Candid

JANUARY 4, 2023

In response to the simultaneous global pandemic and racial equity movement, philanthropy committed to act with urgency to better support nonprofit partners, as well as the people and communities hit hardest by the impacts of these dual events. Pledges were made to reduce barriers, shift power, and engage in more equitable funding practices.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement Building. How many people hear that word and think it is just as generic as the word community? To that end, siloed brands are replaced by unifying goals that rally more than select individuals but entire communities. The full keynote and presentation are below.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

A CTA is an invitation to take action, such as donating, volunteering, signing up for something, signing a petition, pledging to do something, etc. Join online fundraising communities and ask lots of questions and monitor for great ideas. Build a relationship with the staff and board of your local community foundation.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 3, 2024

Check out these text fundraising platforms to find the best solution for your organization: Qgiv Handbid Give Lively Snowball Tatango GiveWP Pledge Tithe.ly What we love Outbound messaging helps you engage your donors, allows you to send reminders to them about completing pledges, and helps you provide other important information.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2012

If you’re in the US today, there’s probably little chance you didn’t know it was Memorial Day – from the specials on TV, to local events, to remembrance stories, and even community gatherings, it’s hard to miss the message of today’s holiday. Sharing across platforms – Twitter.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

Measure donor engagement: Review donor retention rates, average donation amounts, and overall satisfaction of your donor base. Explore emerging trends , digital platforms , or community engagement initiatives that align with your mission. Identify any trends or areas where donor engagement may be lacking.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This year’s Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report, published by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) and Candid, tracked roughly $121 billion in aid to date in 2020 across multiple sources—including bilateral and multilateral aid, U.S. Support racialized communities. Know your local organizations. Be flexible.

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sgEngage

MARCH 12, 2024

These officers average four months or less between creating proposals and closing gifts; in some cases, this demonstrates a less measured approach to major gift solicitation. MGOs who are not as intentional—Blackbaud research categorizes them in the “opportunistic” group of fundraisers — see less efficiency in their cultivation.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Text-to-give (also known as text-to-donate, text-to-pledge, or text fundraising) is a form of mobile fundraising that asks donors to send a keyword to a text fundraising phone number. Also, if you’re carrying out a text-to-pledge campaign, you can send automated reminders to fulfill pledges.

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

With CauseVox’s hands-free peer-to-peer, you can harness the power of your community and empower young donors to share your mission and amplify your cause. Pay attention to readability – The Flesch reading ease score measures how easy to read your text is. Optimize Mobile Giving. We can’t stress this one enough.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

Measure Impact: Link fundraising successes to specific projects or programs, showcasing the tangible outcomes made possible through donor support. Manage financial planning: Keep a pulse on your finances to streamline budgeting, forecasting, and resource allocation for sustainable growth and stability.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Bringing skilled volunteers together in person with passionate and integrated local organisations around the world was how V2I worked towards their mission of helping global communities break the cycle of poverty. We began by working on an alignment process called “ V2MOM ”, which stands for: Vision, Values, Methods, Obstacles, and Measures.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 27, 2023

Summer’s social ambiance, characterized by people wanting to enjoy outdoor events and immerse themselves in their local community, can boost your nonprofit’s fundraising efforts. Outdoor Movie Night An outdoor movie night is a fun and engaging way to bring your community together while raising funds for your nonprofit.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Groupon Case Study: Jolkona’s Groupon Experiment | Community Organizer 2.0 – Check out this great interview by Debra Askanase with Laura Kimball, discussing their experiment using Groupon! "Jolkona "Jolkona ran a Groupon deal as an experiment to try to raise money for a specific campaign using Groupon.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Choose a goal or initiative that clearly illustrates how you plan to address a need within the community, as it can also act a proof-of-concept for future giving. What need in the community is being addressed? Show off completed projects like this one, and include measurable results when possible!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

My personal goal is to channel the aspirations of the technology community to do more social good. It’s not too late to pledge your support for our work. Within a short period, SocialCoding4Good has gone from a Labs pilot project to a growing community driving social impact. Are you excited about technology benefiting the world?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Along with measuring against impact results, it is important to look at how much time has been invested. What are the right tools to help measure success? Measure program success, not just analytics. If your goal is to get countries to pledge to wipe out poverty, then your social media clickthroughs are just a means to an end.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 3, 2021

Companies realized they could respond to the needs in their communities immediately, delivering much-needed food, assistance, and money to their neighbors. Companies that had partnered with United Way, using paper pledges and cash donations, were suddenly forced to run giving campaigns online. One customer ran eight campaigns in 2020.

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Classy

APRIL 20, 2021

Currently, about 20% of total giving on Classy’s platform is done by donors who pledge to give on a regular basis, but in the next couple of years, we plan to build a billion-dollar recurring business for our customers. . And for our community, we believe in holistic value creation and therefore must practice what we preach.

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Tech Soup

JULY 2, 2013

is a poor measure of a charity’s performance." You're encouraged to visit the Overhead Myth website, where you can pledge to help debunk the myth, as well as find helpful research, resources, and FAQs. FORGE collapsed, unable to continue serving a community that was desperately in need of support.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

His work examines the challenges of performance measurement, accountability, and governance facing organizations with a social purpose . Author of Measuring Social Change: Performance and Accountability in a Complex World , which received The Alliance for Nonprofit Management’s Best Book Award for 2020. Professor of Management.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2012

The App also provides: adoptable dog search by zip code, simple giving to help homeless pets, and their grassroots pledge to start seeing invisible dogs. Michelle, was a participant in the Measuring Networked Nonprofit peer learning groups supported through my work as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

We’re trying to understand what continues work and what doesn’t and evolve practice. You need to be nimble and not blindly follow a template because it worked in the past. Measurement and learning are now more important than ever for success. And, that is how they measure success. This advice still holds true.

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Cloud 4 Good

JUNE 29, 2021

over the next year, and the measurable impact Salesforce?has In the process, these organizations are able to limit the barrier of entry for donors and empower their online giving communities. Over 500 organizations responded to our survey, offering insights into how Salesforce helps create digital transformation, the?trends?and

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Have you ever made an announcement at a board meeting and everyone is excited and pledges to be involved in this new plan or initiative? All that leads to more money, more people and more community awareness. If you’d like to learn more about the 10 keys to an engaged board, try out his checklist and see how you measure up!

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

They want to bask in your aura, be embraced as part of your community, and consider themselves members of your family. Ready to adopt a more human donor loyalty philosophy and wrap it into a written strategic plan that holds people accountable for seeing it through and measuring success? Action Steps to Increase Donor Loyalty.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2011

Most importantly, we saw that hundreds of players went on to sign our pledge to be vegan or to order our free vegetarian/vegan starter kit. How should other organizations measure the success of their gaming efforts? We also measure how many players go on to take a meaningful action for animals. Want to hear more from Joel?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2013

Note From Beth: Last month, I did a webinar for the SalesForce Foundation on measuring social media. From finding new donors, growing gifts from existing supporters, or managing the back-end fundraising efforts, Salesforce helps organizations establish and grow donor relationships in addition to the donation cycle from pledge to payment.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Unlike a pledge—where a donor promises to make a gift later but not in the present—a recurring donation means funds are donated right now and then again at regular intervals. Use SSL encryption and comply with industry-standard security measures to protect donors’ financial information.

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Classy

MAY 5, 2021

Notre Dame received $1 billion pledged and more than $300 million raised in just a few days. Nonprofit organizations often measure fundraising results such as donation volume, engagement on social media , and participants at fundraising events without knowing why people take these actions. Build Donor Loyalty.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

The panelists include: Amy Sample Ward – Amy is an author and speaker focused on the way social technologies can be used to support social impact by nonprofit organizations and community groups around the world. The DOT is a pledge to Do One Thing to help the environment – and cool the climate. Her blog is Contentious.com.

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VisionLink

JULY 4, 2011

These are community-honoring, and community-building essays every time. Today, 235 years later, the world measures the morality of a nation by the extent to which its people are free to live their own story, the extent to which its government secures to its people life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Let Freedom Ring.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Performance Measurement. Napa Valley Community Foundation. ? This part of the site also has lists of the largest US foundations (in terms of assets), the top corporate grantmakers , and notable community foundations. Financial Information. Grantmaking Information. Which Foundations Have Adopted Transparency?

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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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CauseVox

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Measurable: Ensure it’s trackable and measurable Attainable: The goal must be achieved through reasonable effort Relevant: The goal should match the needs of your cause Time-bound: Set a start and end date. SMART goals help you streamline a reasonable goal for any situation. It’s also a perfect time to tell your donors thank you.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

After realizing a need for donor management in the community, NonprofitEasy was formed. For the NPE Lite package, your organization can have one user, up to 1,000 contacts and 10,000 annual batch e-communications. Their engagement is measured in “cold,” “warm,” “hot,” and “on fire!” NonprofitEasy. Plus, support is offered.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Corporate giving isn’t just about writing checks; it’s a strategic partnership between businesses and nonprofits to transform communities. Year-round CSR strategies enable companies to make an enduring difference in their communities and for the causes they support. This increased generosity is good news for nonprofits!

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