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Nail Online Giving With These Tips and Tools

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My complaint about Paypal is that you cannot customize the thank you page or the automatic email to give donors a wonderful donation experience. Technically, it does send them a “receipt,” but it’s sterile and trust me, you want donors to have something much warmer than that.

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Create an Online Donation Receipt that Leads to More Donations

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The most important thing you must do when you receive a donation of any size is immediately thank your donor warmly and provide a donation receipt. Most nonprofits completely miss this opportunity to wow their donor, so it’s not that hard to stand out. We call it the Cycle of Giving and here’s how it works: The donor gives a gift.

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Finding Funding with the Foundation Center

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One of the Foundation Center's most useful and comprehensive resources is the Foundation Directory Online , a searchable database with information on nearly 100,000 foundations, corporate donors, and grantmaking organizations, as well as details on several million of the most recent grants these organizations made.

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2011 NTC Preview: A Scientist in Your Communications Department: Segmenting Messages, Customizing Content and Delivering Results

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Before you take your next step, it's important to remember that these new and repeat donors present an opportunity to start building more meaningful connections with an engaged group of people who have just raised their hand. Gift information helps you understand how frequently they donate or what specific projects they support.

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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Right before Thanksgiving , the TweetsGiving effort and Avi Kaplan helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania. As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more example of fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle. It generated some valuable insights from donors.

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How to Get Your Nonprofit’s Story in the News

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A story about your organization’s history, programs, and future goals is unlikely to get picked up by a newspaper, TV station, or digital publication. A transformational gift. The big-gift story is surprisingly easy to sell, especially if you can say it’s “the biggest gift in our organization’s history.”

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5 Best Nonprofit Monthly Giving Program Examples

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These programs give nonprofit supporters a way to spread out their giving over time, which can be easier on their finances than contributing a single larger gift. When you promote your monthly giving program, explain how making a monthly gift supports your mission. Reach out directly to potential monthly donors.