Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2021

“While it is true that the Anglican Diocese of Niagara is fortunate enough to be able to provide some funding support for various programs and ministries, they do not have ‘pools of money’ and operate on a shoe-string budget as many other groups do,” she said. In some cases, the opportunity existed for relief fundraising.

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Fund Raise Money Organization 119

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. Charities feared last year donors would lose jobs, see income diminish, worry their nest eggs were insecure, and would consequently stop giving. Wonder no more.

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Trend Strategy Giving Fundraising 136

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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Place Fundraising Articulate Charity 87

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

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 persuade leadership to get donor thank-you letters out sooner: Dear Charity Clairity, I just took a new job and have discovered they don’t get thank you letters out for two weeks.

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Donor Exercise Gift Charity 87

Care2

APRIL 18, 2014

Loyalty, donation levels, and fundraising performances is just some of the data unveiled in Blackbaud''s 2013 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising study. The goal of the study was to understand the value of true fundraisers. This begs the question, who is really raising money? Email''s Impact On Peer-to-Peer Fundraising.

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Studies Money Raise Charity 72

Care2

AUGUST 9, 2013

economy is still recovering, the majority of Americans (60%) still give to charity, according to the Next Generation of American Giving study by Blackbaud. 60% of Gen X and Y give to charity. 72% of Boomers donate to charity. 88% of Matures donate to charity. Marketing Research Metrics Nonprofit Online Fundraising'

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Charity Studies Money Donation 77

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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Charity Donor Database Gift 94

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 9, 2022

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question come from a nonprofit employee who want advice on which year to count gifts that are made on or before December 31, but not received until January: . Fundraising data management perspective (year in which the gift was generated). .

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Gift Charity Mail Pledge 80

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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Celebrate Awareness Hurricane Charity 93

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.) They must track the money coming in and going out. for a capital campaign. .

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Blended Gift Database Campaign 102

Bloomerang

AUGUST 27, 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 you have to ask for donor feedback in person. . To your success, Charity Clairity. Have a question for our Fundraising Coach? Okay—back to your question.

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Personal Mail Advice Survey 117

Bloomerang

JUNE 30, 2023

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Do not offer the option of a bifurcated payment to cover the non-deductible portion of a fundraising event ticket or membership. — Charity Clairity What has been your experience with acknowledging donor advised fund gifts?

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Database Gift Fund Donor 114

Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

A professional benefit auctioneer is an invaluable resource for every part of your charity event. One of the greatest misconceptions about professional benefit auctioneers is that all of them suited for the nonprofit fundraising environment. But professional benefit auctioneers with nonprofit fundraiser experience offer more than that.

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Benefit Professional Game Audience 98

3rd Sector Labs

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Let me offer one piece of advice: let’s not get distracted by the story and instead focus on the epilogue – the Ice Bucket Epilogue: it’s about the data. Do they distract donors from developing longer term relationships with the sponsoring charity? The same advice applies to any charity in a similar situation.

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Challenge Data Analysis Charity 183

Bloomerang

JUNE 3, 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 calculate an accurate nonprofit dollar retention rate. Dear Charity Clairity, When you write “the average dollar retention is just 47%,” I’m not sure what that means.

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Retention Rate Stats Measure 95

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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Results Donation Paypal Practice 261

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 9, 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 handle gift solicitation when more cultivation is needed first. . Dear Tortoise, Fundraising isn’t an Aesop’s fable. — Charity Clairity. — The Tortoise.

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Gift Charity Advice Guidelines 74

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Today I want to look at two ways to promote philanthropy that are too-little used by the lion’s share of charities: Current tax incentives. This results in more money for your mission, more satisfied donors, and more solutions to the world’s most pressing problems! Remember this: Fundraising is a value-for-value exchange.

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Donor Giving Philanthropy San Francisco 108

Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

As your nonprofit organization continues to grow, it’s time to consider investing in an effective fundraising platform that truly accommodates your nonprofit’s size, financial needs, and developing fundraising strategies. Why is fundraising important for nonprofits? Leverage Nonprofit Fundraising Best Practices.

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Campaign Effective Fundraising Nonprofit 98

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 17, 2021

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a Director of Development who wants advice on what to do when the board thinks their individual fundraising success will depress grants. No one wants to see their money disappear into a black hole.

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Grant Fund Giving Charity 80

Bloomerang

MAY 22, 2021

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who needs advice on how donor-advised funds should be recognized in their annual reports. . This is essentially recognizing what wallet the money came from. — Charity Clairity.

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Fund Gift Donor Award 96

Candid

AUGUST 11, 2022

Workplace giving programs encourage a company’s employees to give their time and/or money to a charity by matching their efforts with dollars and other means of support. . For more help with corporate fundraising, Candid Learning’s Introduction to Corporate Giving online training is a great place to start. .

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Giving Knowledge Base Pledge Philanthropy 105

Bloomerang

JANUARY 13, 2023

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question come from a nonprofit leader who wants advice on how to frame monthly gift asks to minimize accounting complications between restricted and unrestricted gifts: . Discuss the purpose of the appeal, and how the money raised will be allocated.

Gift 80

Gift Lesson Skills Training 80

Bloomerang

MARCH 10, 2023

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. This comes from the “tin cup” model of fundraising, where we come from a place of begging. – – Charity Clairity Have a question for our Fundraising Coach? – – Too Greedy? You’re not a beggar!

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Grant Homeless Proposal Foundation 110

Bloomerang

MAY 1, 2021

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who needs advice on how to shine a light on their legacy giving program by publicizing bequests. . Dear Charity Clairity, We just received a significant bequest from a donor who is childless.

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Gift Public Award Story 96

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

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 talk to legacy givers as you document their legacy gift intent. . — Charity Clairity. Have a question for our Fundraising Coach? Any other thoughts? .

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Gift Pledge Charity Mentoring 99

Bloomerang

MAY 29, 2021

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who wants advice on best practices around recording and recognizing in-kind donors. . Dear Charity Clairity, We often receive gifts in kind which are worth a lot of money.

Donor 105

Donor Gift Professional Advice 105

sgEngage

MARCH 3, 2023

When you look to donate money to a charity, what are some considerations that influence your decision? Of course, it’s important that the charity supports a cause that’s important to you. But isn’t the way the organization spends its money just as important? Now think about your nonprofit organization.

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Tools Application Nonprofit Software 71

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 15, 2023

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 attract corporate matching gifts: Dear Charity Clairity, I have a question about how to attract corporate matching gifts. Put a matching gift fundraising plan in writing.

Gift 92

Gift Practice Companies Benefit 92

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. Collettey’s Cookies.

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Guide Organization Campaign Social Media 247

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 30, 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 ask donors to pay associated credit card fees with purchases and donations. . Don’t think of this as “losing money,” but rather as gaining more sales – both today and tomorrow.

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Associations Donor Gift Language 82

Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2023

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. prospects currently significantly underperforming and representing obvious “money left on the table”), let’s consider taking something off of someone else’s plate (e.g., Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D.,

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Analytics Donor Gift Database 63

Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2021

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 encourage their Development Director to take meetings with major donors. . The real work of major gift fundraising is relationship building. for events and $1.00

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Develop Gift Charity Teach 119

Qgiv

MARCH 25, 2024

Crank up your nonprofit fundraising with a benefit concert! If you’re looking for a fun and exciting way to raise more money for your cause, a benefit concert is a perfect solution. A benefit concert is a musical event used to raise money or awareness for a charitable cause through ticket sales and other donations during the event.

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Hosting Benefit Music Registration 52

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 23, 2021

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a grant writer who wants advice on how to apply for grant funds if you’ve already made the purchase. . Dear Charity Clairity, Can or should you apply for grant funds if you’ve already made the purchase (i.e.

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Fund Raise Grant Proposal 75

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2016

Being a Happy, Healthy Nonprofit isn’t just about your physical health, it is also about enriching your knowledge and professional development. What better way than to read a book that gives you the best practical information about an important nonprofit area – fundraising. Online and email fundraising.

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Fundraising Industry Case Study Advice 50

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. This is definitely a case where it’s the thought that counts, not the money.]. And what’s not. — Charity Clairity P.S. You’re not the only one with this question! PRO TIP: Never mention the amount of the gift in the notice to the honoree.

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Donor Gift Charity Newsletter 89