Get Fully Funded

MARCH 16, 2021

Direct mail is a valuable fundraising strategy, but figuring out how to send a nonprofit appeal can be confusing. You’re just mailing a letter asking for a donation, right? If you’re a beginner at mailing fundraising appeals , it’s really important that you understand the strategy and psychology behind what makes a good letter.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Direct mail is a major workhorse for all nonprofits. 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. 112 Tips to Raise More Money by Mail. Upgrading your donors’ gifts.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Even if you don’t follow a definitive fundraising calendar, it’s still vital to come up with a year-end fundraising plan—and stick to it. But giving is still something we can do, and Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to remind your donors that they can build community with friends and family by supporting an organization they love.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Here’s what she wants you to know: Repurpose the content that you will be using for your End-of-Year Appeal Use #GivingTuesday as an excuse to communicate with new communities of donors! Reach out to your donor community to find a match. If you’re not sure how to get started with your storytelling, ask your donors!

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

While there are plenty of options available for different purposes, nonprofit tools help organizations do things like connect with their donors, plan events, run campaigns, collect donations, and cultivate strong donor relationships. Once you’ve organized your donor data, you can use marketing tools to connect with your donors.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 24, 2018

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. The Nonprofit Hub staff just finished cleaning out outdated lists, donor addresses, program users and more. Lists of potential donors or prospective volunteers can become outdated quickly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc. This website allows your supporters to pledge to donate with each Facebook Status Update or Tweet they post on Facebook or Twitter. Donors can pledge as little as $.01 It is a must download!

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 4, 2019

For donors who care about a cause, nothing could be much better than that! First, we looked at our database to see what donors we already have who might be likely prospects for becoming recurring givers. We decided that two of our donor groups were the most likely, the Acorn Club and the Major Women’s Alliance. E: Evaluate.

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Double the Donation

JANUARY 28, 2022

There are tons of ways that individual donors can support nonprofit causes?. Direct mail. Event pledges. This may be a certain number of months or align with your calendar or fiscal year. Plus, many well-intentioned donors simply forget to follow up after losing their initial giving inertia. Online giving tools.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Your messaging will also be important after the fact, as you’ll need to thank your donors and encourage them to continue supporting your mission. Giving Tuesday is a great time to encourage your donors, staff, volunteers, and even board members to reach out to their own networks of friends, family, and professional connections.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang beyond the webinar series, we are also a provider of donor management software. And so the last question we have, what percent of charitable donors are also volunteers? So 62% of donors are also volunteers. So again, volunteering can lead to being a major donor.

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 2012

Develop a One-Year Campaign Calendar. Instead focus on up to three signature campaigns that your supporters are excited about and develop a calendar that outlines: Monthly actions. For example, signing petitions, pledges, sharing your petitions or content on social networks and with their friends, family, and colleagues.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

In fact, the end of the calendar year is also a significant source of the funds raised online for nonprofits. Target Analytics noted in the 2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarking Analysis study that as much as 16% of new donors and 27% of new revenue came from online sources in 2008. The Online Donor Profile.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Understanding Your Donors To strengthen ties with supporters and build lasting relationships, consider starting with two key strategies: crafting donor personas and leveraging data analytics. Donor Personas Begin by creating detailed donor personas that represent different segments of your supporter base.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

We are here to talk about keeping your donor database healthy, wealthy, I should say wealthy and wise. Basically, we’re here to talk about dirty donor data and how to prevent that. It’s a donor database, apropos to this topic. All right, so identify loyal donors who may be prospects for major and planned giving.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 10, 2015

Or, consider offering a silly pledge—like throwing a pie at your executive director—each time a fundraiser meets a specific goal. Sending an email and direct mail to your current and past donors is a good way get the word out and recruit supporters to fundraise for you. Building Your Communications Calendar.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Once your boxes have been filled, collect the shoes and mail them off to a shoe drive fundraising organization where they’ll weigh and process the shoes you’ve collected, distribute them to micro-businesses around the world, and write your organization a check according to the number of shoes you sent in. Balloon raffle. Dodgeball tournament.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The final months of the calendar year bring out the best in all of us. No matter your donors’ reasons for giving, the stats above show that at the end of the year, they’re ready and willing to give. Show the impact your donors are having. Plan a special email welcome series for new donors. Request a Demo.

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See3

SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

I think this is a common subconscious set of thoughts from donors. I made that pledge, but I didn’t return the envelope. A typical match program will get a high-net-worth donor to conditionally pledge some money, say, $75,000. They will pay the pledge if you can get another $75,000 to match it. I will donate.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

Interested in knowing how to prioritize resources, analyze a donor database, create mobile applications or visualize community indicators? Stop by Booth #75 to visit Little Green Light (online donor management) and drop your business card off to get a chance to win a Flip HD video camera. Looking to build your e-mail list?

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

Interested in knowing how to prioritize resources, analyze a donor database, create mobile applications or visualize community indicators? Stop by Booth #75 to visit Little Green Light (online donor management) and drop your business card off to get a chance to win a Flip HD video camera. Looking to build your e-mail list?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Harvey McKinnon and Andy Robinson will discuss how to build stronger donor relationships and how you can use this strategy to improve every kind of fundraising. But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang besides the webinars, we are a provider of donor management software. Is it okay, if I go ahead and kick things off officially?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Email List Growth Honorable Mention: HSUS - Humane Society of the United States Winner: National Relief Charities Changed from brochure to interactive website, multi-facteed file building strategy and acquired over 1000 new names per month and have converted about 1% to donors in 6 weeks. This year they did something a little different.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2005

No one wants to waste valuable time retyping donor or member names back into their main database. Integrated Calendaring I see we have some calendar-related requests lined up to deal with in the next month or two. There are a number of web-based calendars being touted as "web2.0"

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

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. We’re a donor database. Make a five-year pledge for $1,000 a year.” Full Transcript: Steven: All right. Lori, I’ve got 4:00 Eastern.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 3, 2023

Whether you’re using a donor management system like Little Green Light or an Excel spreadsheet to record gifts, tracking these details is essential. Checking the name and mailing address is a good way to confirm whether the donor already has a constituent record. Why did the donor make this gift? Who made the gift?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc. This website allows your supporters to pledge to donate with each Facebook Status Update or Tweet they post on Facebook or Twitter. Donors can pledge as little as $.01 It is a must download!

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang beyond the webinars, we are a provider of donor management software. How are you connecting with different donors? You have like major donors. Is it phone, e-mail? So when you put together your grants calendar, it’s really based on the prospect research.

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Judi Sohn

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Create pledges and add pledge installments. Associate a donation with an open major gift or pledge. Yes, I still set aside time each month or so (particularly before we do a large mailing) to do mass clean-ups of our data. Add stock gifts including assets. Add multiple designations on a gift.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2022

Also known as social fundraising, personal and/or team fundraising, or p2p fundraising, peer-to-peer fundraising enables nonprofits to increase their reach, find new donors, and build deeper connections with their existing supporters. They received donations from 419 new donors: that was 75% of all their new donors in 2020. “We

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CauseVox

JULY 31, 2022

Also known as social fundraising, personal and/or team fundraising, or p2p fundraising, peer-to-peer fundraising enables nonprofits to increase their reach, find new donors, and build deeper connections with their existing supporters. They received donations from 419 new donors: that was 75% of all their new donors in 2020. “We

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

But, if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang beyond the webinars, we are also a provider, primarily a provider, of donor-management software. You could say, “We want to reach,” you know, “major donors and get them to make a gift of $5,000 or more.” We’re getting close to 1,000 sessions actually.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

With YouTube’s resources behind the project and tablets changing the way donors and supporters consume Web content, you’d be wise to spend two minutes reserving and protecting your nonprofit’s Zeen username. citizens to register to vote, vote by mail, and receive election reminders via text message. nonprofitorgs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Nonprofits could use Bravo to capture testimonials from donors and supporters or position statements from advocates and activists – and they do offer discounts for nonprofits. Each month, DollarPerMonth.org selects three charities for its members (who have pledged to donate a minimum of $1 per month) to vote on.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Annual Calendar of Social Good and Cause Campaigns :: nonprofitorgs.wordpress.com/annualcalendar. Nonprofits could use Bravo to capture testimonials from donors and supporters or position statements from advocates and activists – and they do offer discounts for nonprofits. Bravo :: getbravo.com. Change.org :: change.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc. This website allows your supporters to pledge to donate with each Facebook Status Update or Tweet they post on Facebook or Twitter. Donors can pledge as little as $.01 It is a must download!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

Formstack allows nonprofits to easily create online forms to capture contact information of new supporters, volunteers, and donors. Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc. Donors can pledge as little as $.01 Formstack :: formstack.com.

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