Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

If you try to use your regular email, you run the risk of being marked as spam, looking unprofessional, and not being able to measure open rates. To make it easy on yourself, create an annual editorial calendar so you know what you want the theme to be each month before the month arrives. Less is definitely more. Social media links.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Not only that, but with the move to more and more online giving (there was a 32% increase in online revenue in 2020), events like #GivingTuesday have become an even more important part of your fundraising calendar. Offer to promote them and their work or product by featuring them on your website or sharing on your social channels.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 20, 2022

Steven has contributed content to the National Council of Nonprofits, AFP, NTEN and Nonprofit Hub, and is a frequent conference speaker. For retention-minded fundraisers with a strong donor cultivation plan in place, the early days of a new calendar year might even be busier than any day in November and December.

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OneCause

JANUARY 31, 2024

Keep the following questions in mind as you consult your calendar: Are we planning far enough in advance? Keep holidays in mind as well as national or local events, from award shows to sports games. The most effective promotional plans involve multiple channels of communication, both online and off. Is this an annual event?

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Connection Cafe

JULY 17, 2018

donor retention rate in 2017. This unimpressive donor retention rate—one that hasn’t snuck north of 50% in more than a decade—hounds most nonprofits. A weak donor retention rate is an alarm bell, suggesting that your mission isn’t finding enough passionate supporters. Do You Know Your Donor Retention Rate?

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Achieve

JULY 23, 2017

Tired of high email bounce rates? If you’re short on time or resources, your print/mail house likely offers mailing list cleanup services for a nominal fee and can match your data against national registries for the most accurate results. What audiences use which channels to stay connected with your work? Clean up your data.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

It''s that time of year, and # GivingTuesday campaigns are beginning across the nation. How to focus on the long haul: Pay attention to your annual donor renewal rate. By reaching out across all channels, you''re meeting your donors where they''re at. But, what about the long haul? Has it decreased/increased?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

And appeals can be very specific things like your fall appeal, your calendar year-end appeal. So I’ll do something like calendar year-end appeal 2020, calendar year-end appeal 2021, and make sure the naming conventions are consistent. So some things you can do is NCOA, National Change of Address on your database.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

And with that in mind, you can start to turn your plan into a calendar with clear accountabilities and clear actions. These are all channels that your organization can direct and basically do whatever you want with, within reason and the law, at your own discretion. This is when we’re going to use them.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Harvey: As most nonprofits have these days is that renewal rates have been declining and that’s been consistent. And I’m not talking about specific donor, I’m talking about in terms of your work calendar. So let’s go to the next slide while that is happening. But essentially. Are you hiding and avoiding them?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

To view icons relevant to nonprofits, see the sets created and submitted by the National Park Service and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Whether you want to display your work on a local, national, or global map, this is a visually-compelling new way to tell your nonprofit’s story.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Is “win rate” the right term to use there, Rachel? Rachel: Yeah, you can say win rate. Steven: I’ll say win rate. I will say that it is not a problem whatsoever to find funding opportunities through multiple channels, organically through hearing about something, somebody emailing you an opportunity, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2014

Follow and study UNICEF , SOS Children’s Villages , ONE Campaign , National Park Foundation , and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Add charity rating graphics. ? Follow and study the National Wildlife Federation , Humane Society of the United States, Human Rights Campaign , Greenpeace , and the American Red Cross.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Follow and study UNICEF , SOS Children’s Villages , ONE Campaign , National Park Foundation , and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Add charity rating graphics. Add charity rating graphics. Create an editorial calendar. Merge your YouTube channel with your Google+ Page. Online Fundraising.

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Care2

JUNE 29, 2009

According to the latest Target Analytics Index of National Fundraising Performance , the number of new donors dropped by almost 13%, as compared to 2008. Prior to this study, the Index of the National Fundraising Performance had only been showing a gradual decline in donor numbers since the U.S. Reactivation rates fell by 6.5%

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