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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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Mastering Major Gifts: The Ultimate Guide to Raise More

Bloomerang

To secure the support of these crucial donors, your nonprofit needs to build a robust major gifts fundraising strategy. Because major gifts are so large, it requires time and dedication to cultivate and acquire more of these donations. Why are major gifts so important for nonprofits? What is a major gift? billion in 2022.

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8 Ways to Improve Your Matching Gift Emails & Drive Results

Neon CRM

By extension, it’s also one of the most impactful ways that an organization can promote matching gift opportunities to its audience. Send In the First 24 Hours Post Donation According to recent email marketing research , the timing with which an email is sent is one of the most essential criteria regarding its likelihood of success.

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Deck The Halls With Donor Appreciation: Holiday Gifts To Donors

Bloomerang

A nonprofit CEO, Dorethea, asks, “ Should I send holidays gifts to donors ?” Well, Dorethea, it depends on what type of gift and which donor segment (small, mid-size, or major givers) you have in mind. A gift can work to your advantage, but it can also work against you. You make the donation, you get a small token gift.

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Solving the Donor Retention Rate Issue: The Case for Creating a Board-level Donor Thank You Committee

Bloomerang

Do you know your organization’s donor retention rate? of the donors who made a gift in 2019 made another gift in 2020. That means more than half of donors who made a gift in 2019 didn’t make another one in the following year! Because according to the FEP, the 2020 repeat donor retention rate was 59.6%—whereas

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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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How Matching Gifts Impact Donor Engagement

Qgiv

High levels of engagement lead to effective stewardship plans , increasing retention rates over time, and overall successful supporter relations. But did you also know that matching gifts can have a significant impact on your donor engagement efforts? What are matching gifts? And the research backs this up!

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