Greater Giving

JULY 19, 2021

Throughout your outdoor golf venue, make sure to set up a few guest stations to provide the essentials: FREE water. Consider offering sunscreen for sale or for free as part of a player gift pack, so guests don’t leave your wonderful event happy and then discover terrible sunburns at home. Shade and/or cooling.

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sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2023

Bennington College 300+ annual work hours saved automating gift notifications and documentation Preble Street 500+ annual work hours saved automating gift reporting and documentation Make Room for Collaboration Fundraisers are collaborative by nature. Automation can be an easy fix, especially for smaller gifts.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 6, 2022

For instance, have you considered including winter solstice celebrations in your holiday gift appeal? When you can authentically rejoice in special days across religions and cultures, you’re giving a gift of recognition and welcome to all of your constituents. Donors have little patience and limited free time in this season.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 11, 2023

At a minimum, consider these goals: The largest number of gifts possible (exactly how many would that be for your nonprofit?). The highest possible gift from each donor (what is your typical average gift size?). On a recent coaching call, I rewrote an appeal for a homeless ministry and they raised over $20,000 with it!

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CauseVox

MAY 20, 2022

For instance, $500 can provide school supplies for 10 kids experiencing homelessness for 1 month. When people can conceptualize the impact of their gift with specific outputs, average contributions increase by 12%. Refer to your organization’s gift history to inform your current donation tiers. Mobile-optimized.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

Well, one of the families we were able to work with as a result of your gift just moved into their own apartment! What gift do we want the donor to make? Your gift ensures that an animal has a warm bed and a full belly until they find their forever home.”. It was a bleak situation and they were days away from being homeless.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2015

A good donation page “connects the dots between cause and effect, gift and impact,” says Haydon. So when you make your ask, you’re shouldn’t be requesting that a donor help your specific group but rather help with your end goal, whether it be saving wildlife, feeding the hungry, housing the homeless etc.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Some donors give a one-time gift, and some sign up as monthly donors. A tiny, inexpensive gift, such as a bookmark, sticker, or magnet. Someone once told me they were reluctant to contact monthly donors and remind them of their recurring gift. They are free to veer from the script, but they can use it to get started.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

You can say something like this: “ Thank you again for your generous gift to XYZ organization! We are honored that you trusted us with such a significant gift. Or get ideas for spot-on gifts you can give them later. Some donors are drawn to just one cause area, such as homelessness or food insecurity.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

I may want to help end homelessness, but not have a clue how to make a difference on a scale that moves the needle. Both outright (annual and major gifts) and deferred (legacy gifts). It costs from 5 to 25 cents on the dollar to renew current donors and/or generate major, capital and legacy gifts from individuals.

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Qgiv

JULY 8, 2021

Valentines (aka donations) were processed online, and donors were reminded they could give a one-time donation or commit to recurring monthly gifts. If you want donors to give more than once, you must share the impact of their gift. Schedule your free one-on-one demo today!

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 6, 2021

This made it easier for donors to see the impact their gifts will have. Additionally, by keeping it short and simple it made it easier for more donors to complete their gifts. This saved them money while they made money using a free online donation form from Qgiv! City Year Philadelphia. What they did. Islamic Relief USA.

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Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2023

They can also apply to Google for Nonprofits for a suite of free resources. Pitch newsrooms Nonprofits can benefit from free or “earned” media. For example, if you can explain that $500 will cover the cost of feeding one person for six months at your homeless shelter, you are more likely to get donors at that level.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

39% of donors in Kenya give tribute gifts. 61% are more likely to donate if they are offered a free gift in exchange for their donation. ? 103 donors whose top 5 causes are children and youth (23%), hunger and homelessness (15%), women and girls (12%), health and wellness (11%), and education (8%). 83% regularly vote.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2014

They are also known as perks or gifts, and are used as incentives to motivate people to support a campaign. In a nutshell, donors that received a gift, felt selfish, which in turn reduced the motivation for giving. For example, Project Renewal helps homeless people get off the streets. Fundraising'

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

A charity combating homelessness should feature stories of providing shelter, not just cute mascots. Show how gifts further the outcomes step-by-step. For example, if a mailed appeal with a matching gift incentive consistently outperforms others, keep using that format. What motivates instant digital engagement and gifts?

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CauseVox

AUGUST 18, 2022

Resources can be free or low-cost but can really help raise the profile of your mission. For their Ukrainian effort, CSI provided a suite of free, publicly available resources. When donors add commentary to their gift, the people that CSI helps can see these personalized messages of support and encouragement. Donation Tipping.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

It doesn't have to be difficult or even expensive; it can even be free. It's completely free to your organization, and to your members as well! Receive up to 1,000 contacts free from a petition posted at GreaterGood Network's Take Action Center: a great way to connect with people supporting your cause. Causemunity in booth 70.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

In the two years since its inception, #GivingTuesday campaigns saw a 90% increase in online giving, and 40% increase in average gift size. Lisa Narodick Colton , See3 , is working with a group of homeless organizations to increase awareness about issues and feel grateful for what they have.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

It doesn't have to be difficult or even expensive; it can even be free. It's completely free to your organization, and to your members as well! Receive up to 1,000 contacts free from a petition posted at GreaterGood Network's Take Action Center: a great way to connect with people supporting your cause. Causemunity in booth 70.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 5, 2017

A frequent collaborator of ours, Amy Eisenstein, talks about how important it is to keep at it with those donors you believe in (and so much more) in her free guide to major gift fundraising. It may take some rearranging on your part and your bank’s, but it’s definitely doable and we even have a free guide to help you budget for this.

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

For example, let’s say your faith-based organization is also an outreach ministry for shut-ins and the homeless. The vendor that raises the most money will win prizes that help with their business, like a free video ad or partnership with the organization. Increase awareness on relevant issues. Go Beyond Simple Branding.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 22, 2018

A frequent collaborator of ours, Amy Eisenstein, talks about how important it is to keep at it with those donors you believe in (and so much more) in her free guide to major gift fundraising. It may take some rearranging on your part and your bank’s, but it’s definitely doable and we even have a free guide to help you budget for this.

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

Peer-to-peer fundraising is an incredible opportunity that leverages your supporters’ personal networks to expand the reach of your campaign and solicit gifts. Depending on your mission, you might find more value in asking for in-kind gifts rather than fundraising for money. Virtual Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Ideas. Virtual supply drive.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Online fundraising is extremely cost-effective compared to other types of fundraising campaigns, and our Generational Giving Report revealed that almost 55% of donors prefer to go online to make a gift. Matching gifts drive. Partner with a corporate sponsor or a major gifts supporter to host a matching gifts drive.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Despite increasing commercialism, the holidays traditionally get people thinking about ways they can give—whether they’re wrapping gifts for loved ones or donating time and money to a cause they care about. Many local news organizations like to host an annual food or gift drive around the holidays.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

For example, an animal advocacy organization with the goal of homing more pets than they did the previous year might have a mission statement like, “We work to reduce the number of homeless pets in the community by offering free rescue services and housing animals with volunteer foster homes.” Show appreciation to volunteers.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2017

Founded in 1999, Corazon Ministries is a faith-based charity that operates in the heart of downtown San Antonio, serving its homeless and marginalized neighbors. Many describe homelessness as being voiceless and invisible. We have all seen huge programs with complicated processes to end homelessness.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Being the sole support for your nonprofit is one way to ensure that the organization will die with you — unless you leave funds in a planned gift for the future of the nonprofit. Unsecure future. You won’t live forever. But without the support of others, who will guide the nonprofit after you’re gone?

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Even though the calls were simply to check in with donors and see how they were doing during a trying time, it also resulted in gifts. Focus on how their past gifts are still making a difference and give them opportunities to ask questions about your organization. This is any type of gift that isn’t financial!

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

Hospice and homelessness can both be taboo subjects that can make people uncomfortable. Until then, please “LIKE” us on Facebook below to stay connected and show your support of free residential care for the terminally-ill. A gift shared. But – that’s a story for tomorrow. Act 3: Resolution .

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 6, 2014

If you have gifts from both the Golf Tournament and the Phone-a-thon given in support of the Clothes For The Homeless program, for example, there’s no need to worry about spending “golf tournament dollars” versus spending “phone-a-thon dollars” – as long as the donor designation is fulfilled, those monies can be pooled. Why is this?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 9, 2016

nonprofit that has provided housing and support to California’s homeless since 1989. This simple change helped Mercy House convert more of the people who clicked “donate” to actual supporters, while simultaneously increasing average gift size.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2020

While I may not possess the intellectual wherewithal to solve homelessness, food insecurity or a host of other chronic societal problems, I have great faith that someone out there will have that ability. We are all uniquely gifted. I can think of no greater gift we can offer to those who will follow behind us.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Did your organization do some sort of gift, food drive or animal adoption this holiday? There are plenty of tools out there - that are free - which help do just this. Homeless Prenatal Program 20 Years in Action - thank you video. Do you have photos? There are many ways you can thank your supporters.

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

But if gift baskets consistently received no bids, then you may want to find different items to replace those. Keeping track of your data can free you up to be more creative with your fundraisers! One great example of this is the Free Teacher Market from the Polk Education Foundation. Don’t Be Afraid to Get Creative.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

You want to help the homeless? Not only are these gifts more accessible — regardless of age or income — they're habit-forming: transforming a small giver today into a major donor tomorrow.”. Oh, and did I mention that it’s free to download? Feel free to stop by her Twitter page to give her a big Texas-style, "Howdy.".

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