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. The financial manager, in conjunction with the organization’s audit committee, should be continually reviewing the impacts of external pressures. Many receive a combination of both.

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Qgiv

MARCH 22, 2023

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. If your pledge drive involves food, you’ll need to review health code regulations and guidelines to follow.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Here, we’ll discuss a few of the most common types of programs and how you can leverage each for your nonprofit: Matching gifts. Matching gift programs are one of the most common types of corporate philanthropy and are well-loved by nonprofits, companies, and employees alike. Take matching gifts, for example. Social media.

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Achieve

JUNE 1, 2023

Let’s review three strategies for analyzing your donor giving patterns to create a data-driven fundraising and marketing strategy: Identify popular times of the year for giving. Review your donor demographics. Review your donor demographics. Analyze your online giving trends and engagement metrics. Affinity months.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Let’s review some of the most popular ways that businesses give back to nonprofits. Matching Gifts By far, the most popular form of corporate giving is matching gifts, with 65% of Fortune 500 companies offering matching gift programs. Volunteer grants function very similarly to matching gifts.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

Suggested donation amounts are the provided gift amount options that your organization offers to supporters. By suggesting a giving method that will tend to yield a higher gift, such as requesting a planned or recurring gift. Offer donors a more flexible suggested giving range based on their previous gifts.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

Major gifts. Your fundraising strategy should focus heavily on cultivating major gifts. Nonprofits benefit from a variety of corporate philanthropy programs, from event sponsorships to in-kind donations to corporate matching gifts. Also, review your fundraising metrics and data from previous campaigns.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

For example, Double the Donation’s matching gift auto-submission tools integrate with leading CSR software providers like Millie, POINT, Selflessly, and Givinga. Let’s say an employee gives to a nonprofit that uses Double the Donation, the world’s most popular matching gift tool. Then, the software will complete the request for them.

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 1, 2021

To help your nonprofit understand and make better use of your current technology, this guide will review optimization strategies for four software types: CRMs. Matching Gift Databases. Matching Gift Databases. Matching gift databases analyze your donors’ information to identify further fundraising opportunities.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Whether from the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), the Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement (Apra), or the Association of Advancement Services Professionals (AASP), you’ll find overlap with fundraising ethics statements and the guidelines for trustworthy AI.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 23, 2024

Matching gifts are a fundraising method in which companies match their employees’ donations, usually at a 1:1 ratio. Double the Donation’s fundraising statistics report shares that 78% of eligible donors are unaware of whether their company offers a matching gift program. What are Matching Gifts?

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 31, 2021

4 Key Elements to Include in Your Nonprofit Branding Guidelines. Is it because their gift translates to 10 meals provided for a hungry child in your local community? Many organizations maintain brand guidelines, from UNICEF to charity:water to the American Heart Association. Review this guide to find our top recommendations.

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 4, 2021

Whether that’s checking out recent blog posts, your mission statement, or making an online gift, these pages should be obvious within the first 7 seconds. Comply with web accessibility guidelines — Anyone should be able to engage with your site, no matter their location, language, or ability.

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Double the Donation

APRIL 8, 2021

These include: Matching Gifts. One of the best ways to foster employee engagement is through corporate matching gift programs. Corporate matching gifts are a type of CSR initiative in which companies financially match donations their employees make to nonprofits. End-of-year campaigns. Internal employee communications.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 6, 2020

How do they make sure gift officers aren’t overloaded? Without correct constituent information, you are wasting money with every solicitation and missing out on gifts. On average, 8% of constituent records are matching gift-eligible but have not been identified. Set and commit to a next date of portfolio review.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 16, 2023

Think of them as rules or guidelines. The way a consent agenda works is that you agree to email out ALL information a week or so ahead of the Board meeting, and all Board members agree to review the information before coming to the Board meeting. By creating by-laws, you’re setting a standard for how your Board must function.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

In the past year, virtual fundraising activities have skyrocketed due to social distancing guidelines and the COVID-19 pandemic. Your best bet is to review creative ideas that other nonprofits have already tried and found effective. This is any type of gift that isn’t financial! 25+ Virtual Fundraising Ideas.

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sgEngage

JULY 5, 2022

Employer matching gifts offer key advantages to nonprofit organizations that strategize for and receive the source of funding. In regards to the key question of “are corporate matching gifts and donor retention levels related?” To start, let’s dive into the key building blocks of success in this area: The Basics of Matching Gifts.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

This will ensure that your contest guidelines are watertight to avoid any rule-breaking issues. Take time to review all the content you have captured and that others have shared. Learn how to better engage with these individuals and turn their one-time gifts into long-term support. Include the event RSVP link in your bio.

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Volunteer Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2020

With social distancing guidelines and economic disruptions continuing to throw new challenges our way, engaging donors, and reaching new supporters ( and virtual volunteers ) online is critical. In order to determine if your current tech stack makes the cut, give it a quick review. Do you have the following essentials covered?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The Association of Fundraising Professionals created a Donor Bill of Rights and Code of Ethical Standards that your staff and board members should review during their respective orientations. These guidelines will help your organization increase donor trust and create a positive culture. Take the time to apply for these extra funds.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Fundraising Matching Gifts: A Not-So-Secret Fundraising Goldmine 10 min read Read Now Tip #4: Be Clear About Your Needs Being clear about your organization-wide goals and plans will allow you to have more productive conversations with potential corporate sponsors as you begin reaching out.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Follow these guidelines for a successful training experience: Set clear expectations. This will allow you to manage no-shows and late volunteers throughout the day in real time and review volunteer performance later. Your training and orientation processes should be thorough and hands-on. Maintain open communication.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 4, 2019

Simply put, recurring giving is making smaller gifts on a regular basis, maybe monthly or quarterly, that add up to a larger gift than a person could usually make all at once. Here’s how we did it: R: Review. The Major Women’s Alliance, or MWA, has about 115 members who make annual gifts in various amounts.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Let’s review the essential steps to follow: Determine each item’s fair market value. Retail prices of items and cash values of gift certificates are the most straightforward examples. These guidelines can also be extremely helpful when estimating what your particular donors would be willing to pay.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

There are a few general steps that you should follow when looking to hire a nonprofit consulting firm for any type of project: Review your needs. Set some concrete guidelines. An RFP is a document that thoroughly details your project, its purpose, your needs, and the guidelines you’ve already laid out. Review your candidates.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 9, 2012

You can also review Microsoft’s detailed eligibility guidelines here. If you are a public foundation, the correct subtype is most likely "Gifts, Grants, or Loans to Other Organizations" or "Fundraising." be classified as private grantmaking foundations, because these are considered public charities.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2022

A robust donor portal where supporters can review their donation history, update their credit card information, and manage their recurring gifts. Read reviews and testimonials and ask similar organizations for recommendations. It describes how donors’ gifts can help support that mission and make a difference for animals in need.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2020

The start of the new year is the perfect time for reviewing your technology and making improvements of any size. Let’s dive into the basics of reviewing your website and what it’s like to take on a full web design project. Keep these tips in mind when reviewing the frontend elements of your site: Focus on strong but tidy visual design.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 11, 2023

Review this short checklist and make sure you can check ALL the blocks before you decide to invest money in a fundraising letter. Do you have a donor-tracking software where you can record donor and gift information? It’s the amount and the purpose for their gift. Your gift of $10.87 Your gift of $21.74

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 30, 2015

You also most likely have some experience with accepting and tracking financial gifts from donors to a charitable organization. The best time to create a set of rules is when your organization has the time to review processes and agree upon a set of guidelines to capture, code, and acknowledge all gifts.

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sgEngage

MARCH 31, 2023

Gift officers have become the visible face of organizational success. Before a portfolio review session, operations teammates send fundraisers an email containing a lengthy report or complex spreadsheet, along with a heartfelt “go forth and review when you find the time” message. Is there a goal for funded major-gift donations?

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Qgiv

JANUARY 13, 2022

Consider allocating part of your budget for special awards or small gifts, especially to celebrate the conclusion of an event and everyone’s hard work. Remind and re-establish as necessary what the goal of the event is- to raise as much money as possible for the mission, review the desired expense ratio, the overall timeline, etc.

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Double the Donation

MAY 26, 2021

More specifically, we’ll discuss how workplace giving platforms assist with: Matching Gift Program Management. Matching Gift Program Management. Matching gift programs are one of the most common offerings companies have in terms of workplace giving. Approve matching gift requests. Volunteer Program Management.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

They Need More Guidelines Whether or not your new members have been on a board before, your nonprofit’s fundraising strategies are unique to your mission and operations. But, just as donors like to know their impact before making their next gift, your board member will want to understand how their efforts are making a difference.

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 11, 2023

This is more than the trust individuals have in sources like reviews, news and information websites, and company sites. Set guidelines for your digital ambassador program Your digital ambassador initiative should support your nonprofit’s wider digital marketing and social media goals. Consider offering appreciation gifts.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 13, 2022

Let’s take a moment to review what that acronym stands for before we move on to the juicy stuff. See if you can set one overall SMART goal for your entire fundraising effort for the year, like this: “Raise $153,000 this fiscal year using appeals, grants, events, monthly donors, Facebook fundraisers, and major gifts.”.

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