Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

The first “Donate Now” button was released in 1999 by a project of the Tides Foundation called Groundspring (acquired by Network for Good in 2005) and for the next two decades, nonprofit professionals have embraced the study of inspiring people to give online to good causes. 3) Launch a Tribute Giving Program.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

8 Fiscal Year-End Donor Retention Action Strategies + Practical Tips. There’s nothing more important to your bottom line and long-term sustainability than donor retention. It’s your job to remind folks who’ve not yet renewed or fulfilled on their pledges that it’s time to do so. Call donors who’ve not yet paid their pledges. .

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Top Nonprofits

JANUARY 5, 2022

With close to 80% of charitable gifts coming from individuals (including bequests), the best fundraisers are allocating 80% of their fundraising plan on strategies to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward individual donors. Have you asked them for a major gift, a multiple year pledge or even a planned gift?

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 27, 2020

As a professional fundraiser at a growing nonprofit, you likely understand that maintaining a positive reputation and valuing your donor relationships are key components to maximizing success. Many of your supporters are likely facing hardships of their own and might not be in the best financial position to even make a gift.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 15, 2021

He has worked in capital campaigns, major and planned giving (including charitable gift annuities) grant writing and donor research. This phenomenon demonstrates a long-term concern regarding the loss of donors fundraising professionals have seen across the country. Are you finding ways to show them the impact of their gifts?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2022

The museum also saved information about donors’ food preferences, average gift amount, and even notes about their past conversations. Examples of things listed in the timeline include emails opened and engaged with, gifts contributed, events attended, and other engagement opportunities. Fundraising metrics.

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CauseVox

JULY 13, 2021

You’ve probably heard of a donation pledge if you’ve been in fundraising for any amount of time. A donation pledge is when a supporter promises to give a certain amount of money in a set time frame. Why Ask For Donation Pledges? So what is the benefit of a pledge over a donation? Increase Gift Sizes. Not anymore!

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Double the Donation

JANUARY 28, 2022

Prior to that, you’ll need to determine which types of giving programs you’ll be offering: Here are a few of the most common examples: Matching gifts : Your company matches employee donations to qualifying nonprofits, often dollar for dollar. Recurring gifts. Event pledges. Let’s take matching gifts (i.e.,

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

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. Many local news organizations like to host an annual food or gift drive around the holidays. Team up with local news.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Fundraising tools enable organization to leave the stress of cash boxes and checks behind and collect donor information and gifts entirely online. Gone are the days of sending cash or a check through the mail or needing to show up in person to make a gift to the causes your donors support. Try creating online donation forms.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Leverage #GivingTuesday as a day to ask potential new supporters to engage with you in easy, low-pressure ways such as holiday email raffles or signing a pledge that aligns with your organization’s mission. ” Identify matching donation opportunities. And last but not least, use these great FREE resources!

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

Work with your Board, attorney, and an HR professional to create and adopt the policies you need to ensure a safe, quality Volunteer Program. Include information on pledge programs, monthly giving, and other opportunities to financially support the work they care deeply about.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Focus on Increasing Donor Retention. Matching Gifts. Accept Pledges. In addition to soliciting gifts, why not take the day to recognize those who support your mission, like donors, volunteers, sponsors, grantees and vendors? Ask for a specific gift amount from supporters. Ask for a gift for a specific purpose.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 4, 2022

From Tom Ahern , professional copywriter, coach, author of 8 fundraising books , and town crier for donor love. From Alice Ferris, CFRE, ACFRE, Founding Partner of GoalBusters , consultant, speaker, trainer and recognized nation-wide for her on-air presence on public television and radio pledge drives. Vary Gift Amounts.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

After a year of significant growth, online fundraising grew by a more modest 3% in 2021 , and the number of gifts increased by 5%. Share the gifts they’ve made. Supporters set up their own online donation pages and solicit gifts from their friends and family. These gifts can be matched at a 1:1, 2:1, and even 3:1 ratio.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Brother Wolf Animal Rescue’s Matching Gift Holiday Campaign. At Qgiv, we love a good matching gift, and Brother Wolf Animal Rescue is great at using matching gift pledges in end-of-year fundraising campaigns to encourage their donors to give to their cause. They used a matching gift to get there. Who they are.

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Allegiance Group

DECEMBER 19, 2023

With informative sessions, this workshop is a must for all PBS fundraisers and provides the opportunity to hear about best practices and the challenges facing pledge today. Programming supports professionals from every type of institution and at every level of experience. 1 fundraising conference is heading north to Canada.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 15, 2022

A dance-a-thon is a type of peer-to-peer fundraiser where fundraisers commit to dancing for a certain number of hours in exchange for donations and pledges from sponsors. Your dancers will feel more confident and excited to hit the floor with some professional knowledge and inspiration under their belts! Plan your event.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

You are running your annual campaign, you may be running a capital campaign, and/or you may be running like an endowment campaign, or maybe even some kind of restricted gift campaign. And to me, that’s how you solicited the gift, so what prompted this gift? What prompted that gift? So make sure you have that clear.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Join us on October 11 and 12 for Generosity Xchange 2023, a free, virtual conference where nonprofit professionals and ideas meet! Professionals and companies donate time and tools to help eligible nonprofits manage their own platforms. For donor management , it simplifies tasks like donor tracking, receipting, and retention efforts.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

And if you can’t articulate that, if you can’t really speak to that, then maybe you’re not bringing much value for them and maybe your retention rates are not going to be great. Maybe you need to get some professional photography to tell that story. Our gifts are going to go further.” That’s okay.

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