Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

To do this, I need to trace both the history of the organization as well as the transformational changes it underwent in order to illustrate the lessons I learned throughout this process. However, along the way we learned several lessons that proved integral to maintaining an effective—and accountable—board.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

While you may never find yourself in a crisis of this magnitude at your nonprofit, you can learn from Southwest’s mistakes and use those lessons to prepare for a potential disaster. Let’s look at the following lessons. Lesson One: You need the right software and processes in place. Lesson Three: You need a contingency plan.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 17, 2023

You’ve completed thorough prospect research , cultivated and provided a site visit, prepared a first-rate proposal and secured a meeting to make a solicitation, but the major donor prospect responds with a “no.” It’s up to nonprofit leaders to be tuned in and sensitive to the complexity of donor words and feelings.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 8, 2023

A nonprofit CEO, Dorethea, asks, “ Should I send holidays gifts to donors ?” Well, Dorethea, it depends on what type of gift and which donor segment (small, mid-size, or major givers) you have in mind. It also depends on your previous conversations or donor surveys. Dorethea was asking about sending gifts to her major donors.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 18, 2023

Let’s walk through four lessons we learned from fundraising during the pandemic and learn how your school can implement these tips moving forward: Leverage online fundraising tools. Ready to learn how to use these lessons from the pandemic to raise more for your school? Communicate frequently with your supporters. This was effective!

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Pamela Grow

AUGUST 2, 2023

Thanking in-memoriam gift donors, and notifying the family of the deceased can be a tricky situation. Can you solicit additional gifts from in-memoriam gift donors? How does your nonprofit acknowledge memorial gifts? Should you include gift amounts in the notification to the family?

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 3, 2023

As we navigate the aftermath of this decline and the broader post-pandemic landscape, it’s crucial to understand the transformations in donor behavior and what you should be changing in your fundraising approaches.

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Hands on Fundraising

MARCH 7, 2023

But as […] The post Fundraising lessons we can use from Ukraine appeared first on Hands-On Fundraising. It was an important moment, as he needs to constantly seek support for the attacks his country is experiencing from Russia. He knows the U.S. has the greatest means of support. This is definitely emergency fundraising.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

I think there are many timeless lessons that still apply to current strategy that can be gleaned from looking backward. Decades before the dawn of digital ads and social media, advertising legend David Ogilvy penned his seminal book “Ogilvy on Advertising” sharing hard-won lessons on how to effectively persuade consumers.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

There are a lot of lessons to be learned about relationship building, strategy and the analytics critical to a successful program. One of those lessons is target ask amounts because if you don’t ask for a specific amount, you aren’t letting donors know what you need.

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Candid

MAY 24, 2023

He energized this board and led stakeholders around this vision—a vision with roots in the lessons learned in a global pandemic. He did what donors love. It’s exciting for donors to see an organization with imagination. It’s exciting for donors to see an organization with imagination. That’s just plain smart.

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Candid

MAY 24, 2023

He energized this board and led stakeholders around this vision—a vision with roots in the lessons learned in a global pandemic. He did what donors love. It’s exciting for donors to see an organization with imagination. It’s exciting for donors to see an organization with imagination. That’s just plain smart.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

With those statistics in mind, let’s take a look at what this reveals about donors. If that’s the case, we’d expect to see a high volume of one-time donations made by donors who never engage with a nonprofit after their initial transaction. What Causes Do Donors Support? Who Is Giving?

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

It’s about inspiring the spirit of giving and ensuring that your donors understand that their support is crucial and that their contributions will have a direct impact on those communities served by your organization. Sharing individual stories of need are more personal to donors than an overview of the broader impact.

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 1, 2022

These tips will help you not only care for your donor, but for yourself as well. Check gift reports daily If you know a gift was supposed to be received by year-end and you don’t see it posted, follow up with your Data/Donor Ops team Do what you can to support gift processing – and thank your team! How will you stay on track?

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Charity Village

AUGUST 3, 2023

Trellis recently hosted an insightful webinar called “How to Turn Event Attendees into Longterm Donors,” where we revealed three simple steps to boost your organization’s fundraising efforts. If you missed the live session, don’t worry – you can catch the recording here.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Here are a few of the lessons learned in 2020 that have stuck with me in 2021, hopefully they can help you as throughout the last quarter of 2021. . While 2020 brought many new lessons, it also reminded us that what we already know still matters. When you hear of a donor supporting an individual – celebrate their generosity.

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Pamela Grow

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Planning drives income, donor retention, and confidence. Adrian Sargeant and The Institute for Sustainable Philanthropy, they embarked on the first study of its kind to examine just how fundraising planning is undertaken — and what the impact on revenue raised really is. The answer?

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DonorDock

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Email communication is very important – learn how to engage one-to-many with your contacts using DonorDock’s email tools.

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Double the Donation

MARCH 15, 2024

Your organization’s supporters receive political advertisements and donation appeals alongside those from your nonprofit, and donors may even wonder where your organization stands on key election issues. In major election years, political campaigns are at the top of everyone’s minds.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Together, they will discuss how their marketing pivoted since the start of the pandemic; if COVID-19 donors differ from previous donors, diversity, equity, and inclusion; and the ‘lessons learned.’ Tune in Thursday, Feb 10th at 11:05a ET.

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DonorPerfect

OCTOBER 25, 2021

From Lessons for Philanthropy from Black Women Leaders by Chantal Bonitto Last week, Chantal Bonitto spoke in the DonorPerfect CommUNITY Conference keynote session, Strategies for Engaging Racially & Culturally Diverse Donors. This session was very compelling and enlightening. The session Read More ».

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 11, 2021

How did the nonprofit sector’s donors respond? Join us for a few surprises as Steven Shattuck, Chief Engagement Officer of Bloomerang, explores the latest donor retention statistics from the Fundraising Effectiveness Project. Download the slides from this presentation by clicking here.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

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? Do you know what your retention rates are or how to increase donor loyalty? Yet too many nonprofits still don’t prioritize donor retention strategies. . And, yes, your donors are consumers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 28, 2017

Seven of the 25 nonprofits required a donor to provide their phone number. Only 8% of nonprofits attempt to convert online donors into social media followers during the “Thank You for Your Donation” process. Two required entering a captcha to give. Two nonprofits did not follow-up with a “Thank You” email.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

“I don’t give to people who can’t even tell if they’re boys or girls,” an irate long-time donor said before slamming down the phone. Here’s why it’s important for fundraisers to walk the line between meeting donors where they are and modernizing their missions Our donors are smart. Pearls are not purse strings.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 14, 2022

While many nonprofits remain on a curve of continual learning and adaptation, there have been some unanticipated lessons learned throughout this tumultuous time. Circumstances Led to Innovations in Fundraising & Retaining Donors. Some of the biggest ideas borne out of necessity revolved around fundraising and donor retention.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 18, 2023

Here are a few key lessons that nonprofit fundraisers have learned. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the nonprofit sector and the way fundraisers operate. So, what did we fundraisers learn?

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OneCause

AUGUST 18, 2021

What will be the silver lining of the COVID-19 storm that kept nonprofits from hosting in-person events , that disrupted traditional fundraising efforts and that estranged donors from some of their favorite charities? The post 4 Lessons Learned from Virtual Fundraising to Bring to Your Year-End Strategy appeared first on OneCause.

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NetWits

JUNE 14, 2012

Online acquired donors are significantly younger, more affluent, and more generous than their offline counterparts. The paradox is that online givers, in aggregate, have much higher cumulative value over the long term than traditional mail-acquired donors. Donor Movement Across Channels. Growing Your Donor Base.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2020

With the right strategies and tools, virtual fundraisers have proven to rival even the best in-person fundraising events in terms of revenue, reach and donor engagement. Whether a virtual gala, run/walk, golf tournament, interactive contest or other virtual fundraiser, you can connect with donors and inspire giving.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 6, 2021

One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned from the COVID-19 pandemic is that it’s important to recognize when others are having a very different life experience than I am. I’ve also seen how this relates to times when donors, volunteers, and colleagues are dealing with a disaster in their region. .

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 3, 2021

Your donors can take you to amazing places. Have you ever thought that maybe, just maybe, the uncertainty and turmoil of the past year have presented you with unique opportunities? That maybe, once we fight the fear and start to imagine what our fundraising could look like, the past year is filled with possibilities.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 28, 2021

in new recurring donors compared to 2019! In 2020 there was an astonishing increase of 76.8% If you’ve been waffling on making monthly giving the priority it needs to be, what are you waiting for?

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

One of the most important lessons a nonprofit practitioner can learn in their career is that budgets are moral documents. Lastly, factor in your donor retention rate so you can anticipate the number of new donors you’ll need to acquire in order to meet or exceed this year’s revenue total. What does that mean?

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

If your nonprofit organization hosts a peer-to-peer event with thousands of happy participants and supporters, but you don’t have a plan to convert those bikers, gamers, walkers, golfers, dancers, scavenger hunters, or pub crawlers into monthly donors, you’re missing out on the point of putting on an awesome P2P event.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 6, 2024

Perhaps it’s your first donor newsletter. Engaging, consistent donor communications provide the engine behind your fundraising program. These are some of my favorite copywriting and donor communications pros out there. Mary Cahalane Copywriter Mary Cahalane (rhymes with “salon”) brings smarts and heart to donor communications.

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