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UC Innovation Selects 360MatchPro by Double the Donation as New Automated Matching Gift Offering

Double the Donation

This technical partnership has come together to provide educational institutions with the power to double eligible donations through the industry-leading matching gift solution, 360MatchPro. These two solutions integrate seamlessly so that your organization can start harnessing matching gift funds in minutes.

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Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

Whole Whale

Show how gifts further the outcomes step-by-step. For example, if a mailed appeal with a matching gift incentive consistently outperforms others, keep using that format. Or if a certain donation thank-you gift reliably increases donor retention, offer it in campaign after campaign. Helping real people should be the star.

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

They focus on supporting smaller and newer 501(c)(3) organizations so that the foundation’s gift can make a more significant contribution to the work of the recipient organization. The Guitar Center “makes the gift of music available to people across the country by providing resources for music education programs. Areas served: US.

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3 Principles Fundraisers Should Adopt from Service Providers

Connection Cafe

I suspect my experience is not unique to lawyers, and can be extrapolated to other professional service industries. Accountants, marketers, and consultants across industries focus on relationships, not pure transactions, to build fruitful professional relationships.

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3 Reasons Why Your Year-End Appeal is Not Over

NonProfit Hub

According to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project’s 2015 Survey , only 19 percent of new donors to nonprofits give again after their first gift. In other words, if 100 donors made gifts via your year-end appeal in 2015, only 19 of them will donate again in 2016. And 5K walkers can give a gift through a telemarketing campaign.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Helms founded Goodwill in 1902, described it as an “industrial program as well as a social service enterprise.” His vision and business model set an early course for what today has become a $4 billion organization (Goodwill Industries International, 2015). In 2014, Goodwill received $3.94

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50 Silent Auction Basket Ideas to Bring In the Big Bids

Qgiv

Luckily, we’ve created this list of silent auction basket ideas to help you make sure your auction’s selection of gifts will have your guests rushing to place the highest bid. Best Practices for Putting Together Your Auction Gift Baskets. Rather than focusing on single pricey gifts, try bundling smaller donations into one basket.

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