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Send Year End Tax Documentation in Minutes!

Bloomerang

Coordinating year-end tax documentation takes precious time—sometimes months. While the IRS requires that donations of $250 or more be acknowledged , it’s a good practice to acknowledge gifts of all sizes. Rest easy knowing donors have the documentation they need for tax deductions. Tax season can be daunting for nonprofits.

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It’s Giving Season. Here’s how to donate wisely.

Candid

Volunteers sit outside grocery stores, ringing bells and encouraging shoppers to donate to their cause. With so many options for charitable giving, people want to know how they can donate wisely. In this blog, I will share how you can use your head and heart to inform your giving and to ensure your donations make a difference.

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Sponsorship v. Donations: The Drawbacks and Benefits

NonProfit Hub

However, we all need donations, and corporate giving is a reliable way to generate those funds. Let’s break down two of the most popular forms of corporate philanthropy: sponsorships and donations. Compared to donations, sponsorships require less intensive record-keeping for your nonprofit. billion in just one year.

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Does your nonprofit mission statement drive donations?

Candid

I was familiar with using data from Candid to evaluate a nonprofit as a prospective employee or when considering giving a donation—I love digging into a 990 ! We then compared that emotional polarity score with the organizations’ financial data from the 990 tax documents. The post Does your nonprofit mission statement drive donations?

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Zen and the Art of the Nonprofit Donation Receipt

Qgiv

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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Why I Donated: Why I Give $100 To My Local Community Foundation Every Year

Bloomerang

In this post, we talk to Lydia, a n instructor in Louisiana, about why she makes a yearly donation of $100 to the Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana (SWLA). The Cause : The Community Foundation of SWLA The Donation : $100 (yearly) What inspired you to make a donation to the Community Foundation of SWLA?

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Year-end donation processing

Robert Weiner

As the calendar year draws to an end, charities (and ideally, donors) are focused on year-end donations and tax deductions. Let's say the following donations will be processed by different nonprofits in the United States on Jan. Let's say the following donations will be processed by different nonprofits in the United States on Jan.

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