NonProfit Leadership Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As a nonprofit leader or professional, you know about the importance of having (and standing by) strong values. While your organization already does important work to further its mission, you may also prioritize meeting certain standards for sustainability. How can you get started with digital waivers? Inspiring others.

Energy 196

Energy Environmental Nonprofit Leadership Leadership 196

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 16, 2024

This interest sprung out of his own experience navigating being a Black social entrepreneur in Detroit. Recoverable grants are grants that are meant to be repaid, in part or in whole, to the funders once a grantee reaches predetermined milestones. While working as a fellow on the W.K.

Finance 60

Finance Philanthropy Production Foundations 60

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

What does it have to do with fundraising and nonprofits? If you don’t learn new things, you slowly wither. Consider the hours of time you spend reading articles and books, attending webinars, conferences and meetings, watching videos, and whatever else you generally do to explore and develop new skills.

Values 92

Values Governance Leadership Fundraising 92

Bloomerang

MAY 15, 2024

So, where do you find great board members? How do you recruit board members and onboard them to be high performers who give generously of their time, treasure, and talents? How do you recruit board members and onboard them to be high performers who give generously of their time, treasure, and talents?

Participation and motivation 80

Participation and motivation Public and Nonprofit Management Leadership Nonprofit governance and management 80

iMarketSmart

MAY 15, 2024

Far too many gift officers and other fundraisers give up too easily when they don’t get a positive response from their donor prospects. Why would fundraising be any different? There are several roadblocks to getting responses from major donor prospects. You have to win the right to become part of their life.

Communication 52

Communication Fundraising Fundraising Philanthropy 52

Bloomerang

MAY 8, 2024

What comes to mind when you hear “ lapsed donors ”? Do you feel embarrassed because it’s been a while since you last communicated with them? Maybe you’ve tried numerous ‘ win back’ campaigns that failed to convert them, and you’re wondering whether you should just delete them from your database. How strong?

Children 81

Children Activism Communication Values 81

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 4, 2024

The past couple of years have represented a challenging time for nonprofit fundraising. 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. Personalize donor outreach. Offer suggested giving amounts.

Nonprofits 110

Nonprofits Retention Values Technology 110

Bloomerang

APRIL 5, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on when it makes sense to celebrate a nonprofit anniversary: Dear Charity Clairity, We have a 75 th anniversary coming up, and I really think we should do something to celebrate this milestone. You think this is an important milestone. Why wouldn’t you care about this?

Food 96

Food Homelessness Poverty Education 96

Nonprofit Fixer

APRIL 22, 2024

So, I invite you to take a step back and reconnect with your purpose with 40 inspiring quotes for nonprofit leaders. If you find a quote here that you think is misattributed, kindly let us know!! Have an awesome quote to contribute? I would love to hear from you! What is needed is trust. What is needed is trust.

Nonprofit Leadership 111

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Fundraising Fundraising 111

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on what to do after a donor says “no” to a meeting. Dear Charity Clairity, I’ve been getting a lot of resistance from donors saying “no” when I ask them if they’d like to get together. Can you suggest another approach? I support you.

Children 97

Children Leadership Activism Management 97

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

If you’re starting a new nonprofit, you already know that you need to raise money. What you might not know is that the right fundraising plan template can make the job much easier. In the beginning you may self-fund your fledgling organization. Or you may ask your friends, coworkers, and family to give a few bucks.

Fundraising 111

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits Public and Nonprofit Management 111

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on when to soft credit donors in their database: Dear Charity Clairity, I have two questions: (1) Our organization received a check from one spouse, without any paperwork crediting the other spouse. 2) We received an IRA Charitable Rollover check from a donor.

Foundations 92

Foundations Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits 92

Bloomerang

MARCH 1, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to recognize tribute gifts when donors want to remain anonymous: Dear Charity Clairity, We list tribute gifts in our annual report. This year we received tributes from donors who wish to remain anonymous. First find out the details you need.

Values 99

Values Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits 99

Ann Green

APRIL 29, 2024

As a nonprofit professional, you know this all too well and likely implement all kinds of cost-saving and efficiency-boosting practices into your work. But can you be more proactive and go beyond mitigation? Are you missing opportunities to engage with donors in new ways? Build more projectable revenue sources.

Fundraising 69

Fundraising Fundraising Public and Nonprofit Management Foundations 69

Jeff Brooks

MAY 8, 2024

At least, if you want to succeed in a non-random way. But you have to look at the right numbers in the right ways. If all you’re tracking for your fundraising program is net revenue (or worse yet, gross revenue) you could be entirely blind to the fact that your fundraising program is an unsustainable failure.

Fundraising 59

Fundraising Fundraising Retention Values 59

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Wouldn’t life be easier if people opened and read your fundraising emails? Maybe you check your open rate and see that only 25% of your audience bothered to open the email you spent hours writing. But look: even if your open rate is only 25%, you are connecting with one quarter of your email list, and that’s significant.

Fundraising 126

Fundraising Fundraising Communication Marketing 126

Bloomerang

MAY 10, 2024

Today’s question comes from a development director who wants advice on how to enact board term limits: Dear Charity Clairity, We don’t have term limits for our board and, as the development director, I think this is becoming a problem. And do you have any recommendations as to how to get there?

Recruitment 84

Recruitment Associations Governance Culture 84

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Being up to date on fundraising trends for the year ahead is important so you can diversify and maximize your fundraising success! Reflecting on the past success of your fundraising efforts while also learning about emerging fundraising trends can help you decide how to best allocate resources for the upcoming year.

Fundraising 121

Fundraising Fundraising Retention Homelessness 121

iMarketSmart

APRIL 5, 2024

Yes, of course, there is a time to be more direct, to try an idea on them, and to see if something in particular lights their philanthropic fire. Yes, of course, there is a time to be more direct, to try an idea on them, and to see if something in particular lights their philanthropic fire.

Psychology 52

Psychology Management Philanthropy Values 52

Clairification

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In order for people to do good they have to feel good. You can help. I often say “If you want gifts you must give them.” Maya Angelou says “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Ever have it happen to you?

Energy 115

Energy Philanthropy Nonprofits Nonprofit Organizations 115

Bloomerang

MARCH 13, 2024

Typically, when you make a solicitation, you hear one of three responses: “ Yes ,” “ No ,” or “We need more time.” But a genuine quagmire can be when you don’t hear back from the donor prospect at all. To put it kindly, I have a hyper personality and work ethic. This means you must meet them where they are.

Fundraising 93

Fundraising Fundraising Ethics Communication 93

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 29, 2023

Here are some other definitions of freedom ( www.merriam-webster.com ): Being released from something onerous The quality of being frank, open, or outspoken Boldness of conception or execution Unrestricted use You know, several of those make me think of fundraising. Self-centeredness must be replaced by donor-centeredness.

Fundraising 111

Fundraising Fundraising Leadership Energy 111

Ann Green

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Speaking of appeal letters, you should plan to send one by mail. However, if you just send one fundraising letter and wait for the donations to come in, prepare to be disappointed. Your donors have a lot going on and may put your letter aside to handle later, and then never get to it. This is what I usually do.

Fundraising 117

Fundraising Fundraising Food Communication 117

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. But you don’t write the law, and you must stay within it. So, the gift would be made at that time.

Law 94

Law Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits 94

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Effective Lifecycle Email Marketing for Nonprofits (Strategies + Examples) Do you want to gain more email subscribers for your nonprofit organization and keep these supporters giving again and again? Email doesn’t have to be complicated. Pencils for Promise , for example, welcomes new donors with a friendly email.

Marketing 124

Marketing Marketing Nonprofits Values 124

Top Nonprofits

JANUARY 17, 2024

However, you can also make your fundraising more sustainable by diving deeply into your funding streams and strategically targeting different segments of your nonprofit’s supporter base. However, age is an often-overlooked donor characteristic, especially if they’re younger. Why Promote Generosity to Younger Generations?

Environmental 111

Environmental Education Education Foundations 111

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

That means many of you reading this have a LOT riding on your year-end campaign. My guess is that many of you are scrambling to try and meet your fundraising goals. One of those sources might appear to be some seemingly low-hanging fruit: Nonprofit employee giving. Everyone should be offered—not forced!—the

Insurance 95

Insurance Medical Nonprofits Energy 95

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. Can you do it? 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.

Fundraising 134

Fundraising Fundraising Activism Retention 134

The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

An organization’s annual fundraising appeal letter is a yearly letter that gets sent out to your current donors asking for general operating funds for your nonprofit organization. As you plan your annual appeal mailing, keep the following rules in mind: Write your appeal 10x faster. Include a photo or two if you can. #3

Fundraising 128

Fundraising Fundraising Activism Communication 128

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.

Food 98

Food Retention Communication Fundraising 98

Bloomerang

JANUARY 25, 2024

The past two years have seen a dip in overall giving, placing even more emphasis on the need for nonprofits to strategically boost both short and long-term funding. Smaller and medium-sized nonprofits lack the staff larger organizations have, which means fewer resources for keeping track of and engaging with past donors.

Fundraising 85

Fundraising Fundraising Retention Nonprofits 85

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. . If that sounds like your nonprofit’s typical summer, here are some things you can do to offset that summer slump with an unexpected windfall: 1. Plan a 24-in-24 campaign. .

Fundraising 138

Fundraising Fundraising Homelessness Medical 138

Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

They’ve tried what they know to raise money, but it just isn’t working. It’s not easy to figure out what works in fundraising when you have little to no experience raising big bucks. Especially when you work really hard on an event or an online campaign and you don’t get the results you were hoping for.

Fundraising 126

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofits 126

Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 1, 2024

Understanding the giving habits and motivations of your millennial audience will give you a leg up in the fundraising space. This group has begun to dominate across donor demographics, which your organization has probably seen if you’ve done a fundraising assessment recently. Why should you target a millennial audience?

Fundraising 62

Fundraising Fundraising Non-Profits Participation and motivation 62

Candid

MARCH 25, 2024

Foundation grants can be one of several revenue streams in a nonprofit organization’s sustainable fundraising plan. Before you get started Here are some basics you should be aware of before applying for grants: First, getting a grant is a labor- and time-intensive process. billion , or 21% of total U.S. charitable giving.

Nonprofit Organizations 105

Nonprofit Organizations Nonprofit Organizations Foundations Governance 105

Clairification

MARCH 27, 2023

Have you ever received confoundingly terrible customer service? Sadly, this is exactly what many donors feel when: You make it difficult for them to give. ” Sadly, this is exactly what many donors feel when: You make it difficult for them to give. They receive poor follow up from you. It’s so stupid!

Retention 109

Retention Retail Culture Philanthropy 109

iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

What’s your reason for requesting the first meeting with a prospective donor? Many have been tried on them and they have been disappointed by the results. ” That signals that you won’t do what donors dislike the most – pretend you’re there for one reason, then ambush them with an ask. .”

Psychology 52

Psychology Philanthropy Culture Fundraising 52