Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Reflecting on the past success of your fundraising efforts while also learning about emerging fundraising trends can help you decide how to best allocate resources for the upcoming year. Peer-to-Peer fundraising can build a major gift pipeline for your organization as well! In return, donors may provide larger gifts.

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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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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 7, 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. Check out our last installment here !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2021

Finding new opportunities to build donor relationships. Reviewing new donations that have the potential to become recurring gifts. You can also customize your default donation amount for different segments of donors to optimize the average gift size. Offer donation matching to drive urgency and increase gifts in a short time.

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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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NetWits

APRIL 12, 2012

. >> Join his free webinar on 4/17/12 @ 2pm ET - Making a major impact with your major gifts program. — Larger and larger gifts are being given online. In fact, Blackbaud’s 2011 Online Giving Report , noted that the largest online gift in 2011 was $260,000 ! Or is this the giving of major gifts online?

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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. Personal gifts : We often work with donors of substantial wealth. “De De Minimis” guidelines apply in both directions, limiting the value of meals, gifts, and mementos to a modest level.

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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

JANUARY 31, 2024

While tax summaries might seem like just another administrative task, savvy nonprofits use them as powerful cultivation moments to deepen relationships with donors. Major gift officers often prepare TOTAL GIVING statements before meeting with their major donors because they, too, lose track of their cumulative generosity.

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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. Want to know more?

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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

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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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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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. Giving from individual donors is down , which means organizations are increasingly relying on gifts from major donors. Made in-kind gifts?

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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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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2023

We’ve recently witnessed an unprecedented number of what many consider to be “transformational gifts” across the social sector. The momentous impact the gift will have on the trajectory and pace of the organization and its work. The common thread? Put simply, it’s an opportunity mindset.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

Participants reflected on their style strength and how it has helped them be successful in different situations. Relationships, feelings and personal security are important to Amiable Style people. They are often seen by others as highly efficient and not concerned about relationships or feelings.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

Each completed application automatically creates a volunteer profile stored in the CRM or constituent relationship management within Givefffect. Once your volunteer completes their onboarding and training, be sure to reflect that in their volunteer profile. Open communication will help build long-lasting relationships with volunteers.

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Bloomerang

JULY 7, 2022

Plus, scripts are a must when you are training people who have never asked for gifts before. Reflect on their kindness: “[Their name], you have such a compassionate heart for [your cause] and we’re so thankful. By making this [monthly] gift, you’ll be [an example of what you’ll be able to do with their donation].

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Kindful

MARCH 25, 2021

Personalized and valuable communication is what builds relationships, and long-lasting donor relationships are what set the foundation for nonprofit growth. How does donor data help with retention rates and relationship building? Your online donation forms don’t just enable organizations to collect gifts. Gift impact.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2024

By nurturing the relationship established during the crisis, we can encourage one-time emergency donors to become regular contributors, thus ensuring a steady stream of support through monthly donations. Don’t just make an ask, but keep new donors closely informed during the crucial period after a first gift.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2021

By doing so, your team deepens relationships with supporters, increasing your retention rate and securing future gifts for a sustainable strategy in the future. Let’s dive into the best ways to thank your donors and build your relationships with them. Recognizing your donors requires intention, authenticity, and some planning.

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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. Making major gift asks.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Managing relationships. Wiens also discovered during her research that people with burnout immunity have a special relationship with stress. After several months of recovery and spending time reflecting on my unhealthy relationship with work, I decided to enroll in a doctoral program at The University of Pennsylvania.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 9, 2020

And the value of a recurring donor goes well beyond their monthly commitment (which is already 5 times more valuable than one-time gifts). The State of Modern Philanthropy 2019 found that one-time donors who converted into recurring donors were a lot more likely to make another one-time gift on top of their recurring gift.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2021

National Nonprofit Day gives us a moment to pause and reflect on the incredible work nonprofits do every day. It can be hard when you’re incredibly busy to pause and reflect on the ways others have impacted your work. As someone who used to be a professional fundraiser I can say with confidence and conviction that every gift matters.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

No matter which side of these relationships you’re on, there’s something useful to learn. Charitable Giving Stipends: Companies can award employees with gift cards or add funds designated for donating to their accounts within their employee giving portal. Nonprofits Are Proactively Pursuing Matching Gifts.

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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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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2013

Fundraisers serve a vital function in securing contributions from donors and maintaining relationships with those donors that will lead to more (and bigger!) gifts in the future. So, once a contribution is made, what aspects of accounting for that contribution deserve your organization’s attention?

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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

JUNE 23, 2021

Data-driven fundraising strategies are always the smartest move, so make sure you have the necessary constituent relationship management software (CRM) integrations and reporting tools. Gift range chart. The post-donation phase is when donors either feel good about their gift or totally forget about it. Budget for expenses.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 6, 2022

For instance, have you considered including winter solstice celebrations in your holiday gift appeal? When you can authentically rejoice in special days across religions and cultures, you’re giving a gift of recognition and welcome to all of your constituents. Yalda is a winter solstice celebration for Iranian-Americans, Dec.

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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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Classy

JUNE 7, 2021

Even though monthly donors generally give smaller amounts on a per gift basis, they are over five times more valuable to your nonprofit than one-time donors and are more likely to take additional actions for your nonprofit on top of their monthly gift. Emphasize the Impact of Boosting Your Gift Size.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 21, 2023

To reenergize your board and refocus their attention on your nonprofit’s priorities, use these best practices: Engage your board members in nonprofit strategic planning Empower board members to help with fundraising Create productive working relationships Your board is a powerful resource for your organization. Give personal gifts.

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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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