Allegiance Group

MAY 1, 2024

If you’re ready to find out how your nonprofit can buck trends and create a winning year-end campaign, this blog post is for you. Look to Past Campaigns for a Fuller Picture It’s also helpful to analyze past year-end campaigns for insights. Want to know how a year-end campaign will fare?

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 25, 2023

If your nonprofit has yet to run a full-fledged GivingTuesday campaign, this year is a great time to start! 3 Key GivingTuesday best practices for campaign success While GivingTuesday presents a golden fundraising opportunity for nonprofits, its impact is limited to just one day. For more on S.M.A.R.T.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Earlier this summer, I had the huge privilege to visit Romania and help with the Local Philanthropy Workshop. It was so much fun and it was an amazing experience to work with people like Chris Worman and meet with so many local nonprofit and community changemakers. The Local Philanthropy Workshop: Facebook Campaigning in Romania.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 5, 2013

Especially around the holidays or for local events, but how often do you respond? The social channels you set up are the various rooms in the house where guests gather, certain groups sticking together in certain rooms just as your community naturally segments across the web. Well, sure – it does happen.

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DipJar

MAY 19, 2021

Through the Dip Challenge campaign, we hope to raise the funds needed to expand these programs to all regions of Maryland and make an even greater impact.”. The Pathfinders for Autism 2021 Dip Challenge Tour is a game-changing new campaign to promote awareness and raise $1 million to expand its reach across the state of Maryland.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 19, 2022

In this guide, we’ll review 14 creative, inspirational ideas to help you decide what your next winter-themed fundraising campaign will be. These peer-to-peer fundraising ideas require participants to make personal fundraising pages to share with family and friends based on your campaign’s main fundraising page.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 4, 2022

Technology can now imitate many aspects of in-person events, from chat functions that mimic group conversations to interactive games and events through a screen. It’s also a great marketing campaign for the main event. Why not reach out to local organizations or wealthy individuals to see if they’re willing to help?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2023

A lot of time, effort, and preparation goes into ensuring end-of-year campaigns produce all the funds needed for organizations to sustain their important missions. Local celebrities can increase awareness of an organization tremendously. When a local celeb is secured, it is crucial to make their participation as easy as possible.

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CauseVox

APRIL 13, 2021

These days, peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns and events take many forms: virtual runs/walks/rides , tribute/memorial campaigns, virtual drives. But no matter what types of peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns or events you’re running, they all require one key thing to be successful: participants. The list goes on.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

The Campaign Workshop Joe Fuld, president Often campaigns make assumptions that people on the team—volunteers, donors, etc.—understand Board members, donors, coalitions partners, and folks who have signed a national list but have not taken a local action are all good places to find some of your best volunteers. Don’t assume!

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 22, 2020

While working for various nonprofits throughout the past twenty years, I always had such high aspirations for having our End Of Year (Annual Campaign) strategized by May, planned by August and ready to deliver by October. . We all know how hard it is to complete the endless task list for your Annual Campaign in November. Keep it tight.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 31, 2021

Ideal for virtual events and cause awareness campaigns. Best for local nonprofits, GroupRaise empowers nonprofits to partner with restaurants for fundraising. Virtual Quiz Events allows nonprofits to host online quiz event fundraisers for large groups of people. Gifted :: gifted.com. GroupRaise :: groupraise.com.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 4, 2009

The Twestival is back this September, this time focusing on local groups instead of a global campaign! Now is the time to help choose the local organizations that will benefit from the twitter-powered organizing and convening. Check out Twestival Local. Follow the chatter on Twitter.

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Bloomerang

MAY 10, 2024

My top three are: Emeritus Board Group (e.g., These groups generally have a certain prestige associated with them, including listing on your website, letterhead, and so forth. For example: Capital or Endowment Campaign; Rebranding; New program; Audience development, etc.). Some may include prospective board members as well.

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EveryAction

JANUARY 11, 2023

He likely didn’t have grassroots campaigns in mind when he uttered those words, but Twain’s advice is spot-on for grassroots advocacy practitioners as they make a plan to engage the new Congress. Meeting these three milestones before the end of the month will get your grassroots team back on track just in time to launch your 2023 campaigns.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Whether you’re a Giving Tuesday pro or embarking on your first official Giving Tuesday campaign, these 13 answers will help you prepare, organize, and execute a memorable strategy. To drive conversion and boost revenue, fundraising professionals will need to create campaigns that attract new supporters and prioritize donor experience.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Ask local bakeries to offer sweets to sell to further motivate donors to purchase a treat. Work with local clothing boutiques and designers to create runway looks and sell tickets for your community to get a look at upcoming items. Your donors can purchase raffle tickets for the chance to win cool prizes donated from local businesses.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

If a capital campaign is on the horizon for your organization, Aaron Bishop and Brian O’Neil will share strategies and resources available to confidently predict your project costs and resources needed. We are here to talk about capital campaigns, specifically counting the costs where capital campaigns often miss the mark.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 21, 2023

Your organization does much to advocate for industry issues—petitioning local and federal level politicians to generate support for association-backed programs. Member advocates are the backbone of your campaigns and the heart of your advocacy program. Leverage your online community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2016

Also, if you have not read it, Kivi Leroux-Miller has written a stellar piece called “ The Heroes and Villains of Give Local America Story. “ Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time – Guest Post by Peter Panepento. Last year, Give Local America raised $68.5 In Columbia, S.C.,

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 23, 2024

Instead, as you plan out your fundraising campaigns for the weeks and months ahead, now is the perfect time to get back to the basics. Political campaigns might raise $20 billion at most, whereas nonprofits raise closer to $500 billion at least. But you may need to think differently about the timing of your campaigns.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Step 2: Master Multichannel Promotion Once you have created your annual campaign calendar and have decided what “lead magnet” content you will feature each month, it’s time to figure out your promotion plan. One client created a cookbook published in partnership with local restaurants.

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Candid

MAY 9, 2024

To help close this racial wealth gap, my organization, Living Cities, has made increasing homeownership across demographic groups a top priority. To drive greater progress, organizations like the Grounded Solutions Network are taking on community land trusts as one solution in a coordinated campaign to increase affordable housing options.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Create personalized donor experiences Categorize your participant information into like groups, then send them event invitations and content tailored to their interests. You can then develop ambassador programs or advocacy campaigns targeting these individuals. In turn, people join their local chapter as members.

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Neon CRM

MAY 16, 2024

Lapsed donors are a valuable group of supporters. There are many opportunities to reconnect with this group of supporters—but how can you persuade a lapsed donor to give again? That group is your lapsed donor segment. Try reminding them when they last donated and refer to any specific campaigns or programs they supported.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2024

Consider a “Let Your Friends Be Our Friends” campaign. Alas, whenever a group ask is made people tend to think “Oh, they probably don’t mean me.” If you do announce this campaign at a meeting, or via a mailing, be sure to make it easy for folks to respond. Collaborating on an event with a local organization?

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2013

NetSquared Local is growing! We challenge you to join a NetSquared Local group or start your own ! We challenge you to join a NetSquared Local group or start your own ! With 50 groups in 20 countries, there’s probably a group nearby. This Tuesday we’re proud to launch two new groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2014

The second is a peer learning group of participants who are regularly sharing what they learned from implementing ideas and tools in the Playbook. New Tips From the Giving Day Playbook on Crowdfunding Campaigns by Marika Lynch. The Blue Grass Community Foundation, for example, added 16 new funds through its eight-week campaign.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Be familiar with every fundraising program, event, campaign, and activity so you can tell others (sustainers, major gifts, events, direct mail, giving circles, etc.). Do the same with a list of donors who contribute through workplace giving programs like United Way or the Combined Federal Campaign. your neighbors. your family members.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

For example, Alley Cat Allies’ Cat-alyst Society – Monthly Giving Program : This page should have a URL that can be easily promoted in print newsletters and postcard campaigns, such as alleycat.org/givemonthly. It’s also worth sending a postcard campaign to your one-time donors asking them to become monthly donors.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 5, 2009

In a recent Op-Ed piece in the New York Times , David Brooks compared the global response vs localized response to the outbreak. Brooks shows that if the world had a global approach to outbreaks like Swine Flu, then the decision-making and directive power would be in a really bumped up World Health Organization-like group.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

These can include recurring giving options; crowdfunding or peer-to-peer fundraising ; seasonal campaigns or giving day appeals, like Giving Tuesday ; mission-driven fundraising events; and retention- and upgrade-driven incentives, like an invitation to join a donor club. Find a Candid Community partner near you.)

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Prospect research is useful when developing your social media strategy because you can use the data you collect to tailor your campaigns to current and potential supporters. This data helps you determine which specific donors to reach out to in your social media campaigns. Align your campaigns with your audience.

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M+R

MARCH 14, 2024

Competition can be fierce for inbox space and attention during Giving Tuesday and End of Year — typical tentpole campaigns for direct response fundraising programs. Launching a Giving Day can help build a strong, banner campaign, any time of year. The multichannel aspects of the campaign weren’t as strong as they could be.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2023

With individuals giving the most of any group polled, this was particularly worrying because individuals make up the majority of fundraising dollars given in a year (64% of total giving in 2022). billion dollars, making it the second largest group of contributions at 21% of total donations in 2022. billion dollars out of the $499.33

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

For nonprofits, taking part in #GivingTuesday can be an effective boost to your annual campaign fundraising efforts. In the two years since its inception, #GivingTuesday campaigns saw a 90% increase in online giving, and 40% increase in average gift size. Pathways to Education Canada is taking part in #GivingTuesday again this year.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Does this fit into a larger effort or campaign? Are you focused on a large crowd of friends who don’t know much about your cause or a smaller group of familiar supporters and likely donors? The host committee is generally composed of wealthy donors, leaders of local businesses, or local celebrities.

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