Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Imagine what your organization could accomplish in 2022 if you began each initiative with streamlined donor records, an arsenal of canned reports to track key metrics, and a solid plan to prioritize each donor segment individually. In fact, revenue from Facebook fundraisers alone grew by 14% last year. Your 2022 Fundraising Calendar.

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NTEN

JUNE 6, 2023

Outlook) and video conferencing platforms, use a spreadsheet, create slides, and use tools that are specific to your organization, such as a timekeeping system or an expense reporting system. There are some basic technology skills that most staff likely need, such as the ability to operate productivity software (e.g.,

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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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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Whether you’re looking for tools for accounting, event management, fundraising or something else in your operation, we’ve got you covered. Data Analytics and Reporting Tools. Prebuilt dashboards and reporting features make it easy to create the view and collect the data that fits your work the best.

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OneCause

JULY 7, 2022

The Blackbaud Institute reports that in 2020, total online giving across the sector was up by 21% over 2019. Also consider that for many nonprofits, GivingTuesday marks the launch of their end-of-year fundraising campaign as they specifically target their mid-size and smaller dollar donors with online asks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

A new white paper “ The Effectiveness of Celebrity Spokespeople in Social Fundraisers ,” written by my former Zoetica colleagues, Geoff Livingston and Henry T. The Chronicle of Philanthropy review of the white paper says it succinctly: “ Celebrity Fundraisers May Be Overrated.”

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NTEN

JUNE 8, 2011

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! According to the report, the answer is essentially "not so much."

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

Download the full white paper or share it using this link: [link] Below are notes from my remarks. Ushahidi, an open source project originally deployed in Kenya to report post-election violence has since been downloaded and deployed for many other events and disasters, including Haiti, Chile, and Japan.

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 2014

Care2 and Parachute Digital teamed up to create a White Paper explaining just that! The report’s Six Stages of an Effective On-boarding Strategy guides you through and answers these questions: Some of the key points that resonated for me were: You don’t have to target everyone.

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NTEN

APRIL 27, 2012

The results of the survey are compiled in a new report which highlights fundraising and constituent engagement as the biggest hurdle for the nonprofit sector. Funding Mobile Strategies for Social Impact is ZeroDivide’s newest white paper, a great look into nonprofits' uses of mobile technologies.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Access to data alone won’t increase donations to your cause but understanding which reports to analyze and reacting to donor behavior can. Translated to the nonprofit world, these for-profit tactics can be the difference between simply accessing reports and understanding how to leverage data to serve your mission.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 21, 2015

A new Box white paper by Box.org executive director Bryan Breckenridge and nonprofit program director Anne Maloney, Why Fund Tech for Nonprofits , makes a strong case for increased funding for technology and suggests some ways to move forward. The Box report includes some analysis on the reasons for this shortfall.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 8, 2023

In fact, our latest research in The Nonprofit Email Report: Data-Backed Insights for Better Engagement confirmed that small nonprofit email lists tend to have better email engagement rates overall. But when it comes to fundraising campaigns, the average small nonprofit raised $6.15 Small lists raised more money per contact, too.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2022

The survey showed the following distributions of percent young (18-29yrs old) crypto holders category: Asian: 23% Hispanic: 21% Black: 18% White: 13%. NFT – non-fungible token fundraising projects are increasingly common and allow groups to collectively buy into a project that benefits a nonprofit. population.

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Care2

JANUARY 7, 2013

What white papers are downloaded the most? Be sure and also take a look at the Social Analytics report in Google Analytics. Besides looking at the unique website visits (month over month and year to year), you should also review what content gets the most traffic. What video’s get the most views?

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Forum One

MARCH 31, 2009

Fundraising When Money is Tight.? Warwick is very positive about the prospects for non-profits to continue to receive donations today despite the economy, and he insists that we continue our fundraising activities. t cut fundraising costs without careful consideration. d add to this?host

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2014

Create a baseline plan to make every donor feel heroic with simple business rules to ensure you thank and report back to all your donors before soliciting another gift. My colleague dedicated an entire white paper to this very topic: donors don’t know what kind of special love and attention is waiting for them at higher gift levels.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

They managed to pump out reports and research, organize webinars and conferences, and even play around with the definition of volunteering. Check out this great compilation of '' Must-Read Online Fundraising, Social Media and Mobile Communications Reports for Nonprofits '', assembled by Tech for Good. Register now!

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

They managed to pump out reports and research, organize webinars and conferences, and even play around with the definition of volunteering. Check out this great compilation of '' Must-Read Online Fundraising, Social Media and Mobile Communications Reports for Nonprofits '', assembled by Tech for Good. Register now!

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

A 2015 Charitable Giving Report produced by Blackbaud noted that of the nonprofits surveyed, 17% of their contributions were received in December. The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners 2016 Global Fraud Study , Report to the Nations on Occupied Fraud and Abuse, analyzed 2,410 occupational fraud cases.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Although it is a slow time of year and the busy fundraising season is still several months away, there's been lots of activity in the social fundraising judging by these roundups of links from Peter Deitz and Tom Watson (not to mention all the items tagged in the nptech tag stream ). posted Ten Tips for Journalists to Fundraise.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Stars in Fundraising Success Magazine. Check out Blackbaud 's white paper (PDF) for a good introduction and some considerations. Marshall Kirkpatrick about ReadWriteWeb's new report on the "real-time web" and what that means for your nonprofit. AIDS event to provide mobile fundraising and event update help for.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

With either scenario, there are many ways to get started, so please check out my colleague David Lamb’s white paper, The Basics of Prospect Management. The other missing element is providing metrics on your fundraising process and results. Without accurate and consistent data entry, you can't measure accurate results.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 28, 2014

You don’t have a formalized fundraising database. This is just a starting point, and if you have someone who knows how to enter in data and manage an Access database, that might be an even better solution as you can query on and produce reports in that system, so it is a database vs. a spreadsheet of information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

her work appears on CNN.com and Entrepreneur.com, and the’s the author of a forthcoming white paper from the ZeroDivide Foundation about opportunities to use mobile to help serve and empower people in poor/marginalized US communities. USPIRG ToySafety.mobi is a 26 year annual report on toy safety. Her blog is Contentious.com.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2010

" The report of my death was an exaggeration." While direct mail remains viable the impact over the long-term will diminish, particularly without integration with other communications, marketing and fundraising channels. Yeah, more people to do fundraising solicitations! Does X+Y+Boomer equal fundraising success?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Lately I have seen some discussion groups, listservs, and blogs on when to create a proposal in the Prospect Module of Raiser’s Edge® or for that matter in any fundraising legacy system. So below I am listing typical stages and moments where you might consider utilizing the Prospect Module in RE for optimal reporting and management.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

In her recent white paper, "Rapid Donor Cultivation: Getting the First Online Gift Faster," Jenny Miller shares the experiences Common Knowledge clients have seen after implementing this email fundraising program. You can download it here (free registration required).

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NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

In a similar finding, the Pew Research Center reported in January 2011 that among the general public the Internet has now surpassed newspapers as a primary source of news and is steadily closing the gap with television. This digital experience is now being carried around in millions of pockets.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2023

Technical Know-How While not typically immersed in journal entries on the daily, the modern CFO needs to have expertise with accounting principles, financial reporting standards (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or International Financial Reporting Standards), and nonprofit accounting guidelines.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Nonprofit organizations have a lot of challenges relating to fundraising. A creative fundraiser can make any of these items sound attractive to the donor. Inclusion in the annual report along with a list of other donors. Offer early or personalized access to reports or research before they are released. Photo and Bio.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2022

Google Ad Grants are a terrific fundraising and marketing tool that Google makes available to nonprofits and charities. Google Grants can be a great fundraising option for almost all nonprofits. Another tool that can be useful is Google Data Studio which can be used to sort through data and create reports.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Yes, it is also the most effective channel for fundraising (including a higher ROI than events). This means that that most effective fundraising starts by growing your subscriber base and using email to turn those subscribers into donors. eBook/checklist/white paper/report. eBook/checklist/white paper.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

a lot, so it is really helpful to have a peek the annual series of Horizon Reports that have also flowed out of NMC's Emerging Technologies initiative. The Symposium has several brief white papers about future techologies and education to jump start the discussion: It's Easy To Fall in Love with Technology by Danah Boyd.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

We know nonprofits and libraries gather piles of data, from program outcomes to constituent data to fundraising or advocacy campaign results. Tried to create a report and couldn't find a chart or graph that would clearly illustrate your point? " Have you ever. Thought that analyzing your data was complicated or scary?

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 1, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Myths about Online Giving Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 1st, 2010 There are so many myths about online giving. Check out the “Making Event Participants More Successful with Social Media” white paper to learn more.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Tis the Season for Charity Gift Cards Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 9th, 2010 The Los Angeles Times had an article the other day called “Causes offers gift cards for charitable giving.&#

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