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How to Host a Pledge Drive: The Complete Guide

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A pledge drive is a fundraising campaign where donors promise a gift amount to your organization based on a goal set by you or your participants. As your organization or participants meet those goals, donors increase their pledged donation. What type of pledge drive do you want to host?

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The complete year-end guide to maximizing matching gifts

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Needless to say, if you’re a fundraiser, meeting your organization’s fundraising goal is top of mind in the fall and winter. One way to bring any organization’s end-of-year fundraising strategy to the next level is a matching gift strategy. In the end, the nonprofit receives two gifts for the cost of soliciting one!

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Let it Go: When to Move on from a Major Gift Prospect

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There are three major exits you can take on the “Highway of Major Gift Giving.” Exit 1: Disqualification Road Exit 2: Proposal Avenue Exit 3: The Stewardship Fork Once you know what road you’re on with a potential donor, you can decide to press the gas or to let it go and move on to a better-fit major gift prospect. Action : Let it go.

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What are Challenge Gifts?

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A challenge gift is a donation that creates an incentive for others to give by offering a financial reward based on an established contingency. Challenge gifts are issued only once a contingency, or “challenge,” has been achieved.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] In Which Year Are Gifts Made On Or Before December 31, But Received In January, Counted?

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Today’s question come from a nonprofit employee who want advice on which year to count gifts that are made on or before December 31, but not received until January: . Our auditors later told us the gifts should have been recorded as pledges, with the payment showing as being applied in the new year. — In a Dilemma.

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Matching Gifts Program Management for Medical Nonprofits

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Luckily, there’s a great way to make your donors’ gifts double (and sometimes triple) in value. By instituting a matching gifts program at your medical nonprofit, your donors can provide additional funds so you can continue to do your crucial work. What is a matching gift program?

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Use Giving Plans to Jumpstart Recurring Gifts

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Your nonprofit can also use giving plans to fundraise toward a specific project or goal. Or you can offer a way for donors to make custom plans that fit their own goals and comfort levels. Think of them like structured pledges! You can also link gifts to specific goals and initiatives to create impact statements for donors.

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