Affnetz

AUGUST 7, 2023

Free And Affordable Nonprofit Software Solutions Free And Affordable Nonprofit Software Solutions / mike crum Free and Affordable Nonprofit CRM, Donor Management, Fundraising, Stakeholder Engagement Software Solutions Nonprofits are infamous for tight budgets.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 130

Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofits Management Collaborations 130

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 5, 2022

Proving to your nonprofit’s stakeholders that your organization is “worthy” of their financial support is an ongoing responsibility for nonprofit management. . Fundraising expense is one place where this manifests. Fundraising success is required to support what you do! . How to Best Illustrate ROI.

Nonprofits 134

Nonprofits Management Nonprofit Management Activism 134

Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

But building and keeping an engaged board is a challenge that many nonprofits face, large and small. My guest this week is Sabrina Walker Hernandez , fundraiser extraordinaire and total pro when it comes to “doing fundraising differently” and thinking outside of the box.

Nonprofit Management 62

Nonprofit Management Health Leadership Management 62

Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

There are many ways you can use text-to-give to improve your fundraising strategy. Consider incorporating these tactics to maximize support for your nonprofit: Select a Text-to-Give Provider. Use Text-to-Give in Fundraising Events. Incorporate Text-to-Give in Ambassador Fundraising.

Fundraising 98

Fundraising Fundraising Disaster Relief Marketing 98

Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

Having the right tools in your fundraising toolkit makes your life easier. And your fundraising more productive! It takes an entrepreneurial heart to start a nonprofit, fundraising and marketing skills to grow it, and leadership skills to manage it. Is my nonprofit’s logo clear and easy to read?

Fundraising 116

Fundraising Fundraising Food Activism 116

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Attracting P2P Fundraisers: 5 Tips to Boost Your Results. P2P fundraising is an effective way to raise money and strengthen relationships, but it must start with a solid team of volunteers! Even as we begin wrapping up an incredibly challenging year for the nonprofit sector, there’s no time to rest. Learn more with our tips.

Recruitment 98

Recruitment Fundraising Fundraising Participation and motivation 98

Affnetz

JANUARY 12, 2023

fundraising campaign management / By Mike Crum. The average Development Director (person who heads up fundraising for a Nonprofit) is 1.5 It’s important to provide as accurate a picture of the fundraising program and results as possible during the interview process. A Functioning Fundraising Committee.

Construction 130

Construction Recruitment Management Associations 130

Top Nonprofits

JULY 24, 2023

Your school needs a strong fundraising strategy to bring in extra revenue, engage your community members, and power your school’s mission. Whether you’re hosting an auction in-person, virtually, or as a hybrid, you can rally supporters around your fundraising goals and engage students, parents, teachers, and community members alike.

Fundraising 52

Fundraising Fundraising Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management 52

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

APRIL 3, 2024

However, nonprofits have one thing in common: slim budgets and scarce resources. million nonprofits, 1 million have annual revenues under $50,000, which must be used on supplies, fundraising, paid staff salaries, and marketing. Of those 1.5

Non-Profits 52

Non-Profits Management Homelessness Activism 52

Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

JULY 19, 2022

Keeping up-to-date with current fundraising events is integral to maximizing your incoming revenue. On the heels of a global pandemic and an looming recession, it can be impossible for fundraising professionals to know for certain what the fundraising industry will have in store this year. . Embracing virtual fundraising.

Fundraising 67

Fundraising Fundraising Public and Social Policy Nonprofits 67

iMarketSmart

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The effective fundraiser is the donor’s guiding sage. In fundraising, this character is powerful and effective. The problem is not with the fundraiser, the donor, or even the public. Fundraising isn’t advancing the donor’s hero story. Fundraising is asking for money by asserting the administrators’ heroism.

Public and Nonprofit Management 52

Public and Nonprofit Management Fundraising Fundraising Foundations 52

Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

Nonprofit strategic planning FAQs What is strategic planning for nonprofits? During the strategic planning process, you should identify areas to spend money effectively in ways that increase your fundraising return on investment. Our nonprofit shouldn’t take any risks. Volunteer boards should take charge of fundraising.

Nonprofit governance and management 117

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofits 117

iMarketSmart

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Fundraising metrics can’t do everything. The best metrics encourage activity. But not just any activity. So, let’s look at some hard stuff when it comes to fundraising. Fundraising math v. fundraising emotion. In both sports and fundraising, the emotions don’t match the math. The right metrics.

Fundraising 52

Fundraising Fundraising Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 52

Ann Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Explore three technology tools that can level up your grant fundraising efforts. By Carl Diesing Alongside moves management and capital campaigns, grant fundraising is one of the most intricate fundraising activities that a nonprofit organization will undertake.

Technology 130

Technology Management Nonprofits Foundations 130

iMarketSmart

MAY 16, 2022

It matters for fundraising story. A powerful fundraising story starts with the right words. A powerful fundraising story starts with the right words. Isn’t fundraising just sales? Fundraising is different. Fundraising is different because charitable decisions are different. But fundraising is different.

Fundraising 52

Fundraising Fundraising Finance Philanthropy 52

Top Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

To meet these criteria, your system needs to accommodate: Donor data: As a nonprofit’s donor base expands, more data will be generated and will need to be stored in an organized system. Activities: As you grow, your nonprofit will engage in more large-scale campaigns and program initiatives.

Nonprofit governance and management 52

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Technology Management 52

EveryAction

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

We've searched far and wide for the best and brightest nonprofit conferences from all around the country! We have everything from: Fundraising & Grants. Nonprofit Management. Marketing & Communications. Nonprofit Technology, and more! Nonprofit Management / #AMI2019 / @NPL_Alliance.

Nonprofit governance and management 105

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Associations Finance 105

The Agitator

OCTOBER 19, 2015

These are the pros who gather, organize, manage and disseminate the information that is the backbone of solid and effective fundraising. Key activities too often ignored or paid short shrift.

Fundraising 84

Fundraising Fundraising Associations Management 84

The Agitator

JULY 22, 2010

Here’s a great presentation from Convio on improving the fundraising performance of your website. The changes Convio made to the ADL site are pretty fundamental and could apply to any nonprofit’s website fundraising. Nothing to sneeze at there! After all, they chose to be there … they initiated the contact.

Fundraising 75

Fundraising Fundraising Activism Nonprofit Management 75

Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Make sure that by starting a new nonprofit, you’ll be able to fulfill an unmet need in the community. Is there a long-term need for your nonprofit, or could the issue be solved with a smaller-scale fundraising campaign or project? Does the community seem excited about your nonprofit idea? The answer could be “both.”

Public and Social Policy 81

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Charitable Organizations 81

The Agitator

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Target Analytics has just released its Index of National Fundraising Performance for the 12 months of activity through the 2 nd Quarter of 2010. With essentially flat revenue and donor growth from the first half of 2009 through the first half of 2010, there are still some rays of sunshine in an otherwise pretty dreary fundraising sky.

Fundraising 89

Fundraising Fundraising Retention Healthcare 89

The Agitator

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Despite rising competition, declining numbers of active donors, and falling retention rates most fundraisers continue whistling past the graveyard of the future — blithely ignoring or sidestepping any serious efforts to address these issues head on.

Fundraising 56

Fundraising Fundraising Retention Values 56

The Agitator

JUNE 14, 2016

[I come from the advocacy world and would note that this amount doesn’t include giving to the many nonprofits that engage in significant lobbying activities, which is not tax-deductible.]

Fundraising 65

Fundraising Fundraising Foundations Activism 65

The Agitator

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Last Wednesday, I was pretty hard on nonprofits for not getting the basics right with respect to online fundraising, instead using scarce energy and resources to plow into the hottest new thing, like Twitter. Here’s the bad news from Lisa: The Scary State of Nonprofit Websites and Email Marketing. Per year.).

Fundraising 80

Fundraising Fundraising Universities Activism 80

The Agitator

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Our previous posts this week have been pretty positive about social media, their penetration, and their potential marketing (and for us, that means fundraising) contribution. " So where do you come out on social media as a marketing or fundraising channel? Here are some additional views. Stay tuned for our verdict.

Fundraising 67

Fundraising Fundraising Activism Nonprofit Management 67

The Agitator

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Cone, an agency known for its expertise in cause marketing, has released some findings from its 2009 study of how consumers interact with brands online. And a reason donors often say they don’t give more, irrespective of channel or fundraising approach.

Fundraising 66

Fundraising Fundraising Activism Nonprofit Management 66

NonProfit Hub

MARCH 24, 2022

At the AFP Mid-America Conference on Fundraising, Robbe Healey spoke to seven ethical dilemmas nonprofits will face. Healey is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Ethics Committee, Vice President for Philanthropy for Simpson Senior Services and Founding Member of Aurora Philanthropic Consulting.

Ethics 65

Ethics Nonprofit Organizations Nonprofit Organizations Nonprofits 65

EveryAction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

We've searched far and wide for the best and brightest nonprofit conferences from all around the country! We have everything from: Fundraising & Grants. Nonprofit Management. Marketing & Communications. Nonprofit Technology, and more! Nonprofit Management / #AMI2018 / @NPL_Alliance.

Nonprofit governance and management 77

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Associations 77

The Agitator

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

For the pathetic reason that all too many fundraisers lack the knowledge, energy, skill, discipline and guts to effectively employ proven techniques, the techniques themselves are now savaged and dismissed. Or worse yet, because fundraisers themselves “personally don’t like” the technique. Minced pie rationalization takes over.

Fundraising 85

Fundraising Fundraising Energy Activism 85

The Agitator

JUNE 2, 2009

My vote goes to Pareto’s 80/20 rule — 80% of the value or activity tends to come from 20% (or less) of customers, or whatever the active universe. The rule is confirmed in marketing scenario after scenario, including fundraising. Is there a more important rule in marketing/fundraising?

Marketing 40

Marketing Marketing Retention Recruitment 40

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Marketing and Communication Tools Once you have your nonprofit’s office set up, you have to tell the world what your organization does, who your organization supports, and how your organization changes lives. You need a website to be the hub of all your online activities. Wix costs about $14 a month and is also easy to use.

Nonprofits 105

Nonprofits Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Production 105

The Agitator

MARCH 20, 2011

I’ve been fiddling around with a list of favorite fundraising metrics … the fewest numbers I would most like to know about my/your donors to judge my/your direct marketing fundraising performance. Or the performance of our consultants, for that matter. How about this list … 1.

Fundraising 89

Fundraising Fundraising Retention Recruitment 89

The Agitator

MARCH 25, 2018

Nonetheless most fundraisers are focused on incremental improvement, apparently unaware that sticking to the status quo in a fast-changing world may be among the riskiest of strategies. Going out of business should not be the only option for a nonprofit. And we need to demand that redundancies and the worn-out be merged or killed.

Finance 56

Finance Fundraising Fundraising Homelessness 56

Fundraising Coach

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

As a nonprofit professional, you’ve probably heard that charity auctions are time-consuming. On top of the venue details, ticketing, and marketing you’re used to handling for general fundraising events, there’s item procurement and bid tracking to consider. Use this guide for everything you need to get started. . Bid increments.

Recruitment 59

Recruitment Public and Nonprofit Management Values Retail 59

Ann Green

JANUARY 20, 2021

Creating a membership program for your nonprofit is a smart way to increase fundraising and donor stewardship. In exchange for charitable gifts in the form of membership dues, nonprofits grant their members privileges or perks, host engaging events for them, and offer additional opportunities to drive their mission.

Nonprofits 61

Nonprofits Participation and motivation Management Activism 61

The Agitator

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

Here’s a quick summary of actions, responses, questions, advice and, perhaps most importantly, the ‘unknowns’ concerning Hurricane Sandy and fundraising. Every fundraiser is affected. The dreaded perfect storm for most fundraisers. You can see a roundup of activities here. NonProfit Times.

Disaster Relief 81

Disaster Relief Fundraising Fundraising Philanthropy 81

The Agitator

DECEMBER 15, 2009

I’ve been hoarding some recent posts by Seth Godin that are especially pertinent to fundraising. Your nonprofit would go broke!! Absolutely, fundraisers must look at lifetime value when calculating how much they can afford to subsidize new donor acquisition. Yesterday I talked about a post where his message was, in effect.

Fundraising 58

Fundraising Fundraising Values Retention 58