Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2023

At Qgiv, we’ve used AI and machine learning to help detect fraud, suggest dynamic giving amounts, automate thank you emails, and more. The Sustainable Giving Report covers this topic in depth and found that 75% of donors have had their finances negatively impacted by inflation but 80% of donors continue to donate!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Enter ⁠— matching gifts , a type of philanthropy in which companies will financially match donations their employees make to nonprofits. Corporate matching gifts can double donation impact, increase funding, and drive donor engagement. Not guiding donors to their matching gift request forms. Misstep #1.

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EveryAction

JANUARY 13, 2023

From GivingTuesday to the start of the new year, nonprofits are focused on communicating with donors, sharing the organization’s successes and plans for the year ahead, and meeting their fundraising goals so they can be ready to power their purpose when the calendar flips. Nearly 318 million emails(!) 24 through 31.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Giving your volunteers appreciation gifts is a great way to show gratitude and goes a long way toward creating an environment that your volunteers want to continue being a part of. Volunteers are passionate about your cause, donate their time and skills to make a positive impact. Let’s dive in to learn more!

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Julie Ordoñez will outline a proven strategy, messaging and action steps you can implement right away to close major gifts faster, ethically. We’re here to talk about 3 steps to closing over $10,000 gifts by December 31st. It is not too late to raise major gifts this year. Julie: Let’s do it. That’s right.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Share your donors’ impact. . For example, a supporter who has just signed up to become a recurring donor will likely be more receptive to a thoughtful thank you message than they would a prompt to immediately increase their new gift. . Share your donors’ impact. . Offer multiple engagement opportunities. . Let’s get started. .

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 10, 2021

Your print newsletter serves as a stewardship device, one where you share your donor’s impact and simply make them feel good about their support. It keeps supporters and prospective supporters regularly updated and contributes to maintaining an active list of email addresses. Spend some time on your welcome email. Your Goals.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 31, 2024

Major gift officers often prepare TOTAL GIVING statements before meeting with their major donors because they, too, lose track of their cumulative generosity. When donors feel a solid connection to your cause and understand the impact they’ve had, they’re more likely to stay committed. What are tax summaries?

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 6, 2023

This widget will show you the number of new, retained, reactivated, and lapsed donors during the calendar year. For a more detailed look at your statistics, you can add the donor retention statistics widget , which will show you the same categories of donors during a calendar or fiscal year, plus the total revenue from each.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Action step: “Board Buzz” for more active participation To put this idea into action, think about using the “Board Buzz” email plan. This means sending out regular emails each week that are specially made to say “thank you” and recognize the board members for taking an active role.

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Double the Donation

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Year-end giving is officially upon us—but luckily, it’s not too late to get started with matching gift tools and strategies before the ball drops on New Year’s Eve. What better way to maximize such an impactful opportunity than with matching gifts? 4 Tips to Get Started With Impactful EOY Gift-Matching in 2021. ?Ready

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 22, 2024

The typical fundraising calendar includes annual giving campaigns, special events , peer-to-peer fundraising drives, and seasonal appeals. The platform is designed to maximize revenue at your gala through integrated features like online fundraising, raffles, gifts, and more. The appeal of gift shops is multifaceted.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 31, 2021

All you have to do next is simply copy and paste that document word-for-word and drop it into an email. Mail and email are, to state the obvious, different. That said, your audience interacts with mail very differently from email. Consider , for example, one final email just hours before a “deadline” set in the mail.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

If those new donors never make a second gift, that return on your investment won’t grow. But, if you can inspire new donors to give a second $50 gift, you’ll net $60 instead of $10. Giving from individual donors is down , which means organizations are increasingly relying on gifts from major donors. Made in-kind gifts?

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M+R

JANUARY 31, 2023

For our overall analysis, we included only one-time gifts — ongoing monthly revenue is not included in those numbers, and all gifts are in the months of November and December in order to include Giving Tuesday. 71% of the nonprofits surveyed saw a small decline in year-over-year revenue, and 60% saw a decline in the number of gifts.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Less than one in five new donors who donated on GivingTuesday will give a second gift, according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project. Send personalized thank-you messages, emails, or letters to acknowledge their support—even if you have an automated email acknowledgement message. Subscribe here and follow their calendar.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Yes, you have to think about what you’re doing when you send out emails, letters, and texts. They need to feel like a part of your team and believe they are key in helping you impact more lives. When a donor clicks that Donate button and makes a gift, what’s the very next thing they experience? Do they get a tax receipt?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

By thanking them quickly and personally, communicating impact, and sharing success stories. The terms “LYBUNT” and “SYBUNT” are often used to segment communications to donors that have given before but not within the current calendar/fiscal year. Our letter should thank them for their last gift and remind them of the impact they made.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2020

They can use these extra hours to rally behind your cause—little actions can truly make a large impact in the long run. It’s simple to receive in-kind gifts from supporters with the help of apps like Forward. Nowadays, most people use the calendar on their phone to keep track of daily appointments and reminders.

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Hone in on what you’d specifically like to accomplish through digital marketing, whether that’s recruiting more volunteers, encouraging more people to join your recurring gifts program, or increasing your number of followers on a platform. Or are many of them subscribed to your email newsletter? Measurable. Time-bound. Demographics.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

If you loved our 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2018 calendar! Throughout the year we'll be updating this calendar with even more conferences, updated ticket prices, and event hashtags. Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar 2018. The IMPACT Conference.

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M+R

JULY 27, 2023

Read time: 5 minutes Most nonprofits, even the smallest ones, include supporter cultivation in their messaging mix — the occasional thank-you email, an annual impact report, maybe a robocall at year end. That assumption was also backed by years of UCS’s email fundraising metrics consistently beating M+R benchmarks.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 2, 2022

charities, this single day can (and does) drive a big impact for nonprofits across the globe. For many nonprofits this day has become their biggest giving day, and a “can’t miss” holiday on the calendar. The vast majority of GivingTuesday donors are making their gift online. Seeing that their impact will double (or triple!)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

World Water Day is the best know cause awareness day for online fundraising success and # GivingTuesday is the most successful giving day fundraising campaign at $168 million raised in 2016 (700,000 online donors, average gift of $107 USD, 1.3 Provide sample email text and social media graphics and avatars to your ambassadors.

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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. Can you inspire them to make another gift by proactively telling them about how their previous gift made a difference? Are you sure? Setting S.M.A.R.T.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 4, 2023

Done well, this simple little letter will make your donors feel great about giving, help them understand their impact, deepen their connection to your organization and the community you serve, and set the stage for them to give again in the future. But writing an email that will delight your donors can feel like a monumental task.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 17, 2021

CFRE, as our guest for a webinar entitled: “How to Interview Strong” or “How Interviewing is Like Asking for a Major Gift”. Since impressing an interviewer – and getting to “yes” — is similar to impressing a major donor prospect, you’ll also come away with an understanding of the keys to effective major gift fundraising. About Author.

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NetWits

MAY 31, 2012

If you run your nonprofit’s email communication program you’re likely always thinking of ways to get better. Wrapped up in all that is the issue of sending too many emails. there’s good reason to send several emails to your subscribers. Sending multiple emails gives your constituents several chances to take action.

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Media Cause

JUNE 22, 2021

We leveraged organic social, paid media, email, and a website lightbox to drive over 2,000 petition signatures and raise over $2,500 in supporter donations post-action. What’s more, this campaign cultivated recent donors and primed others for an impactful fiscal year end fundraising campaign. Email Cadence.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Pt 1 Why did an agency create an Impact Report, anyway? Pt 2 Re-evaluating YOUR annual report Pt 1 Why did an agency create an Impact Report, anyway? Designed for impact.” Much like NPOs’ annual reports, we focused our Impact Report on telling powerful stories, delivering transparent data, and showing meaningful results.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 31, 2022

The calendar does much of the heavy lifting for you, and wallets are broadly open. December 27-31: The final five days of the year are critical for year-end tax-deductibility messaging and are frequently the busiest fundraising days of the year when people begin to make gifts in earnest ahead of the tax deadline.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 6, 2022

For instance, have you considered including winter solstice celebrations in your holiday gift appeal? Understanding who gives, why, and when can help your nonprofit make more sensitive and inclusive appeals at the close of the calendar year. Donor impact —Explain how donor support is critical to your mission. There are 7.5

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sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2023

The impact of burnout is particularly significant for nonprofit organizations. Bennington College 300+ annual work hours saved automating gift notifications and documentation Preble Street 500+ annual work hours saved automating gift reporting and documentation Make Room for Collaboration Fundraisers are collaborative by nature.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

That will have an impact on your goal. If you can find 10 good grant leads — we can usually find at least 10 hot leads when we do grant research for our clients—then you can fill your grant calendar and keep your grant pipeline full all year long. Create a calendar of Asks. How much money did you raise this past year?

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

You must have stories ready to share about people whose lives have been significantly impacted by the work your nonprofit does. People will check you out online before they make a gift, so be ready for them. Are the same fonts and colors being used on my website as in our print pieces, emails, and social media? Impact numbers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2019

The 2019 M+R Benchmarks Report observed that for certain nonprofit sectors the impact has been “dramatic,” and for health nonprofits, in particular, it appeared “nothing short of transformative.”. Not every nonprofit can get Steph Curry on board, but even a minor public figure with a decent social media following can make a meaningful impact.

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Whole Whale

JULY 10, 2021

Create a PUBLIC calendar invite. Create a public calendar invite on Google (and others) to remind your audience to take action on Giving Tuesday. You can add specific instructions and links in the invite and start sending it out in emails to supporters weeks before the actual day. Don’t forget matching gifts.

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