Candid

JULY 26, 2022

With that in mind, let’s dive into the article, starting with a quick definition of the overhead myth itself. With that in mind, the overhead myth refers to a pervasive understanding across organizations’ support bases, through which donors and funders use the overhead ratio to measure an organization’s effectiveness.

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EveryAction

JANUARY 11, 2023

He likely didn’t have grassroots campaigns in mind when he uttered those words, but Twain’s advice is spot-on for grassroots advocacy practitioners as they make a plan to engage the new Congress. Now is the time to begin preparing for President’s Day Recess —likely to be the first major break on the congressional calendar.

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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 ? . With that in mind, here are some year-end fundraising tips to help you make the most of your online fundraising efforts. Add contact information at the end of the email.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 25, 2024

A member newsletter or club newsletter is a great tool to share important information with members in a place they likely visit every day, multiple times a day: their email inbox. In this article, you’ll find four tips to keep in mind when building your newsletter and 14 ideas for your newsletter’s content. Let’s get started!

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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. Here’s an example of a SMART year-end fundraising goal: We have a goal of raising $15,000 from #GivingTuesday through December 31st through a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign and an email campaign.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 2, 2023

Even though your nonprofit organization may not need to pay federal income tax, it still needs to report its financial details, activities, contributions received, and certain other information every year in order to stay compliant with the IRS. Which 990 Form(s) Should I File? What are the Penalties for Not Filing?

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

For example, if you work for a food bank, a clear, magnetic vision might be to end hunger in your community. Here’s a great example from Best Friends Animal Society with their BHAG of taking the entire U. For example, Habitat for Humanity might say “we make sure that everyone has a safe, decent, affordable place to live.”

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

For example, a horse rescue may be located in Massachusetts, while the virtual assistant lives in Oregon. But through shared documents and calendars via cloud-based platforms, the Executive Director of the horse rescue has the extra help they need to get everything done. Keep in mind that you are not committing to a full-time hire.

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Media Cause

JANUARY 20, 2023

Great content will help inform your audience and provide critical resources to both supporters and the people you serve. If you work to maintain a National Park, for example, you may want to develop resources about how to get around or prepare for a visit. This is where a content calendar (and project plan!) Start writing.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

Here’s an example: Say you spend an average of $40 acquiring each new donor you recruit on GivingTuesday. With that in mind, let’s take a look at seven different steps you can take to retain your GivingTuesday donors. Invite donors to tell you about themselves and use that information in future communications.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

My calendar and ‘To Do’ list were written in a notebook. Google Calendar has many rivals in the marketplace, but for meeting the scheduling needs of a busy nonprofit, I can’t imagine a more effective tool. When you accept invitations via email, the meeting gets automatically added to your calendar. With a pen.

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Achieve

JULY 21, 2022

Tips to Keep in Mind for Filing Form 990. For example, here are just a few details this multi-page form will ask for: . Information about governance and organizational management. For example, this includes: . IRS’s information on Form 990-PF. Tips to Keep in Mind for Filing Form 990. We’ll explore: .

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

For example, perhaps your nonprofit’s mission is to refurbish local community parks. Here are a few volunteer program goal examples: We want to plant 10,000 trees throughout the community by 2025. Role information: Include a high-level description that explains what the role is and the tasks they will perform.

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Neon CRM

JULY 26, 2023

This is a great time to post reminders that GivingTuesday is coming up soon, share what your campaign focus will be, and help keep GivingTuesday at the forefront of your audience’s minds. Here are some examples to get you started: Reminder & Teaser What are you doing on November 28?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

As your nonprofit looks to capture matching gifts, we recommend avoiding some common matching gift missteps, including; Not informing donors about the prevalence of matching gifts. For example, tell your donors “ Did you know your gift could have twice the impact in helping us achieve [insert mission programming]. Misstep #1.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 9, 2022

As we approach the end of the calendar year, many of your donors will be thinking about end-of-year donations to your organization. This is a time when you want your systems to fade into the background – they should serve your needs and provide all the relevant information, but you should not have to think about them at all. .

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 9, 2021

It’s a good idea to put together an annual fundraising calendar to include with the plan that details when things are happening and who is responsible for making them happen. The starting point to your annual fundraising plan is determining how much your nonprofit needs to raise in the upcoming calendar year to provide its services.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 28, 2022

How do we want people to feel about our mission and our campaign (for example: inspired, outraged, emotionally moved)? To keep people’s interest in signing up to help raise funds, it’s important to make it easy for them to find and understand information. What photos or images best reflect our impact on our mission?

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DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

A good nonprofit website provides information about your organization’s mission and successes. Look for member management tools offering mutual integration capabilities to get the most value from member information. Do your perks have your donor base in mind? Nonprofit membership programs can take various forms. Member portals.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

Keep in mind that successfully carrying out a powerful fundraising strategy requires a strong partnership between your organization’s marketing and fundraising staff. Your marketing plan allows you to connect with a wider audience and inform them of involvement opportunities. We’ll cover: Why you should create a fundraising strategy.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Determining which model works best for you will then inform how your program will function and what member benefits will look like. While membership may allow a donor access to insider information about the nonprofit’s work, it doesn’t get them a position on the board of directors or any decision-making power in the organization.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 19, 2023

Provide a welcome packet: Let members know about all the fantastic perks that your nonprofit offers and important details like contact information with a welcome packet. Spotlight new members: Use your social media or email newsletters to highlight new members by including information about them like their bio and interests.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 17, 2022

While keeping this top of mind, you should ensure you give your audience what they want and need. This means including clear content on your site and helpful resources like blogs, case studies, and whitepapers to inform your supporters. Is it to inform about your nonprofit? Create a Content Calendar.

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Neon CRM

MAY 22, 2023

Here are a few examples to consider: Does your employer match? Key elements to keep in mind should include: Your logo Color scheme Typography Imagery Brand voice And more! It’s what often makes or breaks your outreach, playing a significant role in the recipient’s decision to open or ignore your email. Click here to find out!

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Three recent examples from Forum One’s work with mission-driven organizations show how centering online community engagement allows direct service to key constituencies and builds upon what digital tools can deliver. All events can be found together on the site’s calendar, an important organizing tool for the site.

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 1, 2021

Your nonprofit’s software provides valuable progress information about where your money is going and what your staff is doing, but don’t overlook the software itself as a potential site of change. . The information gathered by your CRM allows your nonprofit to create personalized experiences for each donor.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 24, 2021

Informing supporters? When examining stand-out nonprofit websites , there are a few key elements that are evident on them all: Informational Pages: This includes your “About Us” page and any other educational pages about your mission and organization as a whole. Generating support? Raising funds?

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

In the past year, thousands of nonprofit pros took advantage of our definitive Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar, and we're so excited to share our brand new 2016 list! The 2015 - 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar is ready for upload right into your Google or Outlook Calendar with a single click. Drop us a line!

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2023

With social media, you can connect with your donors in real time and give them information about the work you’re doing and a peek behind the curtain at the people that make your mission a success. Use your past social media statistics to inform your current goals and to make sure they’re realistic. Develop a social media calendar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

I’ve discovered some wonderful discussion threads about one of my favorite topics: Information Overload and Strategies for Coping. As George Siemens points out the issue of information overload is not new. Examples: My6Sense and Genieo. Examples: DataSift and Research.ly.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

An article in Psychology Today suggests that “ people’s ability to think about information in new and unusual ways can actually be hampered when they wield too much brainpower.”. Sometimes I’ll get deeply focused on problem solving, other times I need to let my mind skip between different sources of inspiration.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

While the look and feel of a new website is often top of mind and absolutely essential in making a resounding impression, there are also a number of non-design-related strategies that you need to take into account. Are the various tools speaking to one another to share data and inform your decision-making?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 4, 2021

Informal professional groups – Groups exist in some larger cities and virtually on Facebook and LinkedIn. Block enough time on your calendar to complete this process in weeks (not months). For example, you may want to do this if the person will have access to HIPAA-protected data or your financial records. The contract .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

Meet my colleague, Meico Marquette Whitlock, who is the Founder and CEO of Mindful Techie. I had an opportunity to interview Meico about being a Mindful Techie. You have now moved into the area of “Mindfulness and Technology,” what inspired the move from nonprofit techie into mindfulness?

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Twenty Hats

MARCH 9, 2021

When the calendar turned to 2021, we all knew COVID-19 was not going to disappear. For example, if your development team wants volunteers who are passionate about fundraising, your recruitment efforts should reflect that. For example, I had a couple of volunteers who have served for 10+ years and were interested in joining a committee.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 30, 2022

For example, an in-person event may have less data if the participants only provide information to the event at the time of registration. . In that case, the event organizer can glean more information from this data and provide it to marketers, sponsors, and speakers. . Keep lead generation top of mind. .

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

One of the best parts of AFP ICON is the emphasis on tactical, practical information. You’ll leave every session you attend with handouts, examples, and ideas bouncing around in your head. You’ll see lots of examples from other nonprofits and results from fundraising optimization experiments. Learn more about AFP ICON 2024.

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