The Fundraising Authority

JANUARY 2, 2021

Like great sales organizations, great development operations need a constant stream of prospects… individuals, companies, and foundations that are, or are likely to be, interested enough in your mission to donate funds to your non-profit. Your donors support you and feel like part of your team. They never write them down.

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DNL OmniMedia

JUNE 28, 2023

Your nonprofit uses a variety of online communication channels, platforms, and tools to streamline your operations and raise funds. But are you using your online tools effectively enough to connect with donors? When used strategically, tools can be used to enable you to keep your digital strategy both donor-centric and data-driven.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2022

At one of the first auction events she worked, she was reprimanded for showing a donor a seat a the far end of the room. Another coworker quickly took over and showed that donor to another seat right up front. Nonprofits use donor management software or a donor database to organize their donor data and ensure its accuracy.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

It brings together foundations and funds that are primarily dedicated to support or have a significant program to support those organizations. See if any of these funders serve your community and if you qualify for funding. Funding Priority: The Environment and Conservation Efforts. The Green Climate Fund.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Lots of people do—some are curious how an organization funds its work and others are looking for prospects of their own. Let’s get started: How can I find the names of individual donors that support an organization? Many nonprofits thank their donors, especially major donors, in their annual reports, newsletters, and websites.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 11, 2023

When most people think about funding a nonprofit, they think they should look for grants. In order to raise the most money for your cause and create a stable future for your organization, you need several different sources of funding. You will be hard-pressed to find a funder to give you a grant before you’ve actually done anything.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2020

As COVID accelerates innovative uses of AI in many areas, we are also seeing more development of AI-powered data mapping tools for philanthropic advising and to support donor investment decisions. The technology helps donors make investments that yield the highest impact or strategic system change. NAVi seeks to fill these gaps.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

A very common “go-to” funding idea for small nonprofits is fundraising events. Pay attention to the donor/attendee experience, then weigh out the potential cost and get ready to PLAN, PLAN, PLAN! They’re transactional by nature and not a good long-term solution for funding. Diverse funding streams are the key to success.

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Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

But that was before John Lepp’s brilliant Creative Deviations available from Hilborn’s Civil Sector Press. Donor-Centered Leadership by Penelope Burk Yes, donor-centered fundraising is the key to your organization’s long-term sustainability. Creative Deviations isn’t a book you read. Losing the jargon.

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Achieve

JULY 24, 2016

In no uncertain terms, Pallotta and others have argued that by not asking funders to invest in their fundraising and marketing activities, nonprofits undermine their ability to generate the kinds of dollars and awareness they need to solve our most pressing problems. Donors deserve more credit than that. What might that sound like?

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Why don’t donors trust ladder-up donation messages? >> Nonprofit jokes: Corporate donors Why did Coca Cola’s recycling plant stop its giving program? >> It was soda-pressing. Visit Campus Nonprofit jokes: Donor statistics How much do pirates donate on average? >> A buccaneer.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

To date, more than 50 million donors have given over $5 billion through the GoFundMe fundraisers. And because GoFundMe has a 0% platform fee , your organization will be able to keep more of the funds raised. Donors love seeing multiple images, so be sure to include additional photos within your fundraiser story.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

On Giving Tuesday, many nonprofits and donors alike use the #GivingTuesday hashtag to find nonprofits participating in the big day and donors who want to contribute to them! This is a great time to set up your GivingTuesday donation page, plan a few publicity blasts, and start approaching donors about commitments.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 11, 2024

Research shows that during the quiet phase, you’ll raise around 70% or more of your campaign goal from your top donors and those people who are closest to your organization. During this phase, your organization will expand its visibility and attract many new donors who will support your organization long after the campaign is over.

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Achieve

JULY 28, 2022

One way to attract charitable young donors is through a well-designed payment processor. To help acquire younger donors, we’ll guide you through the following payment processing essentials: ?. Instead, you should work to drive engagement with younger donors as you maintain your relationship with older ones. These can include: .

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2020

Just a few months ago, in November 2019, I sat on my front porch and made my donor-advised fund (DAF) grant recommendations via a donor portal within an app on my iPhone while simultaneously sipping a nice glass of wine. In the past, we would receive quarterly fund statements and an occasional letter or email about an event.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Candid staff also scan websites, press releases, social media, and news sources for grantmaking information. We also link grants from different funders to the same recipient to visualize the broader funding ecosystem. For example: To get more accurate numbers about foundation funding, other funder types should be excluded (e.g.,

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Candid

AUGUST 22, 2023

This means nonprofits can spend less time sifting through the vast array of funding opportunities available and more time pursuing those that are most likely to be aligned with their missions. Facilitating intelligent funding connections (coming soon.) Making it easier to attract donors online.

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Candid

MAY 26, 2022

As the report shared, COVID-19 funding dropped from 2020 to 2021, in the number of donors, the dollar amount awarded, and as a percentage of total grants paid. It is important to note that we do not see COVID-19-related giving as moving money away from other pressing issues. Flex your funding. Fund operating expenses.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 4, 2024

A donation drive is a purposeful and organized effort to mobilize individuals, communities, or businesses to contribute resources, typically in the form of monetary funds, goods, or services, towards a specific cause or charitable organization. It’s a platform to share your story and connect with a broader audience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Many of these virtual events were born from a spirit of innovation and resiliency from organizations that were forced to evolve in a matter of days and raise much-needed funds in new ways. Easily steward attendees, fundraisers, and donors to future engagement opportunities. Reduce some of their major event costs, like venues.

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Candid

MARCH 11, 2022

The United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, and Japan account for 91% of total grant funding for Ukraine to date. The top five donors by dollar amount—The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, IKEA Foundation, BP plc, Lego Foundation, and Google—account for 35% of total funding.

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Candid

JULY 27, 2022

Who is funding them, and what activities do donors support? To help the sector understand the emerging funding picture, Candid prioritizes collecting current, “real-time” data. We review the flurry of news stories, press releases, and announcements, and we actively search websites to identify and record grantmaking data.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 15, 2023

With rising costs, the Great Resignation shaking up nonprofit teams, and individual donor numbers declining, fundraisers face increased pressure to raise more money with even fewer resources. Entertainment, dining out, and clothing are the first areas donors will make spending cuts.

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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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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images Telesilla Kotsi , The Ohio State University and Alfonso J. Pedraza Martinez , University of Notre Dame Most food banks, homeless shelters and other social services nonprofits constantly face hard decisions about how to use their limited funds.

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Greater Giving

MAY 16, 2023

Think outside the box when planning your event and come up with unique ideas that will attract donors and sponsors. Some creative ideas include silent auctions , raffles, opportunities to fund-a-need, and special entertainment or attendee perks. Successful fundraising events should be creative and engaging.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 11, 2024

But what we’ve found is that when you implement what works, your donors will always come through for you. The latest numbers from the Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP), reveal the number of donors industrywide fell for the ninth straight quarter in Q3 2023. Donors were down 7.6% and new donors were down 16.9%.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 24, 2023

It’s incredibly customizable and so easy to use—both for our team and our donors! We used the platform for traditional event ticket sales and tailored it to sell holiday cards during our busy year-end season,” said Marissa Mosley, Donor Communications Specialist at Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.

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Classy

JUNE 21, 2021

Create Individual Crowdfunding Campaigns Within a Larger Initiative to Engage Donors. Livestrong has applied this approach to their Solution Grants Program, which focuses on funding solutions that solve everyday cancer problems. Download This Checklist to Optimize Your Nonprofit Donation Page. Establish an Annual Giving Day.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

For the past few years, Nieuwe Generatie Brasil has chosen one particular project that needed funding each year for their Giving Tuesday campaign — making it the centerpiece of their campaign content across social media and newsletter communication, being it a new car to access the rural areas in 2020 or school appliances for the children in 2021.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 23, 2018

When it comes to fundraising for nonprofits, donors are key. While reaching out to donors for funds, it is essential to treat them as partners. Donors have several motivations for choosing a cause. You should be able to provide reasons to the donor for connecting with your cause. Give your donors a story to tell.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Powered by technology and tools that make it easier than ever to communicate, manage data, and process and distribute funding, many foundations now see collaboration as a critical tool for accelerating – not delaying – their work. While it was once a nuisance, it is now a necessity. Why Collaborate? New Collaboration Models Emerge.

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Qgiv

MAY 4, 2023

Offering new ways for donors to give is important when it comes to staying ahead of the curve. 10 per transaction, your nonprofit organization can save on processing fees while receiving crucial funds for your nonprofit organization from supporters all over the globe. Venmo is only available for donors located in the U.S.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

billion was raised from 20 million US donors last year. The average donor often gives to multiple nonprofits according to prospect research data.) GivingTuesday is such a day to surprise your donors. Welcome to the work needing to be done, and that work is donor engagement. Or do both!

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 15, 2023

We receive very few, and I wonder why more donors don’t take advantage. Is there something I could do to help more donors access this matching money? — Missing the BOGO Dear Missing the BOGO, I love the way you’ve signed your query, as this shows you definitely understand the benefit you’re missing out on.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

In contrast to for-profit organizations, nonprofits rely on donations, usually a combination of individual donations, grants, sponsorships, and corporate donations, to fund their operations and further their charitable missions. You can always expand your operations later on as your organization and donor base grows. In the U.S.,

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