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Qgiv
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
You can recruit volunteers from your community to bring in different homemade goods and sell them. Schedule groups of volunteers at different times to wash cars for a fixed donation amount and make sure signage pointing to the car wash is clearly visible from the road.
Get Fully Funded
JUNE 1, 2021
If you use a slightly different name on your bank account, Facebook will kick your application out. A Facebook campaign isn’t all that different from any other campaign. Tuition for ten students in an after-school program? Be direct and specific, and focus on how the donor’s gift will impact a life. Ask me how I know!).
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Get Fully Funded
JANUARY 17, 2022
The contestants on The Great British Baking Show manage to get it right with impressive frequency. Given the many ways a fundraising plan can make your life easier, it’s hard to understand why so many organizations don’t have them. But seriously, 100% retention is unrealistic because life is fluid and peoples’ situations change.
Museum 2.0
OCTOBER 13, 2010
Why the Video Contest Worked Video contests are one of the most challenging kinds of participatory projects to pull off. MSI did three things that most organizations don't or can't do when they set up a video contest: They got a TON of local, national, and international press. Two very different ones from Davin and Kerry.
Qgiv
JUNE 4, 2021
Focus on how their past gifts are still making a difference and give them opportunities to ask questions about your organization. Continue to let them know about their past gift’s impact to confirm they’re making a difference and inspire them to give again. In your own calls with donors, try and steer away from direct asks.
Tech Soup
JUNE 24, 2015
The Ordyslexie program, in combination with Les Ateliers du Bocage, has helped more than 1,500 dyslexic French students become more independent and confident in school. This program has improved academic performance and is loved by both students and parents. The copies are submitted on a USB flash drive or directly."
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 8, 2014
That purpose, of course, is to build a life-long relationship with alumni of your nonprofit’s program or school so that they are a donor and champion for your organization. This example from Teach for America is a photograph of handwritten thank you note from a student to an TFA alumni thanking them for making a difference.
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