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4 excuses for not creating a donor newsletter

Hands on Fundraising

You don’t have a donor newsletter? But effective donor communications, including a donor newsletter, mean better and longer donor relationships. And that means more funding. The post 4 excuses for not creating a donor newsletter appeared first on Hands-On Fundraising. Starting a new project can be scary, I know.

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10 e-Newsletter Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Despite the rapid rise of social media, more online donations are made from a click in an e-newsletter than any other source. That was a 21% decrease from the previous year, but the decrease is mostly likely due to poor online fundraising practices , such as not having a mobile-optimized donate page and e-newsletter design.

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Nonprofit Grants: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation To Fund $9 Billion

Bloomerang

How can your nonprofit access those funds? And if the foundation opens up grants funded by this increase in spending, you’ll want to know as soon as that happens. Sign up for their email newsletter. Another way to stay informed is to sign up for the foundation’s email newsletter. The nonprofit pitch is a powerful tool.

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How Nonprofits Can Grow Their Following on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

2) Include social media icons in your email newsletter. 4% for the social media icons featured in the footer of our newsletter. Meaning, for every 1,000 “Total clicks” in our weekly newsletter, 4 are a click on a social media icon. Nonprofit Tech for Good has an average click-through rate of.4%

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The ABCs of DAFs: How to tap into donor-advised funds 

Candid

We also explored how he arrived at the decision to give his money to nonprofits that support his favorite animals in perpetuity through his own donor-advised fund. Considering the dollars at play, let’s now shift our focus to the important considerations for nonprofit fundraisers who may want to get in on some DAF funding action.

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Nonprofit Fundraising: Are You Choosing the Right Grants?

Blue Avocado

Grant funding is great, but often comes with requirements such as financial tracking of the award, measuring the program, reporting to the funder, and more — so look before you leap ! As many nonprofits are probably aware, multiple sources offer grant funds. often include funding alerts.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How Should Donor-Advised Fund Gifts Be Recognized?

Bloomerang

Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who needs advice on how donor-advised funds should be recognized in their annual reports. . Dear Charity Clairity, I appreciated reading your guidance re: donor-advised funds (DAFs) and would like to have additional clarity re: listing DAFs in an annual report.

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