Qgiv

OCTOBER 3, 2023

As we fall into the end of the year, it’s time to start thinking about your year-end giving strategy. The last three months of the year are often the most important for nonprofits because of the rise in donations compared to the rest of the year. and 1 p.m. and 10 a.m.

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M+R

JULY 27, 2023

Read time: 5 minutes Most nonprofits, even the smallest ones, include supporter cultivation in their messaging mix — the occasional thank-you email, an annual impact report, maybe a robocall at year end. That’s certainly been the case for all the years we’ve helped the Union of Concerned Scientists with their fundraising.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

Ideally, your fundraising plan should include your overall fundraising goal and the strategies you plan to use to reach that goal. Your fundraising plan should include a detailed activities calendar showing all the various ways you plan to generate funds during the year. As a new nonprofit, you don’t have these benefits.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JULY 25, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Energize Your Nonprofit: Power Strategies for Off-Peak Fundraising In the world of nonprofit organizations, the rhythm of the year is often punctuated by a rush of end-of-year activity. A crucial part of this strategy should be the creation of a year-round fundraising calendar.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 17, 2024

The year-end giving season is rife with opportunities for new donor acquisition and for bringing in different types of donors. While we may have just closed another year’s chapter, the work is far from over. Donor retention is a core component of a responsive fundraising strategy.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

For many of you, this is your fiscal year-end. That means you need to make sure you don’t lose any of those donors you took such pains to acquire last year. It also means tying up loose ends to assure you don’t leave money on the table. 8 Fiscal Year-End Donor Retention Action Strategies + Practical Tips.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Guest post by the one and only Allyson Kapin - co-founder of Rad Campaign and blogger at frogloop – Care2′s nonprofit marketing blog. Year-end fundraising is here. This is the time of year that your organization should be raising up to 40% of its donations online. Year-End Fundraising Examples.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

Charities feared last year donors would lose jobs, see income diminish, worry their nest eggs were insecure, and would consequently stop giving. Or a new donor responded with bigheartedness to an emergency appeal. . Big hearts will respond to big-hearted, authentic, clearly-articulated, specific and resonant appeals.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

But, what if you’re the kind of fundraiser who is expected to complete your annual giving program “off the side of your desk,” with no fancy agency to guide you on the latest trends, no idea what your donors really respond to, no current data segmentation strategy to contend with? Plan for your year.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

A few years post-graduation, she continues to financially support and stay connected to her alma mater. Her senior year, she wanted to help others feel welcomed, so she became an RA and loved connecting with other students and university staff. At the end of the conversation, the student gently asked if Martha would consider donating.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 4, 2024

The past couple of years have represented a challenging time for nonprofit fundraising. In difficult circumstances, it’s helpful to return to the fundraising basics to ensure you’re making the most of tried and true strategies to boost your nonprofit’s donation revenue. Describe the impact of giving at different levels.

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2024

Celebrated intrapreneurs include the 3M scientist who wanted to create a bookmark that wouldn’t move and ended up inventing Post-it Notes , the Google engineer who came up with the idea for Gmail, and the Sony employee dissatisfied with his daughter’s Nintendo who developed the PlayStation.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 31, 2022

In 2021, Media Cause worked with 11 clients in partnership on their End of Year Efforts. In this blog post, we’ll compare performance, creative approach, strategies, tactics, and process. We’ll also discuss why this time of year is so critical for fundraising efforts. . Crucial Dates to Follow.

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Greater Giving

JULY 18, 2023

Donor Data Management How To Supercharge Relationships You’ve spent weeks, months, or even years collecting every bit of data your donors produce. Deliver relevant appeals. Accurate contact details ensure your appeals are delivered successfully, so you can continue stewarding donor relationships. Deliver Relevant Appeals.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

With Giving Tuesday right around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about your marketing strategy for the holiday. Best times to send Giving Tuesday appeals There are many ways to appeal for donations on Giving Tuesday, including emails , texts , and phone calls. Schedule your second appeal to be sent between 12:00 p.m.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

She has over 15 years of development and marketing experience. Throughout your year-end fundraising campaigns, you’ve likely engaged a variety of new donors who gave to your nonprofit for the first time. Earning these one-time donations helps you reach your year-end campaign goals, which is great.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 28, 2023

From Mother’s Day campaigns raising money for breast cancer research to Christmas fundraisers collecting gifts for children in need, great holiday fundraisers stick in your mind for years afterwards. Get creative with your digital strategy. No matter which direction you decide to take, these tips can bolster your strategy.

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M+R

OCTOBER 10, 2023

And of course you can learn about ALLLLL the tests during our 60 Tests in 60 Minutes webinar later today to give you some food for thought as you put together those year end campaign strategies. However, this was a test run over end of year, and, on the final deadline message on 12/31—the control SMS had equal performance!)

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3rd Sector Labs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Fall will be here before you know it … and so will your big year-end fundraising appeal. This is the time of year when fundraising teams are pouring their available time, energy and talents into perhaps the most important task of the year. 4 – Fundraising strategy, technology, and data alignment.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Once we hit November and we’ve gotten through Halloween, Daylight Savings Time, and the first frost, it’s officially the holiday season – and for nonprofits, that means it’s also time for year-end giving campaigns. Why is year-end giving such a big deal? Creating A Plan For Year-End Giving 2021.

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Qgiv

MAY 23, 2022

Laura graduated from Adrian College with a degree in business administration and has over 20 years of fund development experience and is certified in the use of several databases, including Raiser’s Edge and Giftworks. But you also have to make sure they’ll be at the next event for that strategy to work. Lapsed donors. Final thoughts.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

But the past is close behind, and there is plenty we can learn from the 2020 end-of-year fundraising season that will help improve our fundraising efforts in the year ahead. No matter how long the year ahead ends up seeming. . And boy, were there some outliers this year. On to the goods! .

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

In part one of this series, I outlined my top six fundraising strategies for 2021: . Mastering an analytic approach to strategy and planning. In this post, I’ll explore the third strategy. . This year, commit to customizing and offering options (email, direct mail, text, etc.). This is part three in a six-part series.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 24, 2024

In this article, we’ll explain what email automation is and explore three strategies you can use to leverage it. 3 Ways to Enhance Relationships with Automated Emails Now that you know how email automation works, you can get creative with donor engagement strategies. That’s where email automation comes in. Let’s dive in!

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2022

There’s a better way and that way is to approach fundraising with a strategy. A strategic fundraising plan is, a planning document that lays out your fundraising goals and the strategies you’ll use to reach those goals. Need a plan that goes beyond the one-year mark? Are you sending out fundraising appeals?

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The Storytelling Non-profit

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Successful year-end fundraising campaigns don’t happen by accident. Year-end fundraising campaigns that meet their goals happen as a result of good planning and excellent project management. But year-end fundraising campaigns that exceed their goals happen because there is a compelling story behind them.

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sgEngage

APRIL 10, 2023

Whether you’re brand new to nonprofit work or a veteran of the sector, you know that Giving Tuesday is one of the most important fundraising days of the year. Giving Tuesday began in 2012, raising an estimated $10 million in its first year, according to Nonprofits Source. Create a research-based fundraising strategy.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

Last year , in the U.K. Of course, there is a concern about ‘cutting through the noise’ in a crowded marketplace, so in this blog we aim to offer you some best practice tips to make the most of your Giving Tuesday 2021 efforts. Start small and measure the ROI, that way you’ll have a better idea of what to expect the following year.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2021

This nonprofit culture strategy post is part 3 in a 3-part series. Let’s move now to the third and final pillar: nonprofit culture strategy. . Pillar #3—No More Othering: Your Nonprofit Culture Strategy in 2021 and Beyond. How do you work on a strategy of building a culture that not only promotes goodness but also does no harm?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 5, 2022

A bad subject line will tank your fundraising appeal. Even the greatest appeal can’t overcome a bad subject line. . I’m here to help you write click-worthy subject lines just in time for year-end giving , your next campaign, or even next year’s Giving Tuesday. . Alice, help get 4 more kids to camp!

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

If you work for a nonprofit organization, you’ve likely heard that Giving Tuesday is one of the most important days of the year. From registering your nonprofit with Giving Tuesday to working with your team to get ready for the big day, this blog post covers 7 steps you should take to make the most of this giving opportunity.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 29, 2022

A fundraising plan is a document that outlines the strategies you will use to raise money for your nonprofit. It should include a list of goals and timelines, along with specific strategies for achieving them and how much funding you expect each strategy to generate in revenue. Keys to a Successful Year-End Campaign.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

I recently read a pertinent article on the Moceanic blog published posthumously by the savvy Simone Joyaux: For Fundraising Excellence, Rely on Expertise, Not Opinions. . They say : “I want only happy images in our end-of-year appeal.” . They say : “I want only happy images in our end-of-year appeal.” .

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Qgiv

JULY 28, 2021

Our friends at Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region (HSPPR) thoroughly agree that more was absolutely merrier when it came to their 2020 fundraising appeals. Before the pandemic, the HSPPR team had been utilizing Qgiv’s form cloning to build out a few appeals per month. We decided to do emergency email appeals. The Outcome.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The “up” months include the year-end giving season, where donors are inspired to make their last tax-deductible donations for the year. This is also the time when many organizations host their year-end gala or another major event to drive even more donations. Motivational imagery. Let’s dive in!

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As we reach the end of the year, it’s time to start thinking about your final fundraising push! One of the simplest and best ways to get your donors engaged with giving in the hustle and bustle of the holiday season is to send an end-of-year giving letter out to your donors. What is an end-of-year giving letter?

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M+R

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Goals + strategies. In our work with our clients, we have found three core digital strategies that can accelerate the mid-level pipeline: Find your audience. Customize your appeals. We could write a whole blog post on this topic alone, but here’s the quick version: . First, let’s be clear about who we’re talking about.

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