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How to Host a Pledge Drive: The Complete Guide

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A pledge drive is a fundraising campaign where donors promise a gift amount to your organization based on a goal set by you or your participants. As your organization or participants meet those goals, donors increase their pledged donation. When creating your plan, start by determining your goals for the pledge drive.

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Pledges vs. Donations: Understanding the Difference

Pamela Grow

For example, if you direct a marching band and plan to launch a campaign, it makes more sense to choose an idea like a practice-a-thon rather than a baseball hit-a-thon. Defining Pledges and Donations When it comes to types of donations, there can be some overlap between the various categories.

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Life after Common Ground: Part 2 – Click & Pledge

Judi Sohn

I started this series by talking about the Nonprofit Starter Pack , now I’m going to focus on Click & Pledge. Click & Pledge isn’t just a Salesforce application, it’s a platform. An organization can build their forms to “speak” to Click & Pledge’s processor. And wow, is it robust.

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[FREE WEBINAR] How Nonprofits Can Maximize Virtual Fundraising in 2022

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Presented by: Pledge. In this webinar , we’ll discuss: The latest virtual fundraising tools needed to effectively plan and manage online fundraising campaigns. See GoToWebinar’s FAQ for information on how to join and attend this webinar. Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2021. Time: 1pm EST / 10am PST. Cost: Free.

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How to Build Your Capital Campaign Plan

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Picture this: you’ve read our post on running a capital campaign , you’re wildly psyched, and you’re ready to get started! Only problem…you’re not totally sure how to plan a capital campaign. We’ve got your back and by “got your back” I mean we’ve put together this complete guide to building the plan for your capital campaign.

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9 Ways to Use Text Messaging for Your Virtual Fundraising Event

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Ask previous fundraising campaign volunteers if they can lend their creative talents and help out with the technology powering your event. If you need to get the word out about a scheduling change or technical issue, there’s no better way to share the information than with an instant text message. 6) Encourage pledges.

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How to Encourage Board Member Giving for Capital Campaigns

Greater Giving

In capital campaigns, board giving matters. We’ve seen that contributions from board members often account for 20% or more of a campaign’s total donations. If you make board giving a part of your capital campaign planning from the start, you’ll help ensure your campaign gets off to a powerful start. Your executive or.