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 Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2018

By Katy Teson , a content strategist at Wired Impact , an organization seeking to make powerful websites something all nonprofits can afford. Are you getting that sinking feeling that your nonprofit’s website isn’t helping your mission as much as it could? 1) Website traffic isn’t great—the quantity or quality. Give it a try!

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In today’s digital-centric world, your organisation has plenty of choices when it comes to marketing your organization —from generating content on social media accounts like Instagram and Facebook to your nonprofit website. Your website will always look fresh as a result!

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

Customer personas (like mine above) are not just for marketing professionals, they are also incredibly beneficial for nonprofits seeking to understand who their donors are, why they give, how they like to be communicated with, and what their barriers to giving are. Why Do Donor Personas Matter?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Your year-end fundraising campaigns should show your donors what you’ve accomplished together over the past year, and invite them to give toward an even brighter future. Done well, your year-end campaigns (print, email, and social media) will inspire donors to give generously at year’s end and throughout the year after.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Twenty-six percent of online donors say that email is the tool that most inspires them to give – outpacing social media, websites, and print materials. Visit GoToWebinar’s Attendee System Check for information on how to join and attend this webinar.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

Your online giving form is the primary instrument you use to process a donation, and it’s also the key tool you use for collecting valuable information about your donors. On the giving side, donors also are expecting a lot from your donation form. You’re expecting a lot from your donation form.

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sgEngage

MARCH 30, 2022

You likely also know that one of the best tools you have for accomplishing these objectives is your website. . But your website won’t get your organization very far if it’s poorly designed. All you need is an easy-to-use website builder, or content management system (CMS), and an understanding of a few web design strategies.

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Greater Giving

JULY 18, 2023

Donor Data Management How To Supercharge Relationships You’ve spent weeks, months, or even years collecting every bit of data your donors produce. Your donor data may include phone numbers, emails, birthdays, donation history, and even meal preferences. Here’s what you can expect in this guide: Gather relevant donor data.

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TechImpact

MARCH 27, 2014

Your nonprofit’s most powerful asset is its website. It holds all the information that donors, constituents, volunteers and anyone else would ever need to make your mission a success. Answers to these questions and so many more are imperative to ensuring your nonprofit’s website has an effective navigation system.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Donor-advised funds (DAFs) are one of the fastest-growing areas of charitable giving. More than 3 million people use donor-advised fund accounts for their philanthropy. Despite how popular DAFs are becoming with donors, nonprofits don’t always share the same warm feelings. This makes DAFs a hot topic — and a controversial one.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 16, 2023

In the ever-evolving digital world, it’s essential that nonprofit websites are visually appealing and functional to engage with their audience effectively, convert visitors to donors, and achieve their goals. Website redesigns aren’t always fiscally feasible. Add landing pages.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 19, 2024

First impressions mean everything in the nonprofit world, from the staff you hire to how prospective donors perceive your organization. Verbal branding refers to the messaging and tone you use to describe your mission and organization, while visual branding encompasses the non-text elements you use to make your website stand out.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

By Meredith Gray , Head of Marketing at Keela – a complete software solution for nonprofits looking to grow revenue, centralize and manage data, and deepen donor engagement. So what exactly is this website that’s causing such a stir?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2021

According to the Fidelity Charitable Overcoming Barriers to Giving Report , 65% of donors would give more if they knew the impact of their donations. Annual reports are too infrequent and written for foundations and major donors, thus not ideal for reporting impact to small and mid-size donors. Why Quarterly Impact Reports?

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Kindful

MARCH 25, 2021

Nonprofit marketing leaders are always thinking about how to best communicate with their donors. Personalized and valuable communication is what builds relationships, and long-lasting donor relationships are what set the foundation for nonprofit growth. You’ll be exploring: What type of donor data should you collect?

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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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Bloomerang

MAY 20, 2024

Enter Bloomerang Membership Management , a feature-rich add-on that merges donor and membership data seamlessly, helping you create a holistic engagement strategy. Maximize engagement by unifying donor and membership data Struggling to engage supporters across multiple platforms? You’re not alone.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 21, 2023

Many analytics platforms like Google Analytics, Facebook Web Insights, LinkedIn Website demographics and others show aggregated and anonymized data of website users. The following is a consolidated summary of the various tools that allow organizations to explore deeper levels of data from their websites.

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DNL OmniMedia

JUNE 28, 2023

But are you using your online tools effectively enough to connect with donors? Nonprofit technology offers a wealth of opportunities to support your donor engagement efforts, largely thanks to the data you’re able to collect and use to drive your decision-making. Consider updating your CRM system. Prioritize data security.

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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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Bloomerang

JULY 7, 2022

Best Practices for Donor Acquisition and Retention Through Direct Mail. For those new to direct mail , it’s “the process of writing, designing, printing, and distributing hard copy requests for funds to your donors and/or prospective donors.”. But what about people who say that direct mail isn’t worth the investment?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 22, 2016

In the late 1990’s nonprofits began to launch websites, experiment with email marketing, and sign up for their first “Donate Now” service. In short, digital payment systems (in some cases referred to as mobile wallets or social payments) allow donors to make a debit or credit card donation in only 2-3 clicks/taps.

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 4, 2021

From targeted ads on social media to emails from websites they bought one thing from years ago, how can you ensure that your nonprofit’s online marketing efforts shine through the noise? One of the most vital tools that can support and bring your multi-channel marketing strategy to the next level is your nonprofit website.

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sgEngage

APRIL 8, 2024

Even though unrestricted funds don’t have mandates on how they should be spent, tracking and reporting on them is still important for both your donors and for your organization’s financial decision-making. Or a major donor may provide funds specifically for scholarships or building a new wing for a hospital.

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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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Achieve

APRIL 28, 2022

If you’re looking for your donors, they’re probably on the internet. With so much time on the world wide web, bombarded by advertisements, most people have become increasingly immune to and skeptical of even the most innocent donor outreach campaign. Design a beautiful, streamlined website. . Keep track of your online donors. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 4, 2023

By Michelle Kocin , Digital Marketing Manager at Sylogist Mission CRM – a donor management, fundraising, and volunteer management platform build for nonprofits and NGOs in the Microsoft Dataverse. Silent Generation donors value personal connections and traditional forms of communication. organizations** 11.8% organizations** 25.9%

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TechImpact

AUGUST 20, 2014

There are more tools available to nonprofits today that can be used for measuring their donor data than ever before. The truth is, without the help of data, effectively planning a fundraising strategy or maintaining high donor retention numbers makes a hard job near impossible. Have you cleaned out your donor database lately?

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sgEngage

MAY 14, 2024

But there are donors and government entities that have given you money. While for-profits tend to have shareholders and other investors, the nonprofit space sees donors, funders, volunteers, and those you serve as the key stakeholders. General donations through your website are often unrestricted. There are no shareholders.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Here’s How Your Org Can Adapt – and Flourish Educate and Engage Your Donors Communicate openly with your donors about any changes and what they might mean. A well-informed donor might be more inclined to cover additional fees or adjust their donation habits. Why, you ask?

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

As a fundraiser, I understand all of these matters impact nonprofits, and the trend is leaning—hard—toward privacy and donor data protection. . However, Page and Brin believed that they could create a better system to rank the relationships between websites. Technology Goes Mainstream. 21 st Century Data Breaches.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 9, 2023

Cultivating relationships with recurring donors is essential for nonprofits, especially in light of recent declines in individual giving. It’s undoubtedly a challenging time for new donor acquisition, underscoring the constant importance of retention. The Giving USA 2023 report revealed that giving by individuals dropped 6.4%

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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? Your donors are at an event, phones in hand, sharing the experience, live-tweeting your powerful speech, or simply engrossed in a captivating presentation. Imagine this. This includes philanthropic giving!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

These best practices serve as a foundation for upgrading your website to be compatible with the Social Web and are then elaborated upon in the upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Online Fundraising and e-Newsletters. You can view their website at defenders.org. 11 Website Design Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Your nonprofit should develop a wide-reaching donor stewardship strategy to build strong, long-lasting relationships with supporters. But your donor stewardship shouldn’t just be broad—you also need to make sure that your stewardship efforts are memorable. Call donors. . Create a donor recognition wall. . Call donors.

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TechImpact

MARCH 27, 2014

Your nonprofit’s most powerful asset is its website. It holds all the information that donors, constituents, volunteers and anyone else would ever need to make your mission a success. Answers to these questions and so many more are imperative to ensuring your nonprofit’s website has an effective navigation system.

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