The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 10, 2022

As fundraisers, we need to be carrying on a constant conversation with our donors. Other times, we talk to our donors through newsletters, e-mails and snail mail letters. We need our donors emotionally involved and excited about our work… not bored. Sometimes this conversation happens in person or on the phone.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2022

A common misconception among newer nonprofit professionals is that every campaign or event is meant to attract new donors and donations. The longer a donor gives to your organization, the more time you have to build meaningful relationships that will reinforce their long-lasting support. . Ensure communication is a two-way street

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Developing a digital donor acquisition strategy takes a similar approach to direct mail. It starts with a detailed analysis of your donor base, including average gift size, retention rates, and cost per acquired donor. Engage new donors from the start with compelling digital marketing. What is donor acquisition?

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Bloomerang

MAY 19, 2023

We have many long-time donors for whom we only have a mailing address. Our online form for giving collects more, but most gifts still come by mail. Dear Call Me Maybe, You’re certainly on the right track wanting to make phone calls to donors. And, make it easy and compelling for donors to offer their information.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Turning Crisis into Community: How to Make Emergency Donors Lifelong Supporters As nonprofit professionals, we are all too familiar with the cycle of emergency fundraising. Preparation is key To effectively retain emergency donors, you must have a solid foundation in place.

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Neon CRM

MAY 11, 2023

When you’re comparing donor management platforms, the sheer variety of software choices can be a bit overwhelming. Others are designed for simpler, more basic contact management. With the right set of features, you can deepen donor relationships and engage more easily with constituents. Choosing the right tool can be tough!

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Bloomerang

JUNE 9, 2022

As a nonprofit fundraiser, you’ve probably heard some variation of the phrase, “treat every donor like a major donor.” If you treat every donor like a major donor, you’d probably run out of team member time. Plus, not all of your supporters want to be wined and dined like a major donor. Who are your major donors?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Corporate giving opportunities like matching gift programs, volunteer grants, and fundraising event matches allow nonprofits, donors, and corporations to build and grow mutually beneficial partnerships. But what exactly does the donor get out of the arrangement? as well as to the nonprofits receiving the funds?—additional

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Leveraging a secure payment solution throughout the donation process strengthens donor trust and allows them to use a convenient payment method. Bloomerang Payments Best for: Nonprofits that want to leverage a secure payment processor integrated with their Bloomerang CRM and online fundraising tools. transaction fee 6.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2023

When it comes to donor data, there’s a lot to keep track of. 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. This type of stewardship helps boost donor retention. What is a nonprofit CRM?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

What’s more, with social distancing and contact-free protocols likely to stick around for much of the year, an event website is even more important for communicating information, collecting registrations, and displaying sponsor recognition. Capture crucial donor and sponsor data. Easily promote your event to a wide audience.

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Achieve

APRIL 28, 2022

If you’re looking for your donors, they’re probably on the internet. With so much time on the world wide web, bombarded by advertisements, most people have become increasingly immune to and skeptical of even the most innocent donor outreach campaign. Keep track of your online donors. . Incentivize donors to give more.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Mobile messaging is a useful part of a multi-channel fundraising and engagement strategy , given the state of email and direct mail. The direct mail fundraising landscape is also complicated, given supply chain shortages and increasing costs. However, 90 percent of text messages are read within only three minutes of being received.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 16, 2024

When you start planning your fundraising events, you want to make registration and management as easy as possible for both you and your donors. Donor management systems offer communication solutions and help track and monitor donor data. Qgiv will help you seamlessly integrate your events into your fundraising efforts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

As a general rule, donations pages should be simple, optimized for mobile giving, and ask for the minimal amount of information required to make a donation and to capture a donor’s contact information. It’s also worth sending a postcard campaign to your one-time donors asking them to become monthly donors.

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John Kenyon

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Here are 3 among the many types of examples of Lost Dollars and Relationships driven by Dirty Data: 1) Contact info changes but is not updated in the system => communication stops & dollars stop. The new email address is known by a board member who is a good friend of the donor. Bye bye long term donor.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 2, 2024

Initiate Contact for Feedback Proactively reach out to those who have interacted with your organization. This could include beneficiaries, donors, volunteers, or partners. Integrate Across Communication Channels Use testimonials in a variety of your communication channels. Steps to Gather and Utilize Testimonials 1.

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. Is it easy to join your mailing list? You should pay careful attention to where the points of friction are that may cause a would-be donor to abandon their donation. If so, how?

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Robert Weiner

JULY 10, 2012

The current software does not interface with our current/new technical environment (MS-Exchange and Office, or Google g-mail, calendar, docs, etc.). So how do we justify that system to management (and perhaps our donors)? Opportunities that were lost due to an inability to store or share or integrate or report on or analyze data.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2023

Your nonprofit is quickly growing, bringing in more donations than ever before and fostering a strong donor base. While online giving platforms are an essential type of fundraising software, they aren’t the only tools that will help grow your fundraising results and build stronger donor relationships. Peer-to-peer fundraising pages.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 8, 2023

When it comes to receiving communication from nonprofits, donors have a clear favorite: Email! Our latest research uncovered that 48% of donors cite email as their preferred method of communication from nonprofit organizations. Most of these contacts will likely unsubscribe quickly (or mark you as spam!),

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AccelEvents

MARCH 23, 2021

In registering for the meeting, conference, or summit, live and remote attendees would be providing the brand with their contact information and sometimes additional personal information that can be used as customer data points. The data can also be synchronized with an integrative CRM feature.

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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. Around 85% of Americans own a smartphone, making this type of fundraising incredibly effective for reaching donors on a device they use regularly.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 4, 2018

What will the donor receive? Leave the "thank you message" on a voice mail if you don't reach the person live During and after your Thank-A-Thon , feel proud when you'll likely hear from many of the people you called that: "You are the only or one of few organizations that's ever called me to say thank you."

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 7, 2019

What will the donor receive? Leave the "thank you message" on a voice mail if you don't reach the person live During and after your Thank-A-Thon , feel proud when you'll likely hear from many of the people you called that: "You are the only or one of few organizations that's ever called me to say thank you."

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 23, 2022

Siloed Data : The fundraising database was not integrated with the website, leading to siloed data and a lack of intelligence about stakeholder engagement. This prohibited us from building important relationships with our community, including our donors and volunteers. Results Following Implementation.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 18, 2022

Statistics show that 54% of donors worldwide prefer to give online and online giving is growing each year. That means donors are moving online and so should you! Now, imagine a donor gives online. Online Fundraising improves donor relationships. This allows you to expand your donor base. Now what? .

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Cloud 4 Good

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Tis the season of snail mail! New fields on the Account, Contact, and Address object has been introduced to help better manage constituent addresses when you’re notified of a bad address (i.e., returned mail). returned mail). Read on to learn more. Manage Undeliverable Addresses. Enter Soft Credits with Gift Entry.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2014

TechSoup is proud to announce our newest donor partner, Little Green Light. Little Green Light Donor Management CRM (LGL) helps you manage your constituents and your fundraising efforts — all in one place. Create and Manage Mailings. Integrate LGL with Other Web-Based Services. How Can My Organization Benefit?

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Investing in event registration software for nonprofits will help you simplify your planning process and make it easy for your donors to donate and sign up for your fundraising event! You should also be able to integrate with your email marketing tools so you can easily share your event registration page with your mailing lists!

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Kindful

JUNE 10, 2021

Writing a thank you letter is a professional courtesy that goes a long way in letting donors know you appreciate their generous contribution to your nonprofit. Each thank you letter should be personalized with the individual or corporate donor’s name, the amount of the donation, and other pertinent information.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 6, 2020

Sustaining donors represent a critical segment for any annual fund program. Reminder: Sustaining donors are transformational donors who have committed to support your organization using any regular frequency (monthly, quarterly, or annually). Sustainer donors also have very high retention rates, typically between 70-80%.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 29, 2023

Benefits of online fundraising platforms An online fundraising platform can offer the following benefits for your fundraising strategy: Store and assess donor data to create more targeted outreach campaigns. This allows you to track all donor interactions and reach out to donors at the right times. Interactive dashboard.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Integrations: Explain how the CRM integrates with other platforms in your nonprofit’s technology stack. Provide guidelines on how employees should handle and store data within the CRM system to maintain data integrity and confidentiality.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Consider this—7 out of every 10 donors only donate once. 77 percent of donors leave due to a lack of communication. And with the right donor management tool to fit your organization’s needs, you have a better shot at communicating in the right way and building better relationships, so donors come back for round two.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

Today, this font size and large quantity of content would visually overwhelm supporters and donors. It’s also worth noting that social media, not even blogging, is not yet integrated into their website. Donate Now Technology :: Featured in the navigation bar is a “Donate Now” link. World Wildlife Fund :: Today.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Add Value Value doesn’t have to be a giveaway or a freebie offer for donors, according to the Forbes Nonprofit Council , “but rather information that they can utilize on a daily basis to help benefit and stimulate their lives.” When segmenting your list, be careful about language that could alienate certain donors. Newsletters.

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