EveryAction

AUGUST 25, 2022

It’s never too early to start planning for your nonprofit’s GivingTuesday and year-end fundraising efforts. In this 6-part blog series, we’re highlighting key digital features your organization can start implementing now to boost fundraising this fall. into donors, increase your fundraising efficiency, and raise more money.

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Greater Giving

JULY 20, 2022

In The State of Nonprofit Fundraising 2022, we found 30% of nonprofits reported donor fatigue as a significant barrier to their fundraising success. 33% of respondents said donor engagement is the greatest challenge they face in fundraising this year. Fundraising fliers sent home with kids.

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Media Cause

JUNE 22, 2021

Why leveraging different calls-to-action actually deepens relationships with your constituents and supporters. In other words, you don’t need to choose between advocacy and fundraising. What’s more, this campaign cultivated recent donors and primed others for an impactful fiscal year end fundraising campaign. Email Cadence.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 1, 2024

Navigating the complexities of year-end fundraising for nonprofits can often feel like threading through a maze of challenges. On average, most nonprofits raise up to 30 percent of their annual budget in December, including upwards of 31 percent of online revenue in the last four weeks alone. Keep reading to find out more! #1

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 4, 2024

The past couple of years have represented a challenging time for nonprofit fundraising. In difficult circumstances, it’s helpful to return to the fundraising basics to ensure you’re making the most of tried and true strategies to boost your nonprofit’s donation revenue. Prioritize building strong supporter relationships.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

What if we could have a conversation about fundraising strategy with David Ogilvy, founder of Ogilvy a leading marketing/PR firm and deemed the ‘Father of Advertising’? Focus on participation – Judge success by number of donors versus just total dollars raised. A relatable human voice connects.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

In part one of this series, I outlined my top six fundraising strategies for 2021: . Investing in digital-first fundraising and marketing communications. Check out what to listen for in donor onboarding from the Agitator-Donor Voice blog. Author information Claire Axelrad Fundraising Coach at Bloomerang Claire Axelrad, J.D.,

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Achieve

MAY 24, 2024

By regularly texting your supporters, you can show the value in supporting your organization, develop deeper relationships, and encourage recurring giving. Detail the purpose of your text fundraiser, steps to sign up, and the impact donors’ contributions will have on your mission.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Autumn definitely means “go time” in the life of a fundraiser, often because it signals the start of year-end , a period of time you may get upwards of 60% or more of your annual donations. Even if you don’t follow a definitive fundraising calendar, it’s still vital to come up with a year-end fundraising plan—and stick to it.

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EveryAction

JUNE 8, 2023

Through integrated multichannel campaigns and intense optimization based on audience and key performance metrics, MESG Marketing helps nonprofits raise more money, grow and cultivate constituent bases, drive advocacy actions, and develop their online brands. Learn more at MESG.marketing ! Learn more at WeRaiseTheRoots.com !

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The Storytelling Non-profit

AUGUST 2, 2022

Translating a cause you care about into compelling words for a fundraising appeal can be a challenge. All of these things can get in the way of you actually writing the fundraising appeal that you need to write in order to raise money. That roadmap is called a fundraising appeal brief. I talk about briefs all the time.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

If you’re looking for a new way to raise funds, engage donors, and build connections, look no further than a charity golf tournament. And fortunately for nonprofits, charity golf tournaments do much more than simply raise mission-critical funds. Your event website becomes the home base for marketing your golf fundraiser.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

So, a year-end fundraising goal and plan is important for nonprofits to take full advantage of donors’ kindness. In fact, recent research shows that a quarter of annual nonprofit revenue is raised in the month of December. After over 20 years of fundraising, consulting, and teaching nonprofits across the U.S.,

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

For the past 60 or so years, and especially since the advent of the internet, social capital —interpersonal relationships and networks—has become increasingly crucial. As nonprofit professionals, most of us are already in the business of people, whether we’re building houses, raising money, educating children or another noble pursuit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Note from Beth: December is a time when start to reflect on the past year and future online trends for fundraising. I think of GivingTuesday as a great example of a sharing economy fundraiser. Insights The Sharing Economy Tells Us About The Future Of Fundraising By Rob Wu, CEO + Co-founder of CauseVox.

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Achieve

JANUARY 22, 2024

Because mid-level donations play an essential role in your nonprofit’s fundraising strategy, cultivating and stewarding strong mid-level donor relationships is vital. As a result, you’ll need a dedicated donor communications team ready to initiate and maintain these mid-level donor relationships.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

There’s strength in numbers, and you need to build a base of educated and engaged advocates to raise their voices with you. Be up front about exactly what you need, be it a petition signature, volunteer hours, committee membership, or peer-to-peer fundraising. You can help by ensuring that your ask is clear.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2021

As another challenging year comes to a close and your end of year fundraising winds up, how did your peer-to-peer strategy perform? Either way, it’s important to go into 2022 with a strong digital fundraising strategy to take advantage of an increasingly more captive online audience. . Did you hit or miss the mark in 2021?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2019

Social fundraising offers a powerful way for companies to engage with current and prospective employees and consumers in the ever-evolving digital landscape – empowering individual choice when it comes to charitable giving, enabling brands to connect with larger audiences through everyday influencers, and increasing the impact of CSR initiatives.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

When it comes to strategic planning, there are a few common hesitations that nonprofits voice throughout the process. During the strategic planning process, you should identify areas to spend money effectively in ways that increase your fundraising return on investment. Volunteer boards should take charge of fundraising.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Donor engagement is what your organization does to build and strengthen donor relationships and the methods you use to keep donors active and involved. Solid donor engagement strategies help organizations improve their donors’ connection with their work, establish strong donor relationships, and retain their donor base.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

billion was raised in the US alone ! This year, Giving Tuesday falls on November 28th, and nonprofits are gearing up for what has the potential to be one of the most lucrative fundraising days of the year. Is there an amount you want to raise? In 2020 approximately 34.8 Is there a project you want to get funded?

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 23, 2023

As the giving season approaches, you may be thinking of new ways to raise money for your organization. One-off fundraisers have their time and place, but if you want to truly make an impact, it’s time to start thinking about major gifts. Have you had prior success with fundraising? Is it clear and relevant?

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Candid

AUGUST 18, 2022

The reactionary funding of Black leaders and communities raises a critical question: what is possible when we build sustainable funding ecosystems that affirm the genius of Black leaders and sufficiently resource them to develop and deploy world-changing solutions? . Black voices, Black spaces.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 31, 2021

billion was raised in the US alone ! Either way, nonprofits are preparing to get creative with their fundraising efforts and look to continue the momentum of last year’s massively successful Giving Tuesday. Is there an amount you want to raise? Last year approximately 34.8 Is there a project you want to get funded?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 21, 2021

With that knowledge we can reconstruct the entire brand relationship. We give it labels like “culture of philanthropy” and “donor-centered fundraising.” Everyone in your organization has a relationship with donors, whether they realize it or not. Silos make a mess of an otherwise brilliant fundraising strategy.

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Phonathons are a tried-and-true resource for all sorts of nonprofits and higher education institutions to engage donors and raise money effectively. Here at Double the Donation , we’ve compiled a number of tips and tricks to effectively communicate with your donors about matching gifts and raise more in phonathon revenue overall.

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Double the Donation

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

You know better than anyone that planning a university fundraising campaign can feel a bit overwhelming. With many moving parts and ever-changing components, it’s important to find the right higher ed fundraising platforms that can support your school every step of the way. Why We Love This School Fundraising Platform.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 13, 2021

In order to truly maximize your fundraising efforts and better engage with the individuals who help fund your mission, an integration between direct mail marketing and a digital channel is a huge step in the right direction. . Furthermore, direct mail appeals are the backbone of communication and fundraising for most nonprofits.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2014

This week guest blogger Gail Perry is back with her top tips to help us all raise more money by mail. 112 Tips to Raise More Money by Mail. Direct mail is the most important fundraising and communications tool you have. Raising more from your top donors. Using the right envelope as a fundraising tool. Thanks Gail!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2011

Create a vibrant online platform that inspires offline action, where challenges are posted, solutions are debated, successes and failures are archived, data is both disseminated and captured, stories are shared, and essential civic relationships developed. But, what happens when you pair a connected citizenry with social fundraising?

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 23, 2022

This is where donor relationship building comes into play. By focusing your fundraising mindset on retaining supporters rather than just acquiring them, you’ll raise more money than ever before. According to Double the Donation’s fundraising statistics , recurring donors give 42% more each year than one-time donors.

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EveryAction

MARCH 22, 2023

It’s important to avoid freezing out donors after the year-end season passes, so what are some strategies and tactics nonprofits can use to thaw their relationships with supporters and meet their spring stewardship goals? Raise HECK Year-end donors want to feel appreciated, informed, and engaged with an organization beyond their gift.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Luckily, there are some simple actions you can take to boost your nonprofit’s revenue without planning extra fundraisers or dramatically changing your approach. Focus on building relationships. As you focus your efforts and attention on growth, be sure to create a fundraising plan to help stay organized.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Every dollar counts in the fundraising world, so the free marketing that social media provides can be crucial to raising awareness for your cause without breaking your budget. From sharing your mission to advertising fundraising campaigns, social media offers plenty of opportunities to help you boost your fundraising efforts.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Dunham and Company released an Online Fundraising Scorecard that looked at 151 nonprofits online fundraising activities. The report is troubling because the nonprofit community has been doing online fundraising for years and there are established best practices for optimizing conversions. Create Killer Landing Pages.

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Classy

JULY 26, 2021

Kick off a powerful fundraising campaign to raise money for their missions . Checklists for Crowdfunding, Peer-to-Peer, and Event Fundraising Campaigns. How to Nail Your Fundraising On National Nonprofit Day . This national holiday offers nonprofits the opportunity to: Spread awareness of their impact to new audiences.

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