Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Below are simple, yet often overlooked, social media tips to help your nonprofit’s campaign get noticed this #GivingTuesday. We hope these easy and effective improvements help you reach both new and existing supporters this year. This helps spread awareness of your #GivingTuesday campaign to all visitors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

What Metrics to Review When Analyzing Your Campaign Your campaign(s) up and running, it’s time to assess whether your campaign is performing up to par. We recommend running your campaign for at least a week to get sufficient data before analyzing performance. Pretty cool, huh? 4) Cost / Conv.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Turning Crisis into Community: How to Make Emergency Donors Lifelong Supporters As nonprofit professionals, we are all too familiar with the cycle of emergency fundraising. Preparation is key To effectively retain emergency donors, you must have a solid foundation in place.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

By Laura Bucher , Storyteller at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. But there are two things that are certain: social distancing will continue to be a reality and your donors will continue to believe in your mission. Not to worry.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

How much time do you spend thinking about where your donors are coming from ? It is super important to understand where your donors are coming from and how you could be acquiring more! How to keep growing your donor acquisition. While acquiring (and keeping) new donors can often feel like a game of chance, it really shouldn’t.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, which means many organizations are busy identifying ways to show supporters appreciation for their financial support, volunteer hours, and help promoting their organization’s purpose and programs—and showing this kind of appreciation often means communicating the impact a supporter has had.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 21, 2022

According to the Fidelity Charitable Overcoming Barriers to Giving Report, 65% of donors would give more if they knew the impact of their donations. It lets donors determine for themselves that their donation, involvement, and passion moved the needle and made a measurable contribution to the world. 2) Give social media shoutouts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

By Stephanie Kanak , Content Strategist at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Did you know that 63% of Giving Tuesday donors only give on Giving Tuesday ? What if you could convert those one-time donors into engaged supporters that give again?

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 10, 2022

A watertight annual fund campaign helps you strengthen donor relationships, bring in new supporters and secure your operational expenses. If you’re looking to bring in secure funding for your nonprofit organization, annual fundraising is a must-do!

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Bloomerang

MARCH 26, 2024

When you’re a busy fundraising professional, it might seem like you’re jumping from one campaign to the next. It seems often easiest to “rinse and repeat” last year’s campaigns. However, I encourage you to take some time to analyze your online fundraising campaigns to optimize your overall fundraising results. Access your data.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

As fundraisers, we strive to create meaningful impact and cultivate lasting relationships with supporters, donors, and the communities we serve. You’re probably used to your familiar circle of donors who consistently support your cause, and you often reach out to them personally. The solution: donor segmentation.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 14, 2023

Becoming savvier about donor advised funds is a current trend in nonprofit fundraising. As a nonprofit, finding out which donors have a donor-advised fund (DAF) can be challenging since DAF accounts are privately held and not public entities, and because they are managed by sponsoring organizations or financial institutions.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

For these reasons and more, direct mail donor acquisition works. The Benefits of Direct Mail for Donor Acquisition What’s so appealing about direct mail? There are many reasons why direct mail donor acquisition can be a compelling fundraising tool that produces results that digital methods simply cannot. Here’s why!

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

A well-rounded fundraising plan should include a variety of strategies like a signature event, appeals, monthly giving, and at least one online fundraising campaign. In short, you need to build a CAMPAIGN. What IS an Online Fundraising Campaign? An online fundraising campaign is different than a simple online fundraiser.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2020

By Christy Smaglio , Instructional Writer at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Donor retention is a crucial aspect of a productive fundraising strategy. Here are seven excellent methods of increasing donor retention and how to automate them.

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Qgiv

MARCH 17, 2022

What they did: United Against Poverty Orlando created an email series to help countdown to their fundraising campaign. They organized a peer-to-peer campaign called Hand UP Orlando and encouraged community members to become hand up heroes by creating or joining a group fundraising team or by donating. Request a Demo.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

For many organizations, year-end fundraising campaigns represent a significant portion of their annual revenue. Spending some time planning your year-end fundraising activities will help you connect with donors, inspire them to support your work, and start building donor relationships that will carry over into the next year and beyond.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 2, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes From Stories to Support: The Nonprofit’s Guide to Acquiring and Using Testimonials Imagine harnessing the power of authentic stories to attract new supporters, boost credibility, and inspire people to rally behind your nonprofit’s cause. Steps to Gather and Utilize Testimonials 1.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

Customer personas (like mine above) are not just for marketing professionals, they are also incredibly beneficial for nonprofits seeking to understand who their donors are, why they give, how they like to be communicated with, and what their barriers to giving are. Why Do Donor Personas Matter?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 11, 2023

In each post, one donor will share what inspired them to make a donation and why they donated to that specific nonprofit. The Donor : In this post, we talk to Micah, a Communications Manager in Boulder, Colorado. The Donor : In this post, we talk to Micah, a Communications Manager in Boulder, Colorado. The Donation : $200.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

By Allison Weber , founder of Allison Weber Consulting , a fundraising and communications business dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations tell better stories. It’s no secret that corporate donors are invaluable partners for nonprofits. Thoughtful donor stewardship strategies are the key to enhancing corporate partnerships.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2022

But as we kick off 2023 and look back at what worked well in 2022, an excellent tool for evaluating donor retention is to look at the donors that gave last year but unfortunately not this year (LYBUNT) and work on engaging them with new opportunities to give. Average Donor Lifespan x Average Donation = Donor Lifetime Value.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 18, 2023

During the giving season —October, November, and December—supporters are gearing up to send last-minute donations. That’s reason enough to shift your focus to end-of-year giving and get serious about planning a year-end giving campaign. Why is the End-of-Year Giving Campaign So Important? But where do you start?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 19, 2023

We might use an acronym like CRM without explaining what that stands for or that it’s sometimes used interchangeably with donor database or donor management software. It’s confusing when you hear or see a word you don’t understand, and the same is true for your nonprofit supporters.

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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. That’s why it’s essential to have a donor retention plan in place. Let’s take a look.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 30, 2024

If your nonprofit is ready to dive deeper into the world of AI fundraising to boost donor engagement with your mission, this is the place to start! In this guide, we’ll review the basics of AI fundraising tools and a few strategies for using these solutions to improve donor relationships.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Coordinating an impactful marketing campaign which runs across several channels remains one of the best ways to capture your audience’s attention. Clever campaigns also deliver a great return on investment, particularly for charities or nonprofit organisations seeking to deliver an outstanding result on a limited budget.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 26, 2024

A well-designed awareness campaign can bring attention to your nonprofit’s cause, educate the public about a significant issue, and drive more donations to fuel your mission. To ensure your campaign’s success and reach diverse audiences , tap into the reach and brand visibility of like-minded businesses through a corporate partnership.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

We’ve curated a nonprofit reading list to help your organization make the most out of this charitable time of year. 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. The Annual Campaign by Erik J.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

The nonprofit industry loves talking about how to run a successful GivingTuesday campaign. It’s easy to focus on fundraising success and forget about donor retention. Retaining your GivingTuesday donors is important, too. Here’s an example: Say you spend an average of $40 acquiring each new donor you recruit on GivingTuesday.

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Candid

APRIL 6, 2023

Peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns have become an increasingly popular strategy for nonprofits in recent years. This approach involves supporters raising funds on behalf of a nonprofit by reaching out to their family, friends, colleagues, and others in their network. Be sure to also share how the populations you serve stand to benefit.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 28, 2023

From Mother’s Day campaigns raising money for breast cancer research to Christmas fundraisers collecting gifts for children in need, great holiday fundraisers stick in your mind for years afterwards. To improve your planning process and get the best results, use these tips: Align your campaign message with the holiday.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Developing a case for support is vital for every nonprofit that wants to create fundraising appeals that resonate with donors and bring results. You can then draw on your “donor approved” case for support, its arguments and its language, every time you craft an appeal, making the process strategic and efficient.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Developing a digital donor acquisition strategy takes a similar approach to direct mail. It starts with a detailed analysis of your donor base, including average gift size, retention rates, and cost per acquired donor. Engage new donors from the start with compelling digital marketing. What is donor acquisition?

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 18, 2021

When a nonprofit organization decides to undertake a capital campaign, it has most likely identified a need and developed a project to address that need. Usually, the campaign is designed to resource the project. For many organizations, information about the project is first shared with key supporters during a feasibility study.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 9, 2023

You’ve outgrown your space, and you’re ready for your first capital campaign! So, no matter if you need $20,000 or $200,000 or $2,000,000 (or something else), here’s the basic formula you should follow for your first capital campaign to raise money for a facility. Your capital campaign will also bring you: New donors.

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The Modern Nonprofit

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Secure Your Supporters’ Trust: Mastering Privacy-Compliant Fundraising In an age where every click, like, and share is meticulously tracked, the landscape of digital fundraising is evolving rapidly. Their policies directly influence how nonprofits can access, use, and leverage user data for fundraising.

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