Bloomerang

JUNE 30, 2023

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to credit and acknowledge donor advised fund gifts in their donor database: Dear Charity Clairity, I’m unsure how to enter donor advised fund gifts in our database so they’re credited and acknowledged appropriately. And do I thank the donor or the administrator?

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The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

For example, if your system calls for a thank you call to be made to every donor within 7 days of their gift, have your database set to automatically print out a call list for your development director once per week. The database will automatically print out a thank you letter. 2 – Take the Thought Out, if Possible.

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Elevation

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The golden rule of data science holds true: junk in, junk out–aka, there will be no successful communications campaign without cleaning your mailing list. Whether you are a national nonprofit or an all-volunteer organization or anything in between, there are multiple reasons why cleaning your contact database isn’t an optional task.

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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. This makes it difficult to know where to start when you’d like to turn your database nightmare into a pleasant dream.

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

Guest post blog submitted by: GivingMail, a leading provider of direct mail solutions. Your nonprofit needs to collect donations, message donors, host events, manage volunteers, and much, more more. Juggling all of these tasks is where nonprofit database software comes in. It can help make data-driven decisions.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Contributing memorial donations is a meaningful way to honor someone’s life after they’ve passed away. Your nonprofit should have a clear strategy for managing memorial donations and building relationships with donors and the family of the deceased. Managing memorial donations requires sensitivity and thoughtfulness.

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Whole Whale

MAY 23, 2022

More on that after the tips to get people to donate. Here are nine ideas that will get people donating on Father’s Day: 1. This will let potential donors know that their money is going towards a good cause and that their donation will make a difference. Use creative donation tiers. Make it easy to donate.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 25, 2010

I get a lot of emails like the following from small nonprofits: We desperately need to get a new donor database and most of them are totally unaffordable!! Looking at the Idealware Low Cost Database report , I find that there are so many considerations that it is quite complicated to make a choice. event_KEY=37802. event_KEY=29015.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 13, 2021

Guest post blog submitted by: GivingMail, a leading provider of direct mail solutions. In order to truly maximize your fundraising efforts and better engage with the individuals who help fund your mission, an integration between direct mail marketing and a digital channel is a huge step in the right direction. . Let’s dive in!

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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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Kindful

JUNE 10, 2021

You should send a thank you letter to anyone who donates to your organization. Taking the time to write a thank you letter demonstrates how appreciative you are of the person’s donation, which in turn could lead to additional donations from that individual in the future. When do you send a thank you letter?

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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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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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Achieve

JULY 26, 2021

It’s easy to get overwhelmed when you’re thinking about how you’d like to ask your supporters for a donation. Maybe you’ve hosted a couple of events already or have launched a fundraising campaign, but have found that your messaging hasn’t resulted in many donations. Make it easy to donate. Track your donations. .

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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. Direct mail fundraising was relatively accurate in PFLAG’s legacy fundraising system, but membership updates were coming in through a clunky external tool that was hard to manage.

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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. 3 FAQs How Marketing Can Increase Donations Let’s get started by walking through the different people and groups you’ll ask for donations to your nonprofit. Foundations.

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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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Media Cause

JUNE 28, 2022

But whether you’re looking to collect more donations online, attract more donors overall, or generally improve your website’s role in your fundraising, your donation form is one of the first resources you should optimize. . This article will explore eight ways you can improve and optimize your donation form now: 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

I am researching “Donate Now” service providers. Automatic, customizable “Thank You” e-mails/receipts that can also easily include social networking icons and other images without the nonprofit having to know HTML. Online donor database. Ability to give in someone else’s name. A set-up fee of $200 or less.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Payment platforms; donor database; smartphones; and growth in email, social media and other channels have made a huge impact. Since 2015, so much has changed that it's making sustainer giving much easier for donors and nonprofits.

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Greater Giving

JULY 18, 2023

Your donor data may include phone numbers, emails, birthdays, donation history, and even meal preferences. You collect information at every turn, whether someone fills out your donation form, registers for an event, interacts with you on social media, or browses your website. Use your mailing list effectively.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Your donor database is only as good as the data you put into it. A clean database should be a high priority as you plan ahead. Having the correct information, even something as simple as a prefix, can mean the difference between getting a donation and having your appeal thrown out with the offers for meal delivery services.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2022

You’ve likely seen that your annual appeal inspires donors to make some of the largest donations your organization receives in a given year. If your appeal letter is too wordy or complex, donors may fail to read it all the way through and miss your call to donate. Does your letter include a clear call to action and ways to donate?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2023

From tracking conversations and donations to event registrations, you can note every interaction you have with a supporter in your nonprofit CRM. Be sure your nonprofit CRM can create both: Letters and mailings. Design and save direct mail communication documents like solicitations and acknowledgments. Engaging emails.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Savvy fundraisers are turning to the opportunity that lies within their database. Upcoming events may have been cancelled, but you have thousands of past event participants in your database who are waiting to hear from you. Does it make sense to look for different types of support beyond just an outright cash donation?

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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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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. Make it easy to accept donations wherever your donors are. Dear Charity Clairity, Do you have any tips for acquiring phone numbers? We do ask on the remit, but often it’s left blank.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 22, 2024

Develop or switch to a new donor database , CRM, email provider, or website. Develop user-friendly donation landing pages and gift processing. Develop a direct mail donor acquisition program. Develop an email and/or phone number acquisition program. Develop a monthly giving program.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 11, 2009

I thought it might be useful to compile a list of all of the commercial donor databases I’m aware of. This list came from my head, my bookmarks, and lists compiled by NTEN and Idealware for their donor management software surveys (and I’m not certain all of these are actually donor databases). Donation Director.

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The Fundraising Authority

JANUARY 2, 2021

Like great sales organizations, great development operations need a constant stream of prospects… individuals, companies, and foundations that are, or are likely to be, interested enough in your mission to donate funds to your non-profit. Creating and growing a prospect list is one of the key responsibilities of your fundraising team.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 18, 2022

Think about all of the steps you have to take when you get a check in the mail: wait for the check to be sent, wait for the check to be delivered, manually enter the check into your database, send out a thank you letter and tax receipt. No more missing a zero or adding an extra zero when entering donations. Now what? .

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 12, 2017

Consider this—7 out of every 10 donors only donate once. We’ve already covered how to find the right online donation platform to boost your fundraising potential. To make it easy for you to navigate this article, we’ve broken our discussion into three helpful sections: Donor Databases for Small Nonprofits. Let’s add to the mix.

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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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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2021

It also minimizes the risk that the email gets lost in another inbox that your staff doesn’t check often; should a recipient hit “reply” and not receive a reasonably prompt response, they’re likely to forget about making the donation. According to direct mail expert Mal Warwick, the follow-up letter can boost your overall return by 15-25%. .

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Your organization Matching gifts lift average donation size, improve retention and donor lifetime value , and open the door to other giving. They like having a say in where company money is donated, and these donations are tax-deductible by the company. Consider using a searchable matching gifts database.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

According to these fundraising statistics from Double the Donation , over 18 million individuals work for companies with matching gift programs?—but Let’s explore a few of our favorite ways to get the word out about matching gifts : Online donation pages. Direct mail. within the calendar year, six months following the donation).

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Tribute donations can be a major source of revenue for nonprofits that can lead to legacy gifts and deeper relationships with the family. And tribute donations are growing faster than any other type of peer-to-peer fundraising , which means the need for a time-saving way to manage post-gift communications is becoming increasingly important.

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