NonProfit PRO

JULY 19, 2021

Meanwhile, a Bezos company foundation awarded $1 million grants to 19 nonprofits. Jeff Bezos will donate $200 million to the Smithsonian—its largest donation since James Smithson’s founding gift in 1846.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

But did you know it’s also a great way to acquire new donors for your nonprofit? You can easily acquire new donors using peer-to-peer fundraising. Are you ready to expand your donor base? If yes, keep reading to learn four ways that you can acquire new donors with your next peer-to-peer fundraiser! That’s right!

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2024

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants tips on how to connect with and cultivate Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) donors: Dear Charity Clairity, My boss thinks we should get more funding through DAFs. of those gifts were given anonymously.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

How much time do you spend thinking about where your donors are coming from ? It is super important to understand where your donors are coming from and how you could be acquiring more! How to keep growing your donor acquisition. While acquiring (and keeping) new donors can often feel like a game of chance, it really shouldn’t.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 24, 2020

An astute reader e-mailed me after the article was published to remind me that I forgot one important piece of the puzzle: stewarding donors after they give. Now, like most non-profits, I know about stewarding donors. Before going on, let’s answer the question, “What does it mean to ‘steward’ a donor?” What is Stewarding?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Your lapsed donors. This timeline offers a clear road map to prevent lapsed donors: What makes donors lapse? The second thing you must know is what defines a lapsed donor. The simple definition of a lapsed donor is someone who hasn’t given in a certain amount of time. Do donors realize they’ve lapsed?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 12, 2022

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on where to seek endowment funding for their local historic charity. . Dear Charity Clairity, We are a 501c3 and are in desperate need of a new roof for our historic building.

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Charity Village

JUNE 9, 2021

Canadian donors gave almost $1000 to charity, on average, according to the 2021 What Canadian Donors Want survey, conducted by Forum Research for the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Foundation for Philanthropy – Canada and sponsored by Fundraise Up.

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Charity Village

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

This article is an excerpt from a CharityVillage webinar, The Great Transfer of Wealth: How to Reach the Next Generation of Donors. View the full video recording here, or scroll to the end of the article to watch the video.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to persuade leadership to get donor thank-you letters out sooner: Dear Charity Clairity, I just took a new job and have discovered they don’t get thank you letters out for two weeks.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 30, 2023

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. And do I thank the donor or the administrator? My boss says we only thank the administrator, because the donor has already been thanked for their gift and received a tax deduction. Because the donor has not been thanked by YOU.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Major donors are the most valuable supporters of the nonprofit world. Follow these three steps to engage and nurture the high net worth donors who share your vision. 1) Invite major donors to be an integral part of the work they’re funding. 2) Don’t forget about the impact of donor-advised on fundraising.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In the wake of COVID-19 and movements for racial equity, foundations also committed to making grants as unrestricted and flexible as possible. private and community foundations to learn more about giving trends. About 10% of foundations indicated they awarded no GOS grants whatsoever. Every year, Candid surveys large U.S.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 21, 2023

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on when to soft credit donors in their database: Dear Charity Clairity, I have two questions: (1) Our organization received a check from one spouse, without any paperwork crediting the other spouse.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 15, 2020

How are we going to shift our direct mail strategy to find more mid-level donors? Chances are that at the heart of your non-profit, church, school, or foundation lies an important mission. Your donors (and prospective donors) will care about that mission. What’s our social media fundraising plan ? Guess what?

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Candid

JUNE 29, 2021

Every year, Candid conducts the Foundation Giving Forecast Survey, asking large U.S. foundations to share information about their philanthropic giving over the last two years as well as their plans for the year ahead. This year, we were especially interested in learning how foundation giving and payout might have shifted in 2020. .

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Greater Giving

MARCH 12, 2024

Elevate Your Impact: Crafting a Winning Fundraising Plan for Your Next Charity Event As a nonprofit professional, you understand the importance of effective fundraising. This blog post outlines the key elements for creating a successful fundraising plan for your next charity event, empowering you to maximize your impact.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 2, 2023

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Dear Charity Clairity, I know calling donors to thank them is a good idea. If you’re a small charity If you’re a small charity, and receive just a few gifts a day, you could reasonably call every donor. Leaving a message is fine too.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 15, 2021

He has worked in capital campaigns, major and planned giving (including charitable gift annuities) grant writing and donor research. This phenomenon demonstrates a long-term concern regarding the loss of donors fundraising professionals have seen across the country. So, who will be the future donors to nonprofits?

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 25, 2021

A Donor Advised Fund (DAF) is a giving vehicle established at a public charity. It allows donors to make a charitable contribution, receive an immediate tax deduction and then recommend grants from the fund over time. Today, they are philanthropy’s fastest growing vehicle, accounting for 3% of all giving. About Author.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 4, 2022

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on best practices around sharing tax information with donors. Dear Charity Clairity, . Catholic Charities of Des Moines. Catholic Charities Galveston-Houston.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Some individual board members may want to start with “easier” tasks like thanking donors, but eventually, they should be directly helping raise thousands of dollars annually. Help maintain membership hygiene by ensuring donor records are accurate, spelled correctly, and that bouncing emails are cleaned, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Your nonprofit’s website and email campaigns are the foundation of your online brand and choosing the right domain for your website and email campaigns is critical to your organization’s online success. Early adopter nonprofit organizations and charities began registering.ORG in 1992. Wayback Machine ]. uk, and.au (13%).

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Community Brands recently shared donor retention data that reinforced alarming trends that the nonprofit sector has been monitoring for a while. In their survey, they asked nonprofits what their current donor retention rate was: about 60% said they didn’t know and the rest had an average donor retention rate of 45%.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 31, 2020

2) Bots for Charity :: botsforcharity.com. Bots for Charity allows nonprofits worldwide to easily set up a charity bot that links to a “Donate” page or pages on your website. GivingLoop focuses solely on offering monthly giving donation pages and recurring donor retention tools to nonprofits.

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Bloomerang

MAY 22, 2021

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who needs advice on how donor-advised funds should be recognized in their annual reports. . All these truths point to offering donor recognition as generously as you can. Relatively inexpensive to offer.

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CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

That’s why you should try incorporating more events into your charity’s annual fundraising plan. Charity events don’t just raise money for your charity, they also help to engage your supporters and bring publicity to your cause. Here are some of my favorite creative charity event ideas. Click to Tweet. Polar Plunge.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Part of the job of being a true philanthropy facilitator is showing donors how they might benefit from being a little more generous. Philanthropy” – aka “love of humanity” – works best when everyone wins – your organization, the donor and the community. Let’s review these two giving opportunities of which your donors may not be aware.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Did you know as many as 81% percent of new donors don’t return to give again? And only 43% of all donors remain loyal? . Donor attrition has gotten worse over time. Donors tell us this all the time, both with words and actions. Donors tell us this all the time, both with words and actions. Donor Negative WORDS.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Sponsored by Give Lively Increasingly, donors are turning to social media to find causes to support. According to a recent survey , almost half of millennials say they’re inspired to give to charity by social media. Donors and prospective donors want to know how their contributions will support your cause directly.

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Top Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

A Donor Advised Fund (DAF) is a giving vehicle established at a public charity. It allows donors to make a charitable contribution, receive an immediate tax deduction and then recommend grants from the fund over time. Today, they are philanthropy’s fastest growing vehicle, accounting for 3% of all giving. About Author.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 27, 2022

Golf fundraisers do more than just raise money for an organization or cause—they attract high capacity donors and sponsors, raise awareness, expand your donor base, advance important relationships, and more. Golf holds a ton of potential, but a successful golf tournament takes planning, consideration, and the right tools.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Thanking donors well is an essential aspect of fundraising that is often done just once—when the donor makes a gift, or, worse, it’s overlooked entirely. Aaron and his team have designed a donor thank you process that’s an ongoing practice integrated into the fundraising culture at Feeding America. Aaron LaMonica-Weier , Sr.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 13, 2021

For the past few years, the Fiver Children’s Foundation has used CauseVox to grow their fundraising efforts. million gifts were given to charities participating in #GivingTuesday with $400 million raised online. About The Fiver Children’s Foundation. To put this in perspective, in 2018, 3.6

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Top Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

A Donor Advised Fund (DAF) is a giving vehicle established at a public charity. It allows donors to make a charitable contribution, receive an immediate tax deduction and then recommend grants from the fund over time. Today, they are philanthropy’s fastest growing vehicle, accounting for 3% of all giving. About Author.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 21, 2019

54% of donors worldwide prefer to give via credit or debit card. The number of new donors giving to charity declined by 7.3% The number of new retained donors dropped 14.9% ( Fundraising Effectiveness Project ). The number of new retained donors dropped 14.9% ( Fundraising Effectiveness Project ). 9% via PayPal.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Let’s get started: How can I find the names of individual donors that support an organization? How much you can find out about individual donors depends on how much information a nonprofit or donor is willing to make public. How can I find out what foundations support an organization?

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