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[ASK AN EXPERT] In Which Year Are Gifts Made On Or Before December 31, But Received In January, Counted?

Bloomerang

The donor mails the check via the USPS. Since, as you point out, the donor can’t get the check back once the piece of mail is put under the control of the Post Office, delivery and donation occurs on the date the envelope is placed in the mail. The donor sends the check via alternative private delivery service like UPS or FedEx.

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Lame spam of the day: Meeting invitation from George Adoo

Robert Weiner

My Outlook spam filter (SpamBayes) doesn''t seem to look at meeting invitations, and it also slipped past the SpamAssassin filter on my mail server. Invitation from Google Calendar. Alternatively you can sign up for a Google account at https://www.google.com/calendar/ and control your notification settings for your entire calendar.

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Leaving Apple Behind

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

There are some tools that our team uses that I need to use that have no Macintosh version or alternative – and collaboration with our team using MS Office tools has become so much smoother. A scary amount of my data (mail, contacts, photos, task lists, calendars, phone etc.) resides in Google’s data centers.

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How to Ask Donors for Money: Top Tips [2022]

CauseVox

For context, when we talk about major donors, we’re referring to donors who make a significant gift to your org – one that’s above and beyond the typical gift that arrives in the mail. Alternatively, if there’s another person (like a spouse) that needs to be in on the conversation, offer to involve them.

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Serving The LGBTQ+ Community

Bloomerang

One way to track those is by setting up a grant calendar. They seek to fund organizations working for fundamental social change and demonstrating practical alternatives to social justice for LGBTQ+ youth. Join the Stonewall Community Foundation mailing list to get notifications about future grant opportunities.

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7 Common Nonprofit Marketing Hurdles That You Can Avoid

DipJar

Did retargeted ads see more conversions than direct mail solicitors? Create a content calendar. A content calendar provides an in-depth look at your upcoming content, including when and where you will push it live. Integrate those findings into your content moving forward. Follow accessibility guidelines.

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Giving up, a little

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

So, I’m not giving up on using Linux as my desktop, but I am giving up on using Linux to hold my calendar, addressbook and to do lists. I’m going back to using my mac for that – and installing Spanning Sync to sync google calendar with my mac calendar, so I have a calendar I can use on my desktop.

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