Achieve

MARCH 24, 2022

Matching Gifts. Be sure to brand it to your organization, and include engaging information like your campaign goal, a captivating photo, a description of your cause, and a fundraising thermometer. Matching Gifts. Corporate matching gifts. is key to the success of your matching gifts drive. unique (and easy!)

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CauseVox

JANUARY 31, 2022

Looking for ways to increase gift size and have a predictable source of donor revenue, month after month? In CauseVox’s 2021 PNPL Survey , respondents indicated that not only do they prefer an installment option for donations, but this option would lead them to give larger gifts more frequently. PNPL gives the people what they want.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 8, 2023

The Gift of Giving Made Effortless While classic fundraisers, like charity dinners, play a crucial part in fundraising, there’s an innovative player that’s now taking the stage: text-to-give. The key is to ensure the audience is well-informed on how to use the system and is motivated by the cause or event’s purpose.

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sgEngage

APRIL 20, 2023

Or, if you take a DIY approach, heavily promote this new option to your audience of supporters. By having your supporters spread your message and advocate for your cause, your campaign will reach a wider audience. To facilitate effective peer-to-peer fundraising: Reach out to supporters personally to invite them to participate.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Why You Need a Good Story Strong, effective storytelling for nonprofits can accomplish lots of good things: Connects your audience to those you serve. Allows your audience get to know you a little better through the stories you tell. Your audience can’t connect strongly with just a bunch of words on a screen. Look at her eyes.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

This can help you engage a wider global audience while breaking down geographic barriers. Matching gift challenge: Challenge your donors to match or surpass their past gifts and create an even greater impact! It also informs, engages, captivates, and inspires readers.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Auctioneers have to capture the audience’s attention with eye-catching items that spark bidding wars. This guide is a great place to start to generate ideas for items and packages that will captivate your audience at your next auction event. Search for someone who your audience would be excited about.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2024

These partnerships with businesses corporations can help both you and your for-profit partners widen your audiences while providing extra financial support for your mission. Some giving options your nonprofit can consider are: Recurring giving Digital wallets Mobile donations Matching gifts Giving apps Crowdfunding platforms And more!

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 7, 2022

Volunteer thank-you gifts. Launch a crowdfunding campaign A crowdfunding campaign involves gathering a large number of smaller donations from a broad audience. . A successful crowdfunding campaign introduces your organization to a wider audience while effectively raising funds for your mission. . Equipment and supply purchases.

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Qgiv

MAY 13, 2021

In our Navigating the Unknown report , we compared in-person events with virtual fundraising events and found that in-person fundraising earned a larger number of gifts, but virtual attendees gave in higher dollar amounts. A fundraising event that features live entertainment is great for attracting a captive audience.

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BoardAssist

AUGUST 26, 2014

One of the top reasons donors gave when asked why they stopped donating was that they were never thanked for their previous gift. Donors expect to receive an email following their gift, but a phone call or handwritten note is a pleasant surprise. Volunteers and sponsors should also be thanked too.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

I constantly hear from nonprofit organizations struggling with how to effectively leverage the attention of this digitally-immersed audience. In a video, your message needs to be immediate, concise, and captivating because you have approximately five seconds to get my attention. Obviously, this makes your video content very important.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 15, 2016

The concept of inbound marketing takes all of that knowledge and incorporates it into a real-life framework for nonprofits and businesses to use when engaging their audiences. Inbound marketing digs deeper than just attracting an audience; it aims to put out information that they truly enjoy. And, once again, email has got your back.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2015

Finding new donors costs more than keeping the ones you have and by stewarding, engaging and staying in touch with supporters you CAN grow your pipeline of support through gift upgrades and giving diversification (ie: that sustainer donor is a great prospect for an estate gift). 1 rule for 2015: don’t bore your audience.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 26, 2018

We see continuing efforts to build peer-to-peer networks and generate a profound and captivating sense of urgency through giving days, which can lead to positive outcomes. Many institutions focus their social media outreach to communicate how gifts impact people at the institution. Finally, well thought out stewardship remains vital.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 17, 2013

You have an exclusive, captive audience of parents – use it wisely by staying in touch with them. Would you be willing to continue making your annual $5,000 gift to our scholarship fund next year?” Fundraising is built on relationships. These are the types of asks that will be most successful for your school.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Social media has already shown that it is paying off for many nonprofits, but in a new way – not through direct gifts, but by deepening relationships with supporters, by empowering evangelists and much more. Captivating messaging has motivated 23% to promote a charity cause on social networks. Let’s dig deeper, shall we?

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Qgiv

MAY 7, 2021

With medical fundraising, it’s important to consider your audience. These events are great for attracting a captive audience of supporters. You can offer entertainment in the form of a band, talent show, or a performance that appeals to your audience. They can even make recurring gifts this way! 5K/10K Races.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Can you inspire them to make another gift by proactively telling them about how their previous gift made a difference? Track their contact information, how they gave, their gift amount, and other details you can use to shape future campaigns. What assumptions are you making about what your nonprofit can and cannot do?

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Qgiv

APRIL 8, 2024

If every organization is asking for gifts on the same day, it’s easy for donors to get overwhelmed. When you only have 24 hours to fundraise, you need to maximize the gifts you’ll receive. For example, challenge donors to give a certain amount before noon to secure an additional matching gift. Donors only have so much capacity.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

When your page is visually appealing, you’re more likely to wow your audience. Understand Your Audience Once you’ve chosen your platform, it’s time to get a better understanding of your audience. These are fictional representations of different segments of your audience. Start with creating donor personas.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

No matter what you choose, don’t forget to consider your target audiences and the resources you’ll need to have available to put that plan into action. Neon CRM gives you the tools to automate receipts and thank-you emails once donors submit a gift online. Instead, send them a donor survey soon after they’ve submitted their gift.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Another example is Raising Hope Dogs who centers the donor as the hero by stating “Give A Gift, Change A Life” exemplifying the necessary role the donor plays in their work. Have A Captivating Introduction The donor’s journey begins with the opening scene, your donation page’s introduction.

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CauseVox

MAY 11, 2021

But It’s not the size of your audience that matters – it’s how engaged they are. The struggle for nonprofits in this environment is to stand out by creating and sharing content that is timely, relevant, and worthy of discussion so that it reaches more of the intended audience. Stay Relevant.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

This month we’re covering building a major gifts program, but we’re going to be digging right into end-of-year through September as well as October through, you’re creating your campaigns, copywriting, how to ask, and everything in between. Maybe we segment our major gift donors. . But I want you to be honest.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Based on 2019 data benchmarks, 20% of first time donors don’t repeat their gift the following year. You’ve got a captive and invested audience in this moment — use it to see how you can pique and continue to grow your donor’s interest in you. Timing: 10-30 days after initial gift. Timing : 1 year after initial gift date.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

I’d like to do that again this year, and use the resources we save to expand our individual major gift fundraising, but our board is adamant we return to the in-person event. Here are the biggest pros: You host a captive audience to hear your message and experience your mission. Take-home gifts . I love/hate them.

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CauseVox

JUNE 14, 2021

According to new data by the Pew Research Center, over 65% of Americans identify with an organized religion – a sizable (and devout) captive audience, especially in the southern United States. To cater to a more visual audience, Cedar Creek created videos to explain the purpose of the fundraiser.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Monthly givers will bring in much more money over the long haul than one time gifts. And a monthly gift of $20 is more doable for many people than a single donation of $240. Entice your audience to become monthly sustainers through direct mail, special events, face-to-face engagements, and online. Strive for monthly sustainers.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The Innovation Festival aligns a community of innovators and agitators, bringing to life the future of business and culture with a mix of playfulness and sophistication, captivating keynotes, hands-on workshops, and intimate site visits at the most dynamic studios, startups, and centers of creativity in New York City. Nov 11 - 14.

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Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2021

Look for an auction platform that offers both of these capabilities to appeal to the widest audience possible and set your organization up for the most success. Text-to-give is beneficial because it’s extremely simple for donors to complete a gift with a couple of texts. Text Fundraising. There are 5.27 Texting During Events.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 30, 2022

Your organization’s cause may be hard to understand emotionally or conceptually, and graphic design can help spruce up the material to appeal more to your target audience. Graphic designers are trained to tailor typography and branding styles to company themes, so be sure to discuss how to stylize your brand for your target audience.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Your blog is your gift to them, as well as to yourself. So, here is Nancy Schwartz’s gift to you: Year-End Fundraising Checklist for Nonprofits. With the ever declining attention span of your audience, it’s necessary that you start appealing to a broader range of senses. Have you ever thought about it? You should.

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