EveryAction

JANUARY 25, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good. Check out our last installment here ! Here’s what they said.

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Support Build Linkedin Newsletter 220

Bloomerang

JUNE 12, 2023

Create a donor experience that strengthens supporter relationships. As nonprofits work on strengthening donor relationships to improve retention, there has been an increased focus on the donor experience. According to the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the average donor retention rate in the U.S. is around 45 percent.

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Personal Donor Summary PDF 90

EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good. Here are a few tips from Alras Digital and Raise the Roots. Raise the Roots.

Communication 130

Communication Practice Program Instruction 130

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Raise your hand if you have ever experienced burnout during your career? I sense many raised hands. Managing relationships. Wiens also discovered during her research that people with burnout immunity have a special relationship with stress. Who knows…maybe they had been raised by unusually coolheaded parents.

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Build Pennsylvania Environment Skills 93

Candid

APRIL 16, 2024

Activities they considered “service” included “working with others to make the community or campus a better place” (81%), “acting to benefit the common good” (80%), “everyday acts of kindness” (76%), “acting to raise awareness about a campus, community, or global problem” (72%), and “working with others to address social inequality” (68%).

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Service Community Environment Empowerment 119

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Not all holiday gifts to donors raise more A Yale study in The Journal of Economic Psychology explains the counterintuitive effects of thank-you gifts on charitable giving. Premiums may actually decrease charitable giving by reducing response rates and total dollars raised. Lastly, there’s giving the gift of a real relationship.

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Gift Donor Studies Donation 108

sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2023

The latest resource from the Blackbaud Institute, Development Plan Toolkit: Your Three-Step Guide to Strategic Fundraising offers a pathway to reaching and retaining major donors: Step 1: Reflect on successes and opportunities. raise $100,000 via major gifts; volume-based—e.g., establish relationships with 100 new prospects.

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Gift Develop Measure Blackbaud 81

EveryAction

JUNE 8, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good.  Check out our last installment here! Learn more at MESG.marketing ! Learn more at WeRaiseTheRoots.com

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Advocacy Local Poll Audience 143

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

“It quickly became clear that our positioning and brand system needed to better reflect the heart of what we’re best known for—sparking joy for customers. Our new brand reflects that.”. T he company’s updated mission is to make fundraising easier, foster authentic donor relationships and create thriving nonprofits.

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Indianapolis Reflection Industry Award 75

Allegiance Group

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A Major gifts officer cultivates high-level donors, connecting with them individually to build relationships that significantly impact your nonprofit. They like people, are dedicated and enthusiastic about your cause, are great storytellers and listeners , and have a natural gift for raising money (of course!).

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Gift Interview Question Articulate 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Many of these virtual events were born from a spirit of innovation and resiliency from organizations that were forced to evolve in a matter of days and raise much-needed funds in new ways. Jude Children’s Research build relationships with online influencers to get the word out—like their partnership with DrLupo, who leveraged his 3.6

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Trend Fundraising Virtual Haiti 261

Achieve

JUNE 11, 2021

cultivating relationships. At in-person events, your donor outreach team can have one-on-one conversations with multiple guests to help start your nonprofit’s relationship with them off on the right foot. Virtual events have become a key promotional tool for nonprofits to attract new supporters. after your event wraps up.

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Virtual Sponsor Survey Reflection 98

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Reflect and analyze Review your results from GivingTuesday , including the total amount raised, donor demographics, and the success of your different approaches and social media channels. Regular engagement maintains relationships with donors. Take these steps to have a stellar post-GivingTuesday: 1.

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Gift Mobile Phone Demographics 81

Bloomerang

JANUARY 20, 2023

And for many donors, giving is a reflection of who they want to be. I asked her specifically about the question you raised: “What you’re describing is a nonprofit version of the “bait and switch.” I’m a firm believer that the donor-nonprofit relationship is symbiotic. However, for whatever reason, it doesn’t make you feel good.

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Donor Philanthropy Charity Gift 103

EveryAction

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good. For example, let’s say you send two emails on GivingTuesday and one raises twice as much as the other.

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Gift Consultant Audience email 207

sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2023

The latest resource from the Blackbaud Institute, Development Plan Toolkit: Your Three-Step Guide to Strategic Fundraising offers a pathway to reaching and retaining major donors: Step 1: Reflect on successes and opportunities. raise $100,000 via major gifts; volume-based—e.g., establish relationships with 100 new prospects.

Gift 52

Gift Develop Measure Blackbaud 52

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Each of us serves as another teammate in the cause for more than 13,000 nonprofit customers—incredible organizations that have raised billions of dollars to support their missions. It quickly became clear that our visual identity needed to reflect the heart of what we’re best at: sparking joy for our customers as we work alongside them.

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Reflection Causes Software Industry 69

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 29, 2023

When we raise money to change lives, we are helping to release folks from something onerous. But it’s important to stop and reflect on it. I see way too many good organizations struggling to raise the money they need. When it’s all about you and your need to raise your annual fund, you actually repel donors.

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Help Fundraising Goal Money 111

sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

They demand the online giving experience to be nearly instantaneous, easy, secure, personalized, mobile-friendly, and reflective of your brand and mission. As the organization raising private funds for Washington state’s picture-perfect national parks— Mount Rainier, North Cascades, and Olympic—the Fund relies on highly visual communications.

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Donation Online Canada System 100

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

If you’re looking for a new way to raise funds, engage donors, and build connections, look no further than a charity golf tournament. And fortunately for nonprofits, charity golf tournaments do much more than simply raise mission-critical funds. Using an event website for your charity golf tournament makes promotion simpler and easier.

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Charity Create Sponsor Sample 82

Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

Retaining your donors is the most sustainable, cost-effective way to raise money. Predictably, this often results in nonprofits prioritizing donor stewardship and relationship-building with that small pool of people who make large gifts. As Tim Sarrantonio, Neon One’s Director of Brand reflected, a 5.2%

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Retention Donor Gift Template 98

Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2023

Additionally, they may have reached a point in their lives where they are reflecting on their legacy and the impact they want to leave behind. Build personal relationships : Cultivate personal connections with your aging donors. Remember, cultivating planned giving relationships requires a long-term approach.

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Donor Giving Tips Gift 84

Top Nonprofits

JANUARY 5, 2022

For nonprofits of all sizes and missions, building relationships with individual donors should be a priority to help ensure financial stability and long-term sustainability, regardless of what is happening in the world. Are you asking them in a way that reflects their personal commitment to your mission?

Gift 103

Gift Pledge Disaster Strategy 103

Candid

AUGUST 18, 2022

The reactionary funding of Black leaders and communities raises a critical question: what is possible when we build sustainable funding ecosystems that affirm the genius of Black leaders and sufficiently resource them to develop and deploy world-changing solutions? Listen and respond to Black leaders.

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Green Pledge Alternative Fund 98

Bloomerang

APRIL 15, 2024

Selection of scholarship recipients : The majority of funds raised during my higher education career were to provide much-needed financial assistance to students in need. There is clearly an upside as working relationships can be strengthened. Gossip : It’s common for colleagues to gather after work for social purposes.

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Education Fundraising Guidelines Gift 86

Achieve

JANUARY 22, 2024

Because mid-level donations play an essential role in your nonprofit’s fundraising strategy, cultivating and stewarding strong mid-level donor relationships is vital. As a result, you’ll need a dedicated donor communications team ready to initiate and maintain these mid-level donor relationships. Reporting and analytics.

Donor 52

Donor Advocacy Nonprofit Method 52

Bloomerang

APRIL 17, 2024

Unsurprisingly, most organizations collect data through forms, questionnaires, surveys, databases, and customer relationship management systems. Total amount raised minus total fundraising expenses Dependency quotient encourages nonprofits to diversify their funding streams.

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Data Metrics Measure Goal 104

EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good.  Check out our last installment here !

Advocacy 207

Advocacy Nonprofit Training Train 207

DipJar

MARCH 17, 2022

We talked about how fundraising for the Cathedral differed from these institutions and it comes down to the relationship the donor has with the organization. Asking alums for money can be a challenge since many are still repaying student debts and the relationship with the school is typically in the past. Patrick’s every week.

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Story Support Community New York City 105

Qgiv

JANUARY 28, 2022

To get supporters excited about joining your event and helping you raise funds, you need a powerful story. What photos or images best reflect our impact on our mission? What will the funds raised help our organization to accomplish? For example: Review funds raised based on your top fundraisers’ connection to your organization.

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Fundraising Registration Campaign Raise 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

Workplaces are tapping into the power of ritual to create a sense of community, build relationships in the workplace and reduce stress. Of course, a raise or bonus is nice, but it is the public acknowledge that helps builds community. Rituals to Build Relationships. Rituals to Promote Growth and Learning.

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Build Reflection Celebrate Nonprofit 126

EveryAction

MARCH 22, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good. Authors Charlotte Kresse and Sally Heaven are the faces of Raise HECK.

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Relationship Support Charlotte Retention 216

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Toward the back of the book, you’ll find dozens of reflection questions you can ask yourself before and/or after you read the book, including these: How has your work fulfilled or not fulfilled your need to feel loved and worthy? She explains that you need a mix of each of these.

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Experiment Mentoring Sponsor Reflection 91

Greater Giving

APRIL 8, 2022

Goal increases were moderate heading into 2021, with only 34% raising their goals after the onset of the pandemic. Nonprofits can still draw new interest and develop new relationships with virtual and hybrid events despite donors having fewer dollars for charitable giving in the coming year.

Fundraising 98

Fundraising Virtual Nonprofit Survey 98

Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

All fundraisers know that their main goal is to raise money, but not all of them think about sustainability or scalability. You don’t want the money you spend on your campaign to be more than the money you raise! Consider how much you should raise to effectively help your mission while keeping your budget in mind. .

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Campaign Effective Fundraising Nonprofit 98

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

I confess to having a love/hate relationship with fundraising events. Let’s look at the cost to raise a dollar for a range of fundraising strategies. In the best of all possible worlds, it cost 50 cents to raise a dollar from an event. Awareness raising” meets folks at the very beginning of the development/marketing pipeline.

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Analysis Benefit Ratio Fundraising 136

ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Yet, many nonprofit boards do not reflect the communities in which those same organizations are serving. Nonprofit Business Advisor suggests that training helps people understand their day-to-day peer interactions, and also raises awareness of different belief systems, perspectives and cultures.

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Help Strategy San Diego Iowa 96