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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Greater Giving

JULY 24, 2023

As a nonprofit leader, you know the impact of successful fundraising events on your organization’s work. If you’ve invested in software to simplify auction management, you’re already taking the right steps to maximize your fundraising event’s success! Data is not only important for Form 990 filing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2020

It’s 2020, a new decade has arrived and online fundraising is here to stay. Online fundraising makes it simpler for your donors to give, and easier for them to make recurring donations to support your mission. Fundraising registration. There’s another key to understanding fundraising compliance.

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sgEngage

MARCH 11, 2024

The social sector and major gift fundraising are no exception. Ultimately, this helps major gift teams focus on what matters most—building relationships with donors and helping their organization make an impact. The Benefits of AI to Major Gift Fundraisers Fundraising is an industry that faces high stress and burnout.

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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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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 5, 2021

A good fundraising email subject line can make or break your request for funds. Your fundraising email subject line has ONE job: to entice the recipient to open the email. Donors who gave to you once will slip away. Why You Need a Good Fundraising Email Subject Line We all know what it’s like to get an email in our inbox.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Donors are your nonprofit’s greatest resource. The Q2 2022 Fundraising Effectiveness Project paints a concerning picture. 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%

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 11, 2022

In order to create calm out of chaos, your nonprofit organization needs a fundraising solution to keep growing. 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? Donor Management Software Help You Manage Potential 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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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. And it can be one of the most powerful data point in a fundraisers toolkit.

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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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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. . Open house events where current donors invited their peers? . Your membership?

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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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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

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. Peer-to-peer fundraisers.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

A new law that went into effect in California on January 1, 2023, AB 488 is aimed at improving transparency and accountability in online charitable fundraising. It imposes new compliance requirements that could potentially cause your nonprofit to lose out on online fundraising dollars. What is California AB 488?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Facebook Fundraisers are a relatively new fundraising tool, but they’re already driving a major boost in revenue for some nonprofit organizations. Additionally, Facebook has made both creating and donating to Fundraisers a highly streamlined process. His work is focused on nonprofits, advocacy, and public affairs.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Your website is arguably the most important tool you have in your fundraising arsenal. Where did the donor come from? This granular-level data uncovers the precise path a donor took on your website that led to a donation. This includes things like file downloads, form interactions, video views, and site searches.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 30, 2024

The Right Shoe Can Change Your Life, and So Can the Right Nonprofit Fundraising Software How It Had “Always Been Done.” When I started my nonprofit fundraising career a decade ago, all I knew were spreadsheets, paper bid sheets, and manually charging sales for each guest at a fundraising event. The short answer to that is no.

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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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DipJar

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

If your organization struggles to boost fundraising each year (or is seeing a decline in overall donations), it can be hard to know how to improve your fundraising strategy. For most nonprofits, it helps to go back to the starting point: your fundraising appeal. Tailor your appeals by segmenting donors.

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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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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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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

As a nonprofit professional, you understand the importance of a well-crafted fundraising development plan. Whether you’re creating a new plan or adapting an existing one to address new trends and unprecedented events – a common occurrence in recent years – it’s important to remember that fundraising plans are dynamic.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

What if we could have a conversation about fundraising strategy with David Ogilvy, founder of Ogilvy a leading marketing/PR firm and deemed the ‘Father of Advertising’? Survey existing donors on what compelled them to support you before. Creativity matters only if it sells. Remember your goal is persuading consumers.

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Hands on Fundraising

APRIL 16, 2024

Do you quickly review it to be sure it’s a thank you letter, then file it for your taxes? I’m asking not because I think […] The post Why you should write a thank you from the heart appeared first on Hands-On Fundraising. And does that make the whole experience feel a bit… impersonal?

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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 3, 2023

It’s important for nonprofit leaders to learn how to incorporate fair and good fundraising best practices when connecting with diverse audiences. In this webinar follow-up, Kristal Frazier answers your pressing questions on DEI donor best practices. Question: How can we add NTEE codes on the IRS file or Candid?

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M+R

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Read time: 4 minutes Are you done running reports for your 2023 year-end fundraising? Good, it’s time to start planning for 2024 year-end fundraising! Email fundraising has become increasingly difficult, but many of the organizations in our sample of 24 nonprofits saw strong results this December.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 14, 2021

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to tactfully ask for donor feedback without making promises. . First, be careful about the way you ask for donor feedback. Thanks for wanting your donors to feel heard. .

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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. Let’s get started.

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Candid

APRIL 11, 2023

As a nonprofit professional, you understand how much time, resources, and planning goes into running a successful fundraising event. Successfully securing corporate sponsors for your fundraising event can not only give your budget and staff’s bandwidth a boost. This is where corporate sponsors can help.

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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.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 25, 2021

With family vacations and so much going on during the summer with kids being out of school, we—just like our donors—are out of our regular schedules. This means it can sometimes seem like we’re making very little progress on our development goals as we head into fall fundraising. They even do this with those donors who gave $5! .

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Online fundraising allows your nonprofit to earn donations from a wide audience, growing your network and raising more for your cause. Today, most modern nonprofits engage in at least limited online fundraising to engage supporters even while following social distancing guidelines. Applying to Fundraise Online.

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CauseVox

MARCH 30, 2022

Meat Fight is a nonprofit dedicated to “funlanthropy” who has used CauseVox to set records in their digital fundraising. Meat Fight uses CauseVox for their peer to peer fundraising , crowdfunding pages , and donation pages. Peer to Peer Fundraising. Benefit: Fundraising On Autopilot. Pro Fundraising Tip.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 18, 2023

Getting started with nonprofit fundraising can be a thrilling journey. To succeed, it’s important to grasp the basics of three strategies: email fundraising, direct mail fundraising, and fundraising events. acronym to guide your team through setting the right objectives for your fundraiser.

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