Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Make a “ stretch gift ” that is very generous and is outside your normal giving pattern. Be familiar with every fundraising program, event, campaign, and activity so you can tell others (sustainers, major gifts, events, direct mail, giving circles, etc.). Help edit or review grant proposals and grant reports.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Some focus primarily on traditional fundraising like monthly gifts, planned giving, online fundraising, and special events like galas. Others receive grant funding from governmental agencies, private foundations, and community funds. Raising funds and winning grants is difficult and requires significant staff time and resources.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2023

Read on for our breakdown of the most important findings from the Giving USA 2023 Annual Report and our proposed solutions to the decline in household giving. decline in gifts’ impact. Incorporate a recurring upgrade prompt on your online donation form to convince donors to make a recurring gift instead of a one-time contribution.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 16, 2021

For the last three years, I’ve devoted virtually every day to the challenge of training professionals and especially volunteer fundraisers to overcome the fear of asking for gifts for their favorite nonprofits. My specialty is addressing the solicitation of major gifts, particularly from individuals. Blunder No. Blunder No.

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

The Funder’s Role in Risk Funders—by which I mean donors, foundations, impact investors, and government agencies that grant financial support—disincentivize risk in a few ways. As they wait, organizations, ideas, and potential progress suffer, and the riskier and newer a proposal feels, the more it is placed in the wait-and-see category.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Spotlight your corporate partner on social media, your email newsletter, and your website. To go one step further, you can offer your corporate sponsor gifts to show how thankful you are for them. This could include free merchandise or gift baskets. Consider incorporating your cause into your gifts, too.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Workplace giving software is any digital platform that enables corporate giving programs , such as matching gifts, volunteer grants, and corporate volunteerism. Nonprofits can invest in software that enables donors to take advantage of their employers’ workplace giving programs, such as matching gift software.

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Qgiv

JULY 26, 2022

Matching gifts drive. A great alternative to sponsorships is a matching gift drive. There are two different ways to ask for a corporate matching gift. Or second, the company can match employee gifts to your nonprofit organization (all without the need of a fundraising event!). Volunteer grants. Corporate grants.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 9, 2023

Matching Gifts Board members can use matching gifts to help nonprofit fundraising by either making their own donations and matching them or by soliciting donations from others and offering to match them themselves. Board members can also spearhead matching gift challenges.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Andrew Schwartzberg , Director of Grants. Your grant proposal is due in a mere six hours and you are very confident that you have all your ducks in a row. All too often, nonprofits that have a staff grant writer make the assumption that they will be 100% responsible for every aspect of the grant application process.

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

You’re able to see, for individual donors and for the organization overall, the number of asks made, gifts obtained, average size of major gifts and donor retention rate. Required documents: To obtain grants, you need proof of your nonprofit status or fiscal sponsor. Your proposals serve to gain their interest and “buy-in.”

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Candid

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Similarly, a lot of DAF managers (like Fidelity and Vanguard, two of the biggies) are not set up for you to send a proposal to request funding. They want to find you (on behalf of Bob), and there isn’t usually a grant application process you can use to get in front of them. This means that Bob is probably hard to find.

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2023

AI in Grant Applications Perhaps the most obvious place to start would be the application process. This would free a nonprofit’s resources to apply for more grants or focus on their other outcomes. Think of transactional or in-kind granting. An organization might request X number of gift bags or some other product.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2023

We’ve recently witnessed an unprecedented number of what many consider to be “transformational gifts” across the social sector. The momentous impact the gift will have on the trajectory and pace of the organization and its work. What you do and how you show up as a grant maker matters. The common thread?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 19, 2021

Much has been written about the extraordinary grant making of businesswomen, MacKenzie Scott. There is no required distributions as of yet, although there is proposed legislation to change that. . billion to 786 recipients since she announced her first gifts in July 2020. Scott is a member of the Giving Pledge.

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Candid

AUGUST 30, 2023

This trend poses two important questions: Will people embrace and use it to make complicated processes (like writing grant proposals) easier? Since the height of the pandemic in 2021, gifts from individual donors declined by 6.4% Or will the biased side of generative AI become more dominant?

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 14, 2022

annual appeal, grant proposal, special event, etc.) They include (1) annual giving; (2) capital campaign; (3) major gifts ; (4) endowment building; (5) planned giving, and (6) strategies like in-person or virtual meetings, phone calls, direct mail, digital fundraising, grant writing, and events. Do you have one?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 15, 2021

I’ve heard that to be a major gift officer you have to have access to people with money, be comfortable socializing with them, and speak their language. Is major gift officer the only viable career in fundraising ? I have worked for nonprofit organizations for most of my professional life, and I have never been a major gift officer.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The solution you’re proposing to address the problem – with your donor’s help. Specifically, how they can help – the purpose and amount of the gift you’re requesting. And my favorite way to add urgency is to consider a matching challenge grant. Will you consider a gift to give him and his family a hot, nutritious meal?

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 9, 2023

Funds typically come from three main sources: major gifts , corporations, and grants — with the bulk of the money coming from major gifts. Smaller gifts from individuals, events, and items like engraved bricks help support the campaign toward the end, when a small amount is left to reach the goal. New major donors.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Now, let’s say that, during a proposed budget review, you notice that the board has cut funding for a top-rated yearly educational program with your constituents. The report gives that board member empirical evidence that that proposed growth would likely be unattainable. This also works in the inverse.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Traditionally, NGOs in Kenya have depended on outside support from grant makers and wealthy individuals. As a result, the focus has been writing grant proposals rather than appealing for individual support. 39% of donors in Kenya give tribute gifts. Why is that? 2) How do M-Changa’s crowdfunding services fill that void?

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

That means that the vast majority of your nonprofit’s fundraising success is dependent on having a successful major gifts program. However, it’s also true that over 60% of the best prospects for individual, major gifts aren’t even on a nonprofit’s radar. The ideal moves management path for a major gift prospect to follow.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Charitable Giving Stipends: Companies can award employees with gift cards or add funds designated for donating to their accounts within their employee giving portal. Employer Matching Gifts: Companies offer to match employees’ charitable donations, effectively doubling the impact of their contributions.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

Manage your grants calendar: Your VA can manage your grants calendar, including due dates and reporting deadlines. Your VA could potentially research grant opportunities as well and provide them to you to determine whether they should be added to the calendar. Be careful with VAs who say they can write grants.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Common examples include volunteer management, grant management, and sustainability reporting. Given the numerous variables involved, it’s best to request quotes and proposals directly from CSR software vendors. Let’s say an employee gives to a nonprofit that uses Double the Donation, the world’s most popular matching gift tool.

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 7, 2023

Additionally, they can give at different levels, ranging from small, one-time gifts (e.g., $10) 10) to major gifts (e.g., Businesses most often give through matching gifts, corporate and volunteer grants, or in-kind donations of free goods or services. Foundations. Reach out to major donors. Establish a sense of urgency.

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Qgiv

MAY 16, 2022

It’s important for every nonprofit to have multiple revenue streams to build a healthy, sustainable organization, and a common source of funding for nonprofits is through grants. Grants aren’t always easy to get, but with a well-written proposal, you can blow your competition out of the water. What is a grant? Government.

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Everyaction

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Working in major gifts means tracking relationships, points of contact, and data with multiple high-level donors. It’s a lot to keep track off and while it’s easy to get bogged down in the day to day details, major gifts is all about the long game. This data can help a user determine the appropriate ask amount for major gift prospects.

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Qgiv

APRIL 10, 2021

One of the best long-term ways to partner with a corporate sponsor is to ask them to promote your cause to employees engaging in their matching gifts program. Consider this corporate sponsorship letter that emphasizes a matching gifts partnership: Date. Organization. City, State ZIP. Please reach out to us at [contact information].

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Qgiv

MARCH 28, 2022

Adding a matching gifts integration and recurring donation upgrades to your form is a great way to maximize the contributions you receive from your supporters. This might mean that they donate a gift basket to your auction or offer up their DJ services during an event. Apply for nonprofit grants. How to search for grants.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In her article about how to write a stellar fundraising appeal, Mary Cahalane, Principle at Hands-On Fundraising, writes, “There’s a reason you don’t send donors a grant proposal. Invite your supporters to be a part of the solution to that problem by making a gift. Stories say so much more than statistics!

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2009

is sharing his wisdom on developing a major gifts program at nonprofits. Where do major gifts come from? Major gifts come from three primary sources: (1) Corporations (2) Foundations (3) Individuals. Why do people give major gifts? What is the number one reason why people make major gifts to nonprofit organizations?

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Whole Whale

APRIL 28, 2023

individual giving, major gifts, grants, events, etc.)? grant proposals, solicitation letters, etc.)? Fundraising Experience and Skills Have you participated in fundraising activities before? If yes, please describe your experience. What types of fundraising activities have you been involved in (e.g.,

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

Whether you are new to grants, and re-evaluating how your organization seeks out grant funding, Rachel Werner will go through what you need to know to become more grant ready. We’re here to talk about how to build a better grant strategy in this post-COVID, to the extent that we are post-COVID world. Rachel: Mm-hmm.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Tip #2: Personalize Your Pitch Unlike grants, which are financial donations given to nonprofits after an application process, corporate sponsorships benefit both the sponsor and the nonprofit. Come prepared with a couple of different proposed partnership ideas, like a social media contest or an event sponsorship.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

I like to call first-time donors who made an above-average first-time gift. Research shows only 19% of new donors give again, but if you can get them to make a second gift they’ll renew at a rate of 61% — that’s triple! That’s a mistake because you may be missing out on some potentially significant grants.

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