The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Adapting to Changes in Facebook Fundraising Tools: A Guide for Nonprofits When you run a nonprofit, you’ve likely leaned on social media platforms for fundraising. However, the recent announcement about changes to Facebook’s fundraising tools may have you rethinking your strategy.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

If you loved our 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2019 calendar! We have everything from: Fundraising & Grants. Throughout the year we'll be updating this calendar with even more conferences, updated ticket prices, and event hashtags. Fundraising & Grants.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 24, 2024

No matter where you are on your journey in the nonprofit world, fundraising is the lifeblood that fuels the important, world-changing work you do. Your passion and drive demonstrate why donors should give to your cause, but finding new donors and keeping existing ones takes something more: a solid fundraising strategy.

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M+R

JULY 27, 2023

That’s certainly been the case for all the years we’ve helped the Union of Concerned Scientists with their fundraising. That assumption was also backed by years of UCS’s email fundraising metrics consistently beating M+R benchmarks. Email fundraising response rate went up 11% for the test group.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 17, 2021

With a heightened focus on building new partnerships, the importance of stewardship is often overlooked in corporate fundraising. ” High customer retention rates can help a company spend less on marketing, improve the overall lifetime value of a customer, and earn more referrals.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

Your nonprofit’s fundraising strategy encompasses more than just earning donations from supporters. That’s why developing a strategic fundraising plan is necessary. We’ll cover: Why you should create a fundraising strategy. 6 elements your fundraising strategy should include. 10 steps to build your fundraising strategy.

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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.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 4, 2022

It’s a horrible feeling when the tried-and-true fundraising methods that have worked in the past stop working. or the fundraising letter you hoped would generate $7,000 barely nets $3,000…. …or or your online fundraiser barely brings in $2,500 when you were counting on at least $4,000. Fundraising is about relationships. .

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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! We have everything from: Fundraising & Grants. Throughout the year we'll be updating this calendar with even more conferences, updated ticket prices, and event hashtags. Fundraising & Grants.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 1, 2024

Navigating the complexities of year-end fundraising for nonprofits can often feel like threading through a maze of challenges. In the following blog post, we will delve into practical strategies to help your nonprofit maximize its efforts during the crucial calendar year-end period. But fret not – this is where our guide comes in.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

As a nonprofit professional, you understand the importance of a well-crafted fundraising development plan. Whether you’re creating a new plan or adapting an existing one to address new trends and unprecedented events – a common occurrence in recent years – it’s important to remember that fundraising plans are dynamic.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

If you are trying to fundraise without an annual fundraising plan, you are trying to bake a pie with a lot of ingredients but no recipe. Do you really want to make fundraising so hard? Do you really want to make fundraising so hard? Can you do it? But… that either requires a good memory or a lot of guesswork.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 17, 2021

If any of this sounds like you, and you’re tired of being so stressed, check out this webinar, led by fundraising and leadership expert, Mazarine Treyz (Wild Woman Fundraising). Fundraising planning 101. How NOT to make a fundraising plan. Your One-Page Fundraising Road-map. In this webinar you’ll learn: 1.Fundraising

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 6, 2023

You may be balancing your final push to reach your fundraising goal with event planning, donor meetings, board meetings, and planning for the new year—and that list doesn’t include all the things you do outside of work, either. 114 ÷ 367) x 100 = 31, so they had a 31% donor retention rate. Let’s take a look. Donors are no exception.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2024

This allows you to tailor your content calendar to your audience’s or guest’s preferences. For example, established donors might like to hear about how your fundraising initiatives are going, whereas people who are encountering your nonprofit for the first time might be more interested in your backstory. Mission-driven.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Fundraising 10 Steps to Plan a Successful Membership Drive 9 min read Read Now 3 Membership Engagement Strategies That Boost Member Retention You worked hard to grow your member base. Fundraising The Top 5 Best Nonprofit Social Media Examples 7 min read Read Now 2. Instead, focus on growth in follower count, clicks, and shares.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 6, 2023

A well-run and well-attended fundraiser could be a game changer for your nonprofit. Even worse: There’s no one right answer, no “one weird trick to sell fundraiser tickets” that stands head and shoulders above the rest. To sell more tickets to your nonprofit’s fundraiser, it’s going to require a multi-pronged strategy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2014

United Nations Calendar of Observances. The UN Calendar of Observances app provides details of UN observances as well as ways to get involved in related events. This app helps guide intelligent giving by providing ratings for nearly 7,000 charities based on their financial health, accountability and transparency. Blood Donor.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

The summer brings with it the opportunity to take advantage of the great weather and use the great outdoors for great fundraising. We’ve put together over 30 fun nonprofit fundraising ideas for you to spring into this season. Set a fundraising goal to sponsor a nail color on National Nail Polish Day (June 1) in the spirit of Movember.

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Qgiv

JUNE 8, 2021

He’s also a co-author of Fundraising Principles and Practice: Second Edition. The Fundraising Effectiveness Project recently released their 2020 Fourth Quarter Report, which examined giving trends for the entire 2020 calendar year. The overall 2020 donor retention rate was 43.6%, a 4.1% The Bad News. The Good News.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Fundraising is more tech-powered than ever before. With so many tools out there to choose from, your opportunities for customizing your organization’s tech stack are virtually limitless, especially when it comes to fundraising apps. but now, you can take all that information on the go with Bloomerang’s mobile fundraising app !

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Email marketers, it’s time to mark your calendars. On February 1, 2024, Google and Yahoo will roll out new requirements, which include bulk senders authenticating their emails, making unsubscribing easy, and staying under a spam rate threshold. spam rate threshold or risk being marked as spam.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

The best way to learn about virtual fundraising events is to hear from those who’ve experienced them. Get to know their top insights and learning moments to accelerate the impact of your nonprofit’s next virtual fundraising event. 13 Virtual Fundraising Event Takeaways from Four Marketing Professionals.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 23, 2024

Others say it’s an excuse used by lazy fundraisers to justify their poor results. I say it’s a real phenomenon that occurs when fundraisers are so focused on the money that they forget where the money comes from. Without them, your fundraising results will lag and ultimately disappear. Some experts say donor fatigue is a myth.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

If you want to attract more participants to your peer-to-peer fundraising event, consider how you’re marketing it! What other ways can you get more eyes on your fundraiser? Read on for Qgiv’s peer-to-peer fundraising best practices for event marketing. You want your conversion rate to be as high as possible.

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Double the Donation

DECEMBER 6, 2021

As you likely know, the end-of-year fundraising season is a critical time for nonprofits of all shapes and sizes. This holiday fundraising season, set your organization up to make the most of these giving programs by increasing donor awareness—and we’re here to help ! End-of-Year Fundraising By The Numbers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2016

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. Your ability to segment your email lists will depend on your CRM and your email communications software, but having multiple lists can help your nonprofit better craft your messages and fundraising requests. Not all email lists are the same.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2023

At the heart of fundraising are the supporters who believe in your cause and want to place their trust, and dollars, into your organization to make a change in the world. With an informed development plan, there is no reason that 2023 can’t be your best fundraising year to date and a prime year for major giving. The good news?

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Heading into 2020, nonprofit fundraisers had solidified their fundraising calendars and were on track to achieving ambitious revenue goals. virtual fundraising has been trending. for quite some time, many nonprofit fundraising coordinators and event planners haven't been using these resources to their fullest extent.

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CauseVox

MAY 9, 2023

Increases Open Rates : Everyone knows that writing effective subject lines is essential to increase email open rates. For example, “write a 100-word fundraising appeal email for high-value corporate donors” is a much better prompt than “write a fundraising appeal.” The more specific you can be, the better.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

It’s one of the most high-profile fundraising days of the year. It’s easy to focus on fundraising success and forget about donor retention. But here’s the thing: Your GivingTuesday fundraising success is only part of the equation. Recurring donations are a powerful fundraising tool for two reasons. And why not?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Written by Findjoo , this is the first post in a series of three about best practices in digital marketing and fundraising for membership organizations and associations. You’ll need to build strong connections with your audience, collect important details, and manage fundraising. Running an organization can be a big challenge.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 17, 2014

Guest post by Mazarine Treyz, author of The Wild Woman’s Guide to Fundraising , called one of the Top 10 books of 2010 by Beth Kanter, and author of the Networked Nonprofit. Her second book is The Wild Woman’s Guide to Social Media, published 2012, given a 5 star rating by About.com. Her latest book, Get the Job! Friendraisers.

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 18, 2021

At this point, your organization has probably already created a Facebook page, amassed a decent number of supporters following that page, and perhaps even used Facebook Ads to expand the reach of your social media-based fundraising efforts— such as running ads to promote any upcoming virtual fundraising events or peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

Sometimes the only thing standing between you and launching a successful fundraising campaign to fund a new, needed program is an extra set of hands. 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. COMMUNICATION .

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 14, 2021

Our nonprofit only has fundraising in our Salesforce instance, can we still see program management data from within Tableau? So while you can do fundraising out of the box, you can upload data into Tableau and have those same visualizations even if it’s outside of Salesforce. Blog: How to Increase Conversion Rates Using Pardot.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

As End of Year Fundraising quickly approaches we've started to think of what you can do now to ensure a successful fundraising season. As we round the corner to year-end fundraising season, fundraisers, campaigners, and comms folks are busily preparing to tap into this awesome opportunity for fundraising.

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