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Pledges vs. Donations: Understanding the Difference

Pamela Grow

One way to cultivate positive donor relationships that increase retention is to choose fundraising ideas and donation methods that engage your audience. Defining Pledges and Donations When it comes to types of donations, there can be some overlap between the various categories. You can apply this model to almost any fundraiser.

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Money talks: Why tuning into the Giving Pledge matters 

Candid

As the saying goes, “Money talks,” and there’s no better example of this than the Giving Pledge and its effect on the social sector. To date, 241 individuals with a cumulative net worth easily surpassing $1 trillion have made the pledge—a public commitment to give the majority of their fortunes to charity.

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Product Update: CauseVox Auto-Pledge Helps You Get More Large Gifts

CauseVox

At CauseVox, we feel that the tools you use to fundraise online should do 2 basic things: help you raise more and make your job simpler. In recent years, pledges have fallen out of fashion: it’s not how today’s donors give, and it’s difficult for fundraisers to track and manage fulfillment.

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How You Can Use Pledge Now, Pay Later To Revolutionize Your Fundraising Model

CauseVox

There’s a term you’ve probably heard recently floating around the online fundraising space, and it may have you curious. We’re talking about pledge now, pay later fundraising. There are some truly exciting things coming down the pipeline for digital fundraising and a lot of them feature the Pledge Now, Pay Later model.

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6 Ways To Use Pledge Now, Pay Later In Your Fundraising Campaigns

CauseVox

CauseVox’s Pledge Now, Pay Later (PNPL) is a state-of-the-art pledge donation option (similar to buy now, pay later for donors!) that’s designed to help you get more online pledges and automatically fulfill them. PNPL is the future of fundraising; getting started now will put you in a strong position for future campaigns.

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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Many nonprofit organizations struggle to engage their board members with fundraising, especially the act of asking another person for money. A CTA is an invitation to take action, such as donating, volunteering, signing up for something, signing a petition, pledging to do something, etc. Is the donor renewal rate low?

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Navigating the Season of Giving: 4 Fundraising Software Tips

Nonprofits Source

As a fundraiser, you know how critically important year-end fundraising is. And because supporters feel more inclined to donate during this season, nonprofits focus all of their energy on fundraising. As a result, year-end fundraising can feel hectic. As a result, year-end fundraising can feel hectic.