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Supercharge Your Capital Campaign With Challenge Gifts

NonProfit PRO

If you’re planning a capital campaign, or perhaps in the midst of the long quiet phase slog, challenge gifts are the perfect way to reenergize your community of stakeholders and donors.

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5 Tips to Craft Your Nonprofit’s Year-End Fundraising Campaigns

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Your year-end fundraising campaigns should show your donors what you’ve accomplished together over the past year, and invite them to give toward an even brighter future. Done well, your year-end campaigns (print, email, and social media) will inspire donors to give generously at year’s end and throughout the year after.

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Capital Campaigns Are Not Always the Solution

NonProfit PRO

A capital campaign is the easy answer, but there are other ways of accomplishing the goals you seek to achieve. As nonprofits need to be good stewards of the funds from their donors, consulting companies also must do the same with the resources of their clients.

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3 Steps for Launching Successful Giving Tuesday and Year-End Giving Campaigns

NonProfit PRO

Here are three ways you can ensure a successful year-end campaign. Giving Tuesday officially launches the end-of-year giving, and is a great opportunity to connect with current and potential constituents to keep your cause top-of-mind during the season of philanthropy.

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How to Improve Fundraising Results with Omnichannel Campaigns

NonProfit PRO

While multichannel is reaching an audience through multiple channels, an omnichannel campaign takes it a step further and connects all of those channels to create a singular experience.

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SpaceX’s Inspiration4 Campaign for St. Jude Surpasses $200M Fundraising Goal

NonProfit PRO

Though the campaign goal was met, it will continue raising money through February 2022. Inspiration4 returned from orbit Saturday, raising millions for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in the process.

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How We Closed Our Capital Campaign More Than 200% Ahead of Goal

NonProfit PRO

As I reflect on the successes of our campaign — my first as Healing Transitions’ executive director and the organization’s third in its history — I’d like to share several lessons I learned that may help you as you consider leading your organization into a major fundraising campaign.

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To Build or Not to Build? Is a Capital Campaign Right for Your Nonprofit?

NonProfit PRO

One of the strongest indicators of whether a capital campaign to fund a large project will be successful is the nonprofit organization’s history of successful annual fundraising.

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2 Email Templates to Soft Launch Your Nonprofit’s Fundraising Campaign

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A fundraising campaign soft launch—the release of your campaign to a limited audience prior to the general public—allows your organization to establish early momentum on your campaign. Email #1: Introduce the Campaign. Make it clear what need your campaign is addressing and why it matters to your donors.

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The Unsung Hero in Fundraising Campaigns Isn’t Raffles—It’s Sweepstakes!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Official Rules: Your sweepstakes must have official rules that detail the terms of the campaign. Our all-in-one fundraising and events platform and ready-made campaign templates make setting up your sweepstakes fundraiser a snap. In the ease-of-use department, a sweepstakes campaign definitely comes out on top.

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[FREE WEBINAR] 6 Weeks to a Successful #GivingTuesday Campaign

Nonprofit Tech for Good

We’ve created a 6-week plan to help you run a powerhouse campaign that increases reach and giving. You’ll learn: – A 6-week plan for before, during and after your #GivingTuesday campaign. – Setup and promotional essentials that save time and effort.

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5 Consultant-Approved Strategies for Capital Campaigns in 2021

NonProfit PRO

Are you planning or considering a capital campaign for your nonprofit? Use these consultant-approved strategies to maximize your campaign’s chances of success.

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Planning the Perfect Annual Fund Campaign

Wild Apricot

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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6 Practical Tips for Promoting Your #GivingTuesday Campaign on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Below are simple, yet often overlooked, social media tips to help your nonprofit’s campaign get noticed this #GivingTuesday. This helps spread awareness of your #GivingTuesday campaign to all visitors. Regularly updating your cover photos can help alert followers for specific campaigns like #GivingTuesday. and ask them to give.

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Top Tips for Direct Marketing Creative in Nonprofit Campaigns

NonProfit PRO

The likelihood of success for your campaign can be attributed to the list used, the offer made, and your creative choices. Here are some best practices you can use to expand your creative choices and optimize your chances for success.

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Get These FREE GivingTuesday Campaign Resources

NonProfit PRO

To help you prepare for your next GivingTuesday campaign, we’ve compiled this list of free campaign templates, tips, and resources. GivingTuesday is the biggest day in nonprofit fundraising. Are you ready for it? Unlock the power of your donors’ generosity. Download now.

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Are You Ready for a Capital Campaign? 5 Questions to Consider as You Plan for the Future

NonProfit PRO

Capital campaigns are one of the most effective ways to galvanize transformational support for a nonprofit’s community. They build energy around a bold vision for the future, engage leaders and key stakeholders in fundraising activity, and grow a strong culture of major giving.

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Don’t Be Afraid to Try New Things With Your Nonprofit Marketing Campaigns

NonProfit PRO

Here are five tips to develop innovative nonprofit marketing campaigns. A nonprofit marketing strategy doesn’t necessarily have to be about raising funds. It is also essential to raise awareness while ensuring you are standing out.

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3 Modern Ways To Improve Your DRTV Campaign

NonProfit PRO

Direct response TV campaigns are a tried-and-true fundraising avenue, particularly for nonprofits, but have evolved since their inception in the '60s. Here are three lessons Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals learned from its DRTV pilot using tried-and-true tactics with a modern twist.

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Text-to-Donate campaigns are easier than ever with upgraded features.

Bloomerang

Some features to make campaign setup and management easier include the flexibility to choose your own phone number directly within the app, so you’ll never need to rely on support. Giving supporters a frictionless way to respond to your campaign helps ensure they’ll complete their donation. Donors can give in just a few seconds.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How To Pay For Capital Campaign Fundraising Expenses

Bloomerang

Today’s question come from a nonprofit employee who want advice on how to budget and pay for capital campaign fundraising expenses: . Dear Charity Clairity, We just launched the very beginning phase of a capital campaign to create ADA handicap access in our Studio Annex where art classes are held. We hired a Campaign Consultant.

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How to Effectively Share Text-to-Donate Campaigns on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Sharing your text-to-donate keyword and shortcode on social media helps brand your campaign and allows donors to easily give from their mobile devices, which is where most people view social media. Camden Catholic High School held a peer to peer fundraising campaign for their school giving day to support their athletics programs.

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Case Study: Diocese of Madison’s One-Stop Shop for Fundraising Campaigns

NonProfit PRO

See how the Diocese of Madison partnered with Suttle-Straus for a large multi-year campaign, and learn how the ability to consolidate multiple services into one vendor led to a more streamlined, successful campaign.

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Bloomerang is the ideal Salsa CRM alternative — Incentive Campaign

Bloomerang

The post Bloomerang is the ideal Salsa CRM alternative — Incentive Campaign appeared first on Bloomerang.

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Will a Capital Campaign Cannibalize Your Annual Fundraising?

Wild Apricot

This is a blog post by Amy Eisenstein, ACFRE, and Andrea Kihlstedt, co-founders of the Capital Campaign Toolkit. Are you worried that if you ask for big campaign gifts, donors won’t give smaller amounts towards your annual appeals? Having nightmares.

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Lady Gaga’s Foundation Promotes Kindness with #BeKind21 Social Media Campaign

NonProfit PRO

The Born This Way Foundation is promoting kindness for the third-straight year with its #BeKind21 campaign that culminates on the U.N. International Day of Peace.

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Best Practices for Your Next Text Fundraising Campaign

NonProfit PRO

However, text messaging has emerged as an effective way to make a big impact for your next fundraising campaign. Emails, social media posts, direct mail, phone calls — there are so many ways to reach donors. Sign up for this webinar to learn more about UNHCR’s success and how to add text messaging to your donor cultivation toolkit.

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Book Review: ‘The Essence of Campaigning Fundraising’

NonProfit PRO

This new book, “The Essence of Campaigning Fundraising” includes a cool-looking USB drive that includes the 52 exhibits and 199 web links to which the book refers and proceeds going to charity.

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Propellar Launches Crowdfunding Campaign and Ethical Investment Opportunity Via Wefunder

NonProfit PRO

Propeller, the digital platform that brings social activism, charitable efforts, and impactful marketing campaigns together in an unprecedented and profitable way, is on track to have a successful 2022. The company is now offering the opportunity to support its continued growth via Wefunder.

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Bloomerang Payments — July Campaign

Bloomerang

————. The post Bloomerang Payments — July Campaign appeared first on Bloomerang.

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Shift4 and The Giving Block Announce $20M Cryptocurrency Philanthropy Campaign

NonProfit PRO

Shift4, a provider of integrated payment and commerce technology, announced the launch of the “Caring with Crypto” campaign to raise more than $20 million for nonprofit organizations on The Giving Block. Shift4 aims to create the largest cryptocurrency fundraising campaign in history.

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How to Plan a Simple Yet Powerful Giving Tuesday Campaign

Get Fully Funded

Look, Giving Tuesday requires planning, like any other fundraising campaign. Giving Tuesday Made Simple Over the past few years, I’ve helped dozens of small nonprofits create successful Giving Tuesday campaigns that raise money for everything from scholarships to Girl Scout camp to new stables for rescued horses.

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Anatomy of a successful capital campaign committee meeting

Candid

Capital campaigns require input from many stakeholders, both internal and external. Like it or not, if you’re planning or conducting a campaign soon , meetings will likely become a big part of your life for the foreseeable future. The nature of capital campaign committee structures.

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Market Your Goal-Based Campaign With These Four Details

DonorPerfect

While no two campaigns (or even donors) are identical, there are some critical components to your goal-based fundraising that, when messaged to your audience, can make a significant difference. The post Market Your Goal-Based Campaign With These Four Details appeared first on Nonprofit Technology & Fundraising Blogs. Read More ».

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[Webinar] How to Use New Tools and Technology for Your Capital Campaign Planning

CauseVox

If there is a capital campaign in your future, this session is for you! A capital campaign is likely the largest amount your organization has ever tried to raise… often even 10 times more than you currently raise. Don’t leave the success of your campaign up to chance.

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Introducing Cloud for Good Campaign Services

Cloud 4 Good

I am excited to announce our newest line of business: Campaign Services. Campaign Services helps our clients lighten complex data loads and assist in ongoing integrations for vital fundraising operations through direct marketing campaigns. This is where our Campaign Services come into play. What Are Campaign Services?

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Tips to Craft Your Year-End Campaign

DonorPerfect

Excellent year-end campaigns strike a balance between hitting uplifting emotional beats that are relevant to your mission and delivering a compelling case for why people should support your nonprofit. The post Tips to Craft Your Year-End Campaign appeared first on Nonprofit Technology & Fundraising Blogs.

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How to Use Email Drip Campaigns to Increase Donations

Tech Soup Blog

Drip campaigns are an effective tool to ensure that your organization stays top-of-mind for potential donors and past donors throughout the year. Donations from individual supporters are an extremely important part of a diversified fundraising strategy for many nonprofit organizations.

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Awareness Campaigns: What You Need to Know

NonProfit PRO

Spread your message with impact and engage new audiences with an awareness campaign.

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4 Quick Tips to Remember When Planning an Advocacy Campaign

Top Nonprofits

If you’ve ever led an advocacy campaign, you know that it has an incredible number of moving pieces. As you quickly grow and engage your audience , it can be easy to lose track of your campaign plan. That’s why planning is the most important stage in your advocacy campaign. Set clear campaign goals and identify a timeline.

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