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The Small Nonprofit’s Guide to Budgeting

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Here’s a sample budget from a horse rescue: Document your assumptions and calculations. If you’re planning on purchasing a vehicle, renovating a facility, or have some other special project in mind, create a separate budget just for that. Create a process/timeline for budgeting. Keep your operations budget focused on operations.

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9 Types Of Year-End Fundraising Emails That Help You Raise More + Examples

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Here’s what to include: Your goals for the day A matching grant if you can get one Hashtags and social media info to encourage your donors to share A donate button A specific ask: what is your focus for #GivingTuesday? Sample Campaign Plan. It’s up to you! Is there one element of your work that you can focus on?

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Nail Your Request for Donations During Economic Ups, Downs, and Crisis Times

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Be fully prepared to answer the questions your donor probably already has in her mind. And a confused mind always says “no.”. Answer questions and provide more info as the donor needs it. Tips for Making a Request for Donations When Asking for Donations, keep these tips in mind: DO. Leave out the acronyms and jargon.

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How to Run an Online Fundraising Campaign

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Heartwarming posts will help keep them interested and keep your organization fresh in their minds. A TINY bit of info about your organization: Assume that many people will be meeting your nonprofit for the first time or getting to know you during your online campaign. Remind them why they should give NOW.

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3 Analytics Terms for Success

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Think of a 95% confidence interval as an indication that if you were to take 100 different samples from the same population, the test would "outperform" the control in about 95 of the samples. Did you note above that "significance" requires your sample observations to be representative of the greater population?

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Build a Non-profit Website that Works [Steal These Ideas!]

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Write some sample content for your website and request feedback from someone who is a great writer as well as friends and family members who don’t know anything about your organization. Keep these points in mind when creating your nonprofit website. Put your contact info in the footer and on the Contact Us page. Keep it simple.

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Create an Online Donation Receipt that Leads to More Donations

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In the donor’s mind, they can’t close the loop on the gift until they receive a receipt. If you use a ‘from’ email such as info@yourorganization or donationreceipt@yourorganization, the email will, from the very first moment the donor lays eyes on it, feel impersonal, like a form letter. The donor knows you received their gift.