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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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Considering doing a donor cultivation event ? According to fundraising expert and author Penelope Burk, 67% of respondents attending a donor cultivation event credited it as the reason why they made their gift. . The number one thing donors want is to know they make a difference. Why should you do a donor cultivation event?

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

Major donors make a major impact on your nonprofit, but it can be a bit scary to ask major donors for a donation. If you’re new to major donor work, you know what I mean. And the best way to get to know your major donors is to ask good questions that spark conversation. Don’t try to wing a visit with a major donor.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

There are two parts to thanking donors: Connecting with the donor’s brain by providing a gift receipt and more importantly, touching the donor’s heart by letting them know they are heroes for giving to your organization’s cause. But there is so much more to properly thanking donors. A perfect thank-you letter does both.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Are you a new development director or executive director and feeling a bit lost on how to learn exactly what motivates your donors? Or maybe you’re a new major gift officer and you’d like to set up as many donor meetings as possible. If these scenarios sound familiar, this blog post is tailor-made for you. Enclosing a survey?

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

Starting a monthly giving program is a great use of your time because monthly donors are the lifeblood of a small nonprofit – bringing in sustainable revenue and creating a safety net of loyal supporters. . For the donor, $20 per month is easier to manage in their budget. Now, what if someone were to give you $20 per month?

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Before you ask, tell your donors the impact they made this year. Your communications are a mirror to your donors. Host a thank-a-thon Put simply, this is when you gather a group of volunteers (preferably board members) to call and thank donors. Here’s the simple, three ingredient recipe for a great donor thank-a-thon : 1.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 9, 2022

As a nonprofit fundraiser, you’ve probably heard some variation of the phrase, “treat every donor like a major donor.” If you treat every donor like a major donor, you’d probably run out of team member time. Plus, not all of your supporters want to be wined and dined like a major donor. Who are your major donors?

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Network for Good

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s digital world, email is a fundamental tool for engaging your donors and your audience. The majority of email is read on mobile phones — if we think about the fact that you’re opening this email on your iPhone, can you actually see what the subject is? Tip #1: Experiment. One big thing is keeping them short.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Every nonprofit website visitor is a potential donor. And we all want more donors, right? But it’s not as easy as it sounds. The newer the cell phone, the better the photo. Many of your visitors will find you on their mobile phone, not their laptop. You will lose prospective donors if they have to wait.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 12, 2022

And when you post on your website, well, most of your donors aren’t regularly visiting your website. If you’re using email as a fundraising and donor communications tool, you can’t afford to send anything dull. You need that open rate to be as high as possible, and you need donors to be moved to give. What would you say?

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2022

However, many organizations fail to properly track gift officer portfolios, gift officer actions and donor pipeline management within their donor database management. Donor Database Management Essentials. Increase Donor Retention: Creating an intentional, documented plan outlines next steps to be taken with a donor.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

For fundraisers, I recommend you keep a donor gratitude journal. It sounds scary, but not if you approach it with the playfulness and lightheartedness of a child. Make a 20 second thank-you video on your phone and send it to a targeted group of donors (e.g., a colleague; donor; volunteer; family member; friend).

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Bloomerang

JULY 7, 2022

In this guide, we’ll offer some tips and sample scripts you can use when calling donors to request a face-to-face meeting or directly request donations. Staff members who feel they need more guidance when reaching out to potential donors. It’s important to have a script that sounds like what you would say in a normal conversation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Although it sounds like a simple task, creating and refining an auction list is easier said than done. As resources may be limited, it’s best to target items that won’t take a lot of phone calls or research to request. 1) Get your auction list in check. . If possible, focus on items that are easily transported to the winners (i.e.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Square videos provide 78% more space in social feeds than landscape and they don’t require that the user tilt their phone to view it in full-screen. Another consideration is that around 80% of videos in social feeds are watched with the sound off. Facebook recommends that you “design for sound-off, delight for sound-on.”

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Network for Good

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s digital world, email is a fundamental tool for engaging your donors and your audience. The majority of email is read on mobile phones — if we think about the fact that you’re opening this email on your iPhone, can you actually see what the subject is? Tip #1: Experiment. One big thing is keeping them short.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 18, 2021

For many of us, summer fundraising can be frustrating because often our donor communications during this season yield less-than-ideal results. . If that sounds like your nonprofit’s typical summer, here are some things you can do to offset that summer slump with an unexpected windfall: 1.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Our products are fully loaded with the innovation, intelligence, and insight you need to focus on your donors and not on your database. Just about every commercially available donor database adds or improves a few features here and there every year. As your organization continues to grow, Blackbaud will be there to grow with you.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 2, 2014

To reserve your free copy of our January/February issue on donor retention, sign up today. ————————————————. If a millionaire came to your organization and asked how much the average donor gives, what would you tell them? If you don’t do donor segmentation, this scenario presents a problem. They haven’t given in two years.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Some individual board members may want to start with “easier” tasks like thanking donors, but eventually, they should be directly helping raise thousands of dollars annually. Help maintain membership hygiene by ensuring donor records are accurate, spelled correctly, and that bouncing emails are cleaned, etc. Thank Supporters.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

Your nonprofit is just the conduit for donors to accomplish their philanthropic desires. Focusing on donors as partners instead of focusing on money can make a huge difference. When I focus on donors, it’s a matter of which program they want to support. Donors give to causes that matter to them. Y’all.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

The Fundraising Planning and Climate Report ’s findings show the following: Adjust fundraising strategies : Based on the report’s predictions, consider adjusting your fundraising strategies to align with the current socioeconomic and cultural climate, and donor preferences. Determine the capacity to give of your donors and funders.

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DipJar

JANUARY 21, 2021

The Importance of the Donor Relationship. We can’t emphasize enough how important communication is when it comes to building a positive relationship with your donors. Current/Active Donors : These are donors who regularly give or have made at least three donations. New Donors. Current Donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

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. One way to create a major donor program or donor perks system is to replicate one from another organization. Many sponsors and donors want recognition for their support.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

But what you may not have anticipated was that $41m of these dollars flowed through mobile phones via “premium text messages.” million messages valued at ten dollars each, 95% of which were from first-time donors. Where did all of these donors come from? Your donors can then pay using an identical transaction process.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

It’s an ideal community to connect co-workers, influencers, donors, and corporate sponsors. And while that may sound low, it is double the rate of Facebook Pages. For example, Michele Nunn’s article on Courage, Compassion, and the CARE Package : 8) Use LinkedIn to engage major donors, corporate sponsors, and foundations.

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Greater Giving

JULY 23, 2021

Throughout the pandemic, fundraisers have struggled to engage online donors with the cause. This frustration with waning donor interest isn’t an isolated challenge. But embracing low-cost technological solutions can help. During the transition to virtual events, nonprofit event planners simply didn’t have a playbook.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Or if you want to diversify your donor and volunteer base and attract younger supporters, TikTok could be a great tool for your organization. original sound – charity: water. original sound – GivingTuesday. original sound – GivingTuesday. Engaging with your target audience.

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BoardAssist

AUGUST 23, 2016

You’ve taken the first step and realized your appeal letter might need a face lift to make it clear to your donors just how important they are. But how exactly do you create that perfect donor-centered appeal letter. Your Donor-Centered Appeal Letter Checklist. You want to create a real, live donor-centered appeal letter!

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 15, 2017

In the second installment of the Blackbaud Institute’s Sustainers in Focus series —research-backed best practices for marketing, promoting, soliciting, and fulfilling a sustained giving program— Best Practice # 1 was to ask new donors to give on a monthly basis. Monthly giving almost sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it?

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Fiver engages their young professionals’ committee, mid-career advocates, program alumni, and board members to fundraise for them on #GivingTuesday, helping Fiver expand the reach of their campaign and acquire new donors. CauseVox makes it so easy to donate on your phone.”. CauseVox Helps You Raise More On Mobile.

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Achieve

MAY 21, 2017

Nearly every nonprofit organization I deal with is careful to include an “experiential” touch point somewhere along the donor journey. Sound familiar? But let’s face it, getting donors to visit your offices or to join you on a site visit usually isn’t realistic. Because people are busy. Here are three examples: 1.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Create an eye-catching donation form Steward donors with an email campaign Encourage donors to take part in fundraising events Get supporters to fundraise on your behalf with peer-to-peer fundraising Reach donors where they are – on their phones! Steward donors with an email campaign. Next, craft the email.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Dear Charity Clairity, What’s the best strategy for new nonprofits who haven’t started to fundraise and are trying to reach new donors? It sounds like you may not be quite ready for a big fundraiser. Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on the best fundraising strategy for new nonprofits. .

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

MAY 15, 2019

The big sound bite from this year’s Benchmarks Report is that total online revenue grew by only 1% in 2018. Other factors could include the increased distance from the momentum of the 2016 election, or the impact of tax changes on donors. And honestly, 1% growth is not as scary as it sounds. Online revenue growth has plateaued.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 23, 2024

Nearly half (48%) of donors cited email as their preferred giving channel ahead of social media, text messaging, direct mail, and phone calls in a study published last year by fundraising platform Neon One in Chicago. If it reads and sounds like spam to you, it’s probably going to look like spam to other providers,” McClelland said.

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