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Zen and the Art of the Nonprofit Donation Receipt

Qgiv

Attach a locked PDF. An email receipt is great, but if you can attach a locked PDF version of the receipt, that’s really helpful for donors. You can also add a PDF-specific note like, “Please keep this document for your tax records.”. Quick thank-you calls or mailed thank-you notes are still best practice and make a difference!

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Donation Receipts: Understanding the Obligation and the Opportunity

Bloomerang

You can send them via email, a posted letter, or even a simple PDF forwarded by a messaging app. It’s also a lot cheaper than printing and mailing physical documents and considerably less time consuming. The receipt for the $20 donation can come as part of larger donor retention and growth. .

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10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Likely a sign of best practices to come, their donation pages simply ask for credit card information and an email address (not a mailing address) and have an extensive offering of different ways to donate. A pioneer of crowdfunding and online fundraising, GlobalGiving.org is a site to study and learn from. 3) Launch a Tribute Giving Program.

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2015's Top 10 Products at TechSoup

Tech Soup

Enterprise CALs add functionality that's not accessible with the Standard CAL only, including unified messaging, custom retention policies, and more. If there's one thing nonprofits love even more than grant deadline extensions, it's PDFs. The Enterprise CAL for Exchange works in conjunction with a Standard CAL.

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The Essential Nonprofit Annual Report Template & Full Guide

Bloomerang

You can recoup the time and resources spent creating the report by turning this report into a valuable donor engagement and retention tool. You can support your donor retention efforts by spotlighting top donors and partners in your report and highlighting exciting upcoming initiatives for supporters to get involved with.