ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 18, 2012

If you are depending on special event income to fund your mission, it’s likely you’ve noticed the last five years have felt like you are moving up the down escalator. Most successful annual giving programs consist of a combination of regular email communications, direct mail pieces, telephone calls and face-to-face meetings.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 11, 2022

You realize you need money to fund the work. If a prospective donor encounters an obstacle while trying to donate (like if your donation process is cumbersome or if they can’t find the donate button or if there’s no address for them to mail a check), they may give up. Work up a simple script and practice it. I’m doing it!

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 11, 2008

This 58-page book provides all of the information you need to host a house party including a pre-party checklist, a sample fundraising "ask" script, and sample thank you notes and invitations. Direct mail? One of the tips I found the most interesting was that it is important that the person who asks the group for donations is a peer.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

It is not too late to raise major gifts this year. And that made the biggest difference for me in going from struggling and feeling insecure, honestly, right, and fearful of talking to major donors to raising a million a year from individuals to up to 2.5 So, Steven, I think people are raising their hands. Here we go.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Tom Iselin will show you how to increase your likability and “memorability” among donors that will deepen relationships, help you raise more money, and create greater donor loyalty. We got five excellent tactics for you that’ll help you raise more money, and improve your donor relationships through personal branding.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Elizabeth has worked on tons of campaigns for her clients, billion dollars raised. Next is, we always hope that our board members are some of our most generous stakeholders, they’re personally philanthropic, they’re setting an example and helping to raise your communities’ sights. So peer-to-peer solicitations.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 6, 2022

It’s the old 80/20 rule at work: Over 80% of all funds come from about 20% of donors. Actually, the Fundraising Effectiveness Project shows that 88% of all funds come from 12% of donors. Just think: you could work less and raise more! Major donors are the BEST source of funding for specific projects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 26, 2015

After publishing this post about Save the Children’s Crowd Funding Campaign – where I mentioned the Dalai Lama Foundation’s successful campaign , I noticed this tweet in my stream from Brian Rusch the former deputy director for the DLF : Woohoo! ” Pulling together a campaign team is really critical to success.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

You want your ambassadors to be themselves, not a scripted version that resembles themselves and strips away the authenticity that made their relationship as an ambassador so powerful, to begin with. Check out: Tahirih Justice Center , Northern Illinois Foodbank , or The Homer Fund for some ideas. . 2) Choose the right people.

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

They fund your programs and ensure you’re able to continue the amazing work that you do on a daily basis. Nonprofits that don’t adequately show appreciation for the hard work and dedication of their supporters will receive less funding in the long run because they’ll struggle to retain those supporters over time. . Let’s learn more! .

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

They fund your programs and ensure you’re able to continue the amazing work that you do on a daily basis. Nonprofits that don’t adequately show appreciation for the hard work and dedication of their supporters will receive less funding in the long run because they’ll struggle to retain those supporters over time. . Let’s learn more! .

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

We’ll explore the top strategies you can use to secure funding through matching gifts. About the Author Adam Weinger Adam Weinger is the President of Double the Donation , the leading provider of tools to nonprofits to help them raise more money from corporate matching gift and volunteer grant programs.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

And I learned a lot about fundraising before the internet, when you just dialed for dollars and sent mailings and had a lot of house parties. . So I help organizations tell powerful stories that have raised collectively around a half billion dollars. They’ve been using this term “funding gap” for many, many years.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

Like I said, I’m really passionate about helping fundraisers save time and raise more money and delight their donors. They do the mailing. So I want you guys to download all my goodies today because they will save you time, and they will help you raise money. And I’ll pop those in there again. They write our appeals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2005

Nonprofit Online News is tied with Scripting News (Dave Winer's blog) as the oldest weblog still being published, period. The growth of the web and mailing lists was explosive and I was very interested in remaining well informed. That raises a question: Are you working on a book? (BK: Q: When did you start publishing?

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 8, 2015

After speaking with nonprofits about the need to access matching gift funds in a cost-effective way, Double the Donation was born. _. As Part of Your Annual Fund. You can appeal to donors’ motivations for giving and receiving twice as many donations when you promote matching gifts for your annual fund.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2023

Donors want to know how you used their funds, so show them that your nonprofit is a responsible steward of their donations by providing context behind major expenses. They cut down on the number of reports they mailed directly (and made the report available online) but made sure to continue sending the paper version to some local lawyers.

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