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Pledges vs. Donations: Understanding the Difference

Pamela Grow

Organizations that rely on donations to continue serving their communities or participants, whether they are nonprofits, schools, or sports teams, must focus on providing high-quality donor experiences. But how can you make sure the act of donating is both easy for donors and maximizes results for your organization?

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How to Host a Pledge Drive: The Complete Guide

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A pledge drive is a fundraising campaign where donors promise a gift amount to your organization based on a goal set by you or your participants. As your organization or participants meet those goals, donors increase their pledged donation. Organizations often offer incentive tiers for supporters to encourage larger donations.

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What Makes a Good Donate Button?

CauseVox

Here’s a surprising truth for a lot of nonprofit organizations: the donate button on your website is a really big deal! A good donation page is more than a pretty website: it can increase both your number of donors and the size of their donations. And it starts with your donate button. What Can A Donation Page Do?

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The complete year-end guide to maximizing matching gifts

EveryAction

from our friends at Double the Donation The final few months of the year hold great significance for nonprofit organizations as a critical time for fundraising. Needless to say, if you’re a fundraiser, meeting your organization’s fundraising goal is top of mind in the fall and winter. Maximize corporate philanthropy funding.

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Multi-Year Gift Agreements: Your Donor Retention ‘Ace-In-The-Hole’

Bloomerang

This continues a trend that began in 2021, after a large uptick in donations and donors in 2020. Savvy fundraisers have always kept donor retention top of mind. Multi-year giving isn’t just a statistical trick, but a genuine opportunity to steward your donor over the course of their pledge.

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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The list created by Sean Kosofsky of Mind the Gap Consulting can be used by an executive director, board chair, or any individual board member to consider their contribution to your organization’s financial health. Help the organization get authorized for receiving donations on Facebook. Then help implement these tools.

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Navigating the Season of Giving: 4 Fundraising Software Tips

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And because supporters feel more inclined to donate during this season, nonprofits focus all of their energy on fundraising. Easily organize pledge fundraisers. Easily organize pledge fundraisers. Usually, these donations are fulfilled after the fundraiser ends, either in a lump sum or in installments. 5 per hour).