Bloomerang

JUNE 30, 2023

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to credit and acknowledge donor advised fund gifts in their donor database: Dear Charity Clairity, I’m unsure how to enter donor advised fund gifts in our database so they’re credited and acknowledged appropriately.

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NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 13, 2022

During this time of economic uncertainty, many organizations are renewing their focus on higher-value donors to generate revenue and build relationships that will keep them engaged with their mission. Here are seven strategies to elevate your current mid-level donor experience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 20, 2024

Online Fundraising Strategy 93% of nonprofits believe that a strong brand identity has a positive impact on donor engagement. 99designs ] 75% of donors look for concrete information about a nonprofit’s achievements before making a decision to give. Double the Donation ] The current donor retention rate is 41.9%. billion—only 0.6%

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Donorbox

APRIL 19, 2024

If you’re a nonprofit fundraiser looking to generate additional revenue through upcoming events, matching gifts may be the answer you’re looking for. In fact, in the realm of nonprofit fundraising, the combined power of corporate matching gifts and fundraising events can yield remarkable outcomes.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 24, 2022

Illustration generated by DALL·E. The sustainability of the nonprofit sector relies on cultivating the next generation of donors. Furthermore, 43% of those gifts were made by Baby Boomers while only 11% were made by Millennials , according to Fidelity Charitable. In 2015, 87% of total charitable contributions in the U.S.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 14, 2022

When you think of why your nonprofit’s donors support your organizations, do you expect each of their motivations to be the same? This person fears offending donors by asking at the “wrong” time. What has Research Shown About Why Donors Give? The Millennial Impact Project studied why donors across generations start giving.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In today’s rapidly evolving world of nonprofit fundraising, nonprofits must adapt to changing donor preferences and behaviors. This decline is further underscored by the fact that only 23% of donors used cash for contributions in 2022 , marking a substantial 35% decrease from 2017.

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sgEngage

MARCH 12, 2024

While this scenario represents a best practice for major donor portfolios, there is no one answer to the question of when to disqualify a prospect. There are three major exits you can take on the “Highway of Major Gift Giving.” In general, do they have a philanthropic disposition? That’s data you need to capture and analyze.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 25, 2022

While the younger generations make sense for brand awareness, the older generations make sense for high-level gifts. So, it's time for a strategy update if you're struggling to attract Gen Xers or boomers as donors or have been ignoring them. Here are four ways to target these groups.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Did you know that, on average, 88% of total nonprofit donations comes from just 12% of donors? This small portion of your nonprofit’s supporter base is known as your major donors. To secure the support of these crucial donors, your nonprofit needs to build a robust major gifts fundraising strategy. What is a major gift?

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Compared to their Baby Boomer counterparts, Generation Y and Z investors are more likely to seek guidance from financial advisers that goes beyond investment management. That includes charitable planning as an important goal, according to a recent report by Fidelity Charitable.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

By Stephanie Kanak , Content Strategist at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Did you know that 63% of Giving Tuesday donors only give on Giving Tuesday ? What if you could convert those one-time donors into engaged supporters that give again?

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Compared to their Baby Boomer counterparts, Generation Y and Z investors are more likely to seek guidance from financial advisors that goes beyond investment management. That includes charitable planning as an important goal, according to a recent report by Fidelity Charitable.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Exciting fundraising trends on the horizon for 2024 include peer-to-peer fundraising, giving flexibility, digital wallets, unconventional and emerging donors, and AI being used in fundraising. When a fundraiser receives a notification that a donor is close to lapsing, they can reach out and reconnect with that donor.

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Qgiv

MAY 24, 2023

Knowing what inspires each generation to give to your nonprofit is important to ensuring your financial stability as an organization. While Baby Boomers and Generation X are the majority of donors today, Millennial and Gen Z donors will need to be stewarded for the future prosperity of your nonprofit.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 8, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Inspire a New Generation of Donors: Text-to-Give for Nonprofits Shh, can you hear that? The Gift of Giving Made Effortless While classic fundraisers, like charity dinners, play a crucial part in fundraising, there’s an innovative player that’s now taking the stage: text-to-give.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 30, 2022

And in the whirlwind of asking, many organizations often forget to plan what happens after the gift is made. Having a robust, thought-out donor relations plan for year-end is equally, if not more so, important than your asks. This session will also feature a live Q&A and be recorded for on-demand viewing. About your Speaker.

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Neon CRM

MAY 22, 2023

By extension, it’s also one of the most impactful ways that an organization can promote matching gift opportunities to its audience. However, achieving optimal success in this realm goes far beyond sending out generic emails. The same is true for matching gift emails⁠. Let’s get started! Click here to find out!

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 24, 2022

You just landed a ten million dollar mega gift for your organization. For those of us who have accomplished this, exhilaration hardly describes all the emotion that comes with raising a multimillion dollar gift from one donor. Here are a few ways a gift of this size can significantly bolster your organization.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 15, 2021

He has worked in capital campaigns, major and planned giving (including charitable gift annuities) grant writing and donor research. This phenomenon demonstrates a long-term concern regarding the loss of donors fundraising professionals have seen across the country. So, who will be the future donors to nonprofits?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Development audit after development audit of small- to mid-sized organizations reveals that while donor retention remains a critical issue there is also another issue that is equally important. Far too many groups are not focusing their fundraising efforts on wide-scale donor acquisition efforts.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to persuade leadership to get donor thank-you letters out sooner: Dear Charity Clairity, I just took a new job and have discovered they don’t get thank you letters out for two weeks. Especially smaller donors. We then looked at the total gift journey.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

It’s easy to focus on fundraising success and forget about donor retention. Retaining your GivingTuesday donors is important, too. GivingTuesday Donor Retention Makes Financial Sense… While you work on your plan to attract new donors on GivingTuesday, spend some time thinking about how you’ll retain them after the big day.

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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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Candid

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Over the last year, there’s been an explosion of multi-million-dollar gifts from donors to their alma maters. In this blog, we’ll explore these evolving philanthropic dynamics and highlight why building and sustaining meaningful relationships with alumni donors remains central in higher education. billion in funding.

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Achieve

AUGUST 25, 2023

Did you know that roughly $84 trillion in assets is expected to be donated, spent, and inherited in the coming decades as the large Baby Boomer generation ages? The high ROI of planned gifts and their accessibility to wider groups of donors has always made them a smart investment of your time and development resources.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Every visitor of your nonprofit website is a potential donor. A good donor experience provides a great first impression. Delight new donors with embedded giving, and offer a reliable process that long-term supporters are happy to come back to. Empower Donors to Use the Device of Their Choice. Make Payments a Breeze.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to talk to legacy givers as you document their legacy gift intent. . Dear Charity Clairity, I was talking with a donor the other day and he mentioned our organization was in his will. When asking for this information, let donors know that you’re asking: .

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Bloomerang

JULY 10, 2023

When asking for a legacy gift from a donor to your nonprofit, it’s important to approach the conversation with sensitivity and professionalism. Research and identify potential donors Begin by identifying individuals who have demonstrated a strong commitment to your organization.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 13, 2023

Today’s question come from a nonprofit leader who wants advice on how to frame monthly gift asks to minimize accounting complications between restricted and unrestricted gifts: . Put another way, if we ask donors to cover the cost of a learning event to help students gain job skills, with different set amounts per month (e.g.,

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The most effective nonprofit fundraising typically involves a combination of engagement and revenue-generation strategies. Lucky for you, employee matching gifts and nonprofit fundraising events are two of the most significant tactics for charitable organizations today. So what does that mean for your nonprofit’s fundraising efforts?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2023

If you’re like every nonprofit on the planet, you’ve got one thing on your mind: acquiring new donors! No matter what your mission is, you’re probably dedicating significant resources to finding potential supporters and getting that first gift. We can’t just wish mission-driven donors out of thin air. You have heaps of data.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 3, 2023

And the larger your organization, the larger the gifts you can expect to receive⁠—that is, of course, when your team has a plan to cultivate and steward key donors. In this guide, we’ll explore six smart strategies to drive major giving success for large nonprofits: Enlist prospect research to identify major donor prospects.

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CauseVox

JULY 14, 2021

In recent years, pledges have fallen out of fashion: it’s not how today’s donors give, and it’s difficult for fundraisers to track and manage fulfillment. Here’s a look at how your nonprofit can benefit from the new Auto-Pledge forms on CauseVox: Auto-Pledges Help You Increase Gift Size. Today, this all changes.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In the realm of human services nonprofits , evolving to meet the needs of those served means also adapting to the changing dynamics of donor behavior. This decline is further underscored by the fact that only 23% of donors used cash for contributions in 2022 , marking a substantial 35% decrease from 2017.

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Bloomerang

MAY 3, 2021

It covered broad brush strategies all nonprofits today should incorporate into their donor fundraising/marketing mix. These are my favorite tips to enhance what you’re already doing to attract and sustain individual donor fundraising. . ACTION: Get board members to review your donor list. Only 6 out of 10 ongoing donors renew.

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