Fundraising Coach

JANUARY 14, 2020

There are ways for your nonprofit to maintain the momentum of year-end giving well into the new year. The following tips for maintaining the year-end giving season momentum span a wide range of intensity levels— whatever your nonprofit, staffers, and donors are capable of right now. It doesn’t have to! In fact, it shouldn’t.

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 16, 2024

If fulfilling your mission and being identified as an employer of choice are priorities for your nonprofit, invest in employee professional development. This guide outlines four tips for nonprofits of all sizes and levels of sophistication to improve their professional development programs. Encourage participation in your program.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2023

By Lyn Chamberlin , President at Lyn Chamberlin Leadership – an award-winning nonprofit brand strategist who works with organizations and successful women to create transformative brand narratives. Your organization’s brand story holds immense power, especially for nonprofits striving to engage donors, volunteers, and partners.

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Top Nonprofits

JANUARY 2, 2024

The nonprofit sector is filled with shifting best practices, emerging technology solutions, and noteworthy trends. By investing in employee training opportunities, your nonprofit can equip its staff with the latest tips and tools for success. Improved employee retention. Amplified community impact. Mentorship programs.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

OCTOBER 26, 2022

However, building relationships isn’t just an important part of the donor journey —it’s crucial for maintaining strong connections with all of your organization’s supporters, including your volunteers, corporate partners, and other community members. . Engage with your community. Engage with your community. Interests or hobbies.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 6, 2024

By Olga Moshinsky Woltman “The growth mindset is based on the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts.” – Carol Dweck It is a truth universally acknowledged that employees who are motivated to continuously learn and grow will be the ones to take on new challenges, innovate, and problem-solve.

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Candid

JUNE 28, 2022

Donor retention is the measurement of how many donors continue giving to your nonprofit year after year. Maintaining a high retention rate means your nonprofit has access to ongoing, sustainable financial support. Maintaining a high retention rate means your nonprofit has access to ongoing, sustainable financial support.

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Ann Green

APRIL 14, 2022

Donor engagement is vital to nonprofit success. By donating, volunteering, and spreading the word about your organization, donors fuel your nonprofit mission. . Effective donor engagement increases donor retention. Additionally, nonprofits retain about 52% of their engaged repeat donors. Fundraising Participation Rate .

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 14, 2023

Improving your donor retention rate is likely at the top of your nonprofit’s priority list. Your organization should seek to retain donors at all levels, but it’s especially essential to create a major donor retention plan. Create personalized cultivation plans. Create a major donor society.

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Ann Green

JULY 19, 2023

Recurring donors can provide valuable sustainable revenue for your nonprofit. It’s a great way to both boost revenue and your retention rate. By Philip Schmitz Acquiring recurring donors for your nonprofit can revolutionize your fundraising progress, helping you efficiently and effectively achieve your goals.

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Bloomerang

MAY 10, 2022

Every member of your nonprofit team already knows how to build strong relationships with friends, co-workers, family members, significant others, and more. Donor stewardship—also known as stewarding your donors—is the act of building relationships with supporters after they make a donation to your nonprofit. What is donor stewardship?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2023

This may include what’s going on in the world, what’s going on in their lives, and/or how you communicate with them. It’s the reason so many donor programs have retention rates representing three steps forward, two steps back. ask about communication preferences, areas of greatest interest, and what motivated their gift).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2021

By Audrey Phillips , a customer success manager at Classy – a social enterprise that creates world-class online fundraising software for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. Explain your motivation. Email #1: Introduce the Campaign. Provide all of the details. Ask for feedback.

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Fundraising Coach

APRIL 9, 2024

In the end, both schools are successful—but School B raises more money and has better participation from students. This guide will explore how your school or nonprofit can use pledge fundraising to boost its impact by breaking down some of the top frequently asked questions (FAQs). Why accept pledges?

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Fundraising Coach

JANUARY 14, 2020

There are ways for your nonprofit to maintain the momentum of year-end giving well into the new year. The following tips for maintaining the year-end giving season momentum span a wide range of intensity levels— whatever your nonprofit, staffers, and donors are capable of right now. It doesn’t have to! In fact, it shouldn’t.

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

As a nonprofit fundraising professional, you might feel like your fundraising efforts stall from time to time. Ensuring that your fundraising efforts receive a high return on investment (ROI) is critical for keeping your nonprofit running smoothly. Use a donor’s name and title (if applicable) in your written communications.

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Fundraising Coach

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Bloomerang’s peer-to-peer fundraising guide describes this method as “a fundraising strategy where individuals organize personal campaigns to raise money on behalf of a nonprofit organization.” Each of these methods empowers participants to make the fundraiser a huge success.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 15, 2022

If you missed AFP ICON 2022, please enjoy these highlights and pearls of wisdom from sessions I got to participate in and observe. . Creating The Perfect Union Between Business And Your Nonprofit. Bernard Ross, MA is one of the greatest minds in nonprofit fundraising. D – Dopamine: anticipation, motivation .

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 16, 2023

As a nonprofit professional, you know how important hosting fundraising events is to both expanding your donor base and retaining existing donors. By giving supporters a way to connect with other like-minded supporters and your nonprofit’s staff, you can facilitate community and deep relationships at these events.

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Getting Attention

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Whether your organization is a passionate participant or still weighing joining the movement, you have lots to learn from watching colleague and competitive organizations execute their #GivingTuesday campaigns. Give to three to seven Giving Tuesday campaigns , then harvest all follow-up communications. “We did it!

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The Agitator

MARCH 5, 2018

We “exalt” the “philosophers” by reviewing books on how best to communicate with donors…we attempt to cover the latest research on donor motivation…we deal with important issues like donor identity and preference. Are all departments aware of and focused on the same donor retention, commitment and satisfaction goals?

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

Volunteerism definition Volunteerism is the act of contributing free labor to conduct community service or support a nonprofit organization. Volunteers help change the lives of those in their community as a social responsibility rather than receiving a financial reward. See why nonprofits love our volunteer management software!

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Nonprofit Megaphone

APRIL 6, 2023

As a nonprofit organization, email newsletters are one of the most powerful tools you have to engage with your audience, share your mission and impact, and ultimately drive donations and support. So, grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and let’s dive into 18 ideas for crafting effective nonprofit newsletters.

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Top Nonprofits

MAY 7, 2023

Donors have different expectations for nonprofits than they did just a few years ago. Today, supporters are interested in organizations they see making a difference in their communities and spreading awareness about their cause online. Nonprofits can remove data silos by routinely scheduling data migrations.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

If you loved our 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2019 calendar! We've searched far and wide for the best and brightest nonprofit conferences from all around the country! Nonprofit Management. Marketing & Communications. Marketing & Communications.

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Ann Green

AUGUST 16, 2017

If your organization is looking for ways to amp up your donor stewardship and build better relationships with supporters, look no further than your nonprofit Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Unfortunately, many of these features go unnoticed by nonprofits or aren’t used to their full potential. That’s right!

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The Agitator

AUGUST 4, 2011

You see, tons of tips and conjecture, while well-meaning, aren’t going to get us very far in dealing with the horrendous problem of donor retention that continues in free fall mode. In short, why aren’t donors who give you one donation not motivated to give you a second. Clearly we struck a nerve. The process is detailed here.

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iMarketSmart

OCTOBER 10, 2022

But a nonprofit is not just a fundraising organization. Effective fundraising culture isn’t just different from the rest of the nonprofit. Example: Nonprofit allows a broad range of donor-created gift restrictions. Example: Nonprofit allows only a few pre-approved gift restrictions. Advance the donor’s hero story.

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Fundraising Coach

AUGUST 17, 2021

Many organizations make the fatal mistake of asking their donors for gifts over and over again without a break for other types of communication. Giving supporters additional opportunities to stay involved and connected with your organization results in better relationships and higher donor retention rates. Peer-to-Peer Fundraisers.

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Nonprofit Marketing Blog

MARCH 25, 2014

Giving days help nonprofits connect with new donors in an easy and efficient way. Give Local America uses the power and pride of local communities to tie it all together. To get the most out of your giving day participation, read on for some ideas. Be specific about what you hope to get out of your participation.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

If your nonprofit is anything like the 8,000+ organizations that participated in the 2015 Fundraising Effectiveness Project Survey , the answer is….not Retention rates are pretty abysmal in the nonprofit sector, hovering at 43 percent for the past two years. So, how can nonprofits improve retention?

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Fundraising Coach

AUGUST 17, 2021

Many organizations make the fatal mistake of asking their donors for gifts over and over again without a break for other types of communication. Giving supporters additional opportunities to stay involved and connected with your organization results in better relationships and higher donor retention rates. Peer-to-Peer Fundraisers.

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Care2

MARCH 12, 2015

What can you do to improve your donor retention rate? Show how a donor’s gift impacts your organization, its beneficiaries, and the surrounding community. “However, it’s extremely difficult to do when sending impersonal mass communications. Another may just like what you do in the community.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 2, 2023

This article is, with publisher permission, adapted from a more extensive journal article, “ A Tax Credit Proposal for Profit Moderation and Social Mission Maximization in Long-Term Residential Care Businesses ” published last year by Nonprofit Policy Forum. These statistics hold true across time and national boundaries (Brennan et al.

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The Agitator

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

In another 4 to 8 years the Hispanic block alone could deprive the Republicans — whose outreach to this community and its agenda is horrible at best — of their ‘safe’ red states of Texas, Arizona, Montana and a number of other states as well. All of which got me thinking about our nonprofit sector. Game change.

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Nonprofit Marketing Blog

AUGUST 7, 2015

Donor attrition is a perennial struggle for most nonprofits, despite the fact that retention rates are slowly rising. No matter how small your new donor’s gift, making this early post-thanks communication warm, personal, and motivational (to do more—volunteer, participate, give again—at least in time) is key.

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Nonprofit Marketing Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

Today, I’m sharing the first part of an interview I did with the folks behind the Money for Good study and nonprofit guidebook. As you know, in our guidebook, More Money for More Good , we discuss what information donors want, and how nonprofits can communicate that effectively. Here’s the Q&A.

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