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Are You Stewarding Your Donors?

The Fundraising Authority

An astute reader e-mailed me after the article was published to remind me that I forgot one important piece of the puzzle: stewarding donors after they give. Now, like most non-profits, I know about stewarding donors. Before going on, let’s answer the question, “What does it mean to ‘steward’ a donor?” What is Stewarding?

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The Top 3 Charity Rating & Badge Programs for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

2) Candid :: candid.org Candid (formerly known as Guidestar) released the first-ever searchable database of nonprofits in 1996 and since then has built one of the most comprehensive, up-to-date databases available to donors, nonprofits, and foundations worldwide. To begin, sign up to update your nonprofit’s Candid profile.

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How to Set Sponsorship Levels and Benefits for Your Next Fundraising Event

The Fundraising Authority

Look at your donor file and the businesses you are thinking of contacting to understand what levels you can realistically expect to fill. In defining sponsorship levels, be ambitious but realistic. Setting Your Sponsorship Levels When setting sponsorship levels, look at your overall event goal.

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Top Reasons to Attend RAISE 2023

OneCause

There are four session tracks to challenge fundraising innovation:  Event & Auction Fundraising, Fundraising Strategy & Donor Engagement, Peer-to-Peer & Online Giving, and Storytelling & Brand. Innovative Nonprofit of the Year: This award goes to the nonprofit most marked by creativity in the fundraising process.

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How to Convert Peer-to-Peer Event Participants into Monthly Donors

sgEngage

If your nonprofit organization hosts a peer-to-peer event with thousands of happy participants and supporters, but you don’t have a plan to convert those bikers, gamers, walkers, golfers, dancers, scavenger hunters, or pub crawlers into monthly donors, you’re missing out on the point of putting on an awesome P2P event.

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Who Gets to Be in Your Nonprofit’s Major Donor Portfolio?

Bloomerang

When you’re determining who to cultivate for your major donor portfolio, do you simply look at everyone who gave more than $1,000 (or whatever your major gift amount is) and dump them all into your portfolio for the year? Who Gets an Individual Major Donor Portfolio Cultivation Plan? . Tier your donors. I didn’t know any better.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How to Engage Major Donor Prospects Who Blow Hot, then Cold

Bloomerang

Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who wants advice on ways to stay in touch with potential donors who have major donor potential. . 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?

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