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Direct mail built the conservative movement. Can influencers beat it?

M+R

Read time: 5 minutes It’s 1980, and you hear the mail slot clank down the hallway. The third catches you off guard: Dear Friend: Do you believe that children should have the right to sue their parents for being “forced” to attend church? Should children be eligible for minimum wage if they are being asked to do household chores?

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

Kindful

Global Fund For Children. Global Fund For Children. The Global Fund For Children believes that educating children and youth is the key to building a more peaceful and just society. They support strategic partners that focus on helping children succeed via a comprehensive approach to education. Mellon Foundation.

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How to Get Donations for a Fundraiser: 10 Best Practices

Allegiance Group

Every email, mailing, and newsletter needs to be tailored for each individual donor, including the requested or recommended donation amount. Your gift today can help make change that protects the lives of children, families, and their communities. Show supporters where donations go. Align the donor appreciation gifts with your cause.

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The Top 5 Fundraising Trends in 2020

Nonprofit Tech for Good

While someone traveling to the future from the 1950s might be disappointed to realize we don’t send mail by rocket or have flying houses , what I am sure they’d be impressed by is the degree of social impact we’ve driven as a collective society and the steps we’re taking to continue to evolve.

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10 Nonprofit Text Alert Campaigns

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The ASPCA is running three different text alert campaigns: 1) Advocacy Alerts 2) Cate Care Tips 3) Dog Care Tips. The WWF has incorporated their text alert campaign subscribe pitch into their e-mail newsletter subscribe page. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children :: Subscribe. Definitely a best practice!

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How the ACCO Used Crowdfunding to Help Kids with Cancer

Tech Soup

We spoke with Program Director of the American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO), Amber Masso, who told us about their previous fundraising methods: mass mailing, cold-calling, etc. Altogether, their supporters ordered nearly 900 shirts, helping the ACCO raise about $7,000 for the children and their families.

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Storytelling: Up Close and Personal

Care2

Now more then ever, nonprofits are facing donor fatigue as activists and donors are getting slammed with fundraising alerts through direct mail, their inboxes and when they login to Facebook and Twitter. For many organizations (especially advocacy), there is an incredibly personal story behind it. It doesn’t work,&# said Horvath.