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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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A Beginner’s Guide to Tracking In-Kind Donations for Nonprofits

Neon CRM

However, with the right tools and strategies for tracking in-kind donations for nonprofits, your organization can benefit from them while avoiding potential pitfalls. Methods for Valuing In-Kind Donations In-kind donations don’t (usually) come with a monetary value—you have to assess each of your gifts and assign one to them.

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Zero-cost, maximum-impact professional development for fundraisers

Candid

and “ What information should be in a gift acknowledgement letter? However, if in-person learning is more your style, visit your nearest Candid community location —libraries and nonprofit resource centers that partner with Candid to offer our tools and services at no charge to their communities. Where can I find samples?

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Don’t Get Lost in Translation: What Finance Needs from the Development System

sgEngage

All the required data points discussed above are information that is—by best practice—first recorded in the development system of record when gifts, grants, or commitments are first received. So, for each gift transaction added into the development system: The transaction needs to be flagged as donor-restricted or unrestricted.

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Humanizing Moves Management Fundraising

Neon CRM

These steps make up the path organizations usually follow as they’re trying to encourage one-time donors to get more involved with their organization—like volunteering, creating a recurring donation, or increasing their financial support—sometimes up to the point of making a major gift or bequest.

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Giving the Gift of Accessibility

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There's so much going on these days at Bookshare: a growing community that's getting hard to keep track of! What a wonderful gift!! What a wonderful gift! :D D Your note and the gift of getting a book into the collection has made my day. What an absolutely delightful gift, and I appreciate it very much.

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How to be efficiently trendy  

Candid

As we experience an ongoing shift toward equity-centered grantmaking, some foundations are seeking demographic data on their grantees and nonprofit communities to track, measure, and make informed decisions about the diversity within their grantmaking portfolios. Did we miss a good resource?

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