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14+ Excellent Nonprofit Annual Reports

Whole Whale

DREAM’s annual report is doing everything right: beautiful images, student stories, and (of course) thanking their donors. We especially love how they paired a full-page image of a student with key stats that support the organization’s overall mission, a mix of showing and telling. Donate Life America. ICA Fund Good Jobs.

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Create an Online Donation Receipt that Leads to More Donations

Get Fully Funded

Providing a donation with the date, amount, organization name, and tax identification number clearly identifiable, you make the donor’s life easier. Make sure the stat truly makes the case that your donor’s gift made a difference. And, make sure the stat makes sense. Everyone wants their tax preparation to go smoothly.

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Making a Great Story into a Powerful Fundraising Story

Bloomerang

For example, if you’re asking for coats, you should show how giving a coat changed someone’s life. Or, if you’re asking for an education scholarship, your story should show how that scholarship has led to opportunities and an incredible future for a student who received it. . You need logic. . This need is important.

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How to Prevent Fundraising Burnout in a Small, Growing Nonprofit

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But it shouldn’t consume your life to the point that you have no life. How to Avoid Fundraising Burnout The best way to stay clear of fundraising burnout and compassion fatigue is to maintain balance in your life so you can stay in front of them and prevent them from occurring in the first place. It’s the nature of the business.

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8 Nonprofits Championing Environmental Sustainability on Earth Day

Classy

The outdoors became our main source of activity and entertainment, reminding us that we’re surrounded by life even in isolation. Snapshot: Today’s Environmental Sustainability Stats. Because We Love Where We Live allows donors to play a vital role in the fundraising efforts that provide environmental education to thousands of students.

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Reflections on Mixed Reality Events in Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The live video feed was being streamed from the Netsquared gathering in San Francisco happening at the same time as the virtual gatherng in Second Life. Jeska Linden , Community Manager for Linden Labs, has the mike in her hand, while her avatar is behind the podium in Second Life. Based on the TechSoup Second Life Group stats).

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Lives are Changed when #bigkidsgive and how you can rock #GivingTuesday Next Year

Connection Cafe

While these stats show that this national day of giving has struck a chord in people internationally, it’s the stories from #GivingTuesday that truly inspire us. Camp Kesem empowers college students across the United States to create a free, life-changing one-week summer camp experience for children affected by a parent’s cancer.

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