Affnetz

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

What is Community-Centric Fundraising? / By Mike Crum In the world of nonprofit organizations, fundraising is the base that enables these organizations to carry out their missions. What is Community-Centric Fundraising? – It aligns fundraising efforts with community needs and values.

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Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Image via winnifredxoxo on Flickr This month's thought-provoking article in the Harvard Business Review is titled 3 Ways to Determine What Your Customer Really Values. Let's change the title to 3 Ways to Determine What Your PARTNER Really Values and see what we can learn about corporate partnerships. ⚖️ Commoditized vs Customized.

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Bloomerang

MAY 28, 2024

One of my favorite colleagues and co-host of our Eskin Fundraising Training Non-Profit Empowerment webinar series, Rhanda Luna, has been hired as Director of Corporate Giving and Special Events for SAFE, based in Austin, Texas. Rhanda is representative of the enormous movement and flexibility of fundraisers.

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NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Interrogating how legacy social media platforms and their harmful content policies impact nonprofit communications, organizing, and fundraising can lead us to prioritize equity and safety when moving to new platforms—or choosing to stay on existing ones. For nonprofits, this moment presents an opportunity for a social media strategy “do-over.”

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Values Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Public and Nonprofit Management 102

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

There are a number of ways fraternities can approach fundraising projects, but by far one of the most popular strategies is to host a fundraising event. After all, a fundraising event allows brothers to gather together, get to know each other, create memories, and make a difference. . Fundraising Goal. Let’s get started!

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iMarketSmart

MAY 29, 2024

And when you automate many of the fundraising tactics you’re using to identify, qualify, cultivate, and steward your prospects and major donors, you’ll save tons of time and mental energy. Let’s take a look at five advanced fundraising tactics you can start automating. You cannot treat them like just another donor. Not before.

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Affnetz

JANUARY 20, 2023

How Do You Get Nonprofit Board Members to Fundraise? Fundraising Campaign Management / By Mike Crum First off, when you recruited board members – did you tell them they would have to be involved in fundraising? Chances are, you’ve got 2 to 3 board members doing all the fundraising work. Sound about right?

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Jeff Brooks

MAY 8, 2023

Here’s an easy formula for making your fundraising more relevant to donors. It’s just two words: So That , from the Linked in newsletter, Fundraising Friday. It’s a listing of program activities. If you’re an organization insider, the value and importance of these things is likely self evident. No reason to donate now.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JUNE 13, 2023

You’ve got a date and venue booked for your nonprofit’s upcoming fundraising event. Finding sponsors to boost your event’s fundraising power. Read on for tips and strategies for finding and securing sponsors for your best fundraiser yet. They’re a win-win!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 9, 2020

Ngonzi on Twitter and LinkedIn and register for her upcoming on March 24, Digital Storytelling to Access, Attract and Activate U.S. International organizations planning their fundraising strategies for the new decade and looking for new funding sources may be wondering how to maximize their success in attracting U.S. Please follow Ms.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 28, 2024

To help you grow into a modern leader, we’ll explore these common nonprofit management skills you can (and should) develop at your own organization: Marketing Fundraising Public Speaking Interpersonal Communications Relationship-Building Strategic Planning Delegation Budget Allocation Problem-Solving Before training your team, invest in yourself.

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NextAfter

APRIL 13, 2022

Every fundraiser trying to raise more money for their nonprofit needs to know how to write your nonprofit value proposition. You’ve certainly heard all sorts of “best practices” around how to write your nonprofit value proposition, and I’m not here to repeat any of those. 6 Steps to Write Your Nonprofit Value Proposition.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 15, 2024

But you can make an especially robust case that this is indeed the case in fundraising. What does it take to be successful in fundraising? Fundraising is a profession directed at nurturing friendships that culminate in gifts of time, talent, and treasure. I love the expression that fundraising occurs at the speed of trust.

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Ethics Education Education Race and Ethnicity 86

Affnetz

JUNE 13, 2022

5 Principles to Help Guide your Donor Engagement & Fundraising. When talking about donor engagement and fundraising is essential to talk about mindset – not a donor’s mindset YOUR mindset. Whether you’re a board member, executive director or staff member seeking to engage donors and succeed in fundraising, your mindset is critical.

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Energy Fundraising Fundraising Philanthropy 130

Nonprofit Megaphone

APRIL 17, 2023

For non-profit organizations, fundraising is a crucial aspect of their operations. The real challenge lies in retaining those donors over the long-term and increasing their lifetime value. The real challenge lies in retaining those donors over the long-term and increasing their lifetime value.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Fundraising events have always been a cornerstone of nonprofit organizations’ efforts to engage donors and garner financial support. Let’s explore strategies to maximize the potential of fundraising events to both retain your loyal donors and capture their friends’ attention and support.

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Participation and motivation Fundraising Fundraising Activism 80

NonProfit PRO

APRIL 23, 2023

After the several years of uncertainty and change, how can you plan for fundraising success in the future? The value of a Fund Development Plan is not only the plan itself, but the intentional process of putting it together. How do you decide which new activities to pilot?

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Activism Values Nonprofits Fundraising 157

Affnetz

APRIL 30, 2024

By Bala Guntipalli Introduction: When it comes to nonprofit fundraising, it’s not just about getting new donors. Understanding and implementing these practices can help nonprofits boost their fundraising efforts and ensure long-term success. How to Calculate Donor Retention Rate? /

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Retention Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Management 264

iMarketSmart

JUNE 7, 2023

It’s hard to work very long in fundraising without ‘learning’ that donors don’t give because they weren’t asked. Implied in this pervasive fundraising myth is that if you just ask and ask more often, you will get more donations. Pack in more activity metrics! approach to fundraising. Repeated on webinars. More meetings.

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Nonprofit Administration and Development Fundraising Fundraising Collaborations 98

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

What you might not know is that the right fundraising plan template can make the job much easier. What this means is that over time, your fundraising approach should change to meet the needs of your growing organization. What Fundraising Plan Template is Right For YOU? And no two fundraising plans should be exactly alike either.

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Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits Public and Nonprofit Management 111

Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The fundraising world has seen many trends over the years. While not all of these trends have stuck, there has been a steady increase in digital fundraising —and for good reason. Digital fundraising opens up new possibilities for reaching a wider audience and raising significantly more for your cause as a result.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This isn’t to be confused with cockiness, but rather a genuine sense of comfort in knowing that you are fully familiar with the art and science of fundraising, and you have a keen devotion to the mission or cause that you are serving. Every day should be welcomed as an opportunity to learn more about fundraising. Laura Fredericks, J.D.,

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Fundraising Fundraising Activism Philanthropy 101

Top Nonprofits

MAY 8, 2024

Insights gathered through the prospect research process can transform your fundraising efforts and help you create a powerful, data-driven major gift fundraising strategy—but doing the research is only the beginning. These outreach activities might include: Phone calls to get to know them and discuss your organization’s mission.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 25, 2024

In today’s fast-paced and economically uncertain world, nonprofit organizations (NPOs) face the critical task of fundraising effectively. This kind of donor is ready to give and shows this through active participation at events, volunteering, responding to communications, and more. nonprofits are at a pivotal juncture.

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Fundraising Fundraising Retention Nonprofits 87

NextAfter

DECEMBER 15, 2021

27% of nonprofits indicated that their Board of Directors are not all active donors. This is according to a recent OpX360 Executive Study of 155 Nonprofits benchmarking their marketing, fundraising, and communication practices suggesting a reluctance of some nonprofits to either fundraise from Board Members or require board giving.

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Activism Leadership Philanthropy Nonprofits 52

Bloomerang

MARCH 26, 2024

When you’re a busy fundraising professional, it might seem like you’re jumping from one campaign to the next. However, I encourage you to take some time to analyze your online fundraising campaigns to optimize your overall fundraising results. It seems often easiest to “rinse and repeat” last year’s campaigns. Access your data.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

AUGUST 4, 2021

Early in my nonprofit career, I learned that the job of a fundraising professional was securing resources to achieve a financial goal that would serve my employer. So, what does it look like to begin transforming your development practice in the context of community centric fundraising ? Rachel D’Souza-Siebert. Donor Engagement.

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Nonprofit Administration and Development Fundraising Fundraising Leadership 125

NonProfit Leadership Center

OCTOBER 2, 2023

But it’s not just about a leader’s skills and expertise; great board members fundamentally align with your nonprofit’s mission, values and culture. Actively engage with your network and communicate your board recruitment needs. Finding the right board members is critical to every nonprofit organization’s success.

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NextAfter

APRIL 27, 2023

Pop the confetti and cue the music because we’ve just hit a major milestone: this week we logged our 5,000th digital fundraising experiment in our experiment library. Lesson 1: Be a Smooth Operator Many fundraisers fall into the trap of focusing exclusively on simplifying the giving process. What are you talking about?”

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iMarketSmart

APRIL 12, 2022

The typical metrics measure activities quantitatively, such as number of calls, number of visits, number of solicitations, number of gifts, and so on. They don’t measure the value your donors get from engaging with you and supporting your mission. What Makes Major Gifts Fundraising Metrics Different? Not very scientific!

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Fundraising Fundraising Values Activism 98

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Improving Your Business’s Fundraiser: 4 Tips For Startups Raising funds is a critical step for startups looking to scale and grow. A successful fundraiser can provide the resources needed to bring your vision to life, enhance product development, and expand your market reach. It’s what sets your startup apart from others.

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Fundraising Fundraising Production Values 52

Ann Green

MAY 20, 2020

Over the years I’ve come to find the value of keeping things simple. In your fundraising appeals, don’t bury your ask. Use the active voice and there’s no need to get fancy by using a lot of SAT vocabulary words. How Jargon Destroys Nonprofit Fundraising & Marketing. Stick to one call to action. Recognize your reader.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

Fundraisers often have a love/hate relationship with fundraising CRM reports. Picture this: your donor data and fundraising trends reports are due, but instead of the usual stress, you’re calm, prepared, and even proud of what you’re about to submit. Sounds ideal, right?

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Fundraising Fundraising Retention Foundations 62

Bloomerang

AUGUST 23, 2021

In part one of this series, I outlined my top six fundraising strategies for 2021: . Investing in digital-first fundraising and marketing communications. Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. Donors will run from fraud.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 29, 2023

Here are some other definitions of freedom ( www.merriam-webster.com ): Being released from something onerous The quality of being frank, open, or outspoken Boldness of conception or execution Unrestricted use You know, several of those make me think of fundraising. Let’s declare war on mediocre fundraising!

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

AI Fundraising Idea Generator [40 Fundraising Ideas in 3 minutes] Do you want to host a great Fundraising Event for your Nonprofit, Church , School, or anything else? Check out how an AI Fundraising Idea Generator can help you come up with effective ideas in minutes.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 3, 2023

It’s important for nonprofit leaders to learn how to incorporate fair and good fundraising best practices when connecting with diverse audiences. How can I talk about the importance of sharing this value? The post Q&A: Fundraising Best Practices When Connecting With Diverse Audiences appeared first on Bloomerang.

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