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How to Respond to Donors’ Resistance to Your Ask

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The good news is that most types of pushback are anticipated. Let's discuss some responses that will leave you well-equipped to communicate with donors. Preparing for a solicitation means being ready for a variety of questions, concerns, and other forms of pushback.

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Free Guide: Attracting & Retaining Donors With Golf

NonProfit PRO

Fundraising boils down to two simple things: finding new donors and keeping existing ones. Great news—golf tournaments are avenues to successfully do both! Even better, the golfer donor represents an affluent, influential demographic that you want represented in your organization’s donor database.

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Attract Repeat Donors With Copywriting Based on Brain Science

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But the good news is, effective copywriting can help, and there are actually a few neuroscience-backed tactics you can use. On average, only two out of 10 readers stick around past the headline to read the article you’ve likely spent hours crafting.

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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

Non Profit Quarterly

Image credit: Jon Tyson on Unsplash The decades-long decimation of local news—and the dangers that the trend poses for public oversight, an informed citizenry, and democracy itself—remains very much underway. The MacArthur Foundation itself pledged $150 million to the new fund. Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed.

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GivingDNA Announces New Features to Help Nonprofits Identify Philanthropic Non-Donors and Crypto Donors

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GivingDNA introduced two new donor sets: philanthropic non-donors and cryptocurrency donors. These opportunity segments are pre-built to analyze your donors' giving behaviors, and then predict who an organization can reliably engage for that next gift.

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Top Do’s and Don’ts for Fundraising While Navigating the News Cycle

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The nature of the news is frenetic and fluctuating. These critical factors take up space in your donors’ social media feeds, minds, and wallets, which impacts their generosity and the funds you are able to raise. 5 Do’s and Don’t of Navigating the News Cycle When Fundraising 1.

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Fidelity: More Donors Are Supporting Human Services Causes

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cities have changed post-pandemic, with more donors giving to human services organizations and many regional giving patterns shifting, according to the 2023 Geography of Giving report released by Fidelity Charitable. The giving habits in many U.S.

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