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7 Database Goals for Your Independent School’s Capital Campaign

sgEngage

Several organizations I’ve worked with have had Fund and Campaign records set up backward, which caused a struggle when adding multiyear pledges and producing consistent pledge reminders. This could be especially troubling in a capital campaign when an influx of new pledges quickly becomes overwhelming.

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Online Fundraising Checklist: Opportunities You Can’t Afford to Miss

sgEngage

There is undeniable momentum in online fundraising as highlighted by data in the Blackbaud Luminate Online® Benchmark Report 2020. There are a few data points from the Benchmark Report that offer a glimpse into the future of online fundraising: 42.4% So, the real question is: what will online fundraising look like moving forward?

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First-Ever Video Benchmarks Survey for Nonprofits

Care2

These are the types of questions we hope to see answered in the upcoming video benchmark study for nonprofits being conducted by Edelman, See3 Communications, and YouTube. Nonetheless the video helped Invisible Children raise significant money, which will be publicly released later this year in their 990 form.

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Text-to-Give: The Ultimate Guide to Mobile Fundraising

Bloomerang

According to the M+R Benchmarks 2023 report , 62% of nonprofits used text messaging for fundraising purposes in 2022. Text-to-give (also known as text-to-donate, text-to-pledge, or text fundraising) is a form of mobile fundraising that asks donors to send a keyword to a text fundraising phone number.

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Virtual Holiday Fundraiser Ideas

AccelEvents

Instead of limiting connection and engagement, a virtual fundraising event can strike all the right notes with a target audience while helping the fundraising efforts reach a greater number of people. . Virtual event software can help event organizers plan and host their online fundraising event. But there is hope. Virtual Charity Run.

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Donor Database Management: A Quick Guide to Prospect Setup and Tracking

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Is a pledge paid over a period of time acceptable? Gathering all of the important information will help create trustworthy data. Regular meetings provide the opportunity for feedback on needed data improvements, portfolio changes, and benchmarking toward goal. Data Cleanup : What cleanup might be needed within your database?

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Measuring Social Media Outcomes Is Easier than Measuring Hurricane Strength

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Trying to provide all the proper links and information within our microsite and Facebook application proved too cumbersome, and so we chose to go with a user flow that included a pledge, followed up with an e-mail offering all the details and links to get the precise information needed for a participant’s location. What are your KPIs?