use (for lack of a better word) these 31 nonprofits to study how nonprofits are progressing in online fundraising, social media and mobile communications. Results: A few years back I read a study that claimed that a $25 default donation amount results in more money raised online.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 5, 2024

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. This highlights an important maxim of donor-centered fundraising: You are not your donors. So, they don’t see why their money is really needed. Marketing and fundraising are siloed, and neither can control what the other does.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice how to create an effective year-end fundraising appeal: Dear Charity Clairity, I’m planning ahead to prepare this year’s annual fundraising appeal, and could use a little help getting started.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2010

But many nonprofits deep into planning for year end campaigns and perhaps looking for ways to raise money now. While I was sitting on the beach on vacation, Network for Good published a free eBook called How to Raise a Lot More Money Now – 50 Great Ideas from 11 top Experts. Tags: Fundraising Promotions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2017

On August 14th, I’m doing a FREE webinar with Soapbox Engage on how to raise more money and not burnout. 7 Ways to Avoid Fundraising Burnout. With fundraising, especially in the non-profit sector, there’s always more work than there is time. The best, and most logical, times to take breaks are after fundraising events.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising is a powerful online fundraising strategy that empowers individuals to fundraise on behalf of your cause. But without an effective volunteer recruitment strategy, finding participants for peer-to-peer fundraisers can be challenging. Prepare participants with a peer-to-peer fundraising guide.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 3, 2021

That’s because the fundraising world—indeed, the world in general—is changing fast, especially when it comes to communications. And what is fundraising but carefully crafted, targeted communications that move people’s hearts and hands to support causes they believe in? Never stop learning” is her rallying cry. . “I Stave off burnout.

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