The Hidden Value of AI
NonProfit PRO
OCTOBER 19, 2023
With so much attention being place on the external use cases of AI, and specifically generative AI, nonprofit leaders may be missing a hidden value of AI – internal use cases.
4 Key Components of a Successful Online Fundraising Store
NonProfit Leadership Alliance
MARCH 26, 2025
From door-to-door sales to tedious event planning, traditional fundraising can feel exhausting and time-consuming. While those methods work for some organizations, digital-first strategies can cut complicated logistics and open your fundraiser up to non-local supporters. Fair prices can make all the difference in your stores success.
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Top Fundraising Challenges in 2025—Solved
NonProfit PRO
APRIL 3, 2025
From donor shifts to budget stress, discover the 9 biggest fundraising challengesand how to overcome them with smarter strategies and better data. Unlock insights that help you grow giving, boost efficiency, and engage high-value donors.
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There’s Nothing Artificial About Fundraising
Bloomerang
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Yet, as a lifelong advancement professional for three institutions of higher education, and now as a fundraising consultant/trainer, I have serious questions about the potential of artificial intelligence, or the ubiquitous AI, in the profoundly unique discipline of resource development. Nothing is as personal as fundraising.
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Bringing Community Centric Fundraising to Life
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
AUGUST 4, 2021
Early in my nonprofit career, I learned that the job of a fundraising professional was securing resources to achieve a financial goal that would serve my employer. So, what does it look like to begin transforming your development practice in the context of community centric fundraising ? Rachel D’Souza-Siebert. Donor Engagement.
Community-Centric Fundraising: Equity, social justice, and an abundance mindset
Candid
OCTOBER 22, 2024
The Community-Centric Fundraising (CCF) movement was founded by and centers BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) communities worldwide. What is Community-Centric Fundraising? Historically, fundraising has been grounded in a competitive environment that creates a mindset of scarcity and cutthroat nonprofit survival.
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Success and wellness tips for Black fundraisers
Candid
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
For the last 20 years, I have held the title of “fundraiser”—to be more exact, a Black and Indigenous woman fundraiser. Thriving, not just surviving, as Black fundraisers For Black fundraisers, the work is often more than just a job; it’s deeply personal. Wellness, for Black fundraisers, is a revolutionary act.
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The Future of Fundraising: 3 Tips to Leverage Nonprofit AI
NonProfit Leadership Alliance
DECEMBER 4, 2024
AI can help your team with many aspects of fundraising and management —as long as you leverage it strategically. Fundraising appeal creation so you can craft tailored requests that each donor will be receptive to. If your nonprofit hasn’t yet incorporated AI into its work, there is no time like the present to get started!
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Fundraising New Year’s Resolutions
Bloomerang
JANUARY 13, 2025
From my experience, here are recommendations on ten fundraising resolutions based on proven principles, strategies, and best practices. Revisit mission, vision and values : Everything naturally and powerfully flows from this foundation. What are your 2025 fundraising resolutions? Where should they start? million nonprofits.
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AI Fundraising vs. Wealth Screening: Which Strategy Wins for Your Organization?
Nonprofit Tech for Good
OCTOBER 18, 2024
By Simon Yost , Founder of Glued Network — an AI fundraising leader who uses software to automatically identify your top donors and AI to find similar new ones. In the evolving fundraising landscape, nonprofits have more tools than ever to engage donors, grow their base, and achieve their missions.
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Use These 5 Metrics To Supercharge Your 2025 Fundraising
Bloomerang
JANUARY 6, 2025
Leading metrics that rarely get measured but predict donor value and satisfaction Retention metrics are the most critical to your success, but they can only tell you whats already happened. Lifetime value of a donor (LTV) Knowing donor lifetime value helps you make more educated decisions about investing in acquisition or retention.
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Fundraising Isn’t the Only Thing Nonprofit Communicators Do
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
MAY 6, 2021
Every now and then, a fundraising consultant will write a post essentially saying that all nonprofit communications and marketing should be driven by fundraising goals and staff, with a few limited exceptions, like media relations and general branding. It could be one or two very large fundraising events. Sure, sometimes.
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What We Should Value More: Fundraisers Who Are Reluctant Askers
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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5 Revenue Streams to Strengthen Nonprofit Sustainability
Ann Green
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Mobile Giving Campaigns The future of fundraising is mobile, with a growing number of donors using their smartphones to find new nonprofits, complete transactions, and tell their friends about their experiences. Thats what makes mobile giving campaigns so successfulthese fundraisers make contributing convenient for donors.
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2025 Fundraising Benchmarks: 4 Takeaways to Strengthen Your Nonprofit Campaigns
Nonprofit Tech for Good
APRIL 26, 2025
Sponsored by Raisely the fundraising platform built for nonprofits who want smarter campaigns, stronger donor relationships, and more impact. Why 2025 Fundraising Benchmarks Matter for Nonprofits Before we dive in, benchmarks are a mirror and a map. Download the 2025 Fundraising Benchmarks Report : 3.
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Bring Top Value to Your Donor Survey
Clairification
MAY 5, 2025
You cant bring top value to your donor survey unless youre specific about what value you want to receive and deliver. Donor surveys are an opportunity for a value-for-value exchange. This is, after all, at the heart of all successful fundraising and marketing. But thats the wrong place to begin. ” question.
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Mastering Your End-of-Year Fundraising Plan: Calendar + Checklist
Bloomerang
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
End of year is the most lucrative, high-stakes fundraising there is. A solid year-end fundraising plan can help! I’m here with an end-of-year timeline and fundraising communications calendar to make end-of-year fundraising as easy as pie. Just follow my timeline below to create your year-end fundraising plan!
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4 Tips to Optimize Your Donor Database to Boost Engagement
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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Selfish Giving
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
And thats not all Im adding even more value! This safeguards your organization's identity and ensures that merchandise or content aligns with your mission and values. You'll raise more money if you vary your Facebook fundraising messages.
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The Ultimate Guide to Defining Your Nonprofit Target Audience
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
APRIL 16, 2025
Thats where Engagement Mindsets come ina research-backed framework created by Nonprofit Marketing Guide (NPMG) that helps nonprofits move beyond surface-level demographics and into values-driven communication. This approach is based on Schwartzs Theory of Basic Human Values , which has been validated across cultures and industries.
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The Future Of Fundraising: Why Automated Donor Insights Matter
Bloomerang
APRIL 14, 2025
Fundraising success relies on strong donor relationships, but manual data management makes engagement difficult. With real-time data synchronization, nonprofits can ensure accurate donor records, streamline fundraising efforts, and personalize outreach for lasting impact.
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Fundraising Success: 10 Tactics to Grow Repeat Donors
Nonprofit Tech for Good
MAY 4, 2025
Here are 10 tips for fundraising success: How to Keep Donors Giving 1. Show them they are valued members of your community. iMissions Ultimate Guide to Marketing Automation for Nonprofits shows you, step-by-step, how your organization can take your fundraising to a whole new level. Share Your Successful Impact Stories.
How a Powerful Impact Study Enhances Your Non-Profit’s Value
NonProfit PRO
JUNE 12, 2024
Join us as you hear from the team at NAPCO Research share best practices in crafting an effective impact study. Learn the positive effects impact studies have on funding and donations. You will also benefit from first-hand insight from a non-profit CEO, whose organization recently completed an impact study of its own.
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5 Ways A Strategic Plan Boosts Fundraising
Bloomerang
MARCH 28, 2025
In reality, though, strategic planning can become one of the most powerful tools in an organizations fundraising toolbox. When done well, a successful strategic planning process can clarify, energize, and streamline your fundraising strategyand make fundraising itself easier and more efficient.
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3 Key Areas For Reframing Fundraising
The NonProfit Times
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
By Amanda Wasson In the ever-evolving landscape of fundraising, it’s clear that the traditional channel-first mindset is no longer sufficient. It’s time to embrace a paradigm shift toward audience-first fundraising. For example, loyal, high-value donors might respond differently to your organization than new donors.
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3 common fundraising mistakes nonprofits make—and how to avoid them
Candid
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Based on my experience, here are three of the most common mistakes nonprofits make, along with what they should be doing instead: Fundraising mistake #1. By themselves, social media appeals, fundraising letters, and other mass marketing efforts offer low conversion rates and contribute to message fatigue and information overload.
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Fundraising Efficiently: 3 Ways to Improve Your Operations
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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Create A Fundraising Calendar That Inspires Donors Year-Round
Bloomerang
JANUARY 8, 2025
Not having a plan is planning to fail; the same is true for your fundraising. A year-round fundraising calendar is a must to ensure that youve coordinated all your messages, asks, campaigns, events, and stewardship to optimize revenue and your sanity. The best goals are SMART goals. Owner: Development Director.
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Engaging ‘everyday’ donors with AI-powered relational fundraising
Candid
APRIL 8, 2025
The noise for nonprofit fundraisers is created by the current transactional, impersonal model that powers direct mail and email fundraising. But none of that really matters because the fundraiser is overlooking two critical signals about the failures of transactional approaches to fundraising.
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Guarding Trust: Overlooked Factors That Protect Your Nonprofit’s Reputation
NonProfit Leadership Alliance
APRIL 18, 2025
While many organizations focus on public relations and fundraising strategies, smaller, often overlooked factors can significantly shape how your nonprofit is perceived. Strengthen Internal Accountability Your teamstaff and volunteers alikeshould reflect the values and mission of your organization. Its everything.
Meet Hayley Freedman, CNP: Global Health Advocate and Educator
NonProfit Leadership Alliance
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
She also valued the opportunity to connect with other nonprofit professionals. Onges Passion for Fundraising is Transforming Children’s Healthcare in Montana milesnla 2024-11-20T10:23:15-06:00 November 20, 2024 | 0 Comments Carly St. milesnla 2024-11-20T10:23:15-06:00 Carly St.
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The Nonprofit Budget Balancing Act: Crafting Budgets for Fundraising Success
The Charity CFO
APRIL 11, 2025
The Nonprofit Budget Balancing Act: Crafting Budgets for Fundraising Success Nonprofit leaders know all too well that crafting budgets isnt just about numbersits about storytelling. These challenges underscore the importance of thinking strategically about how your financial narrative supports your fundraising goals.
Comment on Want to Be a Fundraising Superstar? Lead a Capital Campaign! by Amy Eisenstein
Amy Eisenstein
MARCH 17, 2023
Are you asking about the potential value in outsourcing a campaign, including donor relationships (clearly a bad idea)? That’s because we believe in empowering staff and helping to strengthen internal fundraising capacity.
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Running Your Fraternity’s Fundraising Events: A Mini Guide
NonProfit Leadership Alliance
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
There are a number of ways fraternities can approach fundraising projects, but by far one of the most popular strategies is to host a fundraising event. After all, a fundraising event allows brothers to gather together, get to know each other, create memories, and make a difference. . Fundraising Goal. Let’s get started!
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3 Strategies + 6 Tips To Boost Generosity At Your Nonprofit
Bloomerang
OCTOBER 25, 2024
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. years to 8.08 years among monthly donors.
6 Tips For End-of-Year Fundraising Appeals
Bloomerang
DECEMBER 16, 2024
Here are six quick tips to maximize your end-of-year fundraising appeals as you navigate the final stretch of the year. Showing appreciation helps them feel valued and inspires their continued support. The post 6 Tips For End-of-Year Fundraising Appeals appeared first on Bloomerang.
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How Are You Building Relationships With Your Donors?
Ann Green
JANUARY 20, 2025
The concept of relationship fundraising has been around for a while, even though its not always implemented. That includes fundraising appeals. If your giving is declining, you should have more success if you can move away from transactional fundraising and focus on building relationships. Generally, it happens way too often.
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CCS Fundraising Launches Seeker+ AI-Powered Fundraising Solution
NonProfit PRO
MAY 1, 2025
CCS Fundraising unveiled Seeker+, an AI-driven solution, to help nonprofits boost fundraising efficiency, donor lifetime value and more.
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7 Easy Strategies for Finding Sponsors for Your Fundraiser
NonProfit Leadership Alliance
JUNE 13, 2023
You’ve got a date and venue booked for your nonprofit’s upcoming fundraising event. Finding sponsors to boost your event’s fundraising power. Read on for tips and strategies for finding and securing sponsors for your best fundraiser yet. They’re a win-win!
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Selfish Giving
MARCH 5, 2025
Partners who dont feel connected and valued are less likely to renew or deepen their commitment. A newsletter creates ongoing touchpointsa way to consistently showcase impact, highlight success stories, and keep your value proposition top of mind. Its a relationship-building tool, where value compounds over time. Bottom line?
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What I learned from my biggest fundraising mistakes
Candid
MARCH 26, 2025
For most people working in nonprofit development, fundraiser is a role theyve evolved intoas a part of their job as a nonprofit leader, or because they discovered they were good at raising money. No matter how much financial planning or nonprofit management training you receive, some things about fundraising have to be learned the hard way.
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Strategies For Connecting With Younger Donors
Bloomerang
OCTOBER 30, 2024
It’s important to recognize that the next generation of donors has arrived with their own set of expectations, values, and perspectives. Their values Millennials and Gen Z’ers often have strong values and adhere to them. They also show a preference for non-traditional banking and online spending processes.
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Low Dollar vs Major Gifts Fundraising – It’s the Underlying Strategy that Matters, not the Amounts
iMarketSmart
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Low-Dollar vs. Major Gifts Fundraising – Strategy Over Amounts In the nonprofit world, leaders, board members, and staff are faced with a unique balancing act. While low-dollar fundraising focuses on broad, transactional outreach, major gifts fundraising takes a relationship-first approach, centered around deeper, more meaningful connections.
Don’t Be Mean—Be Median: The Smarter Way To Analyze Donor Data
Bloomerang
MARCH 13, 2025
Nonprofit fundraisers, meet your new best friend in donor data analysis: the Median average. Quick math review: Mean: The sum of all values divided by the number of values. Median: The middle value within a range of numbers, meaning 50% of donors give less, and 50% give more. Heres an example.
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