Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

In other words, you create donor journeys. . If you’ve never done so, developing donor journeys (also known as donor journey mapping) can feel like quite an undertaking. What are my donor personas? Below, I’ll break down the basics and share my four top donor personas that will help get you started. .

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 1, 2022

Download this essential guide, featuring indispensable advice and pro tips from golf fundraising experts, with decades of experience in scoring big in engaging donors and supporters, and raising big money with golf fundraising events. Want to significantly improve your golf fundraising game?

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 22, 2022

Download this essential guide, featuring indispensable advice and pro tips from golf fundraising experts, with decades of experience in scoring big in engaging donors and supporters, and raising big money with golf fundraising events. Want to significantly improve your golf fundraising game?

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 27, 2023

Download this essential guide, featuring indispensable advice and pro tips from top golf fundraising experts, with decades of experience in scoring big in engaging donors and supporters, and raising big money with golf fundraising events. Want to significantly improve your golf fundraising game for 2023?

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Fundraisers at mission-driven organizations know that relying on only one avenue for funding the mission isn’t sustainable—the key to successfully raising the money your organization needs to operate programs and advance your mission is to diversify your fundraising programs. Showcase the impact of a donor’s specific gift.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Part of the job of being a true philanthropy facilitator is showing donors how they might benefit from being a little more generous. Philanthropy” – aka “love of humanity” – works best when everyone wins – your organization, the donor and the community. Let’s review these two giving opportunities of which your donors may not be aware.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2023

Today’s question comes from a director of development who wants advice on how to quickly and efficiently find the best major gift and planned giving prospects: Dear Charity Clairity, We recently purchased donor analytics and now have a database overlay indicating who has major gift and planned gift likelihood.

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Bloomerang

MAY 22, 2021

Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who needs advice on how donor-advised funds should be recognized in their annual reports. . Dear Charity Clairity, I appreciated reading your guidance re: donor-advised funds (DAFs) and would like to have additional clarity re: listing DAFs in an annual report.

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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. Organize a volunteer online thank you corps.

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Bloomerang

MAY 29, 2021

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. Or gave you the money to purchase it. How the donor feels about having made the gift.

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 30, 2014

Many nonprofits don’t know their donor data. If we don’t know our donor data, how can we effectively plan a fundraising appeal? Combat the challenges of donor retention? So, how do we know that nonprofits don’t know their donor data? Because donors are people, and people’s lives change.

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Bloomerang

JULY 16, 2021

My personal biggest piece of advice: Get in touch with your network. Read what Lisa Chmiola (Chief Fablanthropist at Fablanthropy ), fundraising pro Mimosa Kabir , and Sarah Willey (founder of Sarah Willey LLC ) have to offer you: Expert advice, best practices, and tips to help anyone who is considering their next job move. .

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Care2

APRIL 18, 2014

Combined, these organizations hosted more than 44,000 events and raised more than $1 billion online. This begs the question, who is really raising money? And just how much are these individuals raising? The more you ask people to suffer, the more money you will raise for charity events.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 3, 2022

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to calculate an accurate nonprofit dollar retention rate. Does that 47% refer to how much money retained donors raised as a percentage of total revenue raised? . Did the people in this donor group give more or less this year?

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Candid

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

An effective nonprofit mission statement draws supporters and donors to an organization. For nonprofits with gross revenue under $1 million, a more positively-worded mission statement was associated with more money raised per dollar spent. Advice for crafting your nonprofit mission statement. For our second project,?

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Achieve

MAY 30, 2019

The organization worked with the marketing company Achieve (an affiliate member at Nonprofits First) in raising the money through social media, e-blasts, and a string of volunteers. 1) How did Achieve help The Guatemalan-Maya Center raise $38,787 during the. (a nonprofit member at Nonprofits First), which brought in.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Today’s question come from a nonprofit employee who want advice on how to budget and pay for capital campaign fundraising expenses: . You’re speaking the language of “raising money costs money.” ” And, for a capital campaign, you’ve likely been charged to raise quite a LOT.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

An organisation can register an account on M-Changa and within 5 minutes they’ll have their own web page to accept payments using Visa, MasterCard, PayPal and mobile money. By focusing on projects, NGOs can gain the confidence of donors by keeping them updated on how funds are to be used.

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Classy

MAY 5, 2021

This donor behavior post is written by UNICEF’s senior coordinator and featured speaker at the 2021 Collaborative: Virtual Sessions , Francesco Ambrogetti. It’s directly correlated to the neuroscience of modern donor behavior. . Now, we have to ask ourselves—how will donor behavior continue? .

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Bloomerang

APRIL 5, 2024

Your donors probably won’t either. This highlights an important maxim of donor-centered fundraising: You are not your donors. Donors, however, are not. Donors care about singular impact. As counter-intuitive as it may seem to you, most donors don’t want to know how the sausage gets made (or food gets delivered).

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 23, 2021

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. . It’s a little bit different with major individual donors who know and love you and are willing to help as a member of the family. This is completely understandable. .

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Bake sale Bake sales are always a delightful way to raise funds for your organization. Ask local bakeries to offer sweets to sell to further motivate donors to purchase a treat. You can also put out a donation jar for donors who want to support your cause but don’t want to purchase an item.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 17, 2014

Stop thinking of your donors as ATM machines and really focus on them as people. That’s the advice we got this week from guest blogger Amy Eisenstein, a top fundraising consultant who has generously shared her terrific advice with our readers this week. How to Thank Your Donors: Stop Focusing on the Money!

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Double the Donation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Givebutter – Best GoFundMe Alternative for Donor Management. It’s easy to get started, the fees are low, and you get to keep whatever funds you raise (regardless of whether or not you meet your goal!). Best GoFundMe Alternative for Donor Management. Raise more. Snowball is easy to use for both you and your donors!

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

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. . This gives the donor an idea of how they could meaningfully contribute and how they could move the nonprofit closer to the goal. What do you think?

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 13, 2021

This change would leave many of our donors (without email addresses) in the dark when it comes to news and feel-good stories about the organization. We continue to solicit donors using direct mail and emails. Many thanks for your professional advice, Bonnie. As a result, our sector’s donor retention stats will decline further.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 27, 2021

In simple terms, an endowment is a pool of donor money that is invested in the stock market. There is something quite fancy about having piles of money generating income! Having a lot of money makes it easier to bring in more money. Think about the personal finance advice professionals dole out.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 9, 2022

As a nonprofit fundraiser, you’ve probably heard some variation of the phrase, “treat every donor like a major donor.” If you treat every donor like a major donor, you’d probably run out of team member time. Plus, not all of your supporters want to be wined and dined like a major donor. Who are your major donors?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 15, 2023

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. We receive very few, and I wonder why more donors don’t take advantage. Raise one gift, get the second gift free!

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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. Build A Multichannel Donor Strategy.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Even without this research, you’ve likely intuited that an effective mission statement draws supporters and donors in and gets them excited about helping you achieve that mission. . For nonprofits with gross revenue under $1 million, a more positively-worded mission statement was associated with more money raised per dollar spent.

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Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Instead, I preferred one-on-one conversations with donors, digging into data, connecting donors to their passions, and writing from my heart. The book is a masterful blend of practical advice, psychological insights, and personal anecdotes that will resonate with introverts from all walks of life.

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CauseVox

MARCH 30, 2022

We recently sat down with Meat Fight’s CEO, Alice Laussade, to have a fun conversation about her experience with CauseVox, key fundraising tips from Meat Fight that allowed them to raise more money, and the do not do’s for nonprofit fundraisers. We love this, because raising money for a good cause should absolutely be fun!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

To date, more than 50 million donors have given over $5 billion through the GoFundMe fundraisers. Crowdfunding helps you raise money for issues that are central to your organization and offset any costs not covered by your budget or other fundraising efforts. 1) Choose the right fundraiser images and videos.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

Charities feared last year donors would lose jobs, see income diminish, worry their nest eggs were insecure, and would consequently stop giving. For every donor who decreased their giving, another donor increased theirs. . Or a new donor responded with bigheartedness to an emergency appeal. . Nothing Comes from Nothing.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Harvey McKinnon and Andy Robinson will discuss how to build stronger donor relationships and how you can use this strategy to improve every kind of fundraising. We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.” The key to successful fundraising is asking smarter questions.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Hiring one can streamline your auction, boost your live appeal, and maximize engagement to raise more money. A professional benefit auctioneer knows how to engage donors’ generosity on the stage. Professional benefit auctioneers offer practical advice on how to set up your silent auction for success.

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