Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Hint: they should!) Your brand strategy and key messages should form the foundation for all of your donor communications, new and old. What does donor funding make possible for your community? Take this example: Don’t: With your support, we can reach our goal of increasing food and clothing donations by 25% in our community.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

One of the top questions we get asked at Whole Whale is “how can we attract new online donors to our organization?” The most common mistake we see is trying to acquire a donor on the “first date” interaction only, instead of viewing donor acquisition like a longer relationship that must be nurtured over time.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2012

Donors give their hard-earned money to your organization because they believe you are making a difference for a cause they care about. However, many donors are not happy with the. appreciated for the donations or pledges they contribute on a timely. However, many donors are not happy with the. A charitable organization.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

On Giving Tuesday, many nonprofits and donors alike use the #GivingTuesday hashtag to find nonprofits participating in the big day and donors who want to contribute to them! This is a great time to set up your GivingTuesday donation page, plan a few publicity blasts, and start approaching donors about commitments.

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

Guest post blog submitted by: Donately, a nonprofit technology provider. It’s time to step into your donors’ shoes and work to optimize their experience on your website. . But there’s a lot competing for your donors’ attention online. You’ll also need a way to let donors know you appreciate them. . Let’s get started! .

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sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

In this guide, we’ll explore six tips to help your team build a successful workplace giving strategy that maximizes your impact and engages individual donors and corporate partners alike. Leverage donor employment details to uncover opportunities. Leverage donor employment details to uncover opportunities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Additionally, Facebook has made both creating and donating to Fundraisers a highly streamlined process. The focus for campaigns is encouraging donations to Fundraisers during timeframes when it’s most important for your organization. 5) Take advantage of the matching donation feature. Year-Round Promotion. Campaign Tactics.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

To take advantage of this trend toward recurring giving, your nonprofit will need to look inward at its donor data. Your data can reveal hints about donors’ giving preferences, giving capacity, willingness to give, and the reasons why they support your cause. Understand donors’ giving behaviors.

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Candid

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Social media is an important part of this plan and can help drive donations. This year, create a social media strategy that gets donors excited to support your organization. That way, when the donation request rolls around, you’ve already got them ready. Remind your audience why they love your cause and your organization.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Since neither Microsoft, Apple, or Google have “Nonprofit” or “Charity” categories in their app stores (hint, hint!), it’s going to be up to you to make sure that donors, volunteers, and potential supporters easily find your app in app store searches. National Geographic Society.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 9, 2022

As we approach the end of the calendar year, many of your donors will be thinking about end-of-year donations to your organization. Maybe that means you are sending an email to encourage your constituents to donate – you can use the event information to make that email more personal. Consider Accepting Non-Traditional Donations.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 28, 2013

. — It’s very easy to become paralyzed by the variety of opinions about how to optimize donation forms. There’s no magic answer to the ideal calibration of layout, copy, images, fields, offer and headline that drive the highest possible levels of donor acquisition. Make donor acquisition more important than legacy fields!

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Socialbrite

MARCH 8, 2020

Donorbox is a powerful and efficient next-generation fundraising system that allows organizations to raise more donations, implement smooth donation management, promote fundraising campaigns in a variety of ways and establish lasting relationships with donors. Truthout portrays itself as a form of journalism seeking justice.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

In fact, some people check out your site first before they decide whether or not to donate, just to see if you’re legit. Building a donor-friendly website is a complex job – part marketing and part technical. Though they have tutorials and customer support, setting up your site to accept donations can be challenging.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. Inspires potential donors to give. In short, great storytelling tugs heartstrings and that’s step 1 if you want a donation. Your donation of $7.32

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2014

TechSoup is proud to announce our newest donor partner, Bloomerang. Its cloud-based donor management solution is rooted in principles of philanthropy, simple to use, and focused on empowering your team to achieve remarkable results through enhanced donor loyalty. Keep Track of Your Donor Retention. Manage Your Donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Nonprofits need every tool possible to entice donors to join and then stick around for years. Some organizations use donor perks or benefits to do this. One way to create a major donor program or donor perks system is to replicate one from another organization. Many sponsors and donors want recognition for their support.

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CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

One of the best features was that they embedded the livestream directly onto their CauseVox page so that viewers could watch and donate all in one place. Louis (hint: this is a great place to use CauseVox’s peer-to-peer fundraising capabilities). Charge a flat entry fee or suggested donation for attendees. Donation Match Drive.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

It is not a secret that nonprofits need volunteers and donors to achieve their goals and carry out their mission. Many nonprofits do not know that the line between their volunteers and donors is very thin. The value of a volunteer who donates is also on average much higher than a donor only prospect (About 10 X Higher).

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 26, 2022

So here is a 7 step road map to get started: Find and study the data Google Analytics for web traffic Email database CRM Donor database Other program/services data Course: Understanding Google Analytics. Hint: SEO will be the best value over time followed by the Google Ad Grant. Are intake webforms working? Are emails being sent?

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 14, 2022

This guest post was contributed by Double the Donation. New and developing nonprofit technology is constantly paving the way for improved fundraising and overall donor experiences. Provide donors with access to an employer database. Online donation form. Provide donors with access to an employer database.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 12, 2010

In January 2010, I was quoted by Association & Nonprofit BizNow for saying: “[Heather] envisions a mobile app with a GuideStar database of nonprofits that would make it possible for people to donate to any organization at any time. At year’s end, givers could print out all their donation info on one page for tax purposes.&#

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Forum One

MAY 5, 2022

Automation in your Customer/Contact Relationship Management (CRM) tool can mean the processes in Salesforce, HubSpot, EveryAction, Charity Engine, and other common tools that filter audiences into segments based on their actions as donors, subscribers, event attendees, and more. Hint: The platforms know their algorithms better than you!

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

Many of your donations will come in as pledges and some number will drop off over time. Typically about one year of that time is spent focused exclusively on major donors (this is called the silent phase). Check out this great donation tier chart example from the Capital Campaign Toolkit. Next, think about attrition.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 11, 2010

I’m hoping that someone (hint, hint) will write the blog post or report taking off on this work, and articulate the major nonprofit use cases for Social CRM. How do you know which of your Facebook fans/Causes members are also a donors (separate from donations through Causes)?

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 27, 2021

What Should You Say to Get People to Donate? If you want to reach your fundraising goals and engage your donors in giving, your words matter. Understanding Why People Give (hint: it’s not what you think!) The BEST Way to Find New Donors for Your Nonprofit. Don’t rush through an Ask just so you can mark it off your list.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

In this new study, researchers asked African-American, Asian, and Hispanic donors about their giving priorities, values, and habits. It means that not only do we need to better tailor our messages to resonate with tomorrow’s untapped donors, but also that the sector needs to rethink who it is reaching out to altogether.

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

Hint: A great time to do this is when you are creating your annual budget and marketing plan. Increase online donations? Hint: I typically recommend posting 3-4x per week per channel as a starting point. Hint: Did you know you can respond to all Facebook & Instagram direct messages and comments through Business Manager? .

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3rd Sector Labs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

In fact, being in the nonprofit data services business, we get asked lots of questions about how to obtain more donor data, better data, the right data. Let’s use donor data for our discussion. Did you know that too much donor data can lead to bad decisions and fundraising mistakes just as easily as too little data can?

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 6, 2022

As an animal-related nonprofit, you often compete with other similar organizations, not to mention thousands of other deserving causes, for every donation. When considering these animal fundraising ideas, don’t forget the power a well-placed friendly rescue can have on your donors. In-kind donations. Let’s get started!

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I was recently asked for advice on how to engage with all of the new donors that were added to a database as a result of a walk-a-thon. Segment: These new donors, often called “net new donors”, should be segmented from the rest of the database population so that you can target these individuals differently. Probably not.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Whether you’re looking to acquire new donors , want to spread the word about your programs, need to recruit volunteers, or are looking to expand your reach, Google Ad Grants can get your nonprofit in front of more people. Keep in mind, though, that this is an in-kind donation : Google won’t send you a check. But how do they work?

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CauseVox

JUNE 15, 2021

A virtual or hybrid gala provides a way for your supporters to buy a ticket, attend a livestream, donate, and even fundraise for you online. Your attendees can buy tickets at different price points and also donate to your organization, right in one place. Need to sell tickets for your gala? Host A Challenge. Happy Hour.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Hint: If your constituents are more comfortable now with virtual opportunities to lend their support, check out Fundly’s list of virtual fundraising ide as to get inspired for your next campaign.). On the other hand, new grant opportunities came to light, and if you were good at identifying them, you made your case to individual donors.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

But the one resolution your nonprofit definitely doesn’t want to break is mastering donor acquisition. Here are t hree great donor acquisition tips to try out before the year is over. Make sure that your communications to potential donors are varied enough to appeal to multiple preferences. Direct Mail.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2010

Leveraging the emotional connection we feel with our own mothers or our own pride of being a mom, Epic Change is inviting donors to participate in an online collaborative art project to honor moms around the Globe. You have to make a donation first. To Mama With Love is a project of US 501c3 nonprofit Epic Change. Here's how it works.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 23, 2013

This is the fourth part in my series about learning how to test the usability of your online donation form and website with real donors. Moreover, usability testing is an invaluable tool for improving your website design and increasing donation conversions. Task #2: Now, you are considering making a donation.

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