sgEngage

AUGUST 2, 2023

The Form 990 Series is a specifically designed tax form that most nonprofit organizations will need to file annually. Beyond the fact that it’s a requirement, however, there are a number of other benefits to filing as well—such as increased credibility in the eyes of donors and volunteers. Which 990 Form(s) Should I File?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2020

By Christy Smaglio , Instructional Writer at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Donor retention is a crucial aspect of a productive fundraising strategy. Here are seven excellent methods of increasing donor retention and how to automate them.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 18, 2023

To preserve your status and make the most of your donations , your nonprofit has to file tax forms on an annual basis. The form that most nonprofits need to file is the IRS Form 990. Organizations that miss the filing deadline face penalty fees and the eventual loss of their 501(c)(3) status. Why is filing Form 990 important?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In fundraising, digital acquisition is the process of acquiring email addresses and converting them into donors. To grow your donor file, add three easy upgrades to your current acquisition plan and watch how kickstarting a better content, promotion, and conversion strategy can work wonders for your donor pipeline.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Developing a digital donor acquisition strategy takes a similar approach to direct mail. It starts with a detailed analysis of your donor base, including average gift size, retention rates, and cost per acquired donor. Engage new donors from the start with compelling digital marketing. What is donor acquisition?

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Donors are your nonprofit’s greatest resource. From January to June 2022, the number of donors declined by 7%, and overall donor retention decreased by 4.2% Additionally, retention rates for first-time donors declined from 25.3% Additionally, retention rates for first-time donors declined from 25.3% year over year.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Did you know as many as 81% percent of new donors don’t return to give again? And only 43% of all donors remain loyal? . Donor attrition has gotten worse over time. Donors tell us this all the time, both with words and actions. Donors tell us this all the time, both with words and actions. Donor Negative WORDS.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 5, 2021

Think fast: do you know where you get your best donors? Ask any fundraiser if they want more donors and you’ll get a resounding “YES” but ask what source yielded them their very BEST donors and you might see some puzzled faces. . Before you rush out to find new donors you’re wise to consider where you’ve found your best donors.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 17, 2024

The year-end giving season is rife with opportunities for new donor acquisition and for bringing in different types of donors. Now is the time to build and refine your donor retention strategies to ensure that these year-end donors remain engaged and committed to your cause.

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Our new Member Portal is a self-service portal for recurring donors to track and mange their monthly gifts and pledges. Instead of manually updating donation amounts through back and forth emails, you can easily keep recurring donations up-to-date with zero administrative work by allowing donors to update their recurring donation themselves.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2021

So you want to start up (or restart) a donor acquisition program. The reality is, whether you are trying to grow a new file or stop attrition on your existing file, there’s no better way to obtain and keep new donors than with a well-executed donor acquisition program. First of all, congratulations!

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

What is Donor Engagement? Not all donors are created equal. Imagine you have two donors who each give $100. Will you communicate to both donors the same way? If you aren’t measuring donor engagement, you might have to. Donor Engagement Factors. Cash/check donor. ACH/credit card on file.

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Greater Giving

JULY 18, 2023

Donor Data Management How To Supercharge Relationships You’ve spent weeks, months, or even years collecting every bit of data your donors produce. Your donor data may include phone numbers, emails, birthdays, donation history, and even meal preferences. Here’s what you can expect in this guide: Gather relevant donor data.

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DonorPerfect

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Nonprofit CRMs are an excellent tool to manage donor data, and often, a CRM’s highly customizable nature makes it easy to collect and store all the information you could possibly need. This abundance of information IS an advantage, but it can also feel overwhelming when it comes to dredging through donor file after donor file Read More ».

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 11, 2022

If this sounds like you, maybe it’s time you implement a donor management system, or DMS. I know what you’re thinking – what is a donor management system? A donor management system is like a really big filing cabinet that lives in the cloud and tracks everything about your organization. Host an awesome event.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

During a hectic work day where many can only squeeze in a lunch break between firing off emails, it can be hard to know if you’re making your donors feel appreciated or if you’re giving them the impression that they’re getting copy and paste interactions. That’s why you need to chart your donor lists carefully.

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Donorbox

JANUARY 16, 2023

Donors that give to 501c3 nonprofit organizations can deduct up to 50 to 60% of their adjusted gross income (AGI). For that to happen, they file charitable donation tax forms with the IRS, often including the tax receipts they receive from charities.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 23, 2021

For the last 5 or so years, there has been a trend in new donor acquisition : Response rates continue to drop while average gifts continue to rise. As we look specifically at direct mail or email strategies for new donor acquisition, the way to improve this global trend is to mail fewer people with a focus on connecting with the right people.

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The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

An organization’s annual fundraising appeal letter is a yearly letter that gets sent out to your current donors asking for general operating funds for your nonprofit organization. When your appeal is the only real live letter your donors get from you, they are more likely to feel you are “selling” to them.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

And then there is your annual IRS 990 series filing deadline. With an ever-changing landscape of fundraising, economic conditions, and tactics for expanding mission-related programming, finding time for IRS tax reporting and filing 990 Series returns can be beyond challenging. This couldn’t be more inaccurate!

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EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

Which strategies have worked well to keep donors engaged with your mission? Prioritize a streamlined user experience (UX) for donors. Nonprofits with well-designed, highly functional websites will have a definite advantage when it comes to reaching, engaging, and retaining more donors in years to come. Let’s get started.

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Allegiance Group

JANUARY 23, 2023

All nonprofits experience various amounts of donor attrition, making it essential to re-engage with lapsed donors. And, like new donor acquisition and donor retention, donor re-engagement after a lapse takes effort. Most organizations define lapsed donors as those who haven’t donated in the past 18-36 months.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 14, 2021

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to tactfully ask for donor feedback without making promises. . Dear Charity Clairity, What kinds of questions would you suggest asking donors to help them feel heard—without making promises about acting on their ideas? . What should I do differently?

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Allegiance Group

MAY 18, 2023

Developing a digital donor acquisition strategy takes a similar approach as direct mail, starting with a detailed analysis of your donor base, including average gift, retention rates, average gift, and if you have done previous online fundraising campaigns, cost per acquired donor. Use paid media to target your ideal donor.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Donors who gave to you once will slip away. Even if your donor loves your cause, if your email hits on a day that they don’t have much time, the subject line is the key to getting your email opened. Hot Tip: Keep a Swipe File Here’s a great way to start to gather ideas for awesome subject lines. Make sense? Pose a question.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 9, 2022

As a nonprofit fundraiser, you’ve probably heard some variation of the phrase, “treat every donor like a major donor.” If you treat every donor like a major donor, you’d probably run out of team member time. Plus, not all of your supporters want to be wined and dined like a major donor. Who are your major donors?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2022

Online fundraising makes it simpler for your donors to give and easier for them to make recurring donations to support your mission. As you take advantage of new opportunities to use online fundraising to grow and engage your donor community, make sure that you know what you need to know to be compliant. . 2) Social Media Campaigns.

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Bloomerang

MAY 29, 2021

Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who wants advice on best practices around recording and recognizing in-kind donors. . How do we record, recognize, and be sure not to forget about these donors as we list our donors from the year in their circles or their donor lists by amount? The impact is the same.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 19, 2023

Sponsored groups can always file for a 501(c)(3) status after you’ve proven your concept can gain support from donors and volunteers. How do you decide which of these options is right for you and your idea? First, think about your idea and decide if it’s a good or service you want to sell or is it a service you want to provide.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

tax-exempt organizations file annually, are a major source of data about nonprofits and foundation grantmaking in the United States. For one, busy and understaffed organizations are requesting filing extensions—the IRS expects roughly 762K tax-exempt extensions for fiscal year 2022. Case in point: 990 data. IRS Form 990s, which U.S.

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Greater Giving

JULY 24, 2023

Although increasing revenue to fund your mission is an important goal, you’ll eventually find yourself sorting through donation records and event recaps to craft financial statements and file the necessary paperwork to maintain your nonprofit’s compliance with the IRS. Data is not only important for Form 990 filing.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In December, our organizations filed a joint amicus brief to support the Fearless Foundation and protect the right to give. What is at stake? Why would this case against a small foundation threaten First Amendment rights for the entire sector? But it wouldn’t stop there.

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Care2

JUNE 17, 2021

Every year, charities and nonprofits experience churn on their donor file. A significant percentage of supporters will eventually stop responding to direct mail, donating online, following a charity on social media, or opening cause-related emails!

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 4, 2023

When you get more than 200 donors, you may be eligible to mail at nonprofit postage rates as low as 19 cents per piece (as of July 2023). That’s why nonprofits outsource to nonprofit mail experts as their donor file grows. This letter puts all donor information on one sheet of paper. The donor can handle one lick!

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Everyone wants new donors, right? In reality, paying to interrupt complete strangers with an uninvited ask and thinking they’ll go from stranger to a donor can amount to magical thinking. A wise friend in fundraising once told me, “Finding new donors is like going fishing. So where can you find donor prospects ?

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Nonprofits and charities use databases to manage donor, volunteer, and B2B profiles and aggregate data. However, database are also used for storing records, files, other types of information. Duplicate files, profiles, and other data are common for every organization. Keep it clean. Conduct audits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

At its simplest form, Github is a place that houses code into groups called repositories and allows one or more people to update and keep version controlled copies of their files. Keep one central location for all their web files. Donor Drive: github.com/DonorDrive. Nonprofits and Nonprofit Technology Companies Using GitHub.

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