NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Over the past 20 years, a lot has changed in the nonprofit sector, and with major giving in particular. Here are five ways major giving and the sector in general have changed, and what nonprofit professionals should keep in mind as they work toward their organizations’ missions.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 4, 2024

As "The Godfather" showed, you're most persuasive when you give people what they want most. Here's how this can help with major gift offers.

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The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The following is an excerpt from our class How to Find New Major Donors and Get Them to Give to Your Non-Profit. Who qualifies as a major donor prospect for your organization? Who can you truly call a “major donor prospect?” Good major donor prospects…. #1 2 – Have the Capacity to Give.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 11, 2022

One tiny report makes a tremendous amount of difference because it closes the giving loop. Read these stories in which major gifts officers either successfully reported back or didn’t. The contrast is stunning.

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NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Blackbaud announced Prospect Insights Pro, which will give fundraisers access to more AI-driven insights to support planned and major gift fundraising.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 30, 2023

Trends have shown both annual and major donors pulled back their charitable gifts last year due to economic uncertainty. Despite that, giving from donor-advised funds (DAFs) remained strong last year. And so far this year — or fiscal year for some DAF grantors — that remains true.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 5, 2022

Inflation and a troubled economy should not affect giving, yet, that is the case for nonprofits without strong mid-level, major, and planned giving programs. Now is the time to get your development house in order and start investing in mid-level, major and planned giving.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Amidst all the excitement of Giving Tuesday, we’re missing an opportunity to highlight how major giving days can reinforce inequality, further ensconcing us in a system where there are winners and losers — too often along lines of race and class.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 9, 2021

Typically, we see clogs in that pipeline in the mid-level range of giving. Donors get stuck at a mid-level point of giving because even though they are giving at higher levels, nonprofits are still cultivating them like a $20 donor.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 25, 2021

As nonprofits continue to adapt to the new normal, many fundraisers struggle with the goal of engaging major donors. Join major giving expert and ACFRE, Amy Eisenstein, as she delves into the trending topics your organization needs to tune into this year including: Discovering major donors within your donor community.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 20, 2024

99designs ] 75% of donors look for concrete information about a nonprofit’s achievements before making a decision to give. Neon One ] 72% of individuals say that the presence of a charity rating badge increases their likelihood of giving. Bonterra ] 33% of online donors give tribute gifts to family and friends. billion—only 0.6%

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

5) Maximizing Your Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Efforts Use ChatGPT to write compelling fundraising appeals for your peer-to-peer fundraisers , and give them all of the tools they need to raise money on your behalf. Did you know that over 88% of all fundraising revenue comes from 12% of donors – major donors?

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EveryAction

AUGUST 30, 2023

One way to meet new major donors is to steward existing donors into upgrading their gifts to your nonprofit organization. The key is to make donors feel valued and appreciated while demonstrating the tangible benefits of deeper connection with and potential impact on your organization, through increased giving. These four are key: 1.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 15, 2023

During this webinar we’ll cover how to craft a successful communication strategy for major giving campaigns. Chad Paris of ParisLeaf and Ben Miller, SVP of Data Science & Analytics at Bonterra, will provide insights into messaging, materials, partners, and tools needed during each phase of the campaign.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

A major gift caseload is not just a bunch of donors who meet a certain giving or capacity criteria. Current giving and capacity play into the selection of a caseload pool. From this pool, you should qualify the donors who want to connect.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2022

When you’re able to set the stage with analytics and donor attributes – like their wealth rating, public giving records, and personal interests – you can strengthen your understanding of each donor segment, and position your asks to speak to specific audiences. Monthly giving. Giving Tuesday. Winter 2022. Autumn 2022.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 27, 2022

The Pew Research Center recently found that 70% of American adults view inflation as a major problem in the United States. Will the news of continuing increased inflation affect charitable giving?

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 23, 2021

We have a number of major donors in our database that, because of their age or illness have stopped giving, but over their lifetime have made significant gifts to our organization. I feel like we can’t just forget about these people, but what should I do?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Exciting fundraising trends on the horizon for 2024 include peer-to-peer fundraising, giving flexibility, digital wallets, unconventional and emerging donors, and AI being used in fundraising. At Qgiv, we’ve used AI and machine learning to help detect fraud, suggest dynamic giving amounts, automate thank you emails, and more.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Donors want to know that their giving made a difference. That one question alone captures a huge problem in fundraising – a problem you can address in your major gift program.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 17, 2022

In light of these advances, it’s time for your nonprofit to consider developing its own online recurring giving program. Even though monthly donors generally give smaller amounts on a per gift basis, the aggregate amount that they give over the course of a year almost always adds up to more. 1) Increased Revenue.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 16, 2022

They build energy around a bold vision for the future, engage leaders and key stakeholders in fundraising activity, and grow a strong culture of major giving. Capital campaigns are one of the most effective ways to galvanize transformational support for a nonprofit’s community.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 7, 2022

Blackbaud announced the launch of Prospect Insights, a new software tool within Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT that enables social good professionals to access actionable, AI-powered insights to drive more major giving.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

Round up a list of your major donors and task your team with sending them a personal video to thank them for their continued support! You can use video to tell a story about what donors made possible, take them on a virtual tour of your facility, or spotlight major contributors of your campaign. The best part?

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NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 1, 2022

A survey finds the majority of donors are giving at the same level on Giving Tuesday and in December, despite giving more than unusual throughout the year for Ukraine and other emergencies.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

This small portion of your nonprofit’s supporter base is known as your major donors. To secure the support of these crucial donors, your nonprofit needs to build a robust major gifts fundraising strategy. Because major gifts are so large, it requires time and dedication to cultivate and acquire more of these donations.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 19, 2021

“I don’t understand why the donor stopped giving,” the major gift officer (MGO) said. They seemed so interested in what I had proposed last year. They gave and they have been silent ever since.” Stop and analyze each part of this statement.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 22, 2022

Here is how one major gifts officer turned a donor’s $2,600 annual giving one year into a gift of $56,500 the following year.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Using data in the form of stories, not statistics, is a powerful idea that is important to apply in major gifts as it relates to the use of wealth data to determine the inclination of a donor to give to your organization.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

This partnership will equip GivingDNA to better support its users' fundraising efforts by allowing fundraising professionals to strengthen their major giving campaigns and develop cultivation strategies for their wealthiest donors. GivingDNA has partnered with Windfall to enhance its affluent consumer dataset.

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sgEngage

MARCH 11, 2024

The social sector and major gift fundraising are no exception. AI tools enable major gift officers to do more with their time by minimizing administrative tasks, helping with research, and drafting communications. The Benefits of AI to Major Gift Fundraisers Fundraising is an industry that faces high stress and burnout.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

While some major donors are helping to boost overall giving in terms of dollars, the number of donors is shrinking. There are some nonprofit leaders who take shortcuts. Some shortcuts include not building capacity — the fuel to fund their mission and the people to whom they serve.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Many times, in the nonprofit space, we hire mid-level, major and planned giving officers and never require or expect those front-line fundraisers to literally place themselves in the need that the nonprofit is addressing. This is a fatal mistake.

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Association TV

MAY 4, 2021

We’ve come to the end of this series, where I slowly but surely, give you tools and insights that you can implement to bring your association into the future. But, since it’s been a while, I’ll sum up the major points.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Women play a crucial role in philanthropy and there are key differences in how they approach planned and major gifts. Join FreeWill’s Co-CEO on March 1st at 12pm ET for a free webinar on macrotrends shaping how women give, and the insights you need to secure larger gifts.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Well, Dorethea, it depends on what type of gift and which donor segment (small, mid-size, or major givers) you have in mind. Dorethea was asking about sending gifts to her major donors. What defines a major donor varies. In this case, Dorethea’s major giving range was $35,000 to $125,000, and she had 52 donors in that range.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 4, 2021

leads all of the fundraising at MSF, including mid-level gifts, major gifts, planned gifts, corporate gifts and foundation gifts. Currently, Kim Goldsmith-N'Diaye, director of development at Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders in the U.S.,

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