The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

Many of the most respected professionals run their own blogs to shed light on best practices, challenge the status quo, and even offer humor to help folks fundraise smarter. Claire Axelrad ( @charityclairity on Twitter) has been called a Fundraising Ninja, and we have to agree. Don’t let it be you! THE AGITATOR / DONOR VOICE.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2019

If you show up on a regular basis in your followers’ feeds and Stories, they are much more likely to trust you, to build up an affinity for your organization, and eventually to click on the Donation Sticker and make a gift. . The British Heart Foundation wanted to attract younger female runners to fundraise for its MyMarathon campaign.

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BoardAssist

JANUARY 30, 2018

One of the many ways that BoardAssist placements make an impact on the boards they join is by spearheading the fundraising campaign of the nonprofit boards they join. And that running a fundraising campaign is all about strategy and management – not just working your rolodex.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2016

In 2007, I was the first person to use Twitter to fundraise so I could attend and help sponsor the first Cambodia Bloggers Conference. I also used Twitter to get pro bono donations of technology t-shirts from technology companies to give to the Cambodia bloggers. I’ve also taught social media to young people in Cambodia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

This post summarizes the results and a few insights about social media fundraising and network strategies as a way to share back what I learned and to help bring some closure. Fundraiser. I set up an online fundraising page on Razoo to direct the money to Surf Rider Foundation. Set A Realistic Goal Based On Benchmarking.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

These best practices serve as a foundation for your online fundraising campaigns, but much of your nonprofit’s success also depends upon the service you choose to process your online donations and the design and frequency of your e-newsletter. It’s true that Web 2.0 Make Sure Your Nonprofit’s Information in GuideStar Is Current.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Second, year-end giving gives nonprofits an opportunity to use a big chunk of their resources to meet their annual fundraising goals, and it gives donors a last chance to get a tax-deductible gift out the door. We want to help nonprofits that implement year-end fundraising campaigns be successful.

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NetWits

JUNE 13, 2011

Because when it comes to fundraising, this report firmly suggests that we aren’t.”. The study confirms what we already know: online donors are younger, have higher incomes and give larger initial gifts than offline-acquired donors. So multichannel marketing is key to a fertile fundraising landscape.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2007

but wanted to share a few learnings re: personal fundraising. Twitter as a fundraising tool?!? My friends responding with public questions about what else was needed or suggesting fundraising strategies. Heading down the home stretch. So far, twitter has been great. Private messaging solictations - not mass emails.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2012

When I was in the third grade, I volunteered to bake cupcakes to help fundraise for Lucy the Elephant (who thankfully survived super storm Sandy ). The good folks at Razoo offered me two gift $50 cards , one to make a donation to the charity of my choice and the other to give away. I grew up at the Jersey Shore.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

David shares why he decided to respond to the blogger outreach - a counterpoint to my advice about what not to do: I went along because an email from Svetlana was a model of how an organization can reach out to bloggers. If your gift is global you may need some personable intermediaries.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2011

Here are some surefire signs that you are an amateur Fundraiser online: 1. Most people will check you out online before they decide to make a gift. Your website MUST have an easy-to-find Donate Now button to facilitate online gifts. For your blog, you use a Blogger blog. Your nonprofit doesn’t have a website.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 19, 2013

Last month, I kicked off my blog series on how to coach your first-time fundraisers towards success. I highlighted important tips on Step 1: Get your participants to access their fundraising tools. Step 3: Keep your fundraisers ENGAGED & FOCUSED! Examples of such call-to-action statements include: Take 10 to send 10!

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

BoardAssist is pleased to welcome nonprofit finance pro Paul Konigstein, who wrote this post, as our first guest finance blogger. 5) FUNDRAISING. i) Comply with donor restrictions on gifts. Permanently restricted gifts (more commonly called endowment) can never be spent. 6) LEGAL.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever – Guest Post by Joe Waters. A college grad researching a career in fundraising recently asked me what’s changed since I started in the field. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2000. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2004. Everything,” I replied.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 17, 2014

That’s the advice we got this week from guest blogger Amy Eisenstein, a top fundraising consultant who has generously shared her terrific advice with our readers this week. Before you can ask for a major gift, you need to focus on gratitude. Stewardship is often talked about as the last step in fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2007

Twitter isn't half bad as a fundraising tool. She asked a great question about "virtual gift economy." " She mentioned Lewis Hyde 's work and referenced the virtual gifts on Facebook. " She mentioned Lewis Hyde 's work and referenced the virtual gifts on Facebook. more about that later. More later.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Global Voices is a community of more than 200 bloggers around the world who work together to bring reports from blogs and citizen media around the world, with emphasis on voices that are not ordinarily heard in international mainstream media. The founders are Rebecca MacKinnon and Ethan Zuckerman. It is five years old today!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2010

Stacey Monk and I exchanged messages last week, brainstorming the idea of pulling bloggers together to support Beth’s birthday campaign. Of course, I hope you’ll make a gift to make her wish come true too. We also smashed our goal of recruiting 53 bloggers, with 66 signed up and many more participating in other ways.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 10, 2010

We’re hoping to inspire 53 bloggers to publish a post today that shares how Beth has impacted his/her work and shares Beth’s birthday wish with his/her blog audience. (Of Of course, you’re invited to make a gift to make her wish come true as well!). How does it work? What’s the point? And happy birthday!

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2014

And regardless of what you hear or think about online giving, most gifts still come via the mail. This week guest blogger Gail Perry is back with her top tips to help us all raise more money by mail. Direct mail is the most important fundraising and communications tool you have. Upgrading your donors’ gifts. Thanks Gail!

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BoardAssist

AUGUST 26, 2014

Guest blogger Allison Gauss offers some terrific advice this week on how to be most effective when you follow up. While there will be some differences in follow-up methods, depending on the size of the organization, there are three main elements to following up on a fundraising campaign. Thanks for the helpful post Allison!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2005

I had the pleasure of sitting next to Dina Mehta , a blogger from Indian and fabulous person. She posted this about the Menu for Hope , a little fundraiser by food blogger, to help people affected by the earthquake in Northern India and Pakistan. I love seeing how grassroots fundraising translates to blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Note from Beth: Last month I had the pleasure of presenting on a panel at Association of California Orchestras with Marc van Bree , an arts and social media blogger I met in 2007. Kicking off the effort was paired with an e-mail to a list of about 30 classical music bloggers. Four bloggers wrote a post; one blogger used the banner.

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BoardAssist

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Having the right Development Director leading your nonprofit’s fundraising efforts is critical. But finding that fundraising superstar may be quite difficult. There are two main things I look for: A specific fundraising skill-set. The Growing Shrinking World of Fundraising. Thanks Amy!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I'm taking a deep breath to capture the learnings and roll them into the next steps for my personal fundraising campaign on behalf of the Sharing Foundation 's College Sponsorship Program and Leng Sopharath. I wanted to start with my blog readers and nonprofit tech colleagues and Cambodian blogger colleagues. What's the protocol?

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Convene online marketing meetings with key department representatives (Fundraising, Programs, etc) twice each month to plan out upcoming initiatives in the annual online marketing calendar, divide up tasks, and review progress. Add visual variety by highlighting new photos, captions, and links in the slide rotation every week.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2012

Author: Guest Blogger. When the American Diabetes Association made the decision to focus on promoting self donations in their 2011 Tour de Cure fundraising campaign, they increased the number of participants contributing to thier own fundraising efforts from 2% in 2010 to more than 37% in 2011.

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BoardAssist

JULY 22, 2014

Always ready with great fundraising advice, guest blogger Gail Perry has terrific guidance for us in her guest post this week below. Gail’s top fundraising motto…“when in doubt, shut up!”. One of my top fundraising mottos is “when in doubt, shut up!”. The fundraiser’s KISS OF DEATH is talking too much!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

And I get to highlight the work of some of my favorite bloggers, too. Marketing and Fundraising Ideas tells us about how not to ask for a major gift. Next week, the Carnival is being hosted at A Small Change – Fundraising Blog. { What are “influencers?&# Read the blog entry. It’s pretty interesting.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 26, 2015

Well, you can’t go back; you can only move forward, and I look forward to sharing creative fundraising ideas with throughout 2015. Speaking of looking forward to new fundraising ideas in 2015. I’m excited to introduce you to a new npENGAGE blogger, Shana Masterson! Consultant, specializing in peer-to-peer fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Whether I'm fundraising for Cambodia or Creative Commons , I involve my kids. My kids have posed for photos in t-shirts , emptied their piggy banks , helped me make fundraising videos , contributed clothing or other items to drives at school, and have attended lots of fund raising events. But it doesn't involve baking cupcakes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2007

But she isn't going to stop fundraising until the end of the month. The DonorsChoose.org Blogger Challenge is an initiative to help hundreds of thousands of public schools in need. More than a hundred bloggers have joined and the competition is heating up, but it???s Just at the mid-way point, Ms. Bunting has raised $75,000!

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2009

PostRank is a fun tool that can show a blogger which of their posts their readers engaged with the most. Below are the 2009 Have Fun Do Good posts you read, commented on, tweeted, facebooked and engaged with the most. Thanks so much for reading and sharing!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Given the economy and its impact on nonprofits and fundraising , it got me thinking that making charitable giving a habit beyond the holidays is a good thing. Ask people to donate to a cause instead of gifts. What about a gift in their honor to celebrate the special day. January: Have a January birthday? And, yes they did !

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 25, 2015

Rory Green is a guest blogger for Nonprofit Hub. Rory is also the founder and editor of Fundraiser Grrl , the fundraising community’s go-to source for comic relief. Fundraisers in Vancouver have had a unique challenge in figuring out what philanthropy looks like at a start-up. Featured Fundraising'

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

They take care of your facility, give tours of your museum, welcome attendees to your annual gala, and pass out medals at fundraising races. Learn how Qgiv can help you and your volunteers make the most of your fundraising efforts! Learn how Qgiv can help you and your volunteers make the most of your fundraising efforts!

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