The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes The Art of the Ask: Crafting a Winning Major Gifts Strategy In the world of nonprofit fundraising, major gifts stand as a cornerstone, providing substantial financial support that can significantly impact an organization’s ability to serve its mission. Major Gift Fundraising Phases and Strategies 1.

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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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CauseVox

JULY 14, 2022

If you’ve spent any time in the fundraising world, you’ve probably heard the phrase “capital campaign” before. At its heart, a capital campaign is a targeted fundraising effort that aims to raise large amounts of funds for a specific project or purpose. You set a period of time, a goal amount, and a purpose for the fundraiser.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

To fortify fundraising and impact strategies, embracing emerging technologies is paramount. Among the innovative tools that have garnered attention is ChatGPT. Furthermore, during the implementation phase, ChatGPT can offer insights into potential hurdles and solutions, aiding in real-time decision-making.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 26, 2021

Nonprofit fundraising videos bring your organization’s work to life in a way that written stories just can’t. Nonprofit fundraising videos help you raise more money. Promo video: This type of video gets supporters excited about an upcoming event, fundraiser, or activity. Videos show as well as tell. It’s like a video selfie.

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sgEngage

APRIL 6, 2022

These days, peer-to-peer fundraising takes many forms. It might be a virtual fundraising campaign. No matter what your peer-to-peer fundraising looks like, one thing’s the same: you must communicate with your participants. Email is a powerful tool for peer-to-peer fundraising. For example: Top fundraiser .

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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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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

As a quick recap, a capital campaign is a targeted fundraising effort that aims to raise large amounts of funds for a specific project or purpose. You set a period of time, a goal amount, and a purpose for the fundraiser. This will be your starting point for building your fundraising goal and budget. Planning Fundraising Tiers.

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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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Qgiv

APRIL 11, 2023

At Virtuous, we believe that the Responsive Fundraising Framework is foundational in helping fundraisers cultivate meaningful relationships with donors that increase generosity. The Responsive Framework is a repeatable four-step process that nonprofits use to treat every donor with the same personalized attention that they deserve.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 6, 2024

You likely already use calls-to-action (CTAs) in your fundraising materials to inspire your supporters to act, whether it’s by donating to an upcoming campaign or joining your volunteer team. completing a skills assessment during the same phase as the second round of interviews). Pay attention to subject lines.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

As charitable donors grow eager to return to in-person events, our nonprofit clients have been asking us how to provide those exciting live fundraiser experiences while keeping everyone safe and comfortable. Other fundraisers have chosen to check guest temperatures as they arrive at the venue with instant-read devices.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Turning Crisis into Community: How to Make Emergency Donors Lifelong Supporters As nonprofit professionals, we are all too familiar with the cycle of emergency fundraising. However, the real challenge begins when the initial urgency subsides and public attention shifts away.

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CauseVox

JUNE 22, 2021

You may have heard that we’re getting ready to run our 4th annual Digital Fundraising Summit, but maybe you’re wondering if it’s got the information you want, or you’re uncertain about what to expect. You’re joining 6000+ pros attending the DSF4 on July 21-22 to learn the skills you need to grow digital fundraising all year long.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2022

For most organizations, the ideal implementation timeline is around 90 days, split more or less evenly among three phases: Preparation and planning (days 1–30). Understand how your financial processes work with other software—such as a fundraising CRM —and what data needs to be shared between systems. Configuration (days 30–60).

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Greater Giving

MARCH 25, 2021

While these assumptions usually aren’t accurate, they allow someone whose time is extremely valuable—such the president of a company or a wealthy philanthropist—to make quick decisions about what deserves their limited time and attention. Making a killer first impression is key to getting that limited attention.

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Achieve

MARCH 31, 2021

However, as with many other fundraising and operational initiatives, the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a considerable curve-ball to the nonprofit sector. successfully fundraising. This exploratory study, conducted by a third-party fundraising consultant, gauges your (and your donors’) readiness for a capital campaign.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2023

All professional and volunteer team members of the nonprofit have a role to play, and this starts with contributing their ideas and best thinking on where fundraising is succeeding and where there are opportunities for improvement. Communications and fundraising are seamless. Be sure your assessment addresses the external environment.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 16, 2021

It is nonprofit technology for use cases like constituent management, fundraising, marketing and communications, and program management. Take for instance, Accounting Subledger , a product that allows you to align fundraising data with your existing accounting system. Learn more about fundraising with Nonprofit Cloud and NPSP.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 24, 2019

If you’ve paid any attention to the fundraising landscape within higher education over the past few years, you’ve seen a deluge of announcements touting massive campaign goals. It’s unrealistic to expect front-line fundraisers to bear the brunt of this challenge alone. Bigger than” campaigns necessitate a reliance on mega-gifts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Promoting a special fundraising campaign. If you want to make sure the announcement gets extra attention, change the colors or styles of the announcement from the typical design. It is an engaging website, and a great way to draw attention to one specific campaign. Other potential announcements include: Brand updates.

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Candid

MAY 20, 2021

The cancellation of events and the need to abruptly pivot their fundraising strategies and messaging have certainly been struggles, but, by and large, we’ve seen some amazing resilience across the sector. For many organizations, the need for major fundraising initiatives has become abundantly clear over the course of the pandemic.

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sgEngage

APRIL 18, 2022

With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination campaigns capturing public attention, accurate, user-friendly healthcare websites are more crucial than ever. Use your communication platforms to drive traffic to your website and promote your fundraising campaigns.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2022

By paying attention to a supporter’s giving pattern and interaction cues, development teams always have nurtured supporters to create deeper and more rewarding relationships. . Nonprofits have always strived to manage constituent relationships throughout their lifecycle, from their first event to becoming a monthly supporter and beyond.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 6, 2015

As a fundraising analytics consultant, I see a variety of development program structures and fundraising strategies. Special attention should be given for a more personalized approach as opposed to mass mail and email strategies. Once the silent phase is completed, you will need to identify prospects for the public phase.

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Everyaction

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Click for strategies on revamping your direct mail program , practical tips on improving your email program , and an in-depth look at reporting tools every nonprofit should have to improve their fundraising strategy.). By looking at reports that group your grants into their different phases (e.g. Use data to your advantage.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

So how can you make your online fundraising messages stand out among all the other messages competing for your supporters’ attention? We know that successful fundraising appeals have 4 things in common: A compelling story. Describe the story you’d like to tell your supporters over the course of the fundraising campaign.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

You move tasks from the idea phase to various stages of in-progress and finally to completion. With your website up and running, you can turn your attention to email marketing, keeping supporters informed about your work through email. The tool has been around for many years and was created by fundraising professionals.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Stories are also integral parts to any nonprofit organizations and particularly when it comes to fundraising. In the digital age, where most traditional storytelling is done over the Internet, attention spans are ever shrinking. National Library of Medicine put the average 2013 attention span at 8 seconds. Time is money.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

Summary: Out with the old: In with the new: We're still in the honeymoon phase, just thrilled the new look is finally "out there" and is well-received. What sold us on Big Duck's Brandraising was the time and attention they were spending on research and deep understanding of what makes an organization tick inside and out.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

But first steps first… 11 New Year’s resolutions for nonprofit social media managers: 1) Create a “Thank You” video(s) for your 2012 fundraising campaigns. You can learn by watching what they do and ultimately mimic them in your own communications and fundraising campaigns to tap into that success. WWF Mobile.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

For your nonprofit, this means the holiday season opens the door to opportunities for fundraising success— and there’s no better way to kick off this successful year-end fundraising push than to participate in Giving Tuesday ! Use a text fundraising campaign. People are busy around the holidays. Keep it simple.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

For example, you could need assistance with: Fundraising strategy, including a wide range of specialized campaign types. Getting Attention – Google Grants. Averill Fundraising Solutions – Annual Fund Strategy. Frost on Fundraising – Speaker Training. Their specialties aren’t limited to fundraising appeals, though.

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Neon CRM

MAY 12, 2023

In membership programs , it’s all about the details—and there might be one seemingly small detail that your organization isn’t devoting enough attention to: The all-important membership renewal letter! Don’t beat around the bush during this phase of the letter. Fundraising event or volunteer opportunity.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Not only are most nonprofits conducting some form of online fundraising, but many are even conducting fully virtual and social media-hosted fundraising campaigns. This digital marketing content directly impacts the success of your online fundraising strategies. Phase 2: The Planning Stage. Phase 3: The Execution Stage.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

These tools are in beta-test phase and available to users like you to help us make them better and more useful to you. A couple notes: there are PDF guides you can download and a "share your story" feature so you can highlight the way you use facebook and get attention for all your hard work. Check it out!

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 17, 2014

It’s the phase in the relationship when we want (and expect) to be courted — for the welcome mats to be rolled out for us. We call it the honeymoon phase, but it’s not just reserved for our romantic relationships. Show that you’ve been paying attention.

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