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The complete year-end guide to maximizing matching gifts

EveryAction

One way to bring any organization’s end-of-year fundraising strategy to the next level is a matching gift strategy. Understanding matching gifts Matching gifts are a type of corporate philanthropy where companies pledge to match employees’ donations to eligible nonprofits.

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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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Multi-Year Gift Agreements: Your Donor Retention ‘Ace-In-The-Hole’

Bloomerang

But there’s one unsung strategy that can elevate your donor retention rates, while expanding mid-level and major giving: multi-year gift agreements. Studies also show that the best major gift and planned gift prospects are donors that have been retained for multiple years. Does this r eally improve donor retention?

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Pledges vs. Donations: Understanding the Difference

Pamela Grow

When you deliver an experience that makes donors feel good about contributing to your cause, you could see a significant increase in retention rates. Defining Pledges and Donations When it comes to types of donations, there can be some overlap between the various categories. This refers to any gift given to your organization.

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Money talks: Why tuning into the Giving Pledge matters 

Candid

As the saying goes, “Money talks,” and there’s no better example of this than the Giving Pledge and its effect on the social sector. To date, 241 individuals with a cumulative net worth easily surpassing $1 trillion have made the pledge—a public commitment to give the majority of their fortunes to charity.

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The HUGE Difference Between Pledges and Donate Now, Pay Later

Whole Whale

There’s a big difference between making a pledge and making a donation. A pledge is when you promise to give a certain amount of money to a cause, usually over time. A donation, on the other hand, is a one-time gift. Most importantly, pledges can be broken. Most importantly, pledges can be broken.

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How You Can Use Pledge Now, Pay Later To Revolutionize Your Fundraising Model

CauseVox

We’re talking about pledge now, pay later fundraising. How does this help my cause? There are some truly exciting things coming down the pipeline for digital fundraising and a lot of them feature the Pledge Now, Pay Later model. We’re talking larger gifts, higher donor revenue over time, and easy back end management.

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