Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2020

Some nonprofits even have monthly giving set as the default on their primary donation page which can increase your nonprofit’s number of monthly gifts by as much as 5.5% (also according to Blackbaud). Most donation pages include a checkbox for the donor to opt-in to upgrade their donation to monthly which is a standard best practice.

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Donor Search

AUGUST 25, 2017

The success of your fundraising campaign relies on whether or not your nonprofit has put in the time to develop a comprehensive, data-driven fundraising strategy. With the right fundraising plan in place, the more likely you’ll be able to extend the right asks to reach likely donors and achieve your fundraising goals. The secret to…

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Donor Search

AUGUST 25, 2017

The success of your fundraising campaign relies on whether or not your nonprofit has put in the time to develop a comprehensive, data-driven fundraising strategy. With the right fundraising plan in place, the more likely you’ll be able to extend the right asks to reach likely donors and achieve your fundraising goals. The secret to…

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Donor Search

AUGUST 25, 2017

The success of your fundraising campaign relies on whether or not your nonprofit has put in the time to develop a comprehensive, data-driven fundraising strategy. The more prepared your organization is, the more likely you’ll be able to extend the right asks to reach likely donors and achieve your fundraising goals. The secret to an…

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Candid

MAY 4, 2023

The chart below compares the proportion of nonprofits by subject area overall (in blue) with that of the subset of nonprofits sharing demographic data (in orange). In the chart below, we compared sharing rates by different staffing levels and demographic categories, including race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and disability status.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 11, 2024

The quiet phase relies on personal solicitation and individualized attention to donors with significant giving capacity as you seek out the gifts outlined on your campaign gift range chart. Plan challenge and matching gifts for the public phase. Challenge and matching gifts work wonders during the public phase.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

A good strategic plan ensures you have charted the necessary pathways to meet (and hopefully exceed) your organization’s goals. For instance, say your organization has an incredible grant writer, an excellent executive director, a communicative and empathetic major gift officer, and very capable fundraisers. Online fundraising.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 25, 2024

Engage new donors by acknowledging their contributions, sharing the tangible impacts of their gifts, offering regular updates on your successes, and inspiring them to give again and again. Tap into donor generosity to maximize major gifts To do this well, you need to understand the anatomy of a generous donor.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The first tool is the donor retention bar chart widget you can add to your dashboard. A money-focused thank-you letter might say, “Thanks to your generous gift of $200, we’ll be able to equip two students with all the school supplies they need for their senior year of high school.” Make the most of these receipts!

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

Check out this great donation tier chart example from the Capital Campaign Toolkit. To help you break down your overall fundraising goal into more approachable pieces, you can create donation tiers (sometimes called a gift range chart or gift table). You’ll want 3-5 prospective donors for each gift level.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 6, 2022

For instance, have you considered including winter solstice celebrations in your holiday gift appeal? When you can authentically rejoice in special days across religions and cultures, you’re giving a gift of recognition and welcome to all of your constituents. Yalda is a winter solstice celebration for Iranian-Americans, Dec.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2014

One idea was to increase the average online gift. I shared that if they increased their average gift by $2 that would generate $3 million in new revenue. The next logical question was asked “how do you increase the online average gift?” The chart below shows the average online gift for the four event types featured in the Study.

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 11, 2021

The chart displays the User License by Profile, which will inform whether the organization will need to purchase additional licenses and/or if there may be users who are assigned licenses, permission set licenses, or feature licenses that they no longer need. Enhancements to Reports & Dashboards. Even More Flow Builder Updates!

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Qgiv

JUNE 14, 2021

After all, nonprofits need gifts and donations to sustain them, no matter what their mission or goals might be. Similarly, the other core team members of your nonprofit (including your major gifts officer, your board, your marketing director, etc.) Create a goal chart to guide your team during this process.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The chart below shows how the percentage of our data sources shift as more 990 data comes in. In fact, only a small number of grants are web-scraped from other public sources. The primary reason we web-scrape data is to find early signals of giving trends before 990s are released to fill in the details. based foundations.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 9, 2023

Funds typically come from three main sources: major gifts , corporations, and grants — with the bulk of the money coming from major gifts. Smaller gifts from individuals, events, and items like engraved bricks help support the campaign toward the end, when a small amount is left to reach the goal. New major donors.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 15, 2022

A few lowlights from our past: Letting the donor get too close to the wealth screen, not reading the room to realize who the real decision-makers were, asking for a big gift without the proper cultivation, and not doing our donor research. You should know the average gift in a will is approximately USD $37,000! .

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Candid

JULY 27, 2023

Candid’s grants data set currently includes comprehensive information about over 30 million grants and other philanthropic transactions, such as pledges, in-kind gifts, program-related investments, etc. This data powers tools like Candid’s Foundation Directory , allowing users to see who’s giving what, where, and to whom.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2018

Where it gets difficult is securing the second and successive gifts. . R ecency e ffects : As time goes on, memory of care at the hospital fades, reducing the stimulus that contributed to the first gift and would contribute to a possible second gift; . What prompted the first gift? Key metrics to explore: .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2014

But it is also a quiet time of year and a good time to catch up on reading. Also, if you are looking for a last minute gift for the nonprofit networking and data nerd in your life, here’s some book recommendations. It will help you understand when to use a pie chart versus a bar chart – but it goes beyond that.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

How many donors currently make gifts below that average? What kind of Gift Chart represents your current distribution of donors, and how many donors do you need at each level to meet your goals? . Number of donors who increased their gift. Numbers of donors who transitioned to a major gift level.

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Everyaction

JANUARY 16, 2018

If you’re a nonprofit professional you know what it’s like to drown in excel spreadsheets tracking your supporters, donations, major gifts prospects, and almost anything else. So picture this, you’re starting out at your brand new job as a major gifts officer at the nonprofit of your dreams. Welcome to the modern way of major gifts!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Donors also appreciate simple pie charts that show how much is spent on programs vs. operations—as long the chart reflects that at least 75 percent of your budget goes directly to programs. The Second Harvest Food Bank promotes that a $50 gift provides 180 meals for hungry families, children, and seniors.

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Candid

MAY 20, 2021

Break that goal down to see how many gifts you’ll need at various levels (just like building a gift range chart for a more typical campaign). Identify the 20 people you can reach out to for the top three or four gift levels. Ask for the gifts, in-person or by Zoom as needed.

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Achieve

JUNE 8, 2023

You start discussing your goals with donors, but they don’t understand why you’re asking for such large gifts. You lay out a series of gifts of different sizes that will get you to your goal. Thankfully, you secure your next gift, although it’s not at the expected amount. What should you do instead?

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Gift range chart. Though each of your donors and supporters is unique and different, they all follow a similar journey as they get to know your nonprofit’s mission and make each gift. Understanding each stage of that journey will help you identify sticking points and obstacles your donors may encounter! Budget for expenses.

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Everyaction

JANUARY 31, 2018

FALL Build Beautiful Charts & Graphs with Data Visualization on EveryAction Whether it's for a board meeting or a conference, nonprofit professionals often spend hours of time trying to figure out ways to present their data. Often, this means settling for (pretty ugly) charts with data estimates made in Excel or Powerpoint, but no more!

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Show how gifts further the outcomes step-by-step. For example, if a mailed appeal with a matching gift incentive consistently outperforms others, keep using that format. Or if a certain donation thank-you gift reliably increases donor retention, offer it in campaign after campaign. Helping real people should be the star.

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Achieve

JUNE 1, 2023

Your nonprofit should have a marketing plan in place to encourage donors to contribute these valuable gifts before the clock strikes midnight. Knowing your most common giving amounts for each tier can help you come up with donation requests that are more likely to yield gifts. Affinity months. Their retention rate.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

According to data from the Fundraising Effectiveness Project , retention rates for new donors and donors who give small gifts are some of the most important trends for nonprofits to prioritize during campaigns both during year-end and in the next year. This correlates with an encouraging 39.5%

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

Your ideal peer-to-peer platform should offer integrations with CRM platforms, email marketing services, and matching gifts databases to make collecting donor data, communicating with your peer-to-peer participants, and raising more money easy for your organization. Thank your donors and readers.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Use statistics and charts, but more importantly, tell the stories of those you have helped, use testimonials, and then back those up with the numbers. #6: . #4: Explanation of Your Programs – Tell the reader what programs you are currently running. Give a short explanation of each. #5:

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Doing so can be as simple as sharing a chart with these metrics from the past year: Total dollars raised: overall dollars acquired through fundraising initiatives. Average donation amount: the average gift size received from a donor (Sum of donations $ ÷ Total # of Donations = Average Donation Amount).

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 17, 2021

Consider this: The average pay of a white woman in the United States is 78 cents on the dollar, compared to her counterpart… and much lower for women of color (see chart, below).

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3rd Sector Labs

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Second , recognize that the data you want from corporate partners and their programs is no longer limited to traditional workplace giving data – name, address, email, amount of gift, date of gift. Third , all that engagement represents opportunities to establish relationships, not obtain gifts. Think about that.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

It's powerful workflows are meant to help nonprofit fundraisers ditch spreadsheets once and for all, and track major gifts like never before. #7. With customizable analytics dashboards , nonprofits can build beautiful charts and graphs of their digital, fundraising, advocacy, and organizing data to paint a better picture of their work. #9.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

First use this year’s revenue to establish a baseline for all your expected revenue, including but not limited to individual giving, major gifts, events income, expected pledges, and grants. Next, use your knowledge of current expenses like wages, rent, utilities, program costs, etc. to project what your costs will be for the coming year.

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