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People Want To Belong To Your Nonprofit’s Community

Bloomerang

Let’s Define Your Community Since your mission is to facilitate philanthropy in order to move your mission forward, let’s talk about your philanthropic community – the donors, volunteers, advocates and ambassadors who fuel your work, making your impact the greatest it can be. Fundamentally, all of philanthropy is a value-for-value exchange.

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How to Read the Minds of Your Donors

NonProfit Hub

Giving to nonprofits—and philanthropy in general—might seem to be a selfless act, but it still relies on humanity’s natural selfishness. The answers to these questions should inform how you build your fundraising and donor retention strategies. Tell them what their donation has specifically allowed you to do. We all are. Tell stories.

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How to Improve Your Mediocre Fundraising Copy

Achieve

This blog was originally posted by Achieve President Derrick Feldmann on December 16, 2014, for Philanthropy News Digest’s. Etymologically speaking, philanthropy means “love of humanity.” You are appealing to the analytical side of my brain and ignoring the side where my compassion and empathy are located. PhilanTopic.

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[VIDEO] Creative Ways People Contribute to Community

Bloomerang

So my perspective today is as somebody who’s been studying philanthropy for my career, but also as a passion. That’s how philanthropy has been reflected as well until the most recent years. . ” What drives your commitment to philanthropy? I still support a lot of organizations.

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[VIDEO] 5 Must-Do’s of Year-End Fundraising Success

Bloomerang

Jacobwith will show you five powerful and simple “must do’s” to cut through year-end fundraising noise, help increase your Giving Tuesday success, and increase donor retention. And I know you’ve got a little cold, but that’s what children give you. I think our days and our brains can sometimes feel like this calculation.

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[VIDEO] How to Talk about Legacy Giving Without Seeming Creepy

Bloomerang

And I understand the impulse to avoid the subject, no one likes to face their mortality, but that’s not really what legacy philanthropy is about. So, anyway, Dr. Adrian Sargeant and Elaine Jay do a lot of research on donor retention and fundraising. And this person called it creepy. Not today and really not ever.

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Converting Emotional Donors to Monthly Donors

Connection Cafe

Yes, I will feed hungry children, yes, I will cure a terrible disease, yes, I will save animals, the environment – yes, I will save the planet! That donation they sent you gave their brains a shot of happiness chemicals. Donor retention rates are higher with monthly donors, 70% compared to 40-50% for single gift-makers.

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