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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. Create your pledge drive plan The first step to host a pledge drive is to create your plan.

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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. You can apply this model to almost any fundraiser.

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

Bloomerang

Savvy fundraisers have always kept donor retention top of mind. Because pledge fulfillment rates are typically in the 80-90% range, multi-year giving provides a predictable revenue stream, allowing nonprofits to plan and implement long-term projects with greater confidence.

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[Webinar] Winning High-Earner Donors with Automated Giving

CauseVox

Key Takeaways: Inside the Affluent Mind: Delve deep into high-earner donor psychographics, decoding their unique motivations, aspirations, and what truly resonates with them in the world of giving. Join us in this exclusive webinar tailored to decipher the nuances of automated giving and its inherent value for high-net-worth individuals.

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The complete year-end guide to maximizing matching gifts

EveryAction

Needless to say, if you’re a fundraiser, meeting your organization’s fundraising goal is top of mind in the fall and winter. Understanding matching gifts Matching gifts are a type of corporate philanthropy where companies pledge to match employees’ donations to eligible nonprofits. Thank and acknowledge your matching gift donors.

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Cracking into corporate giving

Candid

Cause-related marketing is a mutually beneficial collaboration designed to promote the corporation’s sales and the nonprofit’s cause. . Keep in mind that most companies tend to favor: . Organizations or causes that their employees support. Sometimes companies base their giving on a CEO's favorite cause. .

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Which Fundraising Events Bring in the Most Money for Small Nonprofits?

Get Fully Funded

Events are a great way to bring like-minded people together and have a good time in the name of your cause. They don’t do anything to promote your brand, your cause, or your mission. Participants become your fundraisers by asking for pledges and raising money from their friends and family to sponsor them in the event.

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