NetWits
NOVEMBER 29, 2011
2) A medical foundation exceeded their fundraising goals and averaged over $1,000 per gift when they personalized their email appeal by: Thanking people for last year’s gift (in the headline and first paragraph). Including last year’s gift amount. Analyze the stats of previous emails. How much the event raised that year.
Bloomerang
AUGUST 31, 2022
When a good story is shared, scientific research shows our brains connect to storytelling can have on us: Stories are remembered 22x more easily than data, facts, and stats. It can: Make your organization more memorable – stories are proven to be more easily remembered than stats and facts! A gift shared. Watch below.
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The Fundraising Authority
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Major Gifts – If you’re a nonprofit major gift officer, then Fundwriter can help you write great donor-facing content like prospect outreach emails and meeting follow-ups. Facts and stats are useful here. You can let Fundwriter do the heavy-lifting of writing emails, punching up grant proposals, and more. Fundwriter.ai
Connection Cafe
DECEMBER 11, 2013
Results collected from Blackbaud clients showed Online Giving was up 90% this #GivingTuesday, and the average online gift saw an increase of 40%, from $101.60 While these stats show that this national day of giving has struck a chord in people internationally, it’s the stories from #GivingTuesday that truly inspire us.
NonProfit Hub
DECEMBER 10, 2014
Increasingly, board members are looking to development staff to devise a plan using social media to increase gift income. There were tens of thousands of people who never gave to ALS until they were specifically asked for a gift. Development staffers are spending countless hours brainstorming the next big social media campaign.
Whole Whale
JANUARY 5, 2022
billion on gift-giving, flowers, and chocolate on Valentine’s Day 2017. To put this into context, here are some stats around other (non-Christmas and non-Thanksgiving) holiday spending: Mother’s Day: $23.6 Toys for Tots does an amazing job of capitalizing on the toy purchasing to give deserving kids gifts. Named Cause Gifts.
Get Fully Funded
DECEMBER 4, 2022
A transformational gift. The big-gift story is surprisingly easy to sell, especially if you can say it’s “the biggest gift in our organization’s history.” Emphasize what you will do with the gift and how it will impact the community. It’s okay if the donor wants to remain anonymous. That adds a bit of intrigue!
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