Bloomerang

MAY 22, 2021

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Dear Charity Clairity, I appreciated reading your guidance re: donor-advised funds (DAFs) and would like to have additional clarity re: listing DAFs in an annual report. The focus should be on the giver more than the form of the gift.

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Bloomerang

MAY 8, 2021

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who needs advice on how to deal with a potential legacy gift that has conditions attached. . Turning down a gift can be a tough decision. — Looking for a Way Forward.

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Bloomerang

MAY 8, 2021

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who needs advice on how to deal with a potential legacy gift that has conditions attached. . Turning down a gift can be a tough decision. — Looking for a Way Forward.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 4, 2022

Most charities had used the same tried-and-tested methods for decades (namely, galas and sponsored endeavors), but with new health and safety guidelines to contend with, this was no longer possible. 9) Gift fundraising. You could even use their gifts in auctions. About the Author. 9 Modern Nonprofit Fundraising Methods.

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Achieve

AUGUST 25, 2023

The high ROI of planned gifts and their accessibility to wider groups of donors has always made them a smart investment of your time and development resources. You should instead focus on explaining the different types of gifts that your nonprofit can accept and what their positive impacts would be on your mission.

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Is there something you can do now to influence their end of year gift? Imagine getting a thoughtful text message around Thanksgiving from one of your favorite charities. They tell you how your gift made a difference. Maybe they mention how your gift helped a person or solved a problem and include a photo (or emoji.).

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 23, 2023

Gift baskets are a staple of silent auction fundraising events. If they bring home a high-quality, interesting gift basket, they’ll have a memento of a good experience that will remind them to stay involved with your nonprofit. To make the most of your baskets, you’ll need to get creative and make them stand out. Let’s get started!

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Bloomerang

JUNE 24, 2021

Expanding a current gifts program or taking on the challenge of beginning one is incredibly rewarding but takes time to ferment. A fun run or gala charity auction is a lot more upbeat. I recently reached out to a wills and gifts expert from the UK to better understand legacy growth and management.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Make a “ stretch gift ” that is very generous and is outside your normal giving pattern. Be familiar with every fundraising program, event, campaign, and activity so you can tell others (sustainers, major gifts, events, direct mail, giving circles, etc.). Help the organization get authorized for receiving donations on Facebook.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a major gift fundraiser who wants advice on whether it’s better to ask for too little or too much. . Dear Charity Clairity, I’m new to major gift fundraising, and struggle with how much to ask for.

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

In working with dozens of non-profit organizations on year-end giving programs, I have found that there are five basic rules that must guide your strategy if you want to steadily increase year-end fundraising each and every year at your charity: Rule #1: Make Sure Your Message is Consistent. Stick with adding beds. by the end of the year!”

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 20, 2023

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question come from a fundraiser and donor who wants advice on how to handle poor donor engagement: Dear Charity Clairity, I’m a fundraiser, but also a donor. I love the mission, but wonder if my gift really matters to them. I don’t know what to do.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 4, 2024

For instance, in-kind donors might want to know how you’re using their gifts to run your programs, while monetary donors would be interested in hearing how you’re using financial donations to further your mission. Allow donors to turn a one-time gift into a recurring donation with just the click of a button. Personalize donor outreach.

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Bloomerang

MAY 3, 2021

After all, your thank you establishes trust and kick starts your ‘next gift strategy.’ Either ask the gift processor to do this or have someone else, preferably on the development team, take on this assignment. If you feel you get too many gifts a day to do this, reconsider. Do you type your signer’s signature? Scan it in?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2021

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Dear Charity Clairity, Every time I attend a conference or webinar on the subject of major donor development I learn about the importance of meeting with major donors in person. . The real work of major gift fundraising is relationship building.

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Allegiance Group

MARCH 7, 2024

She’s the author of the bestseller Philanthropy Revolution and is ready to guide charities to a new mindset that sees donors as people, not sources of revenue. In one instance, it took seven months of back-and-forth before a gift could be made. In one instance, it took seven months of back-and-forth before a gift could be made.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 24, 2023

These include: Employee matching gift programs Giving Tuesday corporate partnerships Annual giving campaigns In-kind donation drives Corporate volunteerism [and volunteer grants!] Employee matching gift programs Program overview: Employee matching gifts are a powerful tool for nonprofits, driving individual and corporate revenue alike.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2021

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Dear Charity Clairity, . While some donors may be, as you put it, “zoomed out,” there are others who will welcome the ease of making this connection with their favorite charity. . — Charity Clairity. Have they proven effective? Excuses abound.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 25, 2021

A Donor Advised Fund (DAF) is a giving vehicle established at a public charity. About Author. It allows donors to make a charitable contribution, receive an immediate tax deduction and then recommend grants from the fund over time. Today, they are philanthropy’s fastest growing vehicle, accounting for 3% of all giving. Gregory Nielsen.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 18, 2021

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Dear Charity Clairity, Do you have advice on ways to stay in touch with a possible donor who has indicated an interest in making a major gift? They approached me regarding a gift of property, but they seem wishy-washy whenever I approach. .

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Simply put, stewarding a donor is what a non-profit does (or should be doing) from the time of the first gift, and lasting until that donor no longer has a relationship with the organization. Get them moving on behalf of your charity with participatory fundraising. first appeared on The Fundraising Authority. Get them involved.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2022

When respected researcher Penelope Burk asked donors why they stopped giving, or why they gave less than they could, here are some of their responses : I didn’t receive any information at all after making a gift to a not-for-profit last year. What my friends and I talk about is how donors who make smaller gift are dismissed as unimportant.

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Bloomerang

MAY 29, 2021

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Dear Charity Clairity, We often receive gifts in kind which are worth a lot of money. The form of the gift is not what’s important. When it comes to recognizing in-kind gifts and donors, what matters is: The impact the gift has on your mission.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

By accepting additional payment methods and giving donors opportunities to increase their gifts’ impact, you’ll engage more donors and boost your fundraising success. Recurring Gifts If your donation page doesn’t already include a recurring or monthly giving option, adding one should be your top priority. Let’s dive in!

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 29, 2014

He is the author of over 20 books, numerous academic articles and dozens of papers and presentations worldwide. These gifts have ranged from pens, pins, plaques, to expensive gift baskets, coffee mugs and the naming of a building or room, in the case of philanthropists. There are two general categories of gifts to donors.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 24, 2021

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Dear Charity Clairity, My board wants us to develop more planned gifts and I’m wondering about purchasing planned giving analytics so we can better identify likely prospects. Note you can screen for other factors, such as “major gift likelihood” as well.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Does that mean that you don’t have any major gift prospects ? Simply stated, the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES) data is not sufficient to drive your major gift prospects decision making specifically because being precise in identifying the very best prospect pool for your institution is crucial. Of course not.

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Top Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

A Donor Advised Fund (DAF) is a giving vehicle established at a public charity. About Author. It allows donors to make a charitable contribution, receive an immediate tax deduction and then recommend grants from the fund over time. Today, they are philanthropy’s fastest growing vehicle, accounting for 3% of all giving. Gregory Nielsen.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

Charities feared last year donors would lose jobs, see income diminish, worry their nest eggs were insecure, and would consequently stop giving. When charities made their case, donors answered the calls to action with remarkable generosity. And that’s what happened with charities who froze in fear. Giving in the U.S.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

So whether you’re hosting a charity golf tournament and haven’t hit your target numbers or are running a donation campaign that’s short of its objective, you can tap into the power of peer-to-peer fundraising with these four strategies to beat the clock and meet your goals.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 6, 2024

The author of Everybody Writes (2nd Edition): Your New and Improved Go-to Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content and Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and More) That Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business , not to mention a founder of MarketingProfs , Ann knows engaging writing.

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3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 7, 2014

Most charities raise money from many different sources – direct mail appeals, online donations, events, United Way campaigns to name a few. Some claim it was first uttered by Maimonides, others say it is an old Chinese proverb, and still others tie it to one or more famous authors. I’m glad you asked. That is a problem.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 14, 2021

Time and time again while working at a nonprofit, I saw people come in to help who had skills to be major advocates for the organization that were never fully appreciated, often to the detriment of the charity. New ideas coming from a volunteer is without a doubt one of your greatest gifts. An online gift card.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 17, 2021

Brad Davies is an online fundraising expert who was the project director of the “Online Fundraising Scorecard” which looked at the online giving habits of 250 charities, 100 of which are on the Chronical of Philanthropy’s 400 list. Ask your supporters for noncash gifts of value. Noncash gifts have seasonal cycles. About Author.

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Top Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

A Donor Advised Fund (DAF) is a giving vehicle established at a public charity. About Author. It allows donors to make a charitable contribution, receive an immediate tax deduction and then recommend grants from the fund over time. Today, they are philanthropy’s fastest growing vehicle, accounting for 3% of all giving. Gregory Nielsen.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 9, 2021

But when asked if they got a letter from a charity that they really cared about? “Oh, When crafting your donation request , make sure to focus on the one person who will be impacted by the gift. Therefore, the closer you can connect the donor with a person they can help, the more likely you are to get the gift.

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Bloomerang

MAY 15, 2021

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Dear Charity Clairity, I’m new to my job as a donor relations manager, and my one thorn right now is organization. — Charity Clairity. Author information Claire Axelrad Fundraising Coach at Bloomerang Claire Axelrad, J.D.,

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