NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 24, 2023

After subscribing to receive your text messages, supporters can submit a donation in just a few moments right from the palm of their hand. Text-to-give isn’t just easier on your donors’ end. Here’s how text-to-donate works from your supporters’ perspective: Donors will text your keyword (e.g. 40333) or long code.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

DECEMBER 13, 2022

However, once you receive these donations, are you doing everything possible to retain donors for the long term? . Many nonprofits struggle to engage existing donors and encourage those they acquire to continue to give year round. Your ideal monthly donor retention rate. To set these goals, reflect on your current donor base.

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MNA Association

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The bill, which will revise reporting requirements for nonprofits and charitable trusts , was requested by Representative Amy Regier (R) HD6 and sponsored by Sen. To understand why MNA will oppose a donor privacy bill, let’s look at who is behind the bill and what problem they are trying to solve.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Thanking donors is THE most important step in fundraising. Get this one right, and fundraising gets easier. Mess it up, and you’ll eventually lose the donor. Unfortunately, most nonprofits view thanking donors as an afterthought instead of treating it with the importance it deserves. Don’t be that person to your donors.

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Ann Green

APRIL 22, 2024

You need to communicate regularly with your donors and you need to do it well. Maybe you’re thanking your donor or sharing an update. Choose the right channels Most likely you’ll use more than one channel to communicate. Pay attention to the channels your donors are using and focus your efforts there. or THANK YOU!

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Bloomerang

MARCH 8, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether they can credit a donation in 2023 if the check was dated 2024: Dear Charity Clairity, A donor advised in early December a $20,000 check was mailed to us. — Want to keep donor happy Dear Want to keep donor happy, Of course you do!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 19, 2023

Sponsored groups can always file for a 501(c)(3) status after you’ve proven your concept can gain support from donors and volunteers. How do you decide which of these options is right for you and your idea? First, think about your idea and decide if it’s a good or service you want to sell or is it a service you want to provide.

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Fundraising Coach

MARCH 30, 2023

Discussing the donor’s investment in your cause. Bills need to get paid. You are developing a growing relationship with the donor; and with them and your cause. So, if you’re game and if your bills have the room for it, this week, try taking a note from Stevie Wonder and make your 5 – 10 calls “love” calls.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

For example, a major gifts officer at your nonprofit may be expected to reach out to three major donors every day during the fundraising season. And, if you’ve chosen a quality health insurance provider, they may even cover the costs of billing for massages. Allow breaks. Implement wellness initiatives. Establish a supportive culture.

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MNA Association

MAY 9, 2024

Thank your donors. This important post-campaign phase will solidify your organization’s relationships with everyone who made the campaign possible , from your staff and board members to your donors and volunteers. This may be an event like a ribbon-cutting ceremony, donor wall unveiling, or open house. Collect campaign pledges.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

They love me, but I’m not sure our donors feel quite the same way. — How to Be Loveable Dear How to Be Loveable, Actually, you’d be surprised how many of your donors do love your organization! Key Appeal Elements Luckily, it’s not at all difficult to provide the information donors need. This makes it about the donor.

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The Charity CFO

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Enter bills and vendor invoices. Yet there’s more to payroll than making sure everyone gets the right check … . Both to track money coming into your organization and share with your donors as proof of their gift. Here are some of the primary tasks required of a nonprofit bookkeeper: Track income and expenses.

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Ann Green

AUGUST 2, 2023

How can your donors help you make a difference? Your appeal letter should focus on a need and let your donors know how they can help you make a difference. You can describe how thanks to your generous donors, your one-to-one tutoring program has helped students get better grades and are now less likely to be held back a year.

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The Charity CFO

APRIL 12, 2022

So when they came to us, they couldn’t understand why they didn’t have the cash flow to make payroll or pay the heating bill on time. Or you might bill a funder for services provided but have to wait 2 months to get paid. . You’re Not Paying Your Bills. Their budget projected a surplus, and they were hitting those numbers.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The California Attorney General’s office is charged with enforcing the provisions of the bill and is finalizing regulations that will allow the Attorney General to supervise online platforms to protect donors and charities from fraud and deceptive solicitations.

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Candid

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Accurately predicting your project’s duration will help you choose the right sponsor. . Basically, this step ensures your cause remains your donors’ and constituents’ primary focus. . A fiscal sponsor should point you in the right direction and provide you with the tools you need to immediately fundraise. Reputation matters!

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Leveraging a secure payment solution throughout the donation process strengthens donor trust and allows them to use a convenient payment method. In this guide, we’ll review the top nine credit card processing solutions for nonprofits and best practices for choosing the right platform.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Text-to-give (also known as text-to-donate, text-to-pledge, or text fundraising) is a form of mobile fundraising that asks donors to send a keyword to a text fundraising phone number. Around 85% of Americans own a smartphone, making this type of fundraising incredibly effective for reaching donors on a device they use regularly.

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Ann Green

AUGUST 16, 2023

Thanking your donors is just as important, if not more important than fundraising. Yet many organizations spend a lot of time putting together a fundraising campaign and treat thanking their donors as an afterthought. Donor retention continues to be a problem. Prioritizing gratitude and donor relations will help.

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Candid

JULY 26, 2022

The overhead myth can lead to supporters who are hesitant to give , whether one-time donors, monthly givers , or grant funders. rent, employee salaries, software licensing, energy bills) compared to the amount dedicated to mission-specific spending (i.e. the amount of money that’s spent on direct services and programming).

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Bloomerang

JULY 7, 2021

Consistently attracting new potential donors is vital for you to expand your mission and, more importantly, to have the funding needed to make it through unexpected times. Unfortunately, if you can’t have in-person events or if you don’t have a big marketing budget, finding new donors can be difficult. . demographics.

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Ann Green

APRIL 26, 2023

You need to communicate regularly with your donors and you need to do it well. Maybe you’re thanking your donor or sharing an update. Choose the right channels Most likely you’ll use more than one channel to communicate. Pay attention to the channels your donors are using and focus your efforts there.

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Ann Green

JANUARY 25, 2024

Monthly giving helps you raise more money Monthly or recurring donations can help donors spread out their gifts and it’s easier on their bank accounts. A gift of $100 a month may be more appealing to a donor than giving a large sum all at once. It raises your retention rate, too The retention rate for monthly donors is around 90%.

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The Charity CFO

AUGUST 18, 2022

While most donors believe in your cause, the tax benefit is a significant motivator when raising money. That means that your donors can’t ye t claim a tax deduction for their donations to your organization (though they can in the future if your application is approved, see below). Transparency matters most!

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iMarketSmart

JANUARY 31, 2024

You know they’re in there, somewhere in your donor database. You just need to find them – those small donors who could turn into major donors. For this article, we’re going to unpack how to do this with prospective major donor prospects who may have been hiding in your database for years, or may be relatively new.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Nonprofits are set up to support a variety of social causes, such as educational, health, scientific, public safety, and human rights. Philanthropy Day is a good day to read and share our post on “ The Fundraiser’s Bill of Rights.” In the U.S., What’s planned for the National Philanthropy Day?

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 3, 2020

Acquire new donors. When you have the support of your local, federal, and private community decision-makers, your organization will appear more legitimate and authoritative for prospective donors. This relationship-building experience will help your organization retain more donors over time. Acquiring new donors.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 5, 2023

When set up right, your nonprofit accounting system will help you manage your nonprofit and streamline processes like budgeting, projecting cash flow, and even hiring. It’s best to set things up right and follow nonprofit Accounting best practices to keep your system working well. FACT: Donor Management is NOT the same as Accounting.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

All of your most loyal supporters will be there, including major donors, recurring givers, and frequent volunteers, along with brand new supporters that are eager to get more involved with your organization. The right software can facilitate changes to your event registration process that might otherwise be daunting or intimidating.

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Ann Green

APRIL 28, 2022

There’s so much going on right now. Your nonprofit organization needs to continue communicating regularly with your donors and you need to do it well. Maybe you’re thanking your donor or sharing an update. Choose the right channels. Pay attention to the channels your donors are using and focus your efforts there.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

As a fundraiser, I understand all of these matters impact nonprofits, and the trend is leaning—hard—toward privacy and donor data protection. . To understand where we are, including fundraisers and nonprofits, with donor data protection, we have to take a look at what happened in souring the public on the idea that privacy was dead.

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Ann Green

JANUARY 24, 2023

Monthly giving helps you raise more money Monthly or recurring donations can help donors spread out their gifts and it’s easier on their bank accounts. A gift of $100 a month may be more appealing to a donor than giving a large sum all at once. But your donors have agreed to that, so this shows they’re committed to your organization.

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Candid

MAY 13, 2021

Volunteers and staff can find expense tracking confusing, leading them to submit inappropriate bills, which can hurt you during audits. Make it hard to enforce expense policies You need to ensure expenses are appropriate, documented correctly, approved by the correct people, and charged to the right accounts.

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iMarketSmart

JUNE 1, 2020

57% of your donors. 57 of donors make up 67.4% Conduct tech-enabled donor discovery by asking every supporter (including donors, volunteers, beneficiaries, staff and so on) to take a survey. Thank you Bill! In other words, 67% of your organization’s revenue is likely to come from just. A final note of thanks.

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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. Balance your activities, keeping you from letting entire months slip by with no active fundraising, then squeezing in too many fundraisers and Asks at the end of the year (which feels really crappy to donors!). Can you do it? And another.

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Nonprofit Fixer

AUGUST 15, 2023

Your job is to take a challenge (raising money for your organization) and turn it into an asset (helping donors be a part of making important changes). Fundraisers are constantly writing proposals, thank you letters, email outreach to donors, impact reports, and more. No bills or staff get paid without fundraising.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 20, 2023

Your budget will help you make sure the bills get paid, especially as you take on additional expenses. Your budget will also help you get funding because you can show donors that you know exactly what it costs to deliver services. This is not a fast activity, so commit to taking the time to do it and do it right.

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