Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

You likely understand the general benefits of planning, but why is creating a fundraising plan so important for your nonprofit? Although every nonprofit is unique, there are several factors that every fundraising strategy should include to be successful. With that, let’s get started. Why you should create a fundraising strategy.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

With a well-planned appeal, your nonprofit can reconnect with donors, thank them for their past support, highlight their impact, and ask for their continued support. Every nonprofit approaches their fundraising appeal for the annual fund a little differently. What assumptions are you making about what your nonprofit can and cannot do?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 23, 2023

You have a donor database ! Now, who exactly are all of these people in your database? I like to think that the same rule applies to our databases – let’s pull our supporters into organized lists so we can see them and appreciate them! Out of all of the constituents in your database, how many of them have given a gift?

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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. In 2020, nonprofits raised $2.47 4 Giving Tuesday Campaign Ideas For Your Nonprofit. This post includes four examples of how you can raise funds and why they might work for your nonprofit.

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Achieve

JANUARY 31, 2022

As a nonprofit marketing or communications specialist, you may have noticed a rising tide of digital fatigue among your supporters when it comes to your organization’s online outreach efforts. Communication is a foundational element of any successful nonprofit strategic plan. What is this affliction? Recommit to personalization.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Did you know that nearly one-third of individual fundraising happens during the month of December and 12% of giving happens in the last week of the calendar year ? . You don’t want to blow this opportunity to raise what will likely be a significant amount of your nonprofit’s yearly revenue! Spend some time crafting your subject line.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Corporate giving opportunities like matching gift programs, volunteer grants, and fundraising event matches allow nonprofits, donors, and corporations to build and grow mutually beneficial partnerships. as well as to the nonprofits receiving the funds? but how can you, as a nonprofit team, simplify it from start to finish?

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DipJar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

By recognizing and learning from the marketing mistakes that hold nonprofits back , you’ll have everything you need to drive success. . It’s about strategically planning how you’re going to get your nonprofit in front of the people who will best connect with your mission. . Producing irrelevant content. Neglecting site design.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

If your nonprofit is participating this year (and you should be!), Put together a master marketing calendar. To make your multi-channel marketing efforts successful, it’s important to implement a campaign calendar. Your communications across every channel you use should be included on the calendar. Direct mail.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 22, 2020

While working for various nonprofits throughout the past twenty years, I always had such high aspirations for having our End Of Year (Annual Campaign) strategized by May, planned by August and ready to deliver by October. . Set an operations calendar. Your campaign is only as strong as your data, so review your donor database now.

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OneCause

MARCH 14, 2023

As those in the nonprofit world realize, few things are as effective—or as time consuming—as fundraising events. With this in mind, how should your nonprofit go about effectively marketing your next fundraiser? Once the foundational pieces of the event are secured, it’s time to build out a marketing calendar.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

You should periodically perform a nonprofit self-audit to see how your website, email marketing, and social media are performing. A nonprofit self-audit is a chance to back up and look at the whole picture, to see how your marketing efforts are performing and where you can improve. What’s working? Let’s take it one step at a time: 1.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 24, 2018

This article was originally published in Nonprofit Hub Magazine. And, as nonprofit professionals, our organizations could benefit immensely from a little spring cleaning. I often cringe at the thought of going through old mailing lists, donor banks and other databases, and I would venture to guess you do, too. Ah, Spring.

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Achieve

JULY 21, 2022

Between the dozens of responsibilities that crop up within the course of running a nonprofit organization—from cultivating donors to event planning—filing tax returns probably isn’t at the top of your list of priorities. that is essential to the nonprofit tax reporting process: Form 990. The Importance of Form 990 for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Be to search for your nonprofit to know how and where your brand is buzzing in the blogosphere!

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Neon CRM

APRIL 27, 2023

Holding events is a great way for nonprofits to raise money, engage constituents, and raise their profile. And if you don’t have a solid event planning strategy in place, your nonprofit’s next gala, fundraiser, or walkathon could end up costing you more in time, energy, and money than what your event ends up raising. Let’s get started!

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2022

Create a clear work plan or communications calendar. Create a work plan or communications calendar for your Giving Day that breaks the project into manageable pieces or chunks, so that planning seems more doable. Start with a direct mail campaign during your quiet phase to special groups. Consider a quiet phase.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

These letters can come in many formats, from direct mail to emails. Organize your donors into different groups using information you’ve collected about them in your donor database. Find stories from people and communities your nonprofit has served and include them in your letter. End-of-Year Giving Letter Strategies.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Investing in event registration software for nonprofits will help you simplify your planning process and make it easy for your donors to donate and sign up for your fundraising event! What is event registration software for nonprofits? Give your attendees an experience to rave about with Qgiv’s event registration tools.

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Double the Donation

JANUARY 28, 2022

Ensure your company is listed in corporate giving databases. Prior to that, you’ll need to determine which types of giving programs you’ll be offering: Here are a few of the most common examples: Matching gifts : Your company matches employee donations to qualifying nonprofits, often dollar for dollar. Direct mail. Text-to-give.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Navigating the world of nonprofit tools can be tough. This guide is here to help you learn more about nonprofit fundraising platforms, what’s available to your organization, and when you should consider using each. Nonprofit Tools. What are the most important nonprofit tools? Nonprofit Fundraising Tools.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 2, 2010

We are breaking the audience and database into manageable groups for the purpose of communicating with them. Your database system should allow you to build a profile for your top segments. Past behavior is the best metric or predictor for future actions and behavior, so you should be tracking this in your database system of choice.

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Allegiance Group

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

As a nonprofit manager or fundraiser, you know that there are many different approaches to choose from when it comes to raising money for your cause. Next, we’ll explore a few of the other types of fundraising tools and how they can benefit your nonprofit. What are the different types of fundraising tools? Where do they live?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 6, 2020

According to research : An average organization with a database of 50,000 records could be wasting up to $3,200 per mailing due to inaccurate addresses and deceased records. And approximately one in ten gifts given to nonprofits can be matched. Annually, check your database to avoid embarrassing mistakes and unnecessary postage.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 27, 2023

When nonprofits started to experiment with digital marketing in 1990s and early 2000s, the few tools that were available were expensive and limited in their functionality. Nonprofits can use it to study past versions of their website and to monitor their progress in web design over time. See also OptInMonster. See also MXToolbox.

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Qgiv

APRIL 15, 2021

Donor data can help nonprofits make better fundraising decisions. Event data is the information generated via your nonprofit fundraising events. You can look at it in comparison to what your nonprofit was projected to raise. Many nonprofits pride themselves on developing a strong donor database.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Fundraising How Nonprofits Can Set (And Meet) Fundraising Goals 16 min read Read Now 3. If you haven’t done one before, what do other nonprofits in your area raise at their events? What else is on the community calendar? Check on community calendars: Is another nonprofit holding an event the same weekend you’re considering?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

Cabral, MA, CFRE will lead you through the why and how of creating your own database standards manual and processes to ensure that you are not leading your organization down the path of “Garbage In=Garbage Out.” We are here to talk about keeping your donor database healthy, wealthy, I should say wealthy and wise. And I’m an MFIA.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 18, 2011

In the nonprofit sector - constituent relationship manager. Membership database organization - Easily identify all the people you work with. Team and employee scheduling - Share a calendar for staff, scheduling, due dates, medical follow ups, and events. Fundraising - Mail merge, email marketing , newsletters, anniversary dates.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 3, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #1: Thunderbird January 3, 2008 Before the holidays, I promised that I’d do 100 posts this year on free and open source tools. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

As a fellow nonprofit, those of us at TechSoup understand how important it is to run your organization in the most efficient and cost-effective way possible. To wit: we’ve put together this simple guide to the donated software that most all nonprofits and libraries need in their toolkit, especially when they’re just starting out.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Giving up, a little August 6, 2007 As you might know, I migrated from using a MacBook Pro laptop as my primary desktop, to eating my own dogfood, as it were, and using Ubuntu Linux as my primary desktop.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Fundraising apps are helpful tools that drive your nonprofit’s fundraising campaigns by empowering you to pull in more donations, and there are hundreds to choose from. Know What You’re Looking For: 2 Types of Fundraising Apps There are two types of fundraising apps you should be aware of: nonprofit-facing, and donor-facing.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Many nonprofits rely on year-end campaigns to fund their organization. While some tried and true strategies exist, 2018 will have a twist that nonprofit organizations need to plan for as they establish their end-of-year giving campaigns. One snail mail letter to a long-time donor for a year-end gift may be enough.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Reaping the Benefit of Open Platforms September 6, 2007 One of the cool things about free and open source software is that often (not always, but often) they provide an open platform for add-ons.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Don’t leave your results up to chance; your database includes all the tools you need to test in advance and find proven strategies that can help you meet or exceed your fundraising goals. To ensure that your database is ready for analytics, the first step is to optimize the information you already have: your donor contact information.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

For most nonprofits, colleges and universities, giving significantly increases around the end of the calendar year in conjunction with the late fall and early winter holiday season. If you have not recently screened your database to identify planned gift prospects, plan to do so in the near future. MUSING #1: OOPS!

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