Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2013

.” Recently, I had an opportunity to meet Tal Frankurt, CEO of Cloud for Good, where he shared some thoughts about how a well-designed SalesForce database could be an excellent tool for managing, measuring, and tracking relationships with donors. He agreed to write this guest post on the topic. This was (by far!)

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DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

As a nonprofit fundraising professional, you know that raising major gifts is one of the most strategic efforts your organization will complete. Major gifts are not only a highly-strategic effort, but also a high-stakes one— for many nonprofits, over 80% of their total fundraising dollars come from major contributions alone.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Your nonprofit should have a clear strategy for managing memorial donations and building relationships with donors and the family of the deceased. When you can build relationships with families, friends, and donors, you can strengthen your nonprofit’s community and foster more legacy giving in the future. What are memorial donations?

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Your donor thank you letter plays an important role in fundraising that you can leverage to build relationships – or ignore, and suffer the consequences. Acknowledge the donor for their gift. Some greyhounds come to us with track injuries. Still others need some time to adjust to a life away from the track.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 16, 2024

For professional fundraising teams, expanding your pool of prospects could include asking board members , volunteers, and major donors to provide a list of colleagues, corporate contacts, family, and friends, anyone they can recommend who has the capacity to give and an affinity for your cause. Stories help us pay attention.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 11, 2022

With new employees starting, exciting projects kicking off, and donations coming in like wildfire, it’s becoming harder and harder to keep track of everything. A donor management system is like a really big filing cabinet that lives in the cloud and tracks everything about your organization. Names, emails, tasks, deadlines, gift asks.

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Greater Giving

JULY 18, 2023

Donor Data Management How To Supercharge Relationships You’ve spent weeks, months, or even years collecting every bit of data your donors produce. You can supercharge meaningful relationships when you implement smart donor data management processes. Communication preferences: Know which channels donors prefer being contacted on.

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Qgiv

JULY 30, 2021

When volunteer fundraisers reach out to their friends and family members, they’re building on established relationships. Qgiv’s platform offers a storefront feature that can track your inventory. Event management tools to keep you on track. Keep track of your fundraising event in a centralized, convenient location.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 25, 2024

By creating an endowment or accepting endowment gifts from high-capacity donors, you can set your nonprofit up for growth and greater financial sustainability—all without extensive effort. Donors may place restrictions on their endowment gifts, limiting how you can spend the earnings. That’s where endowments come in.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

For fundraisers, the clarity of each donor contact record matters. A clean and complete contact record saves time and provides fundraisers with the full picture. Development teams need to know how the relationship with each donor has evolved over the years. The body of the email will be recorded as a note.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 12, 2023

Create a donor experience that strengthens supporter relationships. As nonprofits work on strengthening donor relationships to improve retention, there has been an increased focus on the donor experience. According to the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the average donor retention rate in the U.S. is around 45 percent.

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Double the Donation

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

360MatchPro by Double the Donation , the leading provider of matching gift automation software, integrates with the best school and university fundraising platforms. This allows your institution to raise more and take advantage of the $4-7 billion in matching gift revenue left unclaimed each year. GiveCampus & Matching Gifts.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 5, 2024

Text marketing , also known as SMS marketing, can help your organization engage supporters, build relationships, and ultimately boost your fundraising results. Segment your list of contacts. The more people you get to opt in, the more supporters you can cultivate relationships with over text. Segment your list of contacts.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

From there you can create two versions of your appeal: 1) thanking active donors for their previous contributions and asking for a final end-of-year gift to maximize their support, and 2) reminding lapsed donors about your organization’s important work while also letting them know they still have time to make a donation. Contact them here!

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2023

No matter what your mission is, you’re probably dedicating significant resources to finding potential supporters and getting that first gift. Whether you’re personally into them or not, social media platforms offer opportunities for connection that go far beyond your database contact list. Let’s think about your non-donor records.

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NetWits

APRIL 12, 2012

. >> Join his free webinar on 4/17/12 @ 2pm ET - Making a major impact with your major gifts program. — Larger and larger gifts are being given online. In fact, Blackbaud’s 2011 Online Giving Report , noted that the largest online gift in 2011 was $260,000 ! Or is this the giving of major gifts online?

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Achieve

DECEMBER 8, 2023

To cultivate alumni donors, you’ll need to stay in contact with graduates so your program remains top of mind and provide opportunities for them to give that they’ll be receptive to. Your performing arts program can leverage an alumni database in multiple ways, including to: Maintain up-to-date contact information for each of your alumni.

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sgEngage

JUNE 2, 2023

Major giving is often the largest revenue source for nonprofits, so being able to identify and build relationships with large-gift donors is crucial to successful fundraising efforts. In this article, we will go into more detail about major gifts, major donors, and how software can help identify prospects. What are Major Donors?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 9, 2022

Therefore, you also probably have specific major gift fundraisers on your staff to communicate with these supporters. In this guide, we’ll cover some key information about how you can find your organization’s major donors and determine the right ways to engage them to solicit major gifts. Let’s get started. Who are your major donors?

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CauseVox

MARCH 13, 2023

Not only do tribute donations allow donors to make a gift in honor or in memory of someone special, but it also offers a variety of benefits for your organization. Many donors are more likely to make a gift when they have the opportunity to honor someone special in their life. Contact us at support@causevox.com.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 30, 2020

Gift officers have a unique job – even in “normal” times. Successful gift officers build personal relationships on behalf of their institution. So, what can gift officers do in this time? Track the Data. This is a vital time to keep track of information and data. Best Practices for Contact Reports.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Securing major gifts is an incredibly strategic effort. Each step you take with a prospect, from the first communication to receiving a gift, needs to be carefully tracked and planned for. In the nonprofit world, this tracking process is referred to as moves management. Making major gift asks. Let’s get started.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2024

By nurturing the relationship established during the crisis, we can encourage one-time emergency donors to become regular contributors, thus ensuring a steady stream of support through monthly donations. Tracking open and click-through rates for each segment provides data to refine messaging.

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sgEngage

JUNE 30, 2021

Thanking your don ors , recognizing them publicly, inviting them to events, and giving them gifts are just some of the ways your organization can show appreciation and make supporters more likely to give again. Over the years, we’ve learned just how much gestures of appreciation can: Strengthen donor relationships. Thank-you gifts.

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sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

Building a successful workplace giving strategy can provide your organization with a reliable source of funding, deepen supporter relationships, and increase awareness of your cause. Develop corporate relationships beyond workplace giving. Leverage donor employment details to uncover opportunities.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2022

The museum also saved information about donors’ food preferences, average gift amount, and even notes about their past conversations. They can then use the information in the software to reach out to donors with personalized communications, ensuring they’re building genuine relationships with their supporters. Constituent timeline.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2021

The beauty of golf events is that they are easy to modify if there’s a need to reduce contact points or in-person gatherings. Traditionally, teams in a golf tournament track their scores on a paper scorecard, then hand it in at the end of the event. 2) Have a Backup Plan. 6) Live-Score the Tournament. 8) Focus on Golf & the Cause.

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Achieve

JANUARY 22, 2024

Because mid-level donations play an essential role in your nonprofit’s fundraising strategy, cultivating and stewarding strong mid-level donor relationships is vital. As a result, you’ll need a dedicated donor communications team ready to initiate and maintain these mid-level donor relationships. Express appreciation.

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Qgiv

MARCH 12, 2024

This practice helps businesses cement stronger relationships with the communities they serve. Corporate giving programs help nonprofits have diversified streams of income by contributing donations, scholarships, grants, matching gift programs, and other resources to supplement a nonprofit’s operations. Track the data.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Nonprofits can benefit from this kind of software to make it easy for donors to sign up for fundraising events and for organizations to keep track of registrations. Double the Donation | Matching Gift Software Many organizations are unaware of their matching gift potential, but you don’t need to miss out anymore!

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 13, 2023

A traditional for-profit business might track the purchases its customers make through its app to create personalized, targeted ads. Data analytics allow your organization to track and quantify the impact it has on clients or the progress you’ve made toward your goals. Audit and update your database regularly.

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DipJar

JUNE 24, 2022

It’s the system you use to keep track of donor and prospect information, get in touch with your supporter base, and assess your fundraising progress. . Your nonprofit CRM is a tool that helps you track donor data. Contact information. This allows you to find potential major gifts hidden in your current donor base. .

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

One thing that phonathons have historically struggled with has been identifying donors who may be eligible for a matching gift from their employer?—and So how do you optimize matching gifts in your phonathons? Train callers on matching gifts. Include matching gifts in call scripts. Gift confirmation: Success!

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2023

Types of fundraising software to consider When you think about fundraising software, you probably first think of online donation platforms that allow nonprofits to facilitate online gifts. In peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns, supporters create personalized fundraising pages and collect gifts on behalf of a nonprofit. Donor profiles.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Tracking the status of your pledges and developing a follow-up method as deadlines approach is key. The same goes for employer matching gift programs. Make sure you contact top donors who haven’t given yet this year to ensure you are top of mind as they plan their year-end giving.

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Cloud 4 Good

MARCH 23, 2021

This accelerator helps give advancement teams access to critical donor and alumni information within one Salesforce contact record. From recruitment through admission, this new accelerator from Cloud for Good is designed to help nurture your relationships with prospective students and streamline your applicant tracking and review processes.

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 7, 2023

Take a look at your existing supporter base, seeking out ways you can cultivate stronger relationships with the people and organizations that have invested in your cause. Want to grow your relationships with donors through marketing? Additionally, they can give at different levels, ranging from small, one-time gifts (e.g., $10)

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