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The complete year-end guide to maximizing matching gifts

EveryAction

One way to bring any organization’s end-of-year fundraising strategy to the next level is a matching gift strategy. Understanding matching gifts Matching gifts are a type of corporate philanthropy where companies pledge to match employees’ donations to eligible nonprofits. Maximize corporate philanthropy funding.

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Elevating your major gifts and planned giving with data-driven decision-making

EveryAction

This is why data-informed donor screening and segmentation practices are so important: with the right tools and practices, your team can maximize and optimize fundraising efforts to raise more money, spend fewer resources raising it, and increase your impact on the communities you serve. Plenty of people with children donate money, too.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What Are Best Practices To Acquire More Corporate Matching Gifts?

Bloomerang

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to attract corporate matching gifts: Dear Charity Clairity, I have a question about how to attract corporate matching gifts. I know all companies have different requirements, but we’re a small shop and don’t have the time to research this for everyone.

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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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$10+ Billion in Unclaimed Matching Gift Funds Annually

Double the Donation

Have you ever wondered how much money goes unclaimed through matching gift programs each year? At Double the Donation we’ve spoken with countless nonprofits, corporations, foundations, and research institutions and are often asked: How much money is donated through employee matching gift programs?

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Prospect Research: 6 Things to Look For in a Potential Donor

The Fundraising Authority

When you implement donor research in your fundraising strategy, you’ll learn more about your existing donors and spot potential major giving opportunities. Need a quick refresher on the fundamentals of prospect research before continuing? Don’t just look at the size of the gifts; rather, look at the frequency and recency of them.

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Major Gifts: 16 Strategies to Raise More

Neon CRM

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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