The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The letter will be sent out in the mail on the following day. #4 4 – Put it On a Calendar. Similarly, fundraising systems aren’t much good if they don’t include a calendar of activities. Otherwise, the Development Director will sign the letter. Fundraising plans are worthless if they don’t have deadlines.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

Traditional methods, like direct mail, are still important for reaching older or less tech-oriented supporters. Create your year-end campaign calendar. Keep one calendar updated with all scheduled communications on each channel to ensure variation and adequate time between each outreach.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 24, 2023

The campaign will capitalize on giving strategies around calendar events, holidays, and social media holidays in Q4. GiveCentral will launch its 20 for 20 Campaign to help nonprofits increase their engagement and giving by 20% in 20 weeks beginning Q4, where the most charitable giving happens.

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Donorbox

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Special events play a pivotal role in capitalizing on the generous spirit of giving that flourishes during the last two months of the calendar year. Beyond end-of-year donations, giving season events offer additional value, including attracting new supporters, building mailing lists, and boosting awareness.

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sgEngage

MARCH 6, 2024

Back to that summer of 2020, I had a calendar script running that populated student and teacher Google calendars with their class schedules. Stale” calendars or no calendars? “No No calendars” wasn’t going to fly now that folks had seen the benefit of pre-populated calendars. It wasn’t great. What is better?

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EveryAction

JULY 31, 2023

Many donations remain eligible for matching until the end of the calendar year, so year-end matching gift marketing empowers organizations to make the most of recent and past donors to match and secure additional funding. This may include some combination of email marketing, social media posting, direct mail, and your nonprofit’s website !

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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. 24 through 31.

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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. Thanks Gail!

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Download Our Free 2021 Year-End Fundraising Calendar. Creating a comprehensive calendar will keep you organized this year-end so that you can focus on bringing in donations! Download the free 2021 Year-End Fundraising Calendar: 2. Leverage Direct Mail To Encourage Donors To Give This Year-End.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

You can use a calendar, whiteboard, Excel sheet , Word or Google Doc, or other resource to do this. Just go with whatever helps you organize all of the donor communications, when you plan to mail them, and how they tie in together. Mail dates for each donor communication. Create your bundling plan. . Your plan should include: .

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

On the other hand, outbound marketing is usually a nonprofit advertising approach that focuses on communication channels such as: Google Ads, social media ads, commercials, mail campaigns, and other paid marketing. Direct mail often provides a more personal touch that may be missing in online communications.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

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. Your nonprofit needs you working in your strengths , not setting up your newsletter in Mail Chimp or scheduling your next Facebook post. Nor should you. FUNDRAISING.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 17, 2014

Make a donor retention calendar to keep your donors loyal! Over $100 Check in the mail: Thank them with a phone call & letter. Over $1000 check in the mail: Call them up and see if you can go to coffee. Step Three: Put it all Together in your Donor Retention Calendar. Today it’s 27%. What can we do about this?

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

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. And there is nothing wrong with using a paper desk calendar, if that’s your jam.

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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 ? . According to direct mail expert Mal Warwick, the follow-up letter can boost your overall return by 15-25%. . Spend some time crafting your subject line.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2016

That said, there are proven strategies that can help your nonprofit quickly grow your e-mail list, such as: Create an e-newsletter subscribe page on your website that describes your e-newsletter and how often it will be sent and promote this page on your social networks. Add e-newsletter opt-in forms to online event calendars.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The donor mails the check via the USPS. Since, as you point out, the donor can’t get the check back once the piece of mail is put under the control of the Post Office, delivery and donation occurs on the date the envelope is placed in the mail. This being said, there are exceptions. Let’s look at some different scenarios.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

So, consider creating a communications calendar from GivingTuesday through December 31 st and using email, snail mail, social media, telephone calls, and even SMS messages to connect with donors and remind them to give. For some of your donors, giving on GivingTuesday may not be the right time.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

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. Direct mail still works as a means to raise funds and get noticed.

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Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 19, 2011

As the calendar year draws to an end, charities (and ideally, donors) are focused on year-end donations and tax deductions. 2, 2012: A check mailed (and postmarked) on December 29th that arrived in the office on January 2nd. 2, 2012: A check mailed (and postmarked) on December 29th that arrived in the office on January 2nd.

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VisionLink

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Photo storage & sharing sites like Dropbox.com E-mail sites like Gmail, Yahoo mail, or hotmail Video Conferencing providers Website hosting sites Social Media How can the cloud simplify IT? This cloud service gives organizations email services, file sharing, contact and calendar sharing, SharePoint, website hosting, and more.

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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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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. Recognize and steward Giving Day donors.

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Association Analytics

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Block it off on your calendar and record it on a project plan that someone holds you accountable to. The e-mail addresses, phone numbers and credit card numbers of those members? Think about data governance and data cleanup as an investment. Plan for spring cleaning in 2024! Be specific about what data you keep and why.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 11, 2024

Direct Mail is essential Direct mail is essential to nonprofit fundraising for the small to mid-sized primarily community-based nonprofits I work with. 70% of people agree that direct mail feels more personal than digital methods. 70% of people agree that direct mail feels more personal than digital methods.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 4, 2022

Or maybe you sent your mailing out at a time when people are distracted with something else like vacations or elections or major holidays. When you send an appeal through the mail, you incur a significant expense, and that makes it really painful when the letter doesn’t bring in as much money as you expect. To raise more, do more!

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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. There are a number of ways you can tell your supporters “Thanks” on Thanksgiving, including: Social Media Email blast Direct mail. This is absolutely the time to let them know that you appreciate it.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

They can’t be expected to keep track of their giving status–especially if you’re on a fiscal year and they think in calendar years. . Ideally, mail callers stationery in advance (or send them copy they can print on their own stationery) so they can follow up with a thank you note or a letter with a remit envelope, as appropriate.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

1) Save Time Using A Calendar App For Meetings. Your contact simply compares their calendar to your published availability and self-selects an agreeable time. From there, you can automatically send Calendar invitations, set Zoom invites, push reminders, and much more – either natively in the app or using a service like Zapier.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

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. How you SHOULD NOT communicate with lapsed donors Stop sending reinstatement and member renewal mailings to lapsed donors on auto-pilot. Do donors realize they’ve lapsed?

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 22, 2020

You have to collect stories and photos of program participants, get their consent, pull data on your programs, clean up your donor database, plan events, schedule donor meetings, print materials, fix your mail merge and lick a thousand envelopes ? Set an operations calendar. Direct Mail. all in one month. . Keep it tight.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Among the notable dates on the philanthropic calendar, GivingTuesday stands out as a global movement that harnesses the power of community and generosity. Friends Help Reach Goals Activate your existing supporters by reaching out through email newsletters, engaging your mailing list, and mobilizing your community.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

These letters can come in many formats, from direct mail to emails. The best way to do that is to include a donation form with all your end-of-year giving letters, whether you’re sending them by email or direct mail. End-of-Year Giving Letter Strategies. Focus on your donors. Give your donors options.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 8, 2013

My Outlook spam filter (SpamBayes) doesn''t seem to look at meeting invitations, and it also slipped past the SpamAssassin filter on my mail server. Invitation from Google Calendar. Alternatively you can sign up for a Google account at https://www.google.com/calendar/ and control your notification settings for your entire calendar.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Build anticipation: Plan some email reminders leading to the event, so everyone has a chance to mark their calendars. A simple interest poll can provide a considerable boost in attendees. A good CRM will allow you to easily plan this out ahead of time.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

According to our report, Navigating the Unknown: 2020 Findings to Future-Proof Your Fundraising , social media posts were the number one driver of charitable gifts in 2020—ahead of email and direct mail appeals! Sprout includes content approval tools, social media analytics, and a shared content calendar view. The good news?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 12, 2022

When considering appropriate channels where you’ll share communications, consider how supporters already engage with you, whether that be through phone, email, social media, or physical mailings. Finally, consider the timing in sharing communications.

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