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Mastering Major Gifts: The Ultimate Guide to Raise More

Bloomerang

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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Kick-Start Your Major Gifts Program in 5 Easy Steps

Neon CRM

One-off fundraisers have their time and place, but if you want to truly make an impact, it’s time to start thinking about major gifts. Some of the most meaningful gifts to your organization likely come from the same small percentage of donors. If you haven’t refreshed your major gift program, now’s the time to start.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How to Negotiate a Gift of Realty with Strings Attached

Bloomerang

Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who needs advice on how to deal with a potential legacy gift that has conditions attached. . Dear Looking for a Way Forward, Whenever a donor approaches you regarding a gift with conditions, you must ask yourself whether the benefit outweighs the cost. — Looking for a Way Forward.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How to Negotiate a Gift of Reality with Strings Attached

Bloomerang

Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who needs advice on how to deal with a potential legacy gift that has conditions attached. . Dear Looking for a Way Forward, Whenever a donor approaches you regarding a gift with conditions, you must ask yourself whether the benefit outweighs the cost. — Looking for a Way Forward.

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6 Strategies to Boost Donation Revenue for Your Nonprofit

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For instance, in-kind donors might want to know how you’re using their gifts to run your programs, while monetary donors would be interested in hearing how you’re using financial donations to further your mission. Then, draft marketing materials tailored to the needs and interests of each group to create a more personalized experience.

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The Gift of Reading, a Circle of Life

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

That’s why a group of Benetech supporters recently came together to give the gift of reading in honor of our long-time board member Jim Kleckner. First we identified the titles we wanted to add—all requested by Bookshare non-student members, including some of the best science books of 2013 as reported by NPR’s Science Friday show.

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Alumni giving’s growing relationship with high-profile, big money donors 

Candid

Over the last year, there’s been an explosion of multi-million-dollar gifts from donors to their alma maters. Boone Pickens—who died in 2019—gave $120 million as a legacy gift to his alma mater, Oklahoma State University (OSU). Griffin, gave Harvard University a $300 million gift. In fact, last year, alumni giving to U.S.

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