Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Make a “ stretch gift ” that is very generous and is outside your normal giving pattern. Be familiar with every fundraising program, event, campaign, and activity so you can tell others (sustainers, major gifts, events, direct mail, giving circles, etc.). It doesn’t have to be a gift. Then help implement these tools.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 11, 2021

funds or property donated). This is imperative for donor stewardship purposes but also because—in the world of fund accounting—the finance team is required to match restricted or unrestricted fund-specific expenses against restricted or unrestricted fund-specific revenue. Donor-Imposed Restrictions.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Ask your board members if they know of any family foundations, corporate foundations, or other grantmakers who might fund work like yours and if they would be willing to make an introduction to someone at that organization. Spend an hour playing around on Google , searching for foundations that fund non-profits like yours.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Sending custom receipts recapping donors’ 2022 gifts to make tax season easier. Plan for annual giving In addition to cultivating donor relationships year-round, you should also plan activities to solicit annual gifts throughout the year. This multi-channel approach not only helps diversify your funding streams.

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Neon CRM

MAY 1, 2023

These steps make up the path organizations usually follow as they’re trying to encourage one-time donors to get more involved with their organization—like volunteering, creating a recurring donation, or increasing their financial support—sometimes up to the point of making a major gift or bequest.

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Candid

AUGUST 30, 2023

For example, a growth or decrease in individual giving might be vitally important to your nonprofit but totally irrelevant to others (like those primarily funded by government sources.) Since the height of the pandemic in 2021, gifts from individual donors declined by 6.4% But time is always an issue. 4 notable nonprofit trends 1.

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Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Keep Your Donors: The Guide to Better Communications & Stronger Relationships by the late Simone Joyaux and Tom Ahern Your guide to developing a plan of donor communications that takes you from the first gift to the final bequest gift. A “must have” for your fund-raising library.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2013

This is the fourth and final installment in a series of grantseeking pointers inspired by fundraising consultant, Stephanie Gerding ’s great basic grantseeking information on TechSoup For Libraries that came out a few years ago. Finding corporate funding may be the trickiest of all funders to engage. American Library Association.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Zach Bryant The change happened when Zach was in high school and his Assistive Technology teacher introduced him to Benetech’s Bookshare library. I don’t wait for my books for new classes; I search the library and find them myself.” Now, with the Skoll Foundation’s matching support, your gift will have far more impact!

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Bake sale Bake sales are always a delightful way to raise funds for your organization. You can also bid off the best looks to boost your funds from the event. If you host the event at a restaurant or local pub, offer a gift certificate to the establishment as a prize for the trivia winners.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

For them, Bookshare —Benetech’s Global Literacy initiative and the world’s largest accessible digital library for people with print disabilities—opens up a lifeline to reading. For those of you who haven’t made a gift yet— the Challenge closes this Friday, November 22nd at 11:59:59am ET and many veterans still need your help.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 29, 2010

As part of my holiday greetings this year, I would like to introduce you to two young people who have used Benetech’s Bookshare library to reach academic excellence and find the books that keep them engaged in their off hours. Because the Bookshare collection is free to qualified U.S.

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CauseVox

MAY 6, 2021

With automatic donation receipts, you have the ability to immediately acknowledge your donor’s gift, which has been proven to increase donor retention rates 400%. A specific description of how their gift will make an impact for this particular fundraising campaign. No goods or services were given in exchange for this gift.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Identifying potent ial funding sources that align with your nonprofit's or library's mission is a constant challenge. Through data, analysis, and training, the Foundation Center helps organizations and individuals research, identify, and connect with potential funding sources. About the Foundation Center.

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Candid

MAY 19, 2021

Here are the top 10 grantmakers in Georgia who funded mental health between 2014 and 2021. Amount Funded for Mental Health. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. The Atlanta Women’s Foundation (AWF) also funds organizations that support mental wellness for girls and women. National Library of Medicine.

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sgEngage

MAY 27, 2021

Figure out these details early on so you can develop a library of design collateral that is ready to be rolled out in December. GivingTuesday campaigns typically focus on securing many smaller individual donations rather than major gifts, but prospect research can still provide insights that you can apply to your overall supporter base.

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DipJar

JUNE 24, 2021

In the case of kitten season, FODAS funding provides support for mothers and their kittens, taking care of orphaned kittens, purchasing incubators, and the fostering/adoption process. Rapid access to ready funds is difficult and this is where the Friends of Dallas Animal Services shines.

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VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Designed to assist and support an organization (and most commonly hospitals, museums, libraries, and arts organizations), these groups historically focus on raising funds, sometimes manage the volunteer corps, and nearly always maintain their own governance system. But there are also many that are, well, less so.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

A holiday festival of trees event can be an exciting way to raise funds for a non-profit or worthy cause. A holiday festival of trees fundraising event can be an exciting way to raise funds for a non-profit or worthy cause. Festivals of Trees fundraisers are held in country clubs, community centers, libraries, schools or churches.

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Network for Good

MAY 17, 2021

But while many nonprofit organizations are attracted to promises of free licenses and a seemingly endless library of widgets, even more find themselves hopelessly tangled in fields of data and needlessly complex reporting mechanisms. Let’s dive in to what Salesforce can do and whether or not it could help you in your fundraising efforts.

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Global Giving

APRIL 10, 2020

If you can appropriately find the money, it’s great to offer digital gifts to boost attendee excitement and thank your speakers. Gifts can be offered as a raffle to a select number of random winners, and given as a reward for participation. Subscribe to get the best content from the Learn Library once a month.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 15, 2021

She affirmed that the $5 boosting of posts on Facebook here and there is equivalent to throwing hard-earned funding into a black hole. Encouraging a long-term approach built around the donor’s gift-making journey, she shared this wisdom: “Pay attention to when you’re targeted by for-profit brands. Confusion ensued.

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Qgiv

JUNE 8, 2021

In terms of donor retention, FEP measures three specific donor retention rates: the overall average donor retention rate (donors of all types regardless of recency/frequency), the average retention rate of first-time donors (those who have only given one gift), and “repeat” donors (donors who gave last year and in prior years).

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Network for Good

MAY 17, 2021

But while many nonprofit organizations are attracted to promises of free licenses and a seemingly endless library of widgets, even more find themselves hopelessly tangled in fields of data and needlessly complex reporting mechanisms. Let’s dive in to what Salesforce can do and whether or not it could help you in your fundraising efforts.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The best campaigns—whether they’re crowdfunding, social media, matching gifts, or something else—will need your whole team to maximize your results. This post includes four examples of how you can raise funds and why they might work for your nonprofit. Here’s how you can use gift matching in your campaign this year.

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Kindful

APRIL 19, 2021

When it is well written and visually pleasing, it can inspire potential donors to jump on board and donate money, initiate major gifts from corporations and foundations, and ensure that those who already donate to your organization keep on giving. You can use your nonprofit’s CRM database to make this an easy and efficient task.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

He reads accessible ebooks from Benetech’s Bookshare library in braille format, and learns as quickly as his peers without disabilities. We competed against other participating organizations, racing against the clock to raise funds and secure matching funding from the Skoll Foundation.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

One of the gifts I’ll be giving away to those who purchase the new Get Fully Funded book next week is a special report called “100 Best Web Resources for Nonprofits.” link] Very cool site with resources to help you fund your work in supporting women. Here are a few that are included in the report.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The tool tracks gifts in real time, so you always know how much money you have raised. It also sorts gifts by campaigns and keeps track of gifts designated to a particular purpose. Grants can provide funds for programs, projects, equipment, and even salaries and overhead. Ask before signing up!

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 1, 2021

Matching Gift Databases. However, if you find that two or more of your tools don’t integrate, investing in a tech consultant can ultimately save you funds and time as they help you build out a comprehensive and connected system. . Matching Gift Databases. Grant Management Software. Event Management Software. Best Practices.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

While read-a-thons are a great fundraising idea for nonprofits of all kinds, they’re the perfect fundraiser for schools, libraries, and education nonprofit organizations. When they better understand how your organization is using the funds they raised, they’ll be more likely to participate in another peer-to-peer fundraiser in the future.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2020

Donations to donor advised funds and supporting organizations are not eligible for this deduction. In this package, adjusted gross income limits on charitable deductions are suspended or adjusted for cash gifts made by individuals and corporations. A list of these programs and funding amounts can be found below –.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

Carolyn is a major gift fundraiser and nonprofit communications expert who uses technology to amplify her impact and do more with less. Keep in mind there are many nonprofit organizations asking for funding. Meet Carolyn Appleton! She’s known for tackling seemingly impossible fundraising efforts and turning them into success stories.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

We also develop customized fundraising tools for the Luminate platform, including P2P, advocacy mobile apps , gift entry portal, an email authoring app, a web survey app, TeamRaiser extensions and overlays, member center customizations, and more. Fundraising products for Luminate Online. Learn more about our array of products.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2017

I'd like you to meet Kerry Thomson at Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County, Indiana; Lori Chidgey of Corazon Ministries in San Antonio, Texas; Betty Martin of Cape Girardeau Public Library in Missouri; and the late Rory Foster of the Northwoods Wildlife Center in Minocqua, Wisconsin. A World Where Everyone Has a Decent Place to Live.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 5, 2023

Nonprofits that use Nonprofit Cloud can further customize their Salesforce CRM to fit their needs by integrating their system with other solutions on the Salesforce AppExchange, such as apps for volunteer management , email marketing, and donation gift matching.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

One of the gifts I’ll be giving away to those who purchase the new Get Fully Funded book next week is a special report called “100 Best Web Resources for Nonprofits.” link] Very cool site with resources to help you fund your work in supporting women. Here are a few that are included in the report.

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