Robert Weiner

JANUARY 27, 2009

SupportingAdvancement.com has published the results of their 2008 survey on how nonprofits are handling corporate matching gifts. The responses came primarily from post-secondary schools, but also included elementary schools, healthcare, museums, gardens, performing arts, and service organizations. 63% raised over $50,000.

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Media Cause

APRIL 16, 2021

Facebook recently announced that the Facebook community has now raised over $5 billion for nonprofits and personal causes through Facebook and Instagram fundraising tools. We leveraged the Facebook Post Donate Button and saw average gift revenue more than double from Giving Tuesday benchmarks.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 3, 2024

The arts are important to modern culture and society, yet competition from other causes can encroach on the ability of your nonprofit to raise funds. The team at EdVenture Children’s Museum is spreading the value of play. You can’t measure this impact solely by the dollars raised. Follow up post-event. Plan for the future.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 7, 2019

A clear and well-planned fundraising strategy is key to successfully raising the funds you need and retaining more support year over year. The solution to enhancing your fundraising plan and increasing your fundraising capacity is simple: matching gifts. Recognize the benefits of matching gifts. Step 2: Determine Eligibility.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The temporary AGI limit increase from 60% to 100% on itemized charitable deductions for cash gifts is extended for 2021. In all other years, donors who made significant gifts could only deduct up to 60% of AGI. The gifts must be cash, not stocks or property. Why not do your donors a solid by letting them know?

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Online virtual fundraising is one of the most popular ways for nonprofits to raise money. Pensacola Habitat For Humanity’s Women Build initiative encouraged folks to set up their own personal fundraising websites to raise money for the cause. Matching gifts are also a great way to boost donations mid-campaign.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 28, 2020

Many museum conferences have a moment of unfettered camaraderie and unvarnished joy--that moment is at karaoke. In this moment of uncertainty, honesty is the greatest gift you can be given. -- Author: Megan Smith How are you? Because museum people are the most creative, devoted, and scrappy people in the world. I’m grieving.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Museums have used games to engage visitors for decades. SR: I came to games before I came to museums. My grandmother cheated at Candyland and uno. :) Games, I think, have a nice Venn diagram of overlap between museum lovers. I love thinking we're getting new museum lovers through games. How did you get into museum games?

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VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Designed to assist and support an organization (and most commonly hospitals, museums, libraries, and arts organizations), these groups historically focus on raising funds, sometimes manage the volunteer corps, and nearly always maintain their own governance system. But there are also many that are, well, less so.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2022

When my sister first started working with a nonprofit museum, she had a lot to learn about the fundraising process for the organization. The museum had notes saved in their donor management software about the seating preferences for their major donors and that particular donor preferred their regular seat toward the front. Bloomerang.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

Per the Loyalty Barometer, 58% of consumers feel the most important way a brand can interact with them is through surprise offers and gifts. Surprise offers and gifts helped alleviate some of the financial strain many felt during a pandemic and recession, while convenient shopping experiences reduced stress and anxiety.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 26, 2022

I had a fantastic conversation with hosts Jonathan McCoy and Becky Endicott about driving innovation in the nonprofit sector and what’s next for capital campaigns and major gifts. The only way to do that now is to have the courage to do more digitally. Donors loved it! There will always be a nonprofit sector.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 26, 2022

I had a fantastic conversation with hosts Jonathan McCoy and Becky Endicott about driving innovation in the nonprofit sector and what’s next for capital campaigns and major gifts. The only way to do that now is to have the courage to do more digitally. Donors loved it! There will always be a nonprofit sector.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 1, 2022

So, you’ve decided to have a silent auction to raise money for your cause. Sporting, museum, or concert tickets. This is important to ensure you have the backing to reject any proposed gifts that may not suit your audience or cannot be featured in your auction. Good for you! Unique experiences and vacations. Paintings and art.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Nonprofit endowments are a type of long-term fund raised through donations given to support your nonprofit’s mission. Endowments can be used by any size of nonprofit, but they’re most commonly used by larger nonprofits, such as museums, universities, and hospitals, for ongoing operations, scholarships, and other long-term projects.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Brain Lacy & Associates provide services for nonprofits including augmentation, analysis of data, prospect research, major donor information, and matching gift data. Aspire Research Group is a fundraising and research consulting firm that specializes in boutique research, campaigns, and major gifts. Alexander Haas. Website: [link].

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Incentives are motivators that influence your donors to give and influence your fundraising teams to raise more. Leaderboards show your top fundraising teams or individual fundraisers based on how much money they’ve raised. A $500 gift will receive a handmade craft and a personal thank-you letter from one of the women in the program.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

The Strategy Behind Successful Fundraising Emails If you want to raise money by sending fundraising emails, you need to plan it carefully. Maybe something like this: “Remember when you gave to our organization last year on Giving Tuesday, when we were raising money to give more families a place to stay at our transitional shelter?

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

It’s also a time for gifts and new clothes, making this a great chance to raise funds or donations of new clothing, especially for children. Whoever finds the Afikomen can be the one to “raise” your proceeds by a certain percentage point. Remember to have a picnic afterwards for trophies and more opportunities to raise funds.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Truer words … If you feel like (re)making history, the British Museum is looking for help to create its own digital clone in Minecraft. Give others the gift of an inbox makeover by following this Email Charter. Could laser-etched produce have an impact on raising food access awareness? Inspire ” video contest.

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Whole Whale

MAY 20, 2021

Brain Lacy & Associates provide services for nonprofits including augmentation, analysis of data, prospect research, major donor information, and matching gift data. Aspire Research Group is a fundraising and research consulting firm that specializes in boutique research, campaigns, and major gifts. Alexander Haas. Website: [link].

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 30, 2017

There are plenty of best practices that, if implemented, make it pretty straightforward to improve conversion rates and ultimately raise more money. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Holocaust Memorial Museum has a clean and effective donation page and does something incredibly powerful—it tells a story. The good news?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Jewelry Jewelry is an appealing auction item for bidders looking to find the perfect Valentine’s Day or anniversary gift. Museum passes Offer a local museum bundle for those looking to explore more of the cultural and historical opportunities your city has to offer. Find out more in this guide to the basics.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 23, 2013

I''m pissed off that well-capitalized organizations that engage a narrowing constituency can raise millions while young organizations struggle to be viable even as they produce powerful work for growing communities. But here I sit, the director of a museum that almost closed, squirreling away money for an operating reserve.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 20, 2014

Results Will Vary - NYTimes.com : ESTABLISHED museums like the Smithsonian Institution are increasingly turning to crowdfunding appeals to help pay for exhibits and programs that tight budgets might otherwise preclude.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Anyone reading this blog that lives in the New England area may know that the symphony I was raised around is the Boston Symphony Orchestra. I’m looking for a place to donate in honor of my mother’s 90 th birthday, and a gift made to the local symphony orchestra in Myrtle Beach seemed like the right thing to do. Fast forward to 2017.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 13, 2014

Organizations that raised the most money invested more in staff, in securing major gifts, and in overall fundraising capacity. Higher education – Cultivating major gifts. ” Those outings can include activities for families and children, and can pave the way for additional gifts.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 12, 2010

But then I started finding more humble projects related to broader issues, and I began to see Kickstarter as a potentially fascinating space for museums and cultural institutions. game and the Neversink Valley Museum's capital campaign launch materials. The museum's page is much simpler.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 23, 2014

For individuals, donor levels can be influential in deciding their gift amount, especially if your donor knows that there will be a published list showing donor names and levels of giving. Another plus about creating donor levels, especially with millennials, is that you can influence the donor by telling him what his gift will accomplish.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

Auctions are a classic fundraising event that can not only raise an impressive amount of money but also provide your supporters with a much needed night of fun. The Lake Wales History Museum recently hosted an online auction dedicated to vintage furniture. Ready to dive in? Let’s begin. Explore These Virtual Auction Event Ideas.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

North Carolina Museum of History 1988.39.4 I’m always amazed when my colleagues tell me that the biggest barrier they face to “opening up” the content at their museums is from registrars—the people who care for collection objects. Followers of Museum 2.0 I stirred up a debate by raising the question “why not allow access?”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For example, if you join a modern art museum, there is a good chance you won’t have to pay admission to other modern art museums. Thank them on the anniversary of their gift, directly tying it to a win or impact. You will help our democracy when you…” or “these funds will raise the sophistication of our entire sector.”

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 23, 2014

For individuals, donor levels can be influential in deciding their gift amount, especially if your donor knows that there will be a published list showing donor names and levels of giving. Another plus about creating donor levels, especially with millennials, is that you can influence the donor by telling him what his gift will accomplish.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Tom Iselin will show you how to increase your likability and “memorability” among donors that will deepen relationships, help you raise more money, and create greater donor loyalty. We got five excellent tactics for you that’ll help you raise more money, and improve your donor relationships through personal branding.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

While silent fundraising auctions can raise a great deal of money for your organization, they can also be costly to host. You could have your caterers provide pick-up meals for those virtual attendees or provide a delivery service gift card. Determining the auction budget. Create a plan for storing and cataloging auction items.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Elizabeth has worked on tons of campaigns for her clients, billion dollars raised. And if you think about this pie chart, what I really want to call out is that bequests, which are about 9%, are gifts made by individuals. Again, how many of you have attended an event or go to a museum?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2015

The Big Payback is coming May 5, 2015, and I am excited to be supporting Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art this year. Gifts made during The Big Payback will be amplified by awards and prizes for participating nonprofits. It’s an opportunity to: Raise awareness about their organization and their mission.

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