sgEngage

JANUARY 16, 2024

The stakes are always high when you’re launching a fundraising campaign. Professional fundraisers need to cover all the details to meet their targets. Nonprofit leaders managing both types of fundraisers need to equip and motivate everybody throughout the campaign. Hit them up.

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DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

As a nonprofit fundraising professional, you know that raising major gifts is one of the most strategic efforts your organization will complete. Major gifts are not only a highly-strategic effort, but also a high-stakes one— for many nonprofits, over 80% of their total fundraising dollars come from major contributions alone.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 3, 2024

However, managing grants efficiently and effectively can often be a daunting task, requiring meticulous attention to detail, rigorous compliance measures, and streamlined processes. Suddenly, tasks like applying for grants, keeping track of budgets, and reporting became simpler and more efficient.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

Your nonprofit’s fundraising strategy encompasses more than just earning donations from supporters. That’s why developing a strategic fundraising plan is necessary. We’ll cover: Why you should create a fundraising strategy. 6 elements your fundraising strategy should include. 10 steps to build your fundraising strategy.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 29, 2010

.&# and “overall goals are to find, attract and win new donors, nurture and retain those donors the organization already has, entice former donors back into the fold, and reduce the costs of fundraising.&# (I’ve never been convinced that CRM and Donation management are very different beasts, even though many argue differently.).

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 18, 2023

Getting started with nonprofit fundraising can be a thrilling journey. To succeed, it’s important to grasp the basics of three strategies: email fundraising, direct mail fundraising, and fundraising events. acronym to guide your team through setting the right objectives for your fundraiser.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2023

These advancements mean you have the budget available to invest in new fundraising software that can streamline your fundraising tasks and empower you to raise even more. Now, you’re probably wondering how to find not just a robust fundraising platform, but buy fundraising software that serves your organization for the long term.

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sgEngage

APRIL 8, 2024

All in unrestricted funds with no reporting necessary. While nonprofits will hopefully see an increase in unrestricted funds—and a decrease in burdensome reporting requirements—as part of this and other movements, good nonprofit accounting principles still apply. They don’t come with any direction or reporting requirements.

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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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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Unleash Crowdfunding Potential: Transform Your Nonprofit’s Fundraising Game In the challenging nonprofit community, smaller organizations often struggle with securing adequate funds to execute their mission. And remember, attention spans tend to be brief online!

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Strategic partnerships and research inform her approach to new challenges and when drafting fundraising communications. It’s been proven time after time that data-driven strategy creates the most successful fundraising results. Advanced reports can highlight information like new donors, at-risk donors, and lapsed donors.

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EveryAction

JUNE 3, 2016

Today, EveryAction released the 2016 Nonprofit Email Deliverability Study , an exploration into just how much spam is negatively impacting nonprofit online fundraising. Download a copy of the report now - it's free. What is shifting, however, is the way organizations are looking at and prioritizing email metrics. The reason?

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

And every advocate for social good has much to gain by paying attention to the Information half of IT. Why pay attention to data? There is someone who pays attention to detail and makes the time to correct small errors. Data is valuable! Why else would phishing, hacking, and cybersecurity be such hot topics right now?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

Equip your board with the resources, information, and tools they need to fulfill their roles effectively—from detailed reports to training on the latest nonprofit governance trends. Diversity metrics: Monitor the diversity of your board composition, including gender, race, ethnicity, age, and professional background.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

But the past is close behind, and there is plenty we can learn from the 2020 end-of-year fundraising season that will help improve our fundraising efforts in the year ahead. That was wholly evident in our 2020 EOY fundraising numbers: supporters stepped up when nonprofits asked for help. . Ad programs are growing up.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Fundraising is more tech-powered than ever before. With so many tools out there to choose from, your opportunities for customizing your organization’s tech stack are virtually limitless, especially when it comes to fundraising apps. but now, you can take all that information on the go with Bloomerang’s mobile fundraising app !

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Neon CRM

MAY 1, 2023

That concept doesn’t really work because it strips the humanity out of fundraising. All the steps that you take in moves management fundraising are dependent on a close personal connection. It’s all about targets and numbers and metrics. It’s not just about rushing someone through the stages to the ask.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Tricia Marsherall is the Founder & President of Marsherall Partners, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in nonprofit donor database management & operations support and virtual & traditional fundraising events. Analytics can be an extremely powerful tool for generating reports. So, how do you fix your data challenges?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

There are many factors in fundraising, from early engagement to a donor’s ultimate or legacy gift. The human talent component of fundraising is vital to a successful development office. The human talent component of fundraising is vital to a successful development office. They spend time cultivating and engaging donors.

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Qgiv

MARCH 14, 2023

Despite organizations utilizing fundraising best practices , many challenges for nonprofits remain. They are: Donor retention Leveraging technology Economic uncertainty Fundraising events Donor communication and engagement 1. Leveraging Technology Nonprofit fundraising technology drives so much of today’s giving.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

Need to create your 2021 fundraising plan? Register for the course, “How To Create A Fundraising Plan For 2021” for only $115. “If And as far as fundraising planning goes, your fundraising plans were thrown off. Creating a Fundraising Plan. Creating a fundraising plan may seem daunting.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

If you want to attract more participants to your peer-to-peer fundraising event, consider how you’re marketing it! What other ways can you get more eyes on your fundraiser? Read on for Qgiv’s peer-to-peer fundraising best practices for event marketing. Luckily our Generational Giving Report goes over this information at length!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Essential functions: Figure out what the tool can do for you, with special attention to the features that get unlocked at each paid tier. Data capabilities: Learn what metrics the tool can track, along with reporting functionality. Determine what functions are essential for your organization and what are “nice-to-haves.”

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 23, 2024

A second matching grant offer enabled leaders to extend the giving via two more fundraising emails the next day. Nearly half (48%) of donors cited email as their preferred giving channel ahead of social media, text messaging, direct mail, and phone calls in a study published last year by fundraising platform Neon One in Chicago.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Event metrics can be great guides as we plan. In earlier posts, npENGAGE has discussed how to focus on our event fundraising analytics and how to use these metrics for success. But what do we actually do with our data once we pull that report? Be sure not to focus too much attention on low-performing fundraisers.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 30, 2012

Question: This question was recently posed to the ASU Lodestar Center’s “Ask a Nonprofit Specialist”: Every time the financial report is made at my organization’s Board meeting, the members seem to either fixate on a number that is not especially meaningful or the opposite: their eyes glaze over in boredom. What do you suggest?

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 23, 2021

As a nonprofit fundraising professional, you’ve likely seen your nonprofit’s fundraising strategy change drastically in the pandemic era as well. In the past, you may have relied on in-person events or one-on-one meetings with donors to power many of your fundraising efforts throughout the year. Get creative.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Effective data management is key to understanding your constituency and building better fundraising and engagement strategies. Data Analytics for Nonprofits: 13 Key Nonprofit Metrics. Fundraising and Donor Analytics. For example, you can understand what impact, if any, a new communication channel had on fundraising outcomes.

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sgEngage

APRIL 10, 2023

Whether you’re brand new to nonprofit work or a veteran of the sector, you know that Giving Tuesday is one of the most important fundraising days of the year. CBS News reported that in November 2022, Giving Tuesday raised an incredible $3.1 CBS News reported that in November 2022, Giving Tuesday raised an incredible $3.1

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

Last week, I was in Sao Paolo for the ABCR Festival, the leading conference in Brasil for fundraising for nonprofit organizations. My last visit to Brasil coincided with the Brasil’s version of GivingTuesday called DiadeDoar and I was lucky enough to attend a fundraiser with Brasil’s Giving Tuesday leader João Paulo Vergueiro.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2019

Pew Internet reported that over half of YouTube users say that the platform is at least “somewhat important for helping them understand things that are happening in the world.”. Community fundraisers. Campaign matching will display matching pledges from brands or other creators directly inside the Fundraiser or Community Fundraiser.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 24, 2023

This is where the increasing amount of nonprofit sector research reports can help. This article will dissect the different types of nonprofit sector reports you may come across in your own research. No matter what type of report you may end up utilizing for your own work, it is important to ask a few assessment questions.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 28, 2023

It’s time to shift gears and give email the attention it truly deserves. When it comes to reaching your fundraising goals, email reigns supreme (after direct mail and face-to-face, of course). The 2023 Neon One Nonprofit Email Report noted that the average nonprofit’s email list has 4,191 contacts. But what about reach?

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

2) A medical foundation exceeded their fundraising goals and averaged over $1,000 per gift when they personalized their email appeal by: Thanking people for last year’s gift (in the headline and first paragraph). Relevant content may be what catches their attention, establishes a connection and keeps them reading. Personalize or die.

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Neon CRM

MAY 22, 2023

Email marketing has emerged as a powerful tool for nonprofits to drive supporter engagement and boost their overall fundraising efforts. Track and Analyze Matching Gift Email Metrics However you choose to send your matching gift emails, it’s important that you take the time and effort to enable performance metric reporting.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

Get the report and read it. By many measures, online fundraising had a red letter year in 2008: Online donors are younger and have higher incomes than traditional, primarily direct mail donors. Well, this report has some pretty telling data. I am, of course, NOT advocating that we stop fundraising online.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Why you should send follow-up emails You’ve just completed a massive fundraising event. Fundraising events are the perfect opportunities to create memories. Follow-up email tips To make your post-event email effective, it should contain a few key elements to grab recipients’ attention and cultivate existing relationships.

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