EveryAction

JANUARY 25, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good. It is not enough to simply send a tax receipt with a form letter when you receive a gift.

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Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2021

We know that the generosity is very important to making an impactful gift, but that getting to the motivation of that generosity for a donor is sustaining to a long-term relationship.”. However, raising funds for these organizations can present unique challenges. Faith-based giving can be deeply reflective of a person’s belief.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good. Get specific about how a gift today will translate to impact tomorrow—and wherever possible, quantify!

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Bloomerang

JUNE 12, 2023

Create a donor experience that strengthens supporter relationships. As nonprofits work on strengthening donor relationships to improve retention, there has been an increased focus on the donor experience. According to the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the average donor retention rate in the U.S. is around 45 percent.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2023

These tips include how to make a planned gift request without making it awkward. Additionally, they may have reached a point in their lives where they are reflecting on their legacy and the impact they want to leave behind. Build personal relationships : Cultivate personal connections with your aging donors.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 15, 2024

Fundraising is a profession directed at nurturing friendships that culminate in gifts of time, talent, and treasure. Selection of scholarship recipients : The majority of funds raised during my higher education career were to provide much-needed financial assistance to students in need. But integrity is squarely at the top.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Many of these virtual events were born from a spirit of innovation and resiliency from organizations that were forced to evolve in a matter of days and raise much-needed funds in new ways. And the value of a recurring donor goes well beyond their monthly commitment (which is already 5 times more valuable than one-time gifts).

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

If those new donors never make a second gift, that return on your investment won’t grow. But, if you can inspire new donors to give a second $50 gift, you’ll net $60 instead of $10. Retaining your donors is the most sustainable, cost-effective way to raise money. As Tim Sarrantonio, Neon One’s Director of Brand reflected, a 5.2%

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

They demand the online giving experience to be nearly instantaneous, easy, secure, personalized, mobile-friendly, and reflective of your brand and mission. This also led to a 25% higher average gift amount. On the giving side, donors also are expecting a lot from your donation form. Think snow-capped peaks and meadows in bloom.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 20, 2023

This year they’ve sent me some expensive mailings, and a couple of appeals asking me via letter to renew my gift or consider increasing it to $7,500. I love the mission, but wonder if my gift really matters to them. Maybe my gift would make a larger impact elsewhere? I don’t know what to do. You want to know they care.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Raise your hand if you have ever experienced burnout during your career? I sense many raised hands. Managing relationships. Wiens also discovered during her research that people with burnout immunity have a special relationship with stress. Who knows…maybe they had been raised by unusually coolheaded parents.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Less than one in five new donors who donated on GivingTuesday will give a second gift, according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project. Reflect and analyze Review your results from GivingTuesday , including the total amount raised, donor demographics, and the success of your different approaches and social media channels.

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DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

As a nonprofit fundraising professional, you know that raising major gifts is one of the most strategic efforts your organization will complete. Major gifts are not only a highly-strategic effort, but also a high-stakes one— for many nonprofits, over 80% of their total fundraising dollars come from major contributions alone.

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Top Nonprofits

JANUARY 5, 2022

With close to 80% of charitable gifts coming from individuals (including bequests), is your organization allocating 80% of your fundraising plan on strategies to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward individual donors? Are you asking them in a way that reflects their personal commitment to your mission?

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

All fundraisers know that their main goal is to raise money, but not all of them think about sustainability or scalability. You don’t want the money you spend on your campaign to be more than the money you raise! Consider how much you should raise to effectively help your mission while keeping your budget in mind. .

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

I confess to having a love/hate relationship with fundraising events. After all, it’s easier to sell tickets than ask for a gift. . Let’s look at the cost to raise a dollar for a range of fundraising strategies. In the best of all possible worlds, it cost 50 cents to raise a dollar from an event. Honest number crunching.

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Qgiv

MARCH 12, 2024

Corporate giving programs, which are akin to corporate social responsibility programs , often reflect a business’s moral compass. This practice helps businesses cement stronger relationships with the communities they serve. Corporate giving is the term used when a for-profit company in some way donates to charitable causes.

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Achieve

JANUARY 22, 2024

Because mid-level donations play an essential role in your nonprofit’s fundraising strategy, cultivating and stewarding strong mid-level donor relationships is vital. As a result, you’ll need a dedicated donor communications team ready to initiate and maintain these mid-level donor relationships. Express appreciation.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 29, 2023

When we raise money to change lives, we are helping to release folks from something onerous. But it’s important to stop and reflect on it. I see way too many good organizations struggling to raise the money they need. When it’s all about you and your need to raise your annual fund, you actually repel donors.

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Achieve

JUNE 11, 2021

cultivating relationships. At in-person events, your donor outreach team can have one-on-one conversations with multiple guests to help start your nonprofit’s relationship with them off on the right foot. Send a handwritten thank you card, call them on the phone, or ideally both to let them know how much you appreciate their gift.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Securing major gifts is an incredibly strategic effort. Each step you take with a prospect, from the first communication to receiving a gift, needs to be carefully tracked and planned for. You can raise more funding and avoid rebuilding processes from scratch each time you want to secure a major gift. Let’s get started.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

The strategic planning process involves reflecting on your mission to identify your most important goals and determining the strategies you’ll use to reach them. He’s empathetic and understanding and would be a great candidate for holding meetings with major donors to establish relationships with them.

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Classy

MAY 17, 2021

Nonprofits raised more than $2.47 Corporate partnerships can take many forms, each offering a unique set of mutual benefits: Large Financial Gifts and Matching Campaigns. Uses a large gift to encourage additional gifts in a time-based initiative, essentially doubling the impact of a corporation’s contribution.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 19, 2022

An online auction is a great way to engage your supporters and raise money for your organization at the same time. With Qgiv’s silent auction and event management software , it’s easy to create branded websites, collect registration and bidder information, and raise even more with an online store. HEPdata – Matching Gifts.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

By connecting with nonprofits and starting your own employee giving program, your employees can feel proud about working for a company that reflects their values and is devoted to making the world a better place. In fact, 84 percent of donors say that they’re more likely to donate if a matching gift is being offered.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

No matter where you are in your growth stage, taking action, in concert with your internal stakeholders, will always bring you closer to the goal of raising more revenue. Craft personalized thank-you messages and updates to strengthen relationships with donors and enhance donor retention. Having a monetary goal is fundamental.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Fundraising is all about relationships. . If all you do is ask, ask, and ask some more, that’s not much of a relationship. To build a relationship on purpose with a donor, you must communicate with them often without asking for anything. Some donors give a one-time gift, and some sign up as monthly donors.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 15, 2021

in 2017, Ryan raised funds for the United Way of the Midlands (Omaha, NE), and Omaha Home for Boys. He has worked in capital campaigns, major and planned giving (including charitable gift annuities) grant writing and donor research. Are you finding ways to show them the impact of their gifts? Strawhecker, Inc., Strawhecker, Inc.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

Sample SMART fundraising goals Reflect on Your Focus Areas Begin by asking yourself some key questions related to your goals and focus areas. As you reflect on these questions, feel free to update the answers accordingly in your fundraising plan. Your narrative should inspire donors by showcasing the impact of their gifts.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Nonprofit professionals have a set of top priorities—including raising funds for their mission. These programs can vary in nearly every aspect, from the type of gift to the organizations supported. Approximately $5 billion is raised through workplace giving programs annually. Employees want to maximize their gifts.

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Achieve

APRIL 28, 2022

Promote matching gift opportunities. We’ve designed the following tips to help you reach new donors while deepening your existing donor relationships. and software solutions to help your nonprofit raise more and streamline your fundraising. Promote matching gift opportunities. Design a beautiful, streamlined website. .

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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. Lessons from the Field.

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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. By keeping careful documentation of all of this personal data, the museum was able to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars from its major donors each year.

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EveryAction

MARCH 22, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good. Authors Charlotte Kresse and Sally Heaven are the faces of Raise HECK.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 18, 2021

The best gift a nonprofit organization can receive is unrestricted cash, but an inkind donation of something your organization needs and would have otherwise purchased is also a high-value gift. In reality, the van or other gift you receive is not exactly what you would have purchased. And it’s called an inkind gift.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

Workplaces are tapping into the power of ritual to create a sense of community, build relationships in the workplace and reduce stress. Of course, a raise or bonus is nice, but it is the public acknowledge that helps builds community. Rituals to Build Relationships. Rituals to Promote Growth and Learning.

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Classy

JUNE 2, 2021

Through our analysis of nonprofit trends, we found seven key steps that successful nonprofits leverage to raise funds for their missions. . Finding new opportunities to build donor relationships. Reviewing new donations that have the potential to become recurring gifts. 7 Fundraising Actions Taken by Successful Nonprofits.

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