Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

One of the top questions we get asked at Whole Whale is “how can we attract new online donors to our organization?” The most common mistake we see is trying to acquire a donor on the “first date” interaction only, instead of viewing donor acquisition like a longer relationship that must be nurtured over time.

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Socialbrite

MARCH 8, 2020

Donorbox is a powerful and efficient next-generation fundraising system that allows organizations to raise more donations, implement smooth donation management, promote fundraising campaigns in a variety of ways and establish lasting relationships with donors. 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Bangalore, India.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

We are witnessing the rise of a new generation of donors and nonprofit employees. This is a question I broached in “ What Will a Post-COVID Nonprofit Economy Reveal ? ” We’re living in a transformational – new and unprecedented – novel nonprofit economy. Your donors have experienced strong emotions too.

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sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

As a nonprofit or educational institution, you know firsthand the importance of fundraising to support your mission programming. Building a successful workplace giving strategy can provide your organization with a reliable source of funding, deepen supporter relationships, and increase awareness of your cause.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2019

His work is focused on nonprofits, advocacy, and public affairs. 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. Campaign Tactics.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2014

TechSoup is proud to announce our newest donor partner, Bloomerang. Bloomerang helps nonprofit organizations reach, engage, and retain the advocates they depend on to achieve their vision for a better world. It shows you important donor information at a glance, without having to run reports. Keep Track of Your Donor Retention.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

By Sean Kosofsky , is the Nonprofit Fixer and founder of Mind the Gap Consulting. Nonprofit organizations have a lot of challenges relating to fundraising. Nonprofits need every tool possible to entice donors to join and then stick around for years. Some organizations use donor perks or benefits to do this.

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3rd Sector Labs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

In fact, being in the nonprofit data services business, we get asked lots of questions about how to obtain more donor data, better data, the right data. Let’s use donor data for our discussion. Did you know that too much donor data can lead to bad decisions and fundraising mistakes just as easily as too little data can?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

It is not a secret that nonprofits need volunteers and donors to achieve their goals and carry out their mission. Many nonprofits do not know that the line between their volunteers and donors is very thin. The value of a volunteer who donates is also on average much higher than a donor only prospect (About 10 X Higher).

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 9, 2022

As we approach the end of the calendar year, many of your donors will be thinking about end-of-year donations to your organization. Knowing where to reach them, how they like to be interacted with, and what is relevant to them as a constituent makes your message so much more meaningful and creates a deeper relationship with them.

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Forum One

MAY 5, 2022

Automation in your Customer/Contact Relationship Management (CRM) tool can mean the processes in Salesforce, HubSpot, EveryAction, Charity Engine, and other common tools that filter audiences into segments based on their actions as donors, subscribers, event attendees, and more. Conversational marketing automation.

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

Obviously, I was flattered, but also anxious to deliver a lecture that could bring true value to nonprofit professionals. . Now I recognize that many nonprofit organizations may not be able to send their team to conferences, so I’ve rounded up an overview of the ten social media mistakes discussed at Planet Philanthropy: . was born.

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Achieve

JULY 28, 2021

There’s no question that the past year or so has been tough on nonprofits. COVID-19 brought on unique challenges for nonprofits of every size, affecting how we define. maintaining healthy relationships with your donors. . Hint: Re: charity’s guide to getting started with online waiver software. and programming.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2009

Because I have a relationship with Maddie. It's all about the relationships. I think this was the point that Peter Deitz was making in his slide show " I am not an ATM Machine: Your Charity from the Donor Perspective." Dave Fleet shares a rubric of going from not listening to engaging in conversation to build a relationship.

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Global Giving

APRIL 4, 2019

Now, he spends his time telling powerful stories of impact and is devoted to helping nonprofits do good better. A: It’s all about making informed decisions and knowing what aspects of your organization inspire your donors. Q: How can data help nonprofits raise more money? Donor source—where do your donors come from?

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CauseVox

JUNE 15, 2021

“What kind of fundraisng event should I run for my nonprofit?”. Nonprofits are always looking for unique, creative, and effective fundraising events that will help them to stand out from the crowd. We’ve gathered 12 top-performing fundraising event ideas for nonprofits to inspire your next event. Walk or Run. Host A Gala.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 6, 2022

Fundraising for any nonprofit can be a challenging task. As an animal-related nonprofit, you often compete with other similar organizations, not to mention thousands of other deserving causes, for every donation. In addition to direct funding, they can often offer your nonprofit numerous types of fundraising support.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 23, 2012

I’ve heard from many donors that they don’t even look at newsletters anymore, even if it comes from their favorite nonprofit. Yep, nonprofits are sending out selfish newsletters. How do you put a newsletter together that your donor will read and respond to? Who are your donors and prospects?

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 23, 2012

I’ve heard from many donors that they don’t even look at newsletters anymore, even if it comes from their favorite nonprofit. Yep, nonprofits are sending out selfish newsletters. How do you put a newsletter together that your donor will read and respond to? Who are your donors and prospects?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 28, 2019

While it might seem a little early to start thinking about 2020 to some (hint: it’s not), it’s the perfect time to benchmark where 2019 has taken you. The Nonprofit Summer Reading List. 4 Signs You Are a Burned Out Nonprofit Fundraiser : Even if you have a vacation on the horizon, make sure you’re not burned out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

But if you want to get even deeper insights, do an in-depth review of a similar nonprofit’s practice – whether it be broad – such as digital marketing techniques or narrow such as analyzing specific techniques as part of a content strategy. We want our donors to be advocates. How can your organization apply this?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2017

While it might seem a little early to start thinking about 2018 to some (hint: it’s not ), it’s the perfect time to benchmark where 2017 has taken you. In the newest npEXPERTS eBook, 10 of the brightest minds from across the nonprofit sector share their unique perspectives to help you create a culture of philanthropy.

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Care2

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Care2 is pleased to provide this overview of The Online Giving Study: A Call to Reinvent Donor Relationships just released by Network for Good and True Sense Marketing. million gifts to 66,470 different nonprofits from 2003 – 2009.&# Online fundraising is all about relationships. Here are some key findings.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 22, 2012

It puts your nonprofit between a rock and a hard spot financially, and all eyes look to you to pull a rabbit out of your hat. Your best source of an unrestricted gift to right the ship is a major donor. Here’s a way to find the ‘diamonds in the rough’ who can help you out: Look at your list of top donors. So what do you do? (No,

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 22, 2012

It puts your nonprofit between a rock and a hard spot financially, and all eyes look to you to pull a rabbit out of your hat. Your best source of an unrestricted gift to right the ship is a major donor. Here’s a way to find the ‘diamonds in the rough’ who can help you out: Look at your list of top donors. So what do you do? (No,

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

Typically about one year of that time is spent focused exclusively on major donors (this is called the silent phase). That will help you to target specific donors at each level. There are a few helpful hints that can get you started: Look at the donors you have and identify the largest donation you believe any of them will give.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 14, 2014

Let’s apply nonprofit-logic to some day-to-day life choices: 1. Do we practice the same philosophy in our nonprofits? Investing in Your Nonprofit (and Your People). Your nonprofit exists to help the world. For example – it might cost a nonprofit $50,000 to hire a major donor fundraiser. I get that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

How networked nonprofits use twitter. Last week, I parachuted into BlogWorld 2010 in Las Vegas for less than 24 hours. I presented on two panels (How Nonprofits Use Twitter and CrowdSourced Philanthropy) in the Cause Track curated by Chris Noble and the good folks at WhatGives. How Networked Nonprofits Use Twitter.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Mark Titi is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub, and the founder of Wobbly Nonprofit. He has over a decade of experience directing the financial and planning activities of small nonprofit organizations. _. Your small nonprofit creates new volunteer opportunities. Advance Relationships. Small, Meet Small.

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Everyaction

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

We explored everything from must-have nonprofit reporting tools , tips for upping your email game , direct mail strategies , and most recently using data to improve your major gifts program. Which brings us to recent thoughts, more specifically, donors and supporters. The same is true with empathy and efficacy.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2015

It may not be quite as dramatic, but isn't this the path of the nonprofit? Something has gone awry and entered the world, be it illness, war, slavery, disabilities, or natural disasters, and your nonprofit has brazenly stepped forward to face the problem head on, with the hopes of a brighter, healthier, and more peaceful future.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 5, 2011

Spend more face time with your donors. For some, it’s uncomfortable to be face-to-face with donors. Maybe you aren’t sure what to say or maybe you believe your donor will think you’re just after their money. If you want to raise big money, you MUST get in front of your donors. Of course not!

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BoardAssist

MAY 10, 2016

What are the trends that are going to impact your nonprofit in 2016? Fundraising guru Gail Perry shares them all with us in this week’s guest post starting with donor loyalty, something we should all be working harder at! Here are the issues that YOUR nonprofit needs to address for 2016. What’s up for 2016?

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 6, 2017

As you can probably infer from its name, text-to-give software enables donors to make contributions by texting your nonprofit. Follow up with donors. As with many specialized forms of fundraising, text-to-give isn’t right for every nonprofit. Advertise effectively. Pair text-to-give with an event. to pull off.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

But all too often, foundations, corporate grantmakers, and donors end up unintentionally causing problems instead of helping to solve them. They should leverage not just their money, but also their relationships and influence to further the work of the foundation and its grantees. The nature of philanthropy is a want to help.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

In 1999, Blackbaud pioneered the nonprofit technology market by introducing reliable, secure, and donor-friendly online donation forms. The last three years, in particular, have shown how online giving continues to be a growth engine for fundraising in the nonprofit sector. Donor behavior is keeping pace with consumer behavior.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

If you want people from your social media to support your nonprofit’s activities, you need a nonprofit social media plan. You already know this: In the nonprofit realm, social media is life. The most successful social media presences (nonprofit and otherwise) are in fact the result of a strong nonprofit social media plan!

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