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Nonprofit Membership Models: The What, Why, and How

Neon CRM

Every membership program needs a structure that appeals to its intended audience. Membership Models: The What and Why A membership model is an organizational structure where a nonprofit offers a valuable set of benefits in exchange for a recurring membership fee.

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Incorporating Last Year’s Lessons into 2021 End-of-Year Fundraising Plans

sgEngage

For instance, in past Pew Studies, Millennials were not donating at a similar rate as other generations and there was a fear that this was an indicator of the generation’s attitude toward charity. Another thing that encouraged me about 2020’s end of year fundraising is that the “typical donor” is beginning to look different.

Lesson 92
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Sponsorship v. Donations: The Drawbacks and Benefits

NonProfit Hub

Whether it’s sponsoring children, saving animals, or underwriting a golf outing or gala, we’re always pursuing sponsor support. Companies also match at different rates, such as by matching the original contribution dollar-for-dollar or donating twice as much. Understanding Corporate Sponsorships Our sector loves the word sponsorship.

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Five Lessons for Creating an Effective (and Accountable) Nonprofit Board

Blue Avocado

Growing Pains Founded in 1926, AbilityFirst (formerly known as the Crippled Children’s Society of Southern California or CCS) was created to help children with polio and other physical disabilities, and I was hired in 1998 to turn around this disability service organization. After five years, we finally balanced the budget.

Lesson 96
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Issues with Crowdsourced Data Part 2

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re reacting to the following claim: “Data collected using unbounded crowdsourcing (non-representative sampling) largely in the form of SMS from the disaster affected population in Port-au-Prince can predict, with surprisingly high accuracy and statistical significance, the location and extent of structural damage post-earthquake.”

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How to Write a Successful Annual Fundraising Plan in 6 Steps

Get Fully Funded

A child advocacy organization might aim to double the number of volunteers trained to protect children in the court system. Across the nonprofit sector, retention rates are about 47%, meaning donors leave nonprofits more often than they stick around. THAT’S what increases your retention rate! And another. And another.

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How a small nonprofit organization survived the Great Recession

ASU Lodestar Center

Defenders of Children. Overnight, banks and financial institutions are in crisis, the stock market plunges, interest rates and housing prices drop, corporate sales and profits dip, employment lines grow, funds everywhere dry up. Are you willing to take risks within your organizational structure? The year is 2008. Get another!