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How Embracing Risk and Spending Money Can Help Nonprofits Make More Money

Bloomerang

For example, how would you ever put together a fundraising plan —or know which activities you need to be doing all year long—if you don’t know you have a $14 million need? Successful organizations and fundraisers know exactly what they need. This is where fundraising teams go wrong. Start with the numbers. .

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Who Gets to Be in Your Nonprofit’s Major Donor Portfolio?

Bloomerang

When you’re determining who to cultivate for your major donor portfolio, do you simply look at everyone who gave more than $1,000 (or whatever your major gift amount is) and dump them all into your portfolio for the year? Where Do Qualifying and Tiering Donors Fall Within Major Gift Fundraising? I confess: I used to do that.

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MultiChannel Donors: Real? Or Yeti?

NTEN

Flickr photo: ibarir I know only the biggest nerds have favorite white papers, but we've already established my nerd street cred, right? Well, my favorite white paper of 2009 just became my favorite white paper of 2011! Donors acquired by direct mail very rarely convert to online giving channels.

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The Fail-Safe Guide to Pitching Technology to Your Nonprofit Stakeholders

Connection Cafe

What they found is that as the economy continues to recover and online fundraising outpaces other development efforts, nonprofits are planning to invest more in their digital footprint. Let this white paper help. The paper is broken out into 5 sections that outline the research and prep needed for making the pitch.

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Guest Post: Next Generation of Donors Meet the Next Generation of Nonprofit Leadership at NTEN

NTEN

Like Mark Twain's famous quote, there is good news in the data -- the death of direct mail by some has been exaggerated -- but, when one looks at the data direct mail will not remain the dominate channel for soliciting and collecting gifts that it is today. Yeah, more people to do fundraising solicitations!

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How Can You Grow Your Sustained Giving Program?

Connection Cafe

These pop-up messages appear automatically when donors are making a one-time gift, giving them the option to turn that one-time gift into a recurring gift. Provide donors with a way to securely manage their gifts and credit card information online. After all, this is what they expect. After all, this is what they expect.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Where Do You Find New Donors And What Do You Say To Them?

Bloomerang

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Consider how you might reach out by sending them one or more of your current fundraising appeals. It could be a white paper, “how-to” video, tip list or recommendations (e.g., Offer gifts of useful content. If you want gifts, you must give them.

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