Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2023

So instead of creating a costly promotional mailer, then asking supporters to fill out the form, track down a stamp, and mail it back, you simply share a link where folks can register online with a few simple, secure clicks. Your administrative burden is cut in half!

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Bloomerang

MARCH 8, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether they can credit a donation in 2023 if the check was dated 2024: Dear Charity Clairity, A donor advised in early December a $20,000 check was mailed to us. — Want to keep donor happy Dear Want to keep donor happy, Of course you do!

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Online fundraising allows your nonprofit to earn donations from a wide audience, growing your network and raising more for your cause. As a nonprofit leader, you are likely familiar with donation solicitation laws. However, online fundraisers that include out of state donors complicate this process.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Writing an effective nonprofit donation receipt is important, but it doesn’t have to be stressful! But a well-crafted donation receipt has lots of other benefits. Why do donation receipts matter? That’s why you need to make sure your nonprofit donation receipts are scheduled to send as soon as a gift is made.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

These best practices serve as a foundation for your online fundraising campaigns, but much of your nonprofit’s success also depends upon the service you choose to process your online donations and the design and frequency of your e-newsletter. Make Your Donate Now Button Stand Out from Your Website’s Color Scheme.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

With built-in tools for personalization, you can automate your donation appeals without giving up the personal aspect that inspires donors to give in the first place! It can also make the giving experience easier for your donors by automating their recurring donations while still receiving personalized acknowledgments afterward.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

As a nonprofit fundraising professional, you’re always thinking of ways to encourage your donors to increase their donation amounts. This is where suggested donations can play an important role in your fundraising strategy. What are suggested donations? How to choose suggested donation amounts.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2021

Of course, no two donors are exactly alike, which means your nonprofit has to account for lots of different supporters with different motivations and different ways to reach them. Digital marketing can reach new heights when it’s supported by a direct mail marketing campaign that works in tandem with your online strategy.

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M+R

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Lots of people are worried that this will strip out all of their tracking and they’ll never be able to source a donation ever again—a.k.a. They might be used to track lead source information, track uses of donation form, or identify which email a user donated to. Apple Mail is Apple’s email client. About 17% of the U.S.

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 7, 2023

Fundraising is a year-round concern for nonprofit organizations, delivering the critical donations and contributions they need to keep their operations running. Given the high cost of new donor acquisition, the best course of action may be to focus on the supporters you already have and get them more involved in your mission.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Instead, try using multi-channel marketing to earn more Giving Tuesday donations. How to Earn Giving Tuesday Donations with Multi-channel Marketing. Use these tips to put together a great multi-channel marketing campaign to earn more Giving Tuesday donations. Include a link to your donation form in outbound messages.

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Classy

JULY 7, 2021

You could master a strategy to attract thousands of supporters to your campaigns, but it’s your donation process that determines if they complete a donation. We’re spilling the tea behind the transaction details that seem simple, but hold the power to transform your campaigns into a donation (and recurring donation ) machine.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 29, 2023

Online fundraising platforms are software solutions that your nonprofit can use to solicit, accept, and process donations made via the internet. Many online fundraising platforms also make it easy for supporters to start fundraisers of their own to gather donations on behalf of your organization. What are online fundraising platforms?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 9, 2022

They also wanted us to do this with online donations paid by credit card, as there is a delay of a few days before the money reaches our bank account. From our perspective, we have the donation in hand on Dec. I’m reaching out now in the hopes that we can figure out the right course of action prior to year-end.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Setting up an online donation system might seem like an easy next step in your nonprofit’s journey. With no pre-planning, quickly setting up an online donation tool certainly might be easy and quick. Transfer current data to your new donation processing tool. Integrate your processor with your donation page.

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Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

For example, most associations find members don’t volunteer or donate before they have seen value from other activities like courses or publications. opening mails, visiting the website, starting to earn credits). At this stage, they typically engage in basic membership activities (e.g.,

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The Fundraising Authority

JANUARY 15, 2021

If your organization has been using the same stale thank you letter (which for many fundraisers also doubles as a donation receipt) for the past ten years, now is the right time to change course. As I sat here this morning opening the mail, I came across your generous donation. Jim, thank you once again for your donation.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 18, 2023

To succeed, it’s important to grasp the basics of three strategies: email fundraising, direct mail fundraising, and fundraising events. This might include reaching a certain fundraising amount or achieving specific metrics like email open rates or donation page conversions. Will you help keep these endangered species alive?

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Cite your stats and facts with source articles, provide links to more information about your campaigns on your website, and of course include buttons to your donate page. Always include an obvious prompt to donate or take action. Make it convenient to opt-in to your mailing list.

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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! Guaranteed!

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Creating a comprehensive calendar will keep you organized this year-end so that you can focus on bringing in donations! Now, you can access: All 16 curated, impact-filled sessions covering topics like direct mail, email marketing, digital fundraising, social strategy, year-end planning tips, retention + more. Read more.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2021

Fall is also an excellent time of year for golf events—weather and course conditions are favorable, golf facilities are easier to book, and folks are anxious to hit the links before the winter months. . If you go the virtual route, whether it’s an extended play tournament or multi-course outing, live scoring is critical.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

The first “Donate Now” button was released in 1999 by a project of the Tides Foundation called Groundspring (acquired by Network for Good in 2005) and for the next two decades, nonprofit professionals have embraced the study of inspiring people to give online to good causes. 1) Implement Donation Page Best Practices.

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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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Network for Good

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Consistency between your direct mail, social media posts, and your donation page creates a cohesive message and reinforces your donor’s choice to give. Your donors access multiple communication channels throughout the course of any given day. For a variety of reasons, some people just prefer to mail in a check.

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The Fundraising Authority

AUGUST 6, 2021

On the other hand, perhaps you can get some of your materials donated and go with a slightly less expensive, though still nice menu. Spend most of your time focused on bringing in money for the event, but remember to take a hard look at costs and possible in-kind donations so that you can keep more of the money that the event raises. #4:

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Developing a digital donor acquisition strategy takes a similar approach to direct mail. Donor acquisition is the process of attracting new supporters and convincing them to donate to your cause through marketing efforts. the timing of their donation)? Engage new donors from the start with compelling digital marketing.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 28, 2023

When it comes to reaching your fundraising goals, email reigns supreme (after direct mail and face-to-face, of course). A PS is imperative in direct mail and you’ll want to include one in your emails as well. You’ll put your contact information, social media links, and, of course, your unsubscribe button. billion by 2025.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Collecting registrations online means there’s no need to track down and manage mailed registration forms, checks, and receipts; search for information in multiple spreadsheets, emails, and handwritten notes; or enter and re-enter registrant information. You’ll want to get on the radar of your supporters as early as possible. Raise more money.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The appeal you craft will be the backbone of your year-end campaign strategy, and it will inform all aspects of messaging over the course of that campaign. The Best Year-End Fundraising Appeals Drive More Donations + Increases Sharing. And, of course, a strong appeal results in stronger donations, and stronger donor retention.

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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? In 2020, U.S. nonprofits raised $2.47 billion dollars. What was your piece of that ‘pumpkin’ pie? Let’s talk 2021! What about your board members… are they fired up for fundraising season?

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

The experience for the user should be seamless, of course, but this is the bare minimum. Are there easily-identifiable links and buttons to your donate page or plugin? . Is it clear that you’re a nonprofit organization and therefore need donations to fulfill your mission? . Is it easy to join your mailing list?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

How you SHOULD NOT communicate with lapsed donors Stop sending reinstatement and member renewal mailings to lapsed donors on auto-pilot. Of course, if you wanted to help us, we would greatly appreciate it and put your gift to immediate work helping [insert target beneficiary here]). I’m not coming to you today to ask for a gift. (Of

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 11, 2021

Due to the on-target messaging, and the fact they coupled the “talk” with some “walk” — creating freeZoom plays people could stream — they found themselves generating many donations from folks who’d never given before. So, the number of new donors you acquire will depend on the number of folks to whom you mail.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 27, 2021

Every successful fundraising appeal employs a CTA to motivate supporters to donate, volunteer, subscribe or otherwise take action. Some examples of effective CTAs include: “Donate Now” This CTA is both clear and effective. This style of CTA is especially effective when you’re seeking smaller or recurring donations.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 5, 2020

It’s almost the year-end giving season, and most non-profits I know are getting ready to reach out to their donors to ask for one more donation before the end of the year. Today, I want to present a sample year-end fundraising e-mail for a fictional non-profit organization. The rule online is less, less, less.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Most nonprofits should instead consider their usual channels of direct mail, email campaigns and social media and experiment in some new areas like Livestreaming. If you’ve decided to try out using QR codes in any of your mail appeals (of course you have!), 3) Optimize Your Donation Page To Maximize Year-End Gifts.

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