NonProfit PRO

JULY 18, 2022

In this guide, we cover our list of the top twelve fundraising tools for nonprofits, questions to ask when shopping for fundraising technology, and key features that drive results.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Cost Effective Online Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits [+ AI Idea Generator] Check out the Cost Effective Online Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits and the AI Fundraising Idea Generator to come up with more (specific) ideas. Before you start, you need to decide on your fundraising goals (ie.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2016

If you send all your email subscribers the exact same fundraising emails for every campaign — year-end or any other time — you’ll never unlock their full potential as supporters. As you approach your year-end fundraising planning, consider these segmentation strategies for your campaign: Transactional. Some donate.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 19, 2023

Pledge fundraising campaigns are an excellent way to encourage your donors to make gifts by engaging their competitive spirit. During a pledge fundraiser, a donor promises to contribute a specific amount in the future or over a certain time frame. Fun runs follow the same concept, but participants run instead of walk.

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MNA Association

MAY 9, 2024

After years of planning, relationship-building, marketing, and fundraising, you’ve finally reached your capital campaign goal—congratulations! Depending on the nature of your campaign , you may be ready to break ground on a new facility or purchase much-needed equipment or updated technology to increase your impact. Let’s begin!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 20, 2023

By Jessica Fox , Content Manager at Eventgroove – a one-stop platform for virtual, hybrid, and in-person events that offers event management, online fundraising, ticketing, and online storefronts for print and digital merchandise. As a fundraiser, you’re up against some tough odds. 2) Brainstorm.

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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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Bloomerang

MARCH 26, 2024

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

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 18, 2022

You can increase the response rate of your fundraising direct mail campaigns by designing your envelope to stand out. These five ideas will instantly help your donor want to open your mail piece and review your carefully-crafted message inside.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 9, 2023

You’ve outgrown your space, and you’re ready for your first capital campaign! You see, raising money for bricks and mortar is different than fundraising for ongoing operations. Funds raised from a capital campaign are in addition to your regular annual fundraising efforts. Your nonprofit is growing. It’s a big deal!

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Running those miles paid off–as we were able to close the financial gaps thanks to the awareness created by the charity run campaigns. Sadly, this strategy requires the size of the fundraising needed to be matched by outrageousness of the miles and terrain. The miles and fundraising goal had a ring to it.

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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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GiveGab

DECEMBER 3, 2022

The best part of your campaign has just begun; the part where you get to show your gratitude to everyone involved and foster new relationships that were created on Nov. Following your GivingTuesday campaign, it’s critical that you thank everyone involved with the day to show your appreciation for all they contributed.

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The Killoe Group

AUGUST 2, 2023

Peer-to-peer fundraising offers big benefits for your nonprofit. It’s a powerful fundraising approach. One of the most important components of a strong peer-to-peer fundraising event or campaign is your participants, or volunteer fundraisers. Target potential fundraisers. Learn more.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 23, 2021

As nonprofits continue to re-think and re-work their traditional in-person fundraising events in response to changing times, non-traditional peer-to-peer fundraising is more important than ever.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

If you are trying to fundraise without an annual fundraising plan, you are trying to bake a pie with a lot of ingredients but no recipe. Do you really want to make fundraising so hard? The solution is to have a recipe or rather, a plan, that maps out all your fundraising for the year. Can you do it?

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

To be an effective nonprofit leader , you need to be well-versed in fundraising best practices and able to create a robust fundraising strategy for your organization. This process involves analyzing donor data, choosing the best fundraisers to host, and leveraging strategies that help you easily raise more for your mission.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JANUARY 3, 2023

Social impact organizations often encounter the paradoxical issue of spending money to fundraise. Once you have a topic related to your campaign, reach out to suitable colleagues and pitch the idea. It’s the hub for your original educational content, so it’s a natural place to release campaign-related content.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MARCH 8, 2023

Fun, Extraordinary and Memorable Fundraising Event Ideas for Non-Profits Do you want to host a fundraising event for your nonprofit and need some inspiration? Check out these fundraising ideas by Lilian Sue. Put Together a Holiday/Themed Mystery Party Try hosting a holiday or themed fundraising party.

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The Charity CFO

MAY 22, 2024

KPIs give you a better idea of what programs, initiatives, and operations are effective. You can use financial KPIs to get a better idea of the overall financial health of your organization. This ratio can help you get a better idea of your organization’s financial health and operational efficiency.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2024

In today’s fundraising sector, technology is vital. AI is becoming increasingly important in fundraising. Traditionally, fundraising has relied on old methods. They let organizations use data to improve their fundraising. They are moving to more efficient and effective fundraising. Nonprofits can embrace AI.

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Ann Green

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Let’s take a look at three areas where nonprofits can drive increased fundraising efficiency: staff retention, donor qualification, and campaign planning. By Chelsey Newmyer What first comes to mind when you think about increasing your nonprofit’s fundraising efficiency? Prioritization is a key part of efficient fundraising.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

If so, peer-to-peer fundraising is a perfect fundraising strategy for you to try out this year. With peer-to-peer fundraising, donors raise money on your behalf by leveraging their personal networks. Come up with an exciting fundraising event idea. Are there event ideas that you can come up with that tie into it?

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

So, a year-end fundraising goal and plan is important for nonprofits to take full advantage of donors’ kindness. After over 20 years of fundraising, consulting, and teaching nonprofits across the U.S., To make this happen, here are some potential ideas you can put into practice immediately.

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Ann Green

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Show your gratitude with these creative ideas. Consider these appreciation ideas to thank your donors in a new and memorable way. Another idea is to have a specific flight (a series of smaller competitions within a golf tournament) or round of the tournament that’s just for donors, with special prizes for the flight’s winners.

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Amy Eisenstein

MARCH 17, 2023

Are you asking about the potential value in outsourcing a campaign, including donor relationships (clearly a bad idea)? At Capital Campaign Pro, we provide outside support, strategy, and guidance, while keeping the donor relationships and key decision making process with in-house staff.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Other Giving Tuesday Tips, Guides, and More: Giving Tuesday 2021 Playbook: How To Execute a Campaign and Retain Your New Donors from Nonprofit Pro. Giving Tuesday Ideas and Fundraising Plan Template from Constant Contact. FREE WEBINAR] 6 Weeks to a Successful #GivingTuesday Campaign on October 19th by Nonprofit Tech for Good.

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Fundraising Coach

APRIL 9, 2024

Let’s explore two fundraising scenarios. School A and School B are both holding month-long read-a-thon fundraising campaigns to cap off the end of the school year. School B uses the pledge fundraising model and asks students to collect $3 pledges for each hour spent reading from their sponsors. Let’s begin.

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Guest Post by Brad Dowhaniuk of 99Pledges If you’re already familiar with pledge fundraising, you may know about some of the benefits of using this method. To get the most out of pledge fundraising, it’s essential that you market your campaigns. Develop a unified campaign message. Develop a unified campaign message.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

We hear from folks all the time who are looking for new fundraising ideas for nonprofits, especially fundraising ideas for a new nonprofit. It’s not easy to figure out what works in fundraising when you have little to no experience raising big bucks. Or it kind of works but not at the level they need it to.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JANUARY 10, 2024

There’s a natural synergy that can be found in the compelling stories we tell, or the urgency we create in our campaigns. “The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best.” Keep these techniques in mind and try applying one in your next project or campaign.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

That means many of you reading this have a LOT riding on your year-end campaign. As a former CEO and fundraiser, I feel your pain and stress. My guess is that many of you are scrambling to try and meet your fundraising goals. If your organization is launching a fundraising campaign, why not include employees in the ask ?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 18, 2021

For many of us, summer fundraising can be frustrating because often our donor communications during this season yield less-than-ideal results. . Determine if a summer fundraising campaign would help your communications. When it comes to traditional channels, one thing you can test is a summer-long fundraising campaign.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Do you have an idea for an organization that will bring good to the world and serve a charitable purpose? You might be inspired to bring your idea to life by starting a nonprofit. Is there a long-term need for your nonprofit, or could the issue be solved with a smaller-scale fundraising campaign or project?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 23, 2023

These innovative tools are revolutionising tasks by saving hundreds of hours of manual work through aiding in campaign creation, categorising and drafting email responses, assisting with content creation, and even automating donation processes to personalise and enhance the donor experience.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

APRIL 10, 2024

Like Herding Cats I can recall a few times in my nonprofit journey when coordinating a new marketing campaign across departments felt more like herding cats than orchestrating a symphony. The initiatives and campaign didn’t take off when or in the ways they should’ve because we were a fleet moving in too many different directions.

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Bloomerang

MAY 13, 2024

In the digital era, adopting an all-in-one giving platform that integrates CRM, volunteer management, and fundraising tools isn’t just a tech upgrade; it’s a strategic necessity for nonprofits that want to thrive. With donor, volunteer, member, and fundraising data all in one place, communication and coordination become seamless.

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