EveryAction

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good. Devine & Parker Consulting. Check out our last installment here ! Julia Devine, Co-Founder.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2023

A nonprofit CRM (also referred to as a donor management system ) is a software platform that allows nonprofits to store, update, and report on supporter data. Be sure your nonprofit CRM can create both: Letters and mailings. Design and save direct mail communication documents like solicitations and acknowledgments.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Direct mail is a major workhorse for all nonprofits. And regardless of what you hear or think about online giving, most gifts still come via the mail. This week guest blogger Gail Perry is back with her top tips to help us all raise more money by mail. 112 Tips to Raise More Money by Mail. Thanks Gail! Penelope Burk).

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

For example, if you hire a fundraising consultant but that consultant does not succeed in helping your organization raise more money, you will end up overspending on fundraising. This is a WHOLE other issue – how to succeed at direct mail fundraising.). You may end up at the end of the year having overspent on fundraising.

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Everyaction

JULY 2, 2018

In the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s recent report, 9 Trillion And Counting: How Charities Can Tap Into the Transfer of Wealth , researchers undertake a qualitative and quantitative study of the state of nonprofit planned giving programs.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 24, 2024

Simplified reporting: Most email automation tools include built-in reporting capabilities that allow you to easily generate reports on key metrics, such as email open rates, click-through rates, and overall campaign performance. Look for a consultant with expertise in your CRM and knowledge of nonprofit priorities.

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sgEngage

JULY 15, 2021

It’s about more than just filling requests and mailing lists and reports. I encourage my team to work as an internal consulting company with different business units in the foundation are our clients.” “The operations team can create value by enriching conversations.”.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 6, 2024

Desiree Adaway Desiree is a consultant, trainer, coach and speaker building resilient, equitable, and inclusive organizations. My own site, where I regularly publish the best examples in nonprofit storytelling and donor communications (including both email and direct mail). Sign up for The Grow Report here. Talk about no BS.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 10, 2011

hours of productivity every day to interruptions and distractions, reports Basex, an IT research and consulting firm. Those interruptions come from e-mail alerts, instant messages, cell phones and handheld devices that constantly buzz. The typical employee also checks e-mail 50 times a day. Thinking time decreases.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The donor mails the check via the USPS. Since, as you point out, the donor can’t get the check back once the piece of mail is put under the control of the Post Office, delivery and donation occurs on the date the envelope is placed in the mail. Please consult your own professional advisors!

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NTEN

AUGUST 22, 2014

Idealist Consulting. " and other questions answered with key findings from a new report. E-mail email service providers report Fundraising' Kirsten Kippen. Marketing Manager. "How is an organization to go about evaluating email service providers?"

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Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Creative Deviations, How you can infuse your story-telling, fundraising and direct response with more creativity by John Lepp For years, my go-to bible for direct response was Denny Hatch’s Million Dollar Mailings. What I can tell you is that you’ll be thinking differently about every aspect of your next mailing.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

After over 20 years of fundraising, consulting, and teaching nonprofits across the U.S., Prep thank you cards, so you can easily put them in the mail when donations come in. When your 2023 annual report is complete, plan to email it to all your donors to let them know how their gift made an impact.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good.  Check out our last installment here ! The hearing is next Tuesday at [time].

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Cloud 4 Good

MARCH 2, 2022

The two most common forms of direct marketing are direct mail and telemarketing. Complex reports are then generated and must be culled through to pull out the most critical segments for an organization, so this process relies on the system being comprised of good, clean, and reliable data on which to build off.

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Blue Fox

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Is your staff prepared to make the asks, attend the events, mail the collateral and try some Facebook fundraising ads? Blue Fox services range from standard bookkeeping and payroll services, to coaching and consulting, to comprehensive virtual CFO services. In 2020, U.S. nonprofits raised $2.47 billion dollars. Let’s talk 2021!

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 16, 2021

Direct mail is a valuable fundraising strategy, but figuring out how to send a nonprofit appeal can be confusing. You’re just mailing a letter asking for a donation, right? If you’re a beginner at mailing fundraising appeals , it’s really important that you understand the strategy and psychology behind what makes a good letter.

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 13, 2021

At DNL OmniMedia , we partner with a number of top names in the nonprofit CRM sphere, providing technology consulting services to nonprofits that use those solutions. Depending on the solution, features may include: Reporting automation. Donor management. recurring gifts, planned gifts, and tributes), and process donations.

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 25, 2022

However, to get the most out of the software solution, labor unions will also need to partner with a technology consultant to customize the platform to their organization’s specifications. . Complete your advocacy toolkit with EveryAction’s canvassing, phone banking, direct mail, and activist management features. . PAC compliance.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Depending on the CRM’s complexity, you can expand training to cover more advanced features, such as reporting, automation, and customization. If you need assistance customizing training to specific roles, consider working with a nonprofit technology consultant. Remember that effective CRM training is an ongoing process.

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Bloomerang

JULY 21, 2021

This form can be completed by mail, phone, fax, or online. By fax, it can take four business days and four to five weeks by mail. Retain or consult with a bookkeeper to create accounting records and financial reports. . Retain or consult with an accountant for annual audit and government filings, including the form 990.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Credit card payments are donors’ preferred giving methods— 63% of donors prefer to give online with a credit or debit card , followed by direct mail (16%), PayPal (10%), wire transfer (5%), cash (4%), digital wallet (1%), and text-to-give (1%). Square Best for: Nonprofits looking to manage point of sale and online transactions. Read reviews.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Tricia Marsherall is the Founder & President of Marsherall Partners, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in nonprofit donor database management & operations support and virtual & traditional fundraising events. Analytics can be an extremely powerful tool for generating reports. Prospect portfolios? Event data?

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 15, 2021

a non-profit consulting firm in its 26th year. For several years now, when Giving USA releases its annual report regarding charitable giving trends, one of the key findings has been that the amount of overall funds given to charities has grown, but the number of contributors has decreased. Ryan Strawhecker, incoming President, Paul J.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2022

The 4th edition of the Salesforce.org Nonprofit Trends Report highlighted the positive impact nonprofits have experienced from investment in new payment methods, technologies, and skills. For more nonprofit trends and insights, download the 4th edition of the Salesforce.org Nonprofit Trends Report. Many tried new things….but

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

We are here to talk about reporting impact, specifically creating tools and some good processes to do that for your donors. dang, this is a great topic, this is so timely as people are, you know, perhaps getting annual reports together. If you all don’t know Marie, she is the lead consultant over at Funding for Good.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Don’t Skip Direct Mail. During the Year-End Fundraising Fair session, “Direct Mail In The Digital Age” nonprofit coach Kelly McLaughlin shared that over her 12+ years of experience, she has found that direct mail is still an effective fundraising tool, especially as part of your year-end appeal. .

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 23, 2024

Nearly half (48%) of donors cited email as their preferred giving channel ahead of social media, text messaging, direct mail, and phone calls in a study published last year by fundraising platform Neon One in Chicago. Research backs this up. Email deliverability continues to be top of mind for digital marketers for these reasons.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

Your nonprofit needs you working in your strengths , not setting up your newsletter in Mail Chimp or scheduling your next Facebook post. Use a search engine to find consulting firms specializing in virtual assistants, especially those that have experience supporting nonprofits. . Nor should you. So, if you need help (and I know you do!)

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Achieve

DECEMBER 8, 2022

You can even add a QR code to direct mail that leads to your organization’s account. Make sure to mention the contest in your regular emails and newsletters so your entire mailing list will know about it. Your annual report. You can make this request in an email, or you can highlight social media accounts in your newsletter.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 4, 2022

In this roundup, I compiled the best year-end fundraising advice from several nonprofit consultants in my network. From Sabrina Walker Hernandez, Founder of Supporting World Hope and consultant, coach, facilitator, and bestselling author. We need to be just as strategic thanking and reporting impact as we are asking!

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Useful analytics come from a comprehensive data set, typically from a donor management software, that can be manipulated into an intuitive report that anyone can digest. Reports generated around donor engagement can measure campaign involvement, giving history, and other trends that can help guide your strategic processes.

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3rd Sector Labs

MAY 29, 2014

Let’s not forget that every technology we use has its own UI, logic, commands, and reports. Sending out mail or email to bad addresses? Speaking as a data consultant, not a fundraising consultant, the solution isn’t easy. And how about Q3? Most respondents aren’t sure when their data was last cleaned.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 21, 2021

According to Salesforce.org’s Nonprofit Trends Report (3rd Edition), 71% of organizations surveyed had to accelerate their move to digital programs or events last year due to the pandemic. Prior to that, Stu worked for 13 years at Blackbaud as a consultant, solution architect, and practice manager. And 2020 didn’t help.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Nonprofit legal consultants have helped thousands of nonprofits like yours successfully (and legally) fundraise online. According to 360MatchPro’s fundraising statistics report , online fundraising is only growing in popularity as 63% of donors in the U.S. and Canada report preferring to give online. Legal Requirements.

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NTEN

JANUARY 6, 2012

Weiner Consulting. A nonprofit will allow the same person to open the mail, tally the donations, enter those gifts in the database, and make the bank deposit, and will be surprised when funds go missing. For most organizations, email and direct mail will still bring in more money than social media and mobile giving combined.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Data-driven fundraising strategies are always the smartest move, so make sure you have the necessary constituent relationship management software (CRM) integrations and reporting tools. By using a CRM’s fundraising reporting tools, you can compile effective reports that help you understand and document your research into your donor base.

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