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The Psychology Behind Giving: Motivating Members to Become Donors

Bloomerang

Understanding what flips the switch for your members to transform them from participants to passionate donors is the key to boosting your fundraising efforts. When members hear about a specific person who overcame adversity because of their help, it paints a vivid picture of the impact and value of their contribution.

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5 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Financials to Increase Transparency

Connection Cafe

It’s important for organizations to be transparent about their financials and ensure all stakeholders, including donors, board, staff, and volunteers, understand the numbers. They’ll stay involved longer and make a deeper commitment when they understand how their work impacts the big picture. Improved Donor Relationships.

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Results Of The Chronicle of Philanthropy 2013 Survey on Corporate Giving

Tech Soup

Cash grants are just part of the picture, though. In the case of Microsoft, their current mission is youth empowerment. In developing a prospect list of potential corporate donors start locally. Target ($147 million cash, and $76 million in products). Citigroup ($137 million cash). percent in 2012.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy 2013 Survey on Corporate Giving and Akhtar Badshah of Microsoft on How To Get Corporate Grants

Tech Soup

Cash grants are just part of the picture, though. In the case of Microsoft, their current mission is youth empowerment. In developing a prospect list of potential corporate donors start locally. Target ($147 million cash, and $76 million in products). Citigroup ($137 million cash). percent in 2012.

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Ethical Storytelling + Nonprofit Fundraising

Greater Giving

Telling one person’s emotionally compelling success story through an appeal video can be the single most powerful way to inspire donors to give generously. How can we help people share their stories in ways that empower them and inspire donors without exploiting their struggle and pain? o Empowerment and choice.

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Our EveryAction Hero: World Central Kitchen

Everyaction

Our work started by focusing on long term empowerment projects. For the past 5 or 6 years we've had a small but steady group of supporters who are primarily invested in our empowerment projects. How do you keep your donors and audience engaged even after an issue has moved out of the news cycle?

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

Have Fun - Do Good

Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. The projects can range from preschools, to libraries and computer training centers, to women empowerment programs. Mainly it was luck.