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Elevating your major gifts and planned giving with data-driven decision-making

EveryAction

This is why data-informed donor screening and segmentation practices are so important: with the right tools and practices, your team can maximize and optimize fundraising efforts to raise more money, spend fewer resources raising it, and increase your impact on the communities you serve. Plenty of people with children donate money, too.

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Nonprofit Strategic Planning: Ultimate Guide + 7 Examples

Bloomerang

Here is an overview of a few misconceptions about the process: Our nonprofit should be focused on saving/generating money, not spending it. It’s a cliche, but it’s true — you have to spend money to make money. Here’s an example of what this would look like: Let’s say your organization is an animal shelter.

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How To Segment And Personalize Appeals To Raise More Money At End Of Year

Bloomerang

As in, “Will this REALLY raise me more money?” If you aren’t segmenting, these four unique recipients would all get the same exact appeal: Can you imagine making a gift and then immediately receiving another ask? For example, if a current donor’s last gift was $100, you would present them with an ask string of $100, $150, $200.

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A Simple Nonprofit Donation Form Example (and Why It Works)

Neon CRM

But sometimes seeing a donation form example can be more effective than simply learning about how to create one. Here’s an nonprofit donation form example that can help you envision what to include on your own site. Can You Spot the 10 Best Practices In This Donation Form Example? Let’s take a look. Enlarge this image 1.

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Alumni giving’s growing relationship with high-profile, big money donors 

Candid

Over the last year, there’s been an explosion of multi-million-dollar gifts from donors to their alma maters. In June 2023, for example, famed investor, T. Boone Pickens—who died in 2019—gave $120 million as a legacy gift to his alma mater, Oklahoma State University (OSU). Griffin, gave Harvard University a $300 million gift.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What Are Best Practices To Acquire More Corporate Matching Gifts?

Bloomerang

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to attract corporate matching gifts: Dear Charity Clairity, I have a question about how to attract corporate matching gifts. Is there something I could do to help more donors access this matching money? Raise one gift, get the second gift free!

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The Secret Way To Boost Year-End Gifts

Bloomerang

What if there was one thing you can do right now to ensure your fundraising success and boost year-end gifts? Don’t talk about what YOU did with their money. Here’s an example: “Hi [NAME], I’m Julie Jones, and I serve on the board of Meals on Wheels. I want you to know the impact of your gift this year. You get the idea!

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