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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. There is a difference between pledges and donations that is important for your organization to consider before hosting a pledge drive. What type of pledge drive do you want to host?

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Mastering Major Gifts: The Ultimate Guide to Raise More

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To secure the support of these crucial donors, your nonprofit needs to build a robust major gifts fundraising strategy. Because major gifts are so large, it requires time and dedication to cultivate and acquire more of these donations. Why are major gifts so important for nonprofits? What is a major gift? billion in 2022.

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Webinar: Drive Donations & Engagement Via Gift Matching

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How valuable are Employer matching gifts? 84% of donors say they are more likely to donate if a match is offered.

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The Secret Way To Boost Year-End Gifts

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What if there was one thing you can do right now to ensure your fundraising success and boost year-end gifts? Host a thank-a-thon Put simply, this is when you gather a group of volunteers (preferably board members) to call and thank donors. I want you to know the impact of your gift this year. Why board members, you ask?

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Fundraising Best Practices: How To Host A Successful Peer-To-Peer Event

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Here are a few tips and best practices for hosting a successful peer-to-peer event. If you’re not sure what kind of event to host, think about what your donors all have in common. To make things fun, consider hosting fun social media challenges that your supporters can complete under your hashtag. Final thoughts.

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Major Gifts: 16 Strategies to Raise More

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What Are Major Gifts? Major gifts are generally the largest donations a nonprofit receives. The exact dollar amount that’s considered a major gift varies from organization to organization. The average nonprofit considers a gift of $5,000 or more a “major gift,” but that’s not a hard and fast rule. major gifts.

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8 Ways to Improve Your Matching Gift Emails & Drive Results

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By extension, it’s also one of the most impactful ways that an organization can promote matching gift opportunities to its audience. The same is true for matching gift emails⁠. In fact, matching gift emails sent in the first 24 hours after a donation result in 2-3 times higher than the average nonprofit email open rate !

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