Double the Donation

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

PatronManager – Patron Technology’s powerful ticketing and CRM solution – and Double the Donation are proud to launch a matching gift integration between PatronManager donation forms and 360MatchPro, the leading matching gifts automation provider by Double the Donation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 21, 2022

According to the Fidelity Charitable Overcoming Barriers to Giving Report, 65% of donors would give more if they knew the impact of their donations. After all, there is nothing more disappointing than contributing hard-earned money to what looks like a good cause, and then having absolutely no idea whether it made any difference.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

The most important thing you must do when you receive a donation of any size is immediately thank your donor warmly and provide a donation receipt. And it can’t be just any boring donation receipt. Let’s take a look at what an awesome donation receipt looks like so you can nail yours. The nonprofit receives the gift.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to attract corporate matching gifts: Dear Charity Clairity, I have a question about how to attract corporate matching gifts. Is there something I could do to help more donors access this matching money? Raise one gift, get the second gift free!

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Not all donations need to be monetary! By accepting in-kind donations, you can ask your donors to provide resources for your mission in ways that may be more accessible for some of your supporters. Despite not donating financially, in-kind donations can still qualify as a tax dedication, further benefiting your donors.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Over the last year, there’s been an explosion of multi-million-dollar gifts from donors to their alma maters. From old school donations to a new school of megagifts Getting your name on the side of a building is, as they say, old school. Griffin, gave Harvard University a $300 million gift. billion in funding.

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Double the Donation

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Have you ever wondered how much money goes unclaimed through matching gift programs each year? At Double the Donation we’ve spoken with countless nonprofits, corporations, foundations, and research institutions and are often asked: How much money is donated through employee matching gift programs?

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 18, 2024

Needing money is a common denominator among all nonprofits. 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. Giving USA 2023 found that corporate giving totaled approximately $29.48

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

For most of us, fundraising isn’t something that comes naturally, especially a straight request for donations. Asking for money, can be uncomfortable, right? We all grew up learning that it wasn’t polite to talk about money and it definitely wasn’t right to ask your friends and family for handouts. More about that in a minute.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

But there’s one unsung strategy that can elevate your donor retention rates, while expanding mid-level and major giving: multi-year gift agreements. This continues a trend that began in 2021, after a large uptick in donations and donors in 2020. Q3 itself saw a YOY drop of 7.6%. Does this r eally improve donor retention?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2023

Your donors and supporters start searching Google for “holiday gifts that benefit nonprofits” in early August, yet most nonprofits do not update their holiday tribute giving program until November or December. According to the Global Trends in Giving Report , 33% of donors worldwide give tribute gifts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Some year-end giving statistics : 30% of all annual donations occur in December. 12% of annual donations occurs on the last three days of the year. Here are 5 ways that you can use social media to raise even more money at year-end. . Two-thirds of donors who make gifts do no research before giving. nonprofits.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

There are a lot of myths when it comes to fundraising with volunteers: Myth #1 : “Volunteers are already giving us their time so we shouldn’t also ask them for money.” 85% of volunteers donate to the nonprofits they volunteer for. The post What Is The Major Gift Potential of Your Volunteers? So, what’s the key lesson here?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 16, 2023

According to Funraise's 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report , people are two times more likely to donate to causes and organizations that they volunteer for.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 23, 2024

What Are Major Gifts? Major gifts are generally the largest donations a nonprofit receives. The exact dollar amount that’s considered a major gift varies from organization to organization. The average nonprofit considers a gift of $5,000 or more a “major gift,” but that’s not a hard and fast rule.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

There are two parts to thanking donors: Connecting with the donor’s brain by providing a gift receipt and more importantly, touching the donor’s heart by letting them know they are heroes for giving to your organization’s cause. Your email thank-you should arrive immediately after a donation is made online. Take your time.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

There are zillions of articles about how to build the best nonprofit donation form. But sometimes seeing a donation form example can be more effective than simply learning about how to create one. What do the best practices for building a donation form look like in real life? But it also includes recurring donation options!

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Their dedication, passion, and contributions form the backbone of your organization, enriching your mission and amplifying the effect of every donation. Every department participated—even finance and nursing—and everyone reported that it made them feel more connected to the organization. Did thanking them raise more money?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

When you’re fundraising online , your nonprofit donation page is often one of the first interactions people have with your organization, so it’s important to create an effective donation experience. The most effective donation pages are simple, impactful, and quick to complete.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2023

By Wendy Mercurio , Content & Education Specialist at Qgiv — an online fundraising platform empowering 20,000+ nonprofit fundraisers to raise money for their causes while keeping costs low. Donors are familiar and comfortable with this type of spending and are likely to connect and engage with this donation style.

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Double the Donation and SimplyFundraisingCRM are proud to unveil their new integration partnership, opening the door for nonprofit organizations to identify more matching gift opportunities for their donors with every donation. Activate in Seconds and Start Raising More from Matching Gifts?

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sgEngage

JULY 28, 2023

A challenge gift is a donation that creates an incentive for others to give by offering a financial reward based on an established contingency. Challenge gifts are issued only once a contingency, or “challenge,” has been achieved.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 24, 2022

You just landed a ten million dollar mega gift for your organization. It’s the donation that you’ve always dreamed about! For those of us who have accomplished this, exhilaration hardly describes all the emotion that comes with raising a multimillion dollar gift from one donor. Kick-start your endowment.

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Double the Donation

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The Double the Donation and DonorDock teams are excited to announce a new integration between DonorDock online donation forms and 360MatchPro by Double the Donation. We hope that with this new integration, organizations will be able to start receiving more and more of the money left unclaimed each year in matching gifts.”.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

Other events are smaller, more intimate gatherings where guests are directly asked for money. You can raise money with all kinds of fundraising events like parties, galas, sporting events, concerts… and the list goes on and on. That means that spending money on an event can be a little scary.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 13, 2023

Today’s question come from a nonprofit leader who wants advice on how to frame monthly gift asks to minimize accounting complications between restricted and unrestricted gifts: . I am trying to figure out how to frame what donations would go to, and what we would ask people to give to. – – Mr. Social Entrepreneur.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 7, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Boost Your Donations: Pro Tips for Tackling Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Challenges Are you struggling to inspire donors and fuel your peer-to-peer fundraising program? Discover strategies that will not only overcome these challenges but also significantly increase the donations you receive.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 9, 2023

Your words matter when you’re trying to get people to donate. If you inspire people, you’ll get a gift. The right words are critical, especially when your goal is to get people to donate! People make the decision to donate with their heart, then justify it with their head. If you bore people or confuse them, you won’t.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2021

We put together some charity donation form best practices to help you raise more money for animals! Similarly, you can use your smartphone to take high-quality before and after pictures of more serious cases and add those pictures to a slideshow on your donation page. Using Storytelling in Your Appeal .

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Whole Whale

MAY 23, 2022

Also, Dads can be notoriously difficult to find a gift for as there are only so many coffee mugs, golf balls, and ties one person can need. 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. Use creative donation tiers. Make it easy to donate.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

During 2020, nonprofits saw a 42% drop in cash donations ; these numbers stayed low in preceding years, never rising to pre-COVID levels. While traditional online donations are on the rise, the speed and convenience of digital wallets are capturing the hearts of consumers and donors alike. 43% of people worldwide , that’s 3.4

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 3, 2022

Tribute giving is when a donor makes a donation in someone else’s name to honor that person or to celebrate a special occasion. Tribute gifts are most often made by supporters with a strong belief in your mission who prefer to donate to a good cause rather than spend money on traditional gifts.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 25, 2023

And I also prefer a new donor paradigm that doesn’t look at donors from top to bottom based simply on the size of their gift. Let’s look, instead, at the energy their gift represents. A new donor paradigm for nonprofits In Part 1 I suggested some different categories for gifts. If you want gifts, you must give them.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 20, 2022

Overall, more money was raised than on Giving Tuesday 2020. I’ve been tracking results from the various CRMs and payment platforms to look at Giving Tuesday trends.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 18, 2021

The best gift a nonprofit organization can receive is unrestricted cash, but an inkind donation of something your organization needs and would have otherwise purchased is also a high-value gift. In reality, the van or other gift you receive is not exactly what you would have purchased. And it’s called an inkind gift.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Lucky for you, employee matching gifts and nonprofit fundraising events are two of the most significant tactics for charitable organizations today. Meanwhile, Double the Donation reports that an estimated $2-3 billion is contributed by businesses through matching gift programs each year. Let’s begin!

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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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