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How To Build Relationships With A Storytelling Welcome Email Series

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In other words, it costs less time and money to cultivate repeat donors than to always try to acquire new ones. Studies tell us that thanking donors right away helps them feel important and satisfied about their gift. A welcome email series helps you stay top of mind and builds trust with first-time donors.

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7 of the Best Giving Tuesday Campaigns We’ve Seen

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Boys & Girls Club of Indianapolis. Boys & Girls Club of Indianapolis used text fundraising technology in addition to a designated campaign page for Giving Tuesday. This made it easier for donors to see the impact their gifts will have. What they did. City Year Philadelphia. What they did.

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Nonprofit Giving Trends and Future Fundraising Strategy

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And projections from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI in Indianapolis show it’s likely to happen again. You must spend money to make money. . If instead you think of it as a revenue-sucking cost center, fundamentally only about money, you’ll always consider it a “necessary evil” at best. and +11.9%).

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How Community Foundations Can Raise More with Online Fundraising Tools

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Enable recurring gifts and giving plans. Whether you’re actively promoting recurring gifts or just want donors to have that option, it’s important to enable and promote recurring gifts on your form. Make matching gifts a no-brainer. Luckily, new technology is making submitting matching gift s easier.

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15+ Giving Tuesday Campaign Ideas (and Expert Tips) for 2021

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Despite increasing commercialism, the holidays traditionally get people thinking about ways they can give—whether they’re wrapping gifts for loved ones or donating time and money to a cause they care about. More and more money is donated on this national day of giving each year. How does Giving Tuesday help nonprofits?

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How to Increase Mobile Engagement While Fundraising

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That means more than half won’t make another gift to your nonprofit. If you want more gifts via text fundraising and you’re using text-to-donate, be sure the forms you text to donors are mobile responsive. Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis used text fundraising successfully for a Giving Tuesday campaign.

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Preparing Your Nonprofit Board for a Fundraising Campaign

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Many folks who approach BoardAssist worry that all they will do on a nonprofit board is ask their friends for money – instead they want to be involved in using their management and strategy skills to some higher purpose. Does the board have an understanding of the organization’s actual gift capacity?