Candid

AUGUST 15, 2024

These articles explain, for example, how to overcome fundraising challenges during an election year, how to make sure your nonprofit is “grant-ready,” and how even the smallest nonprofits can get noticed by potential donors and build those relationships. We also share free books about year-end fundraising strategies.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 23, 2023

These innovative tools are revolutionising tasks by saving hundreds of hours of manual work through aiding in campaign creation, categorising and drafting email responses, assisting with content creation, and even automating donation processes to personalise and enhance the donor experience.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

From navigating donor data to finding the most effective ways to communicate, AI for fundraising can be applied to many aspects of your organization to help lift some of the burden of changing the world. This is to ensure the privacy of both your and your donors’ information. AI Writing Assistant. How do you use AI for fundraising?

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Campaigns & Ideas. Thanking Donors. Managing Your Donors. Giving Tuesday Campaigns & Ideas. That’s why it’s important to plan ahead, set goals, and brainstorm some Giving Tuesday campaign ideas several weeks or months in advance. Here are some of our favorite campaign ideas to help you along the way.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

These nonprofit books provide sample messaging and practical guidance to help you write appeals that resonate with your donors and compel them to support your organization. This handy guide includes ready-to-use phrases that are sure to get results in your annual appeal—and in any other fundraising campaign. Happy reading!

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Are you struggling to find new donors? With peer-to-peer fundraising, donors raise money on your behalf by leveraging their personal networks. In order to attract fundraisers to participate in your campaign, you first need to come up with an exciting theme to build your fundraising event around. Do many of your donors own pets?

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

With 12% of all gifts made during the last few days of the year , fundraising emails are a powerful tool to encourage year-end generosity among your donors. And what’s most important to communicate to donors as the year comes to a close? Knowing how frequently to email your donors can be tricky, especially during the end of the year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 27, 2019

With each card sent, donors make a donation to a charity of their choice ($1 or more) instead of wasting money and resources on paper cards and stamps. Humble Bundle is an online store that sells games, ebooks, and software. Each week, donors get matched with three nonprofits and are presented the option to give.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 18, 2020

8 Ways To Make Your Marketing Campaign Eco-Friendly. Even nonprofits have a responsibility to the planet, here’s how to make sure your marketing campaign is eco-friendly and successful. How To Make Sure Your Nonprofits Marketing Campaigns Are Eco-Friendly. 8 Ways To Make Your Marketing Campaign Eco-Friendly .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

It became a burden to his family and caregivers to constantly drop what they were doing to turn a page, so he began seeking out ebooks. It also demonstrates how each ebook that is added to the Bookshare collection is a brick in our members’ foundation of independence and inclusion. Eventually he had to ask others to turn pages for him.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

It gave us the opportunity to conduct for the first time a sizeable outreach campaign in education, provided us with informative user feedback and case studies, and supported the development of Bookshare’s initial K-12 collection. This revised project included the conversion of books into accessible formats and working with multiple schools.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Read on for explanations of each form element and why your donors will love it. It’s supporting a campaign that’s raising money for summer camp scholarships for local students, and it includes 10 important best practices. Long donation forms can feel intimidating or burdensome for your donors. Let’s take a look.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

OCTOBER 18, 2018

As the 2018 midterm elections near, it’s likely hard to ignore the ads, phone calls, mail pieces, and emails from political campaigns in your area reminding you to vote. As the campaign season kicks into high gear, here are a few trends we’re seeing in 2018 campaigns that nonprofits could benefit from as well!

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Qgiv

JULY 30, 2021

Peer-to-peer fundraising is an incredible opportunity to leverage your supporters’ personal networks and increase the reach of your campaign. Donors are more likely to give when they know the person who’s doing the asking. While baby boomers are less interested in peer-to-peer fundraising, other generations love the idea.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 7, 2011

I’m really excited to share this free ebook from the folks at CauseVox. They have worked with many organizations and individuals looking to fundraising online and are constantly sharing back what they observe and learn from the campaigns on their platform and elsewhere. Always thank your donors and supporters!

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Other studies show that use of positive empathy—like a happy face—encourages donors because they either see the result of their generosity, or they want to experience the joyful mood portrayed in such an image. These images show donors that an urgent donation is needed right now. What’s your timeframe and goal?

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Bloomerang

MAY 25, 2023

Nonprofit professionals, donors and volunteers put themselves on the front lines of service to others with their gifts of time, talent and treasure. Donors also show courage in making their gifts of time and money. Even the wealthiest of donors have finite resources and cannot respond to all the requests received.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 12, 2021

If you’re raising money for a building expansion, mission-focused campaign, missionary sponsorship, or more, a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign can help you achieve your goal! To show you how, we rounded up some of our own clients’ peer-to-peer campaigns. Raising Funds for a Campaign.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The best software for your nonprofit—the one that fits your size and budget, style of fundraising, technical know-how, and donor preferences—might be only the third or fifth or twentieth best option for another group. Ask a few questions, including: How big is your donor database? Some are great for running mobile campaigns.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Second, it makes it easy for those who have donor-advised funds to make recommended distributions to you. The more appeals you send, the better chance you’ll have of reaching the potential donor when they’re feeling generous or have a moment to spare to open the email and make a donation. You need to reach your donors where they are.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 11, 2022

For many nonprofits, Giving Tuesday is the most important giving day in their yearly fundraising calendar, and it takes time and careful planning to execute a successful Giving Tuesday campaign. The #GivingTuesday Ultimate Guide eBook has templates, calendars, and tips to help you get organized and make your Giving Tuesday a roaring success!

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Qgiv

JANUARY 24, 2024

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. It’s the story you tell potential and current donors. Donor stewardship What is the average donor’s experience with your nonprofit?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 16, 2021

Dustin Pitts, Solution Engineer at Salesforce.org: NPSP allows you to know each donor to deliver exceptional experiences. Additionally, NPSP comes with its own set of configuration options that can be used to manage things like naming conventions for donors. You know your data and your donors best.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 12, 2016

Last weekend, Jacobwith led a Cause Camp workshop at Nonprofit Hub on Nine Steps to a Successful Fundraising Campaign. If you don’t have the resources to hire fund development staff, encourage board members and volunteers to help with tasks like letter writing, follow-ups and activities that connect donors with your organization.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 8, 2023

When it comes to receiving communication from nonprofits, donors have a clear favorite: Email! Our latest research uncovered that 48% of donors cite email as their preferred method of communication from nonprofit organizations. But when it comes to fundraising campaigns, the average small nonprofit raised $6.15

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

These virtual ideas have already been successful for many of our clients here at Qgiv, helping to fill the gaps in their fundraising revenue and sustain donor engagement during the pandemic and post-pandemic. The term “virtual fundraising” describes all nonprofit engagements and campaigns done online. Call Your Donors.

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Achieve

AUGUST 6, 2021

How can you raise more money during your next peer-to-peer campaign? Completed fundraising pages are more compelling to potential donors than non-personalized ones. you can learn more about your donors’ motivations by downloading the report!). Looking for more ways to make your peer-to-peer campaigns a success?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 29, 2014

If you’re in the business of encouraging donors to hand over dollars to support a mission, you likely get it. Today, your job is much more focused on the percentage point in converting potential supporters into long term donors than being focused on the color of the new logo or the catchy headline. How do they consume information?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2014

In the early crowdfunding days, I helped launch a crowdfunding campaign with the American Red Cross and SXSW that raised $120,000 in 10 days. As more and more donors are being exposed to crowdfunding for products and services, they’ll expect your fundraising to shift towards those approaches as well. Rethink Rewards and Donation Tiers.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 23, 2024

How Are Major Donors Identified? To identify major donors, you need to analyze a prospect’s financial capacity to contribute and their philanthropic interest in doing so. Most donors only make major gifts to a nonprofit after multiple interactions with that organization—very few people will make a $5,000 gift right away!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2013

Once you download the Fundraising Ideas e-Book you’ll gain insight into: 6 Steps to a Well-Measured Social Fundraising Campaign by Beth Kanter, Social Media Expert and Author of Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. Convert Peer-to-Peer Donors into Recurring Online Donors by Jono Smith, VP of Marketing at Event360.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 19, 2023

We’ve put together a handy eBook on choosing the best software for your nonprofit. For best results, you have to tell the stories that your donors want to hear. Your stories should answer these questions for donors and inspire them to give. What is donor stewardship? Read on to learn more!

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 20, 2020

At Twenti, we help nonprofits understand and access the grant (see our ultimate ebook guide and free eligibility check ), but what happens once you’ve got the grant? Over a year, Samaritans google ad grant campaign drove over $48,000 of donations and 1,769 volunteer sign ups! The Google Ad Grant has lots of success stories!

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2014

All year youve (hopefully) been building and nurturing relationships, telling stories about how donor support impacts your mission, and making plans for the biggest season of giving. He found that t he best email campaigns of December had a mix of: good offers, clear messaging, targeted segmentation, and mobile friendly messages..

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2021

Make it easy for donors to support you. Your donors want to support your peer-to-peer fundraising events, but if your peer-to-peer fundraising software is hard to use or they can’t easily see their progress, they may get discouraged. Thermometers help donors visualize their progress toward your goal. People are visual by nature.

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Qgiv

MARCH 21, 2022

Initiatives may include: Engaging employees Hosting events Cultivating major donors Working with community partners for sponsorships or matching gifts Planned giving Direct mail and personal solicitation Engaging board members. Consider having mission-impacted speakers share their personal story to really connect with prospective donors.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

As more and more of our lives move online, nonprofits need an optimized, well-designed website in order to stand out and engage donors—and to justify the expense of maintaining one! As your organization grows, you’ll probably want to move to an option that connects directly with a donor database. Others do, too!

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