Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

A 40% increase in gift size. The City of Baltimore, MD, sought to unleash its philanthropic potential and be the most generous city in America. In its second year—still very much in the infancy of the movement—#GivingTuesday saw: 10,000 partners. Activity in 40 countries. A 90% increase in online giving on the day ( Blackbaud, Inc.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 10, 2013

White Butterfly Gift Shop in NJ – donated the proceeds of t-shirt sales to support a mother of 5 who cannot afford her cancer treatment. The Gift Shop also adopted the family for Christmas, asking community members to donate toys for the children.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 20, 2013

Google's monetary gift to the city is a step forward. Because technology access varies in different communities, HP picked three diverse areas to start Digital Villages: a Baltimore neighborhood, the Southern California Tribal Community, and East Palo Alto, CA.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 3, 2013

A few weeks ago in a post game press conference, Baltimore Raven safety James Ihedigbo shared this: don’t let your good get in the way of being great. For example: Should we reach out differently to participants who bring in higher quantities of gifts vs. those who bring in fewer but bigger gifts?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Similarly to posting pictures, this will help donors better understand the impact of their gift. Melissa is a Baltimore, Maryland native and graduated from Clemson University with a degree in Psychology. Instead of simply posting “Donate now!” on your site, reference a current initiative that you are working towards.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You could win an iPad, gift card and more! Baltimore’s premier dining and entertainment destination. For every right answer, gets one entry into our prize drawing. General Session and Keynote Heard the buzz about constituent engagement and want your organization to embrace this new way of thinking?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 14, 2022

The National Aquarium opened on August 8, 1981 as the jewel of Baltimore City’s Inner Harbor redevelopment. The National Aquarium is in Baltimore, Maryland. An embarrassing — and easily avoidable — situation for both the potential donor and the Gift Officer. By: Bre Alexander, Content Marketing Manager at iWave.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2013

He became a media darling, with stories and interviews with Dozer and his owner on ESPN , the Today Show , the Baltimore Sun, and countless media outlets and blogs across the world. He was a gift that kept giving, as the nonprofit handled their “star performer” quite well indeed. You can’t pay for that kind of publicity.

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See3

JANUARY 24, 2008

In my hometown newspaper, The Baltimore Sun , budget cuts mean that serious news coverage declines, foreign bureaus close and a paper that was once a well-respected part of a thinking man’s daily diet is now just a mere shadow of itself. I am not so sure. Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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See3

MAY 12, 2007

This Michael Hoffman was born in Baltimore, Maryland and is the son of Barbara and Donald Hoffman, brother of Alan and Carolyn Hoffman, and husband of Jessica Kaz and father to a bunch of kids. I hope they appreciate the gift. (It’s actually a lot more complicated than this, but if you get this much you are OK.)

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Allegiance Group

DECEMBER 19, 2023

You’ll gain best practices on general fundraising topics like major gifts as well as areas that are specific to nonprofit pros in NYC. More than 1,000 fundraisers and industry experts will gather to share ideas, network, and learn from each other. This is a full day with dozens and dozens of learning modules.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

And with major gifts and sponsorships, that’s also about cultivation, but also building out who is going to do the cultivation? it says a million, but it’s a $2 million gift from MacKenzie Scott. You can really be thinking about using that huge gift to kind of focus on maintenance, and cash reserves, and operating funds.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Examine major gift planning in the context of current economic conditions, changes in donor populations and increased competition for the charitable dollar. Association of Fundraising Professionals, DC Chapter / Baltimore, MD / Price varies.

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Judi Sohn

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Batch gift entry - Here's the new features added according the release announcement: Add donations of most record types. Add stock gifts including assets. Associate a donation with an open major gift or pledge. Add multiple designations on a gift. But for the most part it was a smooth process.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 11, 2010

Hello from sunny Baltimore! Why go to all the trouble to write a blog and have a wonderful site if you aren’t going to ask folks for a gift? . I’m here for the AFP Conference (which starts today!) and will be speaking on Tuesday about fundraising with blogs.

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