Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 31, 2021

If this sounds like a heavy lift for your organization, automated workflows might be your lifesaver. These automatic monthly transactions allow donors to maintain their relationship with your organization without much work. DonorPerfect experts designed the 2022 Fundraising Calendar to help you improve your organization’s key metrics.

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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 what a year-end fundraising communications calendar can look like before Dec 1: Want this template to create your own year-end fundraising plan? It builds great urgency.

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 18, 2024

There is a curiosity when looking at historical data — a period covering the calendar years 2019-2023. Federal aid dried up and private funding to nonprofits began to taper off just as organizations that had invested in taking care of their employees were reallocating financial resources back to their missions.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

—additional revenue and strengthened relationships. Now, you might be thinking, “ That sounds great! within the calendar year, six months following the donation). Instructions to access an employee giving platform or other company-specific resources. But what exactly does the donor get out of the arrangement?

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

Thank Your Donors and Demonstrate Impact Measuring and Analyzing Results Cultivating Donor Relationships 1. Resist the urge to focus on impressive-sounding statistics over individual stories. to share a single story far and wide while also preserving your fundraising team’s time and resources. Don’t Leave Out Your Board!

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 9, 2021

And ultimately, a well-maintained donor database can help you build strong relationships with a greater number of people. While they might sound like small details, these can become massively time-consuming tasks as your supporter base grows! managing your donor data.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Sharing stories about the people you serve, telling readers about upcoming events and goings-on, and including educational resources are all great ways to build connections between your readers and your organization. You can also offer downloadable resources and other content to make your event even more appealing.

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

How do you build a culture of resilience with mental health resources for nonprofits? The pandemic caused additional burnout and stress as nonprofits had to pivot with less resources and rising cash flow issues. You could say, “That project sounds great, but my calendar is full and I don’t have the ability to commit to that right now.”

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

An organization that works to provide resources and support to veterans may choose to launch their annual campaign during November to align with Veterans Day. Some tools we suggest using include: A campaign calendar that includes when you’ll send your appeal, post on social media, hold events, connect with major donors, etc.

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Everyaction

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Achieving this is largely dependent on presenting an RFP that purposefully explains your needs, parameters, and ideal vendor relationship. As a nonprofit pro, you're probably able to negotiate in your sleep, as resources are almost always limited + ending up over-budget is never an option. Some questions should include.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Use WordPress’s extensive community to find resources. WordPress plugins are the engines that drive the features or functionality on your website: add-on features like events calendars, comment forms, and timeline graphics. Some plugins may sound like they’re too good to be true, and they really might be! Avoid getting scammed.

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CauseVox

JUNE 22, 2021

We recently conducted a survey of nonprofit professionals and found that your biggest challenges are growing fundraising with limited time + resources. We all know the feeling: there’s just so much to do to build relationships with individual donors, and when you’re a small shop it can feel like there’s no time to do it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

A quick glance at your calendar shows that you spent hours in meetings, answering emails, or working on shared documents but you can’t remember why. Sound familiar? As your team’s projects get bigger or more complex or you are trying to accomplish more with less resources, it gets harder without more intentional planning.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

The discussion concluded with some examples of effective nonprofit video and suggestions for storytelling resources. Questions, to ask include: Does the story build on existing relationships or is it meant to cultivate new ones? And finally, Vázquez suggests that nonprofits look to the relationships they have and just ask.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Achieving this is largely dependent on presenting an RFP that purposefully explains your needs, parameters, and ideal vendor relationship. As a nonprofit pro, you're probably able to negotiate in your sleep, as resources are almost always limited and ending up over-budget is never an option.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

What follows below is a synthesis of the many excellent nonprofit crowd funding best practices resources. You need to understand how a good relationship with each group can benefit your organization, and how a bad relationship can hurt it. Resources are never unlimited, so be sure to prioritize your target audiences as well.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Sounds like you? There are several areas to target for increased collaboration: Human Resources, Marketing, Communications, Executive Team. Human Resources. You can show your value by demonstrating the relationship you have to engagement, recruitment, and retention. Don’t take it personally and definitely don’t worry.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Creating a nonprofit social media plan sounds like such a daunting task, doesn’t it? Start with a Social Media Editorial Calendar In order to plan out your social media, you first need to create an editorial calendar. Creating your social media editorial calendar doesn’t have to be a complicated or overwhelming task.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

You might even offer a small branded item, like a t-shirt or calendar for the coming year, to motivate your supporters to give. Giving Tuesday may sound like a great one-off event for your organization, but you may also be worried about retaining donors in the long run. Make sure you actively encourage viewers to make donations.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

You can check the latest engagement details for individual supporters and use that information to build better relationships with them. The member directory helps you keep track of every board, committee, and staff member so that you can nurture relationships. Donor retention is the key to unlocking a successful fundraising strategy.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

And we’ve forgotten that fundraising is not about programs, it’s about relationships. But email marketing at its best allows us to scale 1:1 relationships more efficiently than ever, using the medium to create valuable connections with our donors. But the subject line sounded grandiose and possibly hyperbolic.

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Neon CRM

APRIL 27, 2023

An important one is resources: If your team doesn’t have the time, bandwidth, infrastructure, or money to put on an event successfully, you’re better off choosing an option that’s a little simpler. Even if they just donated a single dollar, that one dollar could be the beginning of a long and fruitful relationship. Take the Assessment!

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 8, 2023

So, it’s important that you take the time to meet and form relationships with people who can help advance your organization. Think in terms of local politicians, business professionals, media contacts, and other influential community members who can either connect you with resources or with others who can help you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

In this post, I’m sharing my slides , resources , and practical engagement tips with a higher purpose. That purpose, of course, is to build a life-long relationship with alumni of your nonprofit’s program or school so that they are a donor and champion for your organization.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

For example, you might be running a constituent relationship management (CRM) database, but are all of your organization's constituents in it? Managing Relationships at Your Organization. Build up from the ground, not down from the sky. Nonprofit Technology and Total Cost of Ownership. Unified Communications Options for Nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

For example, you might be running a constituent relationship management (CRM) database, but are all of your organization's constituents in it? Managing Relationships at Your Organization. Build up from the ground, not down from the sky. Nonprofit Technology and Total Cost of Ownership. Unified Communications Options for Nonprofits.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 14, 2016

Does this sound familiar to you? Build a strong relationship with your external CPA or accounting firm. Like a runner, you can invest time in cultivating a good working relationship with your firm. Like a runner, you can invest time in cultivating a good working relationship with your firm. Meet Sandi at bbcon!

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Then two hours later, you’re sitting there looking through past writing projects and online templates hoping to find inspiration without a single word written… Sound familiar? Plug-in some information and quickly move relationships forward. Here is my calendar: [INSERT CALENDAR LINK]. Meeting Invite Draft #2.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

And I want you to think about how much time you can devote, how many resources you’re able to allocate. And resources could be multiple things. There’s multiple resources that you can use. It’s cultivating relationships with funders. How are they good at building relationships?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 14, 2023

It’s very difficult to manage fundraising without the proper fundraising resources, like a sophisticated donor database that enables YMCAs to create fundraising campaigns and online donation forms, and (even better) can offer predictive giving insights to reveal philanthropically-minded high-net-worth members that they can cultivate and solicit.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

So, if you have to leave early, or maybe you get interrupted, or a family member barges in on your home office, or a dog barks, or something, don’t worry, we will get you all the resources later today. Let me know if any of these sound familiar. So how familiar do these ones sound? So just be on the lookout for that. .

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Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

Chad: Sounds great, Steven. I have some additional resources as well on my website. So if you go to productivefundraising.com/resources, simply look for today’s date and Bloomerang, click on that and it’ll take you to a page with all of the templates and resources and other links that I mentioned in today’s webinar.

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OneCause

JANUARY 31, 2024

For example, if you’re hosting a talent show or concert, you’ll need a large stage as well as the right lighting and sound equipment for your performers. Sound or lighting equipment, if not provided by the venue. Keep the following questions in mind as you consult your calendar: Are we planning far enough in advance?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

So, if you have to leave early, or maybe you get interrupted, or a family member barges in on your home office, or a dog barks, or something, don’t worry, we will get you all the resources later today. Let me know if any of these sound familiar. So how familiar do these ones sound? So just be on the lookout for that. .

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2021

You might be surprised to learn that email is a more reliable way to reach your supporters and build relationships with them. Make it sound interesting and juicy so folks will sign up. Another organization offered a beautiful digital calendar image on the first day of every month. No one wants another newsletter! Get creative.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2022

If you depend on a foundation with whom you have a long-standing relationship, what happens when the grants manager—your primary contact—retires and the Trustees decide to support another cause? I’d built relationships with foundations and had grants coming in. I was going to be just fine. Get 10 grants. Email asks. Social media.

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

But then again, like Sarah said, I fortunately had done some of the same things she mentioned, had done a budget and done some resources and said, “Okay. I just want to let everybody know, I’ve prepared some resources. Our panelists have prepared resources for attendees. What are my motivations?

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