Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Survey existing donors on what compelled them to support you before. Learn from direct response – Study annual appeals, door knocking, and other methods that inspire immediate action. Show how gifts further the outcomes step-by-step. What motivates instant digital engagement and gifts? Apply those lessons.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 10, 2023

Your CRM is the central location for all of your collected supporter data, such as contact information, donation history, and engagement histories. Collect the information you have, such as each supporter’s name, contact information, and giving history. Analyze gift sizes.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 18, 2023

Break down your goals into objectives and strategies: Objectives are the specific steps or milestones needed to achieve your goals, while strategies are the methods or tactics you’ll use to accomplish your objectives. These methods can help you gain insights into potential supporters’ preferences, motivations, and concerns.

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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. Ask: Send a personalized request for support that acknowledges the donor’s past gifts and shares the impact their donation will make. You can try: Sending donor surveys.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2022

Collect data about your current donors and potential donors including information like their age, backgrounds, wealth indicators, giving histories, and motivators. During this step, don’t forget to consider what donation methods your potential donors prefer. Send out surveys or meet one-on-one with donors to get to know them better.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

You may have sent a donor survey to find out how your supporters felt about engaging with your mission during this period, and when they might feel ready to re-engage more robustly. Do this via survey, focus group, or one-to-one interviews. What communications methods will you use to reach them? Ask your supporters directly.

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OneCause

JULY 7, 2022

These unprecedented levels of giving represent a significant continued trend of increased generosity, especially in online methods such as peer-to-peer campaigns. In a 2019 survey, the Pew Research Center reports that 69% of U.S. What’s the process for recording offline gifts get in your organization’s CRM? national security.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

If your organization is looking for a relatively inexpensive fundraising method that spreads the word about the good work you do, consider a crowdfunding campaign. It’s likely that donors will be inspired to give at your event, so ensure that you have a fast and easy giving method already in place.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2020

In a recent survey we ran of planned and major giving professionals on March 24, 44% said they were already increasing their digital fundraising. Only a week later, a survey of the same population showed that 60% were moving to more digital fundraising — a massive shift for a normally slow-moving sector.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

That means you likely won’t see the results—increased fundraising revenue, increased donor retention rate, increased average gift size—that you would likely see when using a paid solution. The GAHC had been using Excel to manage campaigns but didn’t have a way to view each donor’s giving history and other crucial donor information.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

You’ve probably redirected your focus to virtual methods, too. Prioritizing your online presence and digital engagement methods is key to not just surviving, but thriving, during this time. Even though the calls were simply to check in with donors and see how they were doing during a trying time, it also resulted in gifts.

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Everyaction

MAY 24, 2018

From social media to events they’ve attended to their email engagement and donor history. Monthly giving has continued its rapid growth as nonprofits received 40% more revenue from monthly gifts in 2017 than 2016. The average size of a monthly gift received from an email appeal is now $18. Mobile list size grew by 35% in 2017.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

You could have your caterers provide pick-up meals for those virtual attendees or provide a delivery service gift card. For instance, the American Herbalists Guild hosted a virtual auction with items like an herbology 101 course and a gift card for botanical medicine. Create a plan for storing and cataloging auction items.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

You work long hours and spend a ton of resources getting new donors in the door, only to then see them never make a second gift, leaving you right back where you started. It begins with identifying and engaging potential donors, but it really kicks into gear after the donor has made their first gift.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The majority of our public programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History are created and produced through community collaborations. New to the art form and the museum, we gave them a gift certificate to reflect over milkshakes at a local burger joint after the event. What tools and methods have you found beneficial?

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sgEngage

MAY 3, 2023

In this quick guide, we’ll dive into three essential strategies for improving your recurring gift program: Create an optimized donor experience. One major appeal of a recurring gift program is that it allows donors to regularly support your cause with ease and convenience. Spread the word about recurring giving. Email marketing.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Employee surveys and workplace investigations. Planned and legacy gift marketing strategies. Custom compensation survey development and execution. Streamlined gift tracking and management, easily integrated with leading nonprofit platforms like Raiser’s Edge NXT. Their top services include: HR audits and assessments.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

For example, a supporter who has just signed up to become a recurring donor will likely be more receptive to a thoughtful thank you message than they would a prompt to immediately increase their new gift. . While some recurring donors are content to just contribute their monthly gift, others will want to get more involved with your nonprofit.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

The more data points you have on your donors—from email and street addresses to job titles and company names, giving capacity, philanthropic history, contact preferences, and general interest—the more you will be able to target your asks and create fundraising campaigns that speak directly to them.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2022

For starters, make sure your constituent relationship management (CRM) database is segmented to account for the giving history and interests of donors. These features demonstrate their capacity to give, allowing you to focus outreach on those who can contribute a larger gift.

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Allegiance Group

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

You can execute standard campaign management tasks like reviewing data, conducting surveys, and creating “thank you” packages. To source these volunteers, you can filter your list by skill, so anyone with a history in gardening will get top priority. Pricing: Pricing for 360MatchPro starts at $999 per year.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 6, 2021

For-profit businesses often welcome new customers using this method. A nonprofit’s welcome email series should outline what the nonprofit does, the organization’s history, who their leaders are, their accomplishments, and how donations help. Give donors your history and leadership info. Too many emails can be overwhelming.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Based on a survey conducted in April and May of 284 foundation leaders and interviews with leaders of thirty-three foundations and thirty-two nonprofits, the report, Foundations Respond to Crisis: Lasting Change? Read more.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2021

This means your marketing activities—especially on your website and on your social media channels—should be thoroughly planned so you give yourself the best chance of establishing your nonprofit as a legitimate organization to people who are vetting you before making a gift. Determine Your Audience’s Preferred Methods of Contact.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Put a matching gifts drive into action. Try grouping your new donors by one of the following: Gender or age Contact method preference Average donation size Event attendance or volunteering history. Then, offer virtual participation methods for those who can’t or don’t feel comfortable attending in person.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Find more major gifts. Make sure you’re tracking KPIs like average gift size or email open rate to help you best determine how your fundraising strategies are working. Because giving is often a sacrifice for your donors, they want to make sure you got their gift. Find more major gifts. Consider other media outreach.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 14, 2021

And we’ve emerged from the most divisive election year in the history of the United States. Perhaps most surprising is that it wasn’t just the wealthy who were behind the rise: Gifts of $250 or less accounted for a big part of the growth. It was the year none of us could have imagined. We’ve endured a global pandemic. And missed out.

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