The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

in a calendar quarter. Look Beyond Individual Donations While individual contributions are invaluable, broaden your horizons by exploring opportunities in grants or corporate sponsorships. By sharing these campaigns on social media, you increase visibility and attract the attention of businesses eager to partner with you.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 17, 2014

Make a donor retention calendar to keep your donors loyal! Meanwhile, that grant needs to get written, that trade show with potential sponsors is next week and you’ve got to craft your pitch, and your big event is coming up in two months and there’s still so much to do! What can we do about this? Current volunteers.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

Allow you to time your appeals for the best results and spread your grant writing throughout the year, instead of cranking out a year’s worth of grants in the fall when you’re also planning your year-end campaign. That approach to grant writing doesn’t work, by the way. Another way to structure a plan is in a calendar format.

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Achieve

JUNE 2, 2021

Postcards don’t take up much space, and an attention-grabbing photo can convince supporters to hold onto it and keep your nonprofit in the back of their minds. . ?. . Calendars have a unique advantage over other mailable deliverables—if your supporters use them, they’ll end up staring at a reminder of your nonprofit every day.

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Qgiv

JUNE 6, 2023

Include your ad campaigns in your content calendar to maximize their return on investment. Using your brand colors can also help attract attention from people who may be already familiar with your organization and increase your brand visibility online. Use catchy words to grab the reader’s attention.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 4, 2022

Sometimes, methods of fundraising that worked in previous years don’t work as well when the economy shifts or a big news event pulls people’s attention away. Instead put some fundraising ideas on your calendar for the next few months. Can you put a wine and cheese event on the calendar? Research new grant opportunities.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Even if you don’t follow a definitive fundraising calendar, it’s still vital to come up with a year-end fundraising plan—and stick to it. Here’s an example of what a year-end fundraising communications calendar can look like before Dec 1: Want this template to create your own year-end fundraising plan?

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 11, 2024

Small to mid-sized nonprofits: rather than hiring your fifth development director in three years, consider outsourcing your creative and/or grants, freeing up your fundraiser’s time for growing relationships. Your emotional case for support drives all donor communications, from grant proposals to web copy to fundraising appeals.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This might be your organization’s event manager for the volunteers executing your yearly fundraisers, the Executive Director working with their Board Members on the program’s initiatives, or your Grant Writer coordinating the organization’s program funding goals.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

AUGUST 29, 2018

However, just because they are a fundraising staple doesn’t mean that annual campaigns don’t require the same amount of attention, creativity, and work that other campaigns do. With campaigns that will be on your calendar year after year, you’ll spend less time planning your schedule and more time fundraising.

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Everyaction

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

These same tips and strategies apply for your grants management team as well. Although you’re targeting a corporation, it’s just as important to stay organized and have the relevant data about your grant process. By looking at reports that group your grants into their different phases (e.g. grant submission deadline).

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

Through the Google Ad Grants program, Google empowers charitable organizations to tap into pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, connecting them with likely prospects online. Since 2003, the Google Ad Grants program has provided $10 billion in free advertising to more than 115,000 nonprofits across 51 countries. What Are Google Ad Grants?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

As you explore the different apps, pay attention to the highlighted features and consider how each could make a difference in how you fundraise. Grants.gov — Top Fundraising App for Finding Grants Grants.gov is a fundraising app that focuses specifically on helping organizations find and apply for federal grants. Everyone wins!

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

With Google Workspace you get: Gmail, Chat, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms, and many more tools, all for just $6 a month. With your website up and running, you can turn your attention to email marketing, keeping supporters informed about your work through email. Grant Searching . Grab it here.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Clothes, books, mugs, calendars, computer accessories, and even gift certificates. Mission : To focus attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: on factory farms, in the clothing trade, in laboratories, and in the entertainment industry. Shop PETA ].

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 23, 2022

When creating your stewardship strategy, use timelines and calendars to create an outreach cadence to ensure consistent communications. Also, vary the types of engagement opportunities for supporters to hold their attention. . For instance, you might offer free calendars, stickers, or t-shirts. Gifts and discounts.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Thousands of nonprofit pros rely on our annual Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar to discover skill-building, strategy-slaying, network-enhancing nonprofit events. and all over the world, that focus on essential topics like: Fundraising & Grants. 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar. Fundraising & Grants.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Keep supporters updated with email blasts about fundraisers they can participate and set up a social media calendar to easily post across social media platforms. Drag-and-drop tools and libraries full of graphic design elements make it easy for you to put together the designs you need to grab your supporters’ attention.

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 18, 2024

There is a curiosity when looking at historical data — a period covering the calendar years 2019-2023. Over time, leaders have had to refocus on meeting contractual and grant requirements, addressing evolving constituent wants and needs, and operating fiscally sound businesses.

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CauseVox

JUNE 22, 2021

Find out how to take advantage of the $10,000/mo Google Ad Grant with Grant Hensel, CEO @ Nonprofit Megaphone. Join Grant Hensel, CEO of Nonprofit Megaphone to learn how Google Ad Grants can give you up to $10,000 each month to improve your results on our favorite search site.

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Top Nonprofits

JANUARY 14, 2022

This means that you’re connecting with a new audience and not diverting the attention of your existing supporters away from your other fundraising efforts. Keeping the momentum of Facebook Challenges going is one way to set your fundraising calendar up for success. How to Host a Challenge.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Create a broad annual online marketing calendar, which lays out the major marketing initiatives, campaigns, and priorities for the entire year. Review the upcoming month in the annual online marketing calendar. Review the content calendar for the next couple of days and draft, edit, and post content to the appropriate online channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

It is all about managing your attention. Attention creates action, produces quality and facilitates productivity. What you give your attention to, is what determines your experiences. DH Leonard, grant writer and consultant, has discovered a productivity secret near and fear to me – movement.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 10, 2023

If you attend, be ready to pay attention and take good notes. The second was a $199 VIP ticket, which includes links to recorded sessions and slide decks, plus a ticket to a live training session with Julia to help plan your 2023 social media marketing calendar. Cost: General admission is free.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Four clear job trends in the nonprofit field signify major changes coming next year and it might be worth paying attention to see if a change is in the cards for you. months, followed by religious, grant-making, civic, and professional nonprofits at 13.4 Here are the four top nonprofit job trends we’re seeing as we close out 2021: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

The potential for being overwhelmed by technology is magnified in the workplace by something called “ Collaborative Overload ” Rob Cross and Adam Grant in a recent Harvard Business Review article. Just because the default setting on your calendar software is for 60 minutes, it doesn’t necessarily mean you need the full hour.

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Gyrus

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

But people from all over the US have had this date circled on their calendar for years. Granted the external drive for knowing this date may exceed that of the social media efforts utilized to inform of when people should show up. This will not only further facilitate learner engagement but also bring attention to learning efforts.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Publicize volunteer grant opportunities. Through volunteer grant programs, companies provide grants to organizations where employees volunteer on a regular basis. Incentivize potential volunteers to get involved with your nonprofit on a regular basis by educating them about volunteer grant opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post called “ Why the Nonprofit Work Ethic Is Outdated and Needs Change ,” about why nonprofit professionals need to pay attention to self-care and bring a culture of wellbeing into the nonprofit workplace. (The Gabriela Schneider, Chief Communications Officer at Issue One.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

And yet the most charitable giving that happens in all of the calendar year is December 31st. ” I want you to be paying attention. Does the calendar year matter to you? Should I be paying attention to that? ” “Does the calendar year matter to you in your charitable giving?” ” Right?

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Here are several types of tickets you can consider offering, each with its unique advantages: General Admission Tickets : These are the standard tickets that grant entry to the event. Incorporate compelling visuals, such as event photos or promotional graphics, to capture attention. Emotional connections drive ticket sales.

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

If you work in development, major gifts, grants, or event planning, you’ll love the emphasis on identifying and crafting compelling stories that make your marketing and fundraising more effective. . But the Qgiv team has turned its attention to the future. The Qgiv Conference will finally be held in 2022.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 8, 2020

You’ll need to develop a strategic approach for catching your supporters’ attention. An up-to-date calendar. By maintaining an up-to-date calendar, you enable supporters to work your organization into their busy day-to-day schedules. Consider integrating your fundraising coordinator’s Google Calendar onto the site.

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Care2

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Amidst the hub-bub of annual reports, strategic planning and grant seeking calendar development, your focus as a fundraiser is out in front of you to the year ahead. But as your attention shifts from this year to the next, are you maintaining and building your relationships with donors as well as you could be?

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Forum One

JULY 26, 2010

As you plan to launch your community, be mindful of the calendar: pay attention to when your grantees will be willing and able to participate, and find ways to align participation with other important events you have planned. For any grant project, not all weeks (or months) are created equal. Is a grantee ready to participate?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The project was originally funded by Microsoft for the Transforming Communities of Practice grant. Examples of NT100 projects include: Witness , the Peter Gabriel-founded watchdog charity which uses online videos call attention to human rights abuses. Free on iOS) app breathes new life into the stale concept of a mobile calendar.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 8, 2023

If you intend to apply for grants, you’ll need them for either planning the grant or as part of the grant application itself. Schedule Keep a work calendar and update it so it’s always current. Start filling your calendar by scheduling any important meetings or calls. Below are a few ways you can do all of that.

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