Bloomerang

AUGUST 23, 2021

This post on adopting a culture of philanthropy is part six in a six-part series. In part one of this series, I outlined my top six fundraising strategies for 2021: . Investing in digital-first fundraising and marketing communications. Internalize and externalize an organization-wide culture of philanthropy.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 9, 2021

In part one of this series, I outlined my top six fundraising strategies for 2021: . Investing in digital-first fundraising and marketing communications. Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase your donor lifetime value. Promote bequests.

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Ann Green

APRIL 28, 2025

Integrate Your Database With Other Nonprofit Software Integrations allow data to transfer automatically from your nonprofits other fundraising and management platforms to its CRM, saving your team time and reducing the risk of errors that come with manual entry. Happy fundraising!

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 16, 2025

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Philanthropy is on the subscription bandwagon, too! Donor lifetime value skyrockets from 1.73 In fact, the average annual value of a recurring gift is 10.3 times higher than the value of the average one-time gift! 100 one time), (2) increased lifetime value, and (3) more converted donors – make it worthwhile.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 28, 2025

Image Credit: Katt Yukawa on Unsplash Editors Note: This article was republished with permission from the Center for Effective Philanthropy. Three developments, in particular, worry me: a drop in rates of giving to nonprofits; widespread staff burnout; and an increasing effort to target nonprofits based on their missions and values.

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The Charity CFO

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The potential within ultra-high net worth philanthropy is truly world-changing, and that’s no exaggeration. In this episode of the Modern Nonprofit podcast, host Tosha Anderson interviews Alex Johnston, founder of Building Impact Partners and author of “ Money with Meaning : How to Create Joy and Impact Through Philanthropy.”

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 25, 2025

Through impact data collection, incentive structures, and intelligent matchmaking between donor values and nonprofit outcomes, Daffodil turns good intentions into consistent action. Continue to your page in 15 seconds or skip this ad. addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("pid", setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("pid",

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Clairification

APRIL 22, 2024

Get on the Pathway to Passionate Philanthropy, Not Forgettable Fundraising Philanthropy is a mindset. A noble value. Fundraising is a means towards that end. Servant to philanthropy. Philanthropy, not fundraising. Sustainable fundraising takes a village. An embracing culture.

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Clairification

APRIL 25, 2024

Get on the Pathway to Passionate Philanthropy, Not Forgettable Fundraising In Part 1 I laid out why philanthropy inspires, and fundraising tires. Fundraising must be done, of course, but there’s something about how it’s too often practiced that turns too many people off. Donors and non-donors.

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iMarketSmart

APRIL 25, 2025

What good is a reluctant fundraiser? Reluctance can be a fundraising virtue. Jim has authored numerous books, including his most recent book, The Future of Fundraising: Adapting to New Philanthropic Realities , published by Academic Impressions in 2020. Aren’t they professional askers?

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

If you’re a fundraiser bemoaning the lack of your nonprofit’s culture of philanthropy , you don’t get off that easily. . Because you are the one person, or one department, actually charged with living and breathing philanthropy on a daily basis. You are the philanthropy facilitator. . You’re part of the problem.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The big question is: How will generational shifts and donors’ evolving values and social interests shape the face of future philanthropy and perceptions of giving? Adjust for these figures for inflation, and you are still looking at enough fuel to drive philanthropy for more than a century. 

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Philanthropy comes in many forms. For over a decade, Black Philanthropy Month has been a time of reflection on Black philanthropists’ contributions—including the contributions of Black liberation movements. It also encourages me to rethink the definition of philanthropy itself. But to me, this is what philanthropy looks like.

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Clairification

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

It’s your job, as a philanthropy facilitator, to help them in this communal endeavor. During the 2008-09 worldwide recession, many charities cut back on fundraising and marketing. Research collected from donors in response to the coronavirus pandemic showed: Giving, and fundraising, was increasingly seen as good.

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Ann Green

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

To build capacity, you not only need to fundraise efficiently but also track and allocate funds to sustain your organization’s operations as it grows. Corporate philanthropy: Matching gifts, volunteer grants, sponsorships. One important but sometimes overlooked step in future planning is ensuring proper nonprofit financial management.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 12, 2025

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Clairification

APRIL 10, 2025

Survival Depends on Collective Commitment and Deep Support Too often, fundraising is relegated to an administrative function rather than a mission-central function. Others dont necessarily feel a need to cooperate or support the fundraising effort. Others dont necessarily feel a need to cooperate or support the fundraising effort.

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Affnetz

JUNE 9, 2025

When it comes to nonprofit fundraising, it’s not just about getting new donors. Understanding and implementing these practices can help nonprofits boost their fundraising efforts and ensure long-term success. In contrast, broader philanthropy surveys, such as Giving USA, show declines in 2009, with subsequent increases in later years.

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Ann Green

APRIL 14, 2022

As a fundraiser, you need to increase donor engagement , and the only way to do that is by tracking engagement metrics and monitoring your success. This article will show you four metrics for measuring donor engagement and tell you why they’re important for your fundraising team. . Monetary Value of Donations. RFM Analysis.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 14, 2025

Introduction If you’re reading this blog post, you’re probably involved in fundraising in some capacity. What if your entire organizationnot just the development departmentfelt a sense of ownership and responsibility for fundraising success? Because when fundraising becomes a team effort, the results speak for themselves.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

DECEMBER 20, 2023

However, not all your supporters will be open to your fundraising asks. When considering that the estimated value of a volunteer hour is about $32, it’s easier to see that volunteer time is an in-kind donation in its own right. And that’s alright—there are many reasons why an individual might not want to donate money to your nonprofit.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 10, 2022

Don’t think of yourself as a “fundraiser.” Think of yourself, instead, as a “ philanthropy facilitator.” Philanthropy” translated from the Greek literally means “ love (philos) of humanity (Anthropos).” . Rather, it’s giving an uplifting opportunity to enact a passionately held value. That makes it about love.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 25, 2025

Elroy Serrao , CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons This article is the second of a three-part series: Saving Philanthropy: Creating Rules of the Road for Donor-Advised Funds. Over the last four years, DAF assets have increased by 67 percent in value to an estimated $254 billion in 2023. It’s no wonder why. These examples are critical.

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iMarketSmart

JULY 9, 2025

Fundraising seems to be getting more difficult, and the problem is affecting the entire industry. I worry that a reliance on traditional fundraising methods at all levels will leave many organizations in serious trouble within the coming years and decades. A new fundraising approach is needed. How about their values?

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Candid

DECEMBER 18, 2024

population, but from every measurement in philanthropy including grants to Latinx-focused nonprofit organizations to representation among board members and staff, you wouldnt know there were 62 million of us. These organizations overwhelmingly have small budgets and limited staffing and fundraising capacity. We are 20% of the U.S.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 20, 2024

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. We know this from researchers like Penelope Burk (author of Donor-Centered Fundraising ), who found in study after study across the U.S. Any gift of this size shows the donor truly values your work, and may have the capacity to give more.

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The NonProfit Times

AUGUST 21, 2024

By Randall Hallett Fundraising is a major component of the job description of most nonprofit chief executives — whether they like it or not. Many of them have never been fundraisers and lack the basic understanding and expertise in dealing with a nonprofit’s most important donors. You should be bold. Share the correct data.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 5, 2025

After a fulfilling career as an advancement practitioner for three different institutions of higher learning followed by an equally satisfying chapter serving as a fundraising trainer/ consultant, that sentiment conveys even more significance. I recognize that a lot of people dont associate fundraising with something to be excited about.

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Affnetz

JUNE 13, 2022

5 Principles to Help Guide your Donor Engagement & Fundraising. When talking about donor engagement and fundraising is essential to talk about mindset – not a donor’s mindset YOUR mindset. Whether you’re a board member, executive director or staff member seeking to engage donors and succeed in fundraising, your mindset is critical.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 2, 2025

Credit: Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Flickr This article concludes a three-part series: Saving Philanthropy: Creating Rules of the Road for Donor-Advised Funds. Limit tax deductions for donations of complex assets to their sale value. Increase DAF transparency and reporting.

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Clairification

MARCH 27, 2025

Its not about philanthropy or fundraising. Your organization has a culture of philanthropy. Without goodwill and a culture of philanthropy , youre not going to achieve anywhere near as much as you could or should. Very few nonprofits have in their strategic plan a goal to build goodwill and a culture of philanthropy.

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Clairification

JANUARY 14, 2024

Philanthropy – love of humankind — can seem elusive. I have a dream this is the year your people will move from an attitude of taking and hitting people up (aka “fundraising”) to a mindset of giving and lifting people up (aka “philanthropy”). The world can seem a cruel and barbaric place. Yet it’s right here. In each of us.

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Clairification

JANUARY 13, 2025

Survival in the civil sector is based on the philanthropic exchange, and philanthropy means love of humanity’ Yet sometimes it seems all we see and hear is hatred of humanity. The post How Humanity and Trust Supercharge Nonprofit Fundraising appeared first on Clairification. Social benefit organizations have a secret advantage.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In the world of philanthropy, the intersection of technology and generosity has ushered in a new era of giving. The transformation in how we support causes close to our hearts is not just a fleeting trend but a fundamental shift toward a more inclusive, efficient, and impactful form of philanthropy. Enhance event fundraising.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2024

It’s not too early to begin planning your fundraising strategies for the fall and end of the calendar year. But what about person-to-person major gift fundraising? Engaged board members can really help make year-end fundraising soar But how do you turn board members into fundraisers? They listen more.

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Affnetz

JANUARY 20, 2023

How Do You Get Nonprofit Board Members to Fundraise? Fundraising Campaign Management / By Mike Crum First off, when you recruited board members – did you tell them they would have to be involved in fundraising? Chances are, you’ve got 2 to 3 board members doing all the fundraising work. Sound about right?

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