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40+ Ideas to Light a Fundraising Fire Under Your Nonprofit Board Members

Blue Fox

Is your staff prepared to make the asks, attend the events, mail the collateral and try some Facebook fundraising ads? In 2020, U.S. nonprofits raised $2.47 billion dollars. What was your piece of that ‘pumpkin’ pie? Let’s talk 2021! What about your board members… are they fired up for fundraising season?

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Online Fundraising and 3 Reasons to Start a Recurring Gift Program

NetWits

In just a few minutes, donors can click a button in your email newsletter to donate, provide their monthly gift amount and payment information, and just like that they are part of your recurring giving program. Or you could add an option to your direct mail response cards and telemarketing scripts for donors to make recurring gifts.

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It?s Never too Early to Start Your Annual Campaign

NonProfit Hub

You have to collect stories and photos of program participants, get their consent, pull data on your programs, clean up your donor database, plan events, schedule donor meetings, print materials, fix your mail merge and lick a thousand envelopes ? What content is needed to make this campaign successful: newsletters, testimonials, etc.?

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Relationships That Raise Funds: 5 Tips for Creating Successful Peer-to-Peer Fundraisers

NetWits

First and foremost, determine which existing audiences you wish to engage (board members, major donors, past event fundraisers or attendees, all donors, volunteers, etc) in your fundraising and how you will reach out to them (email, social networks, mail, phone, on-site events, etc). 3) Involve. Understanding the Value of Team Captains.

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Data hoarding: Does the term apply to your donor data?

3rd Sector Labs

You keep mailing out newsletters and fundraising appeals. You keep adding new donors, new prospects and your mailing lists get larger. Have you done the math on returned mail? If 5% of the addresses are bad, that’s 5,000 pieces of returned or wasted mail each mailing. Donors lapse. Some move away.

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Nonprofit Email Basics: Master Effective Fundraising Communications

sgEngage

Newsletters. Automate your thank-you sequences so that, if someone gives you two gifts in one month, they don’t receive the same generic script each time. Add “subscribe” buttons not only on your website, but also in the footer of your emails, in email signatures, on direct mail QR codes, and in your social media bios.

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Ideas You Can Use To Thank Donors During the Holidays

Get Fully Funded

If they donate by check, you should send them a hard copy thank-you letter with tax information by regular postal mail, sent within two business days of when you receive their check. You can include a mail option and a QR code linking to an electronic survey. Recent print collateral, such as a newsletter or annual report.

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