Candid

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Your nonprofit’s digital presence makes a huge difference in how well you’re able to engage supporters. This is where an effective nonprofit homepage becomes especially important; it’s not only the first landing page supporters see. Issue areas.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This day of global giving has grown into an impressive movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. billion was raised from 20 million US donors last year. The average donor often gives to multiple nonprofits according to prospect research data.)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

By Meredith Gray , Head of Marketing at Keela – a complete software solution for nonprofits looking to grow revenue, centralize and manage data, and deepen donor engagement. Does it seem like everyone you know is raving about a new tool that’s revolutionizing the way employees in all industries are doing their work?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 26, 2023

In this article, we break down the reasons why email campaigns are a perfect place to begin engaging your donors and how your nonprofit can use email to your advantage starting today. Start thanking your donors today using our thank you email template. Start thanking your donors today using our thank you email template.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Considering doing a donor cultivation event ? According to fundraising expert and author Penelope Burk, 67% of respondents attending a donor cultivation event credited it as the reason why they made their gift. . The number one thing donors want is to know they make a difference. Donors get to see your need firsthand.

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Fundraising Coach

MARCH 31, 2023

When you create marketing content to reach out to donors or introduce your nonprofit to a wider audience, how do you describe your organization? Do you stick to the basics, repeating your mission statement and the same fundraising appeal every time? Storytelling keeps existing donors engaged.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

The contestants on The Great British Baking Show manage to get it right with impressive frequency. Do you really want to make fundraising so hard? Do you really want to make fundraising so hard? That approach to grant writing doesn’t work, by the way. Can you do it? Or leave so many things to chance? Engage your Board.

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Top Nonprofits

JUNE 14, 2023

While the Pew Research Center indicates that 72% of the American public uses some type of social media, it’s not surprising that users of different generations prefer to spend their time on different platforms. Once you have your goals in place, it’s time to get an idea of who you’ll be appealing to on social media.

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Ann Green

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The right video has the power to spark an emotional connection between your nonprofit and its donors. Learn how to engage donors through video in this guide. By Doug Scott Imagine a donor is searching online for charitable causes to support. Create testimonial videos featuring past donors that reinforce their decision to give.

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Bloomerang

MAY 10, 2022

Magic happens when you build those kinds of relationships with your prospects and donors. This is where donor stewardship comes into play. What is donor stewardship? Donor stewardship—also known as stewarding your donors—is the act of building relationships with supporters after they make a donation to your nonprofit.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 12, 2022

It’s frustrating to spend precious time and effort drafting a request for support only to hear crickets. And when you post on your website, well, most of your donors aren’t regularly visiting your website. We don’t have time or patience to tolerate boring messages. That’s average. ). Still, we all want better open rates.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Did you know that, on average, 88% of total nonprofit donations comes from just 12% of donors? 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. What is a major gift?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2023

Your nonprofit is quickly growing, bringing in more donations than ever before and fostering a strong donor base. Types of fundraising software to consider When you think about fundraising software, you probably first think of online donation platforms that allow nonprofits to facilitate online gifts. Peer-to-peer fundraising pages.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2022

This is a popular time for charitable giving because supporters are motivated by the holiday spirit and because it’s the last opportunity for donors in the U.S. This is a popular time for charitable giving because supporters are motivated by the holiday spirit and because it’s the last opportunity for donors in the U.S.

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Ann Green

JUNE 26, 2023

Storytelling is a powerful way to strengthen people’s connection with your cause and inspire support. Your donation page, in particular, is an essential place for inspiring donors to support your organization. Keeping your audience in mind ensures that your stories will leave a lasting impression, inspiring ongoing support.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

It takes much more than just opening your doors to get donations to come your way. It takes much more than just opening your doors to get donations to come your way. It takes resilience so that every time you hear “no,” you don’t let it stop you, especially when times are hard, the economy is tanking, or some other crisis is looming.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2020

By Christy Smaglio , Instructional Writer at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Donor retention is a crucial aspect of a productive fundraising strategy. Here are seven excellent methods of increasing donor retention and how to automate them.

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Bloomerang

MAY 3, 2021

My last article of this two-part series, “ Nonprofit Giving Trends and Future Fundraising Strategy ,” began a discussion of smart fundraising strategies to take advantage of best practices and current trends. It covered broad brush strategies all nonprofits today should incorporate into their donor fundraising/marketing mix.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 27, 2023

which makes volunteer hours add up fast! Save you time by doing tasks you need done so you don’t have to do them yourself. But finding and keeping volunteers takes time and effort. You see, people will only stick around to give their time where they feel needed, wanted, and appreciated. And that’s a shame.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 11, 2022

Corporate sponsors are the best way to add lots of money to the bottom line of your fundraising event. It might take a little time and a lot of effort, but it’s doable. Let’s explore what makes a good sponsor and where to find them. Let’s explore what makes a good sponsor and where to find them.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

It’s one of the most overlooked places to seal the deal with your donor: the fundraising landing page. . This valuable piece of online real estate is where the donor goes to take action and give your organization money. Your fundraising landing page is a perfect opportunity to make a strong connection with your donor.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

One study found that 86 percent of respondents believed that having a strategic plan positively impacted revenue generation through grants, donors, events, and other avenues. Nonprofit strategic planning is the process of creating a blueprint that guides an organization for a specified time period and helps accomplish its goals.

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iMarketSmart

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Newly Wealthy Donors Aren’t Anything Like Donors Who Come from Families with Generational Wealth. But, one of the biggest mistakes made by many major gift officers and nonprofit organizations is that they view all wealthy people the same way. It is unique to first generation wealthy families.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

It’s an ideal community to connect co-workers, influencers, donors, and corporate sponsors. For the first 13 years of its existence, growth was slow but steady. This is the eighth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield.

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iMarketSmart

MAY 13, 2022

Donors make more personal and practical calculations in their giving decisions than most organizational and advancement leaders recognize. Alumni most likely to give to their alma maters, for instance, are those who believe that the lasting value of their education greatly outweighed the cost – no matter how much they paid.

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Ann Green

JUNE 18, 2020

Whatever you do, don’t stop fundraising during these difficult times. This means one of your organization’s main priorities right now should be maintaining and improving your donor retention rate. This means one of your organization’s main priorities right now should be maintaining and improving your donor retention rate.

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Ann Green

OCTOBER 15, 2018

One of your year-end fundraising goals may be to get new donors. That’s fine, but a better goal is to keep these donors. The retention rate for new donors is a dismal 23%. Put simply, over ¾’s of your new donors won’t donate again. One of the biggest reasons is poor or nonexistent donor communication.

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iMarketSmart

OCTOBER 26, 2022

It’s about growing a relationship between donor and gift officer, as they work together to advance the donor’s hero story by giving big financial gifts. What is the number one fundraising enemy standing in the way of that happening? In fundraising, the best outcomes for nonprofits happen when the donor becomes the hero.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 25, 2023

But the COVID-19 pandemic will not be the last novel infectious disease in our lifetimes, and climate change will be a threat to human and planetary health without equal. With attention too focused on the architecture of supranational decision-making, processes in service of agile and responsive country-led action were neglected.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Impacted by your organization — The main resolution for this story should be impacted by your nonprofit and the help it’s gotten from donors and supporters. Impacted by your organization — The main resolution for this story should be impacted by your nonprofit and the help it’s gotten from donors and supporters. Keep it to the point.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 30, 2022

Impacted by your organization — The main resolution for this story should be impacted by your nonprofit and the help it’s gotten from donors and supporters. Impacted by your organization — The main resolution for this story should be impacted by your nonprofit and the help it’s gotten from donors and supporters. Keep it to the point.

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Top Nonprofits

MAY 4, 2023

Millennials (born between 1981-1996) and Generation Z (born between 1997-2012) are major audiences for nonprofits looking for dedicated donors and volunteers, as they tend to be socially conscious and want to create positive change by supporting causes that align with their values. Let’s get started!

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Fundraising Coach

MAY 8, 2019

To get there, you’ll need to perfect the art of making a fundraising ask. That is, the process of soliciting your donors and securing gifts for your cause. But, what is the most effective way to make a fundraising ask ? The answer is: there isn’t just one surefire way to ask for a gift.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

After all, how difficult can it be relative to all the hard work that it’s taken to obtain donor support in your community in the first place? For newer nonprofits, making informed decisions about how to get set up with donation processing can be especially difficult, and for good reason. Security should be your first priority.

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Nonprofit Megaphone

AUGUST 1, 2022

Donor retention is one of the most prevalent challenges for nonprofits. This is especially true during times of unique financial obstacles and unexpected events, such as the pandemic. The key to this is to keep your donors feeling appreciated, engaged with your mission, and optimistic about the difference they can make.

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Ann Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Just as important, if not more important, is planning how you’ll thank your donors. . Many organizations leave thanking their donors as a last-minute to-do item and it shows. You may have a harder time getting donations right now. Thanking your donors is something you need to do well. Start planning now.

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Ann Green

OCTOBER 1, 2019

You would think the purpose of a thank you letter is to thank your donors, but way too many of them have barely an ounce of gratitude. As you work on your year-end appeal, you need to spend just as much time planning how you’ll thank your donors. Thanking your donors is something you need to take seriously.

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