Get Fully Funded

APRIL 4, 2024

In difficult circumstances, it’s helpful to return to the fundraising basics to ensure you’re making the most of tried and true strategies to boost your nonprofit’s donation revenue. This guide will review these tips for bringing in more donations: Prioritize building strong supporter relationships. Enable recurring donations.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2024

Because major gifts are so important, it’s crucial to take advantage of any opportunity you have to secure these donations. Let’s get started! Identification: Pinpoint prospective major donors with the capacity and willingness to donate a major gift. Continue sending tailored messages to keep the donor engaged in your work.

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 4, 2024

Personalize your corporate donation requests. Businesses are ready to support charitable organizations in their communities, but is your nonprofit ready to take advantage of these opportunities? The same goes for corporate donors; they want to know that their donations will be put to good use. Prioritize local businesses.

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 4, 2024

Personalize your corporate donation requests. Businesses are ready to support charitable organizations in their communities, but is your nonprofit ready to take advantage of these opportunities? The same goes for corporate donors; they want to know that their donations will be put to good use. Prioritize local businesses.

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Bloomerang

MAY 13, 2024

Carmen Wampler-Collins, Pride Center Coordinator at the Lexington Kentucky Pride Center , underscores its impact: “This next generation of our nonprofit CRM is key to making us successful. It’s helping us build a fuller picture of our interactions, which is invaluable.”

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Candid

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Your nonprofit’s digital presence makes a huge difference in how well you’re able to engage supporters. This is where an effective nonprofit homepage becomes especially important; it’s not only the first landing page supporters see. Who does your nonprofit serve and how are you actively working to solve the challenges they face?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 21, 2024

By Patrick Ciccarelli , Founder & CEO of Varsity Technologies – a Certified B-Corp and Managed IT Services Provider (MSP) providing first-class IT solutions tailored to the nonprofit sector to help mitigate risk and support their mission. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming various sectors, including the nonprofit realm.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JANUARY 3, 2023

By leveraging digital channels, you can reach past your local community and engage prospective supporters across the country. . One of the best ways to get your content in front of new audiences is by collaborating with nonprofit influencers with significant viewership. We recommend linking your online donation page for easy access.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 21, 2023

These incredible individuals, who are already committed to your cause, hold the key to unlocking the donations your nonprofit needs to thrive. The urgency to secure the donations necessary for your nonprofit’s success is evident, but the challenge isn’t impossible. Are you ready? Why focus on volunteers?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Now more than ever before, our world is online. Why Sponsors Love It: Sponsors get the brand lift that comes with sponsoring a charity golf tournament. With the right golf event management platform , sponsors get impressions on an event website, an accompanying mobile app, live leaderboards, push notifications, and more.

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Candid

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As 2023 concludes, we’ve put our twist on this yearly tradition. To celebrate you, our amazing community of readers, we look back at the Candid blogs that resonated the most with you this year. They also share how Candid turned this massive influx of data into insights to support the sector’s work. The 990s are here.

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Top Nonprofits

MAY 8, 2024

A few prospects have high-income careers and have attended your events in the past, but they haven’t donated before. Based on this data, you determine that Delilah has multiple: Capacity markers: Her business ownership and real estate purchase indicate that Delilah has the potential to give a donation that meets your major gift threshold.

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Nonprofit Fixer

APRIL 22, 2024

Between board meetings and fundraisers and staff management, it’s easy to forget why we’re working so hard (hint: to change the world!). We deal with cynicism and rejection- especially when what we’re working on is important. But our world is constantly adapting, as are stakeholders and their needs. What is needed is trust.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

When you think of fundraising ambassadors, you might think of celebrities who use their fame to mobilize support for their favorite nonprofits. It can be someone who simply helps you generate support. You probably have potential fundraising ambassadors who are already engaged in your work. This class does not have to be large.

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iMarketSmart

MARCH 13, 2024

The longer I work with nonprofits, the more convinced I become that one of my core beliefs is true: If organizations ceased nearly all new-donor solicitations, they would be more financially efficient and would hardly lose any revenue. It depends on what you mean by ‘work’ Yes, you can find new donors using these methods.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

His idea was to bring attention to the positive impact philanthropy has on society and to encourage people to become more involved in charitable activities. According to Investopedia, philanthropy involves charitable giving to worthy causes on a large scale, but it is much more than just a charitable donation. In the U.S.,

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Bloomerang

JUNE 26, 2023

At the end of 2022, we asked 1,000+ nonprofit professionals what worked well in 2022, what they believed would work well in 2023, and their general outlook on the current fundraising climate. In your thank you email, provide a receipt of their donation, along with a letter or short message about the impact of their gift.

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Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2023

One of the most pervasive problems in the nonprofit sector is getting your board to be more engaged , and more specifically, to increase board fundraising. The objections shared usually involve board members not wanting to ask people they know for money. Stories are powerful at opening doors and hooking people’s interest.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Before it officially wraps, let’s take a look at the top articles of the year on the Get Fully Funded blog. These fundraising articles have been a hit with our readers this year. Our mission is to provide you with practical fundraising tools and ideas that you can use right away.

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Bloomerang

JULY 7, 2022

In this guide, we’ll offer some tips and sample scripts you can use when calling donors to request a face-to-face meeting or directly request donations. When thinking about how to ask for donations, it’s natural to wonder: What should I say? We want to get your take on something.”. Your generous support has [impact they’ve had].

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Bloomerang

APRIL 21, 2023

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. My question is how can I go about getting this initiative started? For example: Get involved in a volunteer capacity (e.g.,

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 24, 2024

The work you do wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of your donors, so it’s vital that you work to build genuine relationships that inspire them to continue giving. Then, sit back and let your automatic emails do the work. To cultivate these relationships, strategic communication is key.

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GiveGab

DECEMBER 3, 2022

This GivingTuesday you worked exceptionally hard to reach your organization’s goals and are already thinking about how to put these new donations into work for your community. Running a fundraising campaign takes a great deal of effort and support but it is an incredibly rewarding experience for everyone involved.

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Candid

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As we prepare to ring in the New Year, we wanted to bring you a taste of our own flavor of Spotify Wrapped by revisiting and reflecting on the top 10 most-read Candid blogs from 2022: 1. The overhead myth: crash course to fundraising transparency by Jacob Spencer of Donately. Digging in: who donates to the nonprofits you care about?

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Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

My Dad’s axiom rings true, “ you get what you pay for.” Modern CRM reporting is crucial for several reasons, namely because the right reports will help you: Evaluate performance: Get a bird’s-eye view of your organization’s fundraising efficacy by analyzing key metrics like donation amounts, donor engagement, and campaign success.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

After thanking thousands of people over the past many years, I can tell you with full confidence that there are a handful of things you must do to get it right. In fact, here’s my list of 7 ‘must do’s’ when thanking donors, so the donor feels warm and fuzzy about the donation they just made and is receptive to giving the next time you ask.

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EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

This week, our friends at Cornershop Creative are dropping in to talk about the best ways for nonprofits of all sizes to improve their website performance, increase user engagement, and ultimately boost digital fundraising. Which strategies have worked well to keep donors engaged with your mission? Let’s get started.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Walton…and individual family foundations have directed tens of millions of dollars to support journalists, newsrooms, and journalism organizations. Now, there are more than 400 digital news nonprofits nationwide , supported by an ever-growing coalition of philanthropies that include the Walton charities.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 5, 2024

Text marketing , also known as SMS marketing, can help your organization engage supporters, build relationships, and ultimately boost your fundraising results. We’ll cover five best practices you can use to improve your texting strategy and earn more for your mission: Ask every supporter to opt in. Ask every supporter to opt in.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In my four decades as a senior fundraising executive, part-time consultant, and nonprofit CEO, I have worked with (or served on) 20 nonprofit boards. In fact, one of my two biggest challenges as nonprofit CEO involved convincing boards that their service demanded accountability. Reality 2: It’s all work and no pay.

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The Charity CFO

MAY 20, 2022

So we sat down with Linda Lysakowski recently on A Modern Nonprofit Podcast to get her secrets to successful board development. Linda works with nonprofits all over the world, and she’s helped tens of thousands of organizations with fundraising and nonprofit board development. Your circle of supporters widens.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 2, 2022

That success has many nonprofit leaders wondering … should a virtual fundraiser become a regular line item on our fundraising plan? Get by with fewer volunteers. Do a dry run of your virtual fundraiser so everyone involved will feel comfortable. Build in the planning time required to get the event just right.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In this post, we talk to Lydia, a n instructor in Louisiana, about why she makes a yearly donation of $100 to the Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana (SWLA). The Cause : The Community Foundation of SWLA The Donation : $100 (yearly) What inspired you to make a donation to the Community Foundation of SWLA?

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 1, 2024

In this guide, we’ll explore the advantages of successfully targeting a millennial audience and then delve into some actionable strategies you can practice to earn their support. They can help secure future support: As millennials age, their capacity to give increases, which creates a consistent stream of support. Let’s dive in!

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Did you know that, on average, 88% of total nonprofit donations comes from just 12% of donors? This small portion of your nonprofit’s supporter base is known as your major donors. To secure the support of these crucial donors, your nonprofit needs to build a robust major gifts fundraising strategy. What is a major gift?

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Candid

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

You worked hard to meet last year’s fundraising goals, and now you’re able to look ahead at a new year filled with new possibilities. For many nonprofits, donation data consistently spikes in October, November, and December and declines in January and February. Creating short, personalized thank you videos to share with supporters.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 27, 2023

If your fiscal year starts January 1, start working on your budget in September or October so you have plenty of time to create it and get it approved before you need to implement it. Working on a budget while you’re scrambling won’t produce good results. You can’t get a grant with a ballpark number. Use real numbers.

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