Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Picture this: As the new year begins, you review your nonprofit’s year-end donation revenue and realize you’ve fallen short of your projected fundraising goals. Fortunately, your nonprofit can mitigate them by diversifying its revenue with a variety of fundraising sources beyond just donations. Let’s get started! Let’s dive in.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 18, 2023

The pandemic presented unique challenges for fundraisers everywhere, but this difficult time has also led schools and other organizations to come up with more creative fundraising ideas than ever before. Get specific fundraising asks. We can expect online donations to remain a major source of revenue for schools moving forward.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Over the last year, there’s been an explosion of multi-million-dollar gifts from donors to their alma maters. Boone Pickens—who died in 2019—gave $120 million as a legacy gift to his alma mater, Oklahoma State University (OSU). Griffin, gave Harvard University a $300 million gift. In fact, last year, alumni giving to U.S.

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iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

I’ve been thinking about our past conversation, and I want to share with you in person some gift opportunities that are right in sync with what we have been discussing. These value words include, “Ideas” “Gift opportunities” “Investment opportunities” “Conversation,” and “Proposal.” 15] This also happens in fundraising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Sponsored by GalaBid – a digital fundraising platform that helps thousands of nonprofits raise funds through live and online silent auctions, digital raffles, and donations. With a comprehensive fundraising platform , organizations can manage and run an exciting digital auction.

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Ann Green

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Thanking donors is crucial for securing gifts—especially for small nonprofits trying to build a support base. Truly, every donor deserves a heartfelt thank-you message for their contributions and gifts, but you can take it to the next level and make a lasting impression with an appreciation event or customized outreach. Legacy Leaders.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

During the strategic planning process, you should identify areas to spend money effectively in ways that increase your fundraising return on investment. When you make strategic purchasing decisions, you can set your organization up to fundraise more productively than ever before. Let’s get started.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Below are the notes from the “10 Digital Marketing & Fundraising Trends to Watch in 2022” webinar presented by Heather Mansfield on December 1. The webinar was designed as a supplemental course to the webinar series required to earn a Certificate in Digital Marketing & Fundraising. Plain Language Example #2.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Fundraising in a small nonprofit can be tough. Since today is Halloween, let’s look at the top 10 scary things about fundraising in a small nonprofit, especially when you’re the one in charge. Video is a powerful tool for fundraising and being on TV is a great way to spread the word about your nonprofit. Speak in public.

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Fundraising Coach

JUNE 22, 2023

Sure, the return rates on that kind of fundraising were awful. Rather than only having the option of giving to a nonprofit, now they can buy products or participate in activities that stand for the same values. Fundraising opportunity exists with donors of all gift sizes. ” Is fundraising getting harder?

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iMarketSmart

MAY 17, 2023

Why do gift officers quit their jobs so frequently? Gift officer turnover is holding so many nonprofit organizations back. Gift officers are feeling burned out, ignored, pressured, and that their time is being wasted. This is not the way to develop or sustain mutually healthy, productive, and beneficial relationships.

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iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Major gifts fundraising faces many challenges. But donor related fundraising challenges often get overlooked in our obsessions with technology, processes, scripts, metrics, our mission, and the current state of politics and the economy, whatever that happens to be at the moment. Here are the three challenges: 1.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 9, 2023

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. Many people make their first gift through a capital campaign. New major donors. It’s a big deal! Volunteer involvement.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

Major donors make a major impact on your nonprofit, but it can be a bit scary to ask major donors for a donation. If you’re new to major donor work, you know what I mean. And the best way to get to know your major donors is to ask good questions that spark conversation. Don’t try to wing a visit with a major donor.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. If you have no idea who you might approach for capital gifts, and/or no history of major gift fundraising, you’ll be hard-pressed to make good use of purchased wealth modeling and research tools. . See here.].

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iMarketSmart

JUNE 9, 2021

SPOILER ALERT: You can’t afford not to automate your fundraising operations. First, consider why major gifts fundraisers fire their employers. The best major gift fundraisers quit because they love to interact with people. . That’s the bread and butter of major gifts officers’ work. .

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iMarketSmart

MARCH 13, 2024

Fundraising Waste This is what I am talking about. They do this using a variety of increasingly expensive methods such as: Direct mail Fundraising events Social media advertising Other digital advertising TV and radio advertising Do these work? A lot of time, money, sweat, and stress go into these types of fundraising strategies.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 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 donor lifetime value. Track your own data.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The temporary AGI limit increase from 60% to 100% on itemized charitable deductions for cash gifts is extended for 2021. In all other years, donors who made significant gifts could only deduct up to 60% of AGI. The gifts must be cash, not stocks or property. Remember this: Fundraising is a value-for-value exchange.

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Top Nonprofits

MAY 4, 2023

Millennials (born between 1981-1996) and Generation Z (born between 1997-2012) are major audiences for nonprofits looking for dedicated donors and volunteers, as they tend to be socially conscious and want to create positive change by supporting causes that align with their values.

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Fundraising Coach

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

As a fundraiser, you’ve surely run into obstacles during fundraising campaigns before. Maybe you’re still a few hundred dollars away from your goal during your most important fundraiser of the year, but it feels like you’ve totally run out of donor opportunities. Text-to-give.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 22, 2021

Unfortunately, there are no “silver bullets” in fundraising. Above all else, consistency, a positive mindset, and smart strategy are the only true “secret ingredients” to sustainable fundraising efforts and success. Call your donors personally to thank them for their gifts. gift down the road. So, there you have it.

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Candid

MARCH 2, 2022

They’re the ultimate testing ground for your donor stewardship tactics, as you’ll be asking for quite a lot — extra-large gifts, multi-year commitments, feasibility study interviews, and more. So how can you reassure your team and guide their efforts in more productive directions? The roots of donor fatigue. It depends.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 26, 2023

I know, this can sound pretty basic, but there are a lot of organizations out there that haven’t tapped into this form of marketing and dare I say, fundraising. According to Shopify, “dropshipping is an order fulfillment method where a business doesn’t keep the products it sells in stock. Here’s how!

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iMarketSmart

OCTOBER 7, 2022

We’re not selling a $50 product, we’re trying to start relationships with people that could potentially give millions of dollars over the course of their life. Kevin’s goal is to help fundraising professionals constantly seek to deepen their relationships with their benefactors. Are you kidding me? LIKE THIS BLOG POST?

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iMarketSmart

AUGUST 16, 2023

Getting that initial engagement from a major donor prospect is a big hurdle. Yes, we all want to meet with donors, have great conversations, build relationships, and win big gifts. As you’re about to see, donor surveys are about the best, smartest, and most effective tool at engaging new and not-yet-qualified major donor prospects.

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iMarketSmart

JUNE 23, 2023

It’s finally time to ask Bob for the $100,000 gift! When you ask for permission, you have much more productive conversations. Kevin’s goal is to help fundraising professionals constantly seek to deepen their relationships with their benefactors. THE DONOR BEAT YOU TO THE ASK We’ve all been there.

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Ann Green

APRIL 12, 2023

By Patti Schutte Fundraising is all about engaging with supporters and telling your organization’s story. When you build confidence as a public speaker, you can become a more effective fundraiser and nonprofit communicator. For example, let’s say you’re speaking to your board to encourage them to get involved with fundraising.

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Network for Good

OCTOBER 21, 2020

While big grants and major donors shimmer like gold on the horizon, the reality for most small nonprofits is that sustaining revenue through large gifts is a mirage. These gifts made up just under 70% of total giving. Individual gifts represent a big opportunity for small nonprofits. And this solution is a reliable one.

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iMarketSmart

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Want to start a fight in a fundraising comment section? 1] Another writes, “Fundraisers need to focus MORE on creating memories and moments with their donors … and LESS about hitting those wacky metrics or year-end goals.”[2]. Yes, they’re all talking about fundraising. But fundraising isn’t one thing. Fightin’ words.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Major event tickets Major annual events are bucket list items for many people, but that also makes tickets hard to come by. Jewelry Jewelry is an appealing auction item for bidders looking to find the perfect Valentine’s Day or anniversary gift. That’s where corporate sponsors and major donors come into play.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Many nonprofit organizations struggle to engage their board members with fundraising, especially the act of asking another person for money. Make a “ stretch gift ” that is very generous and is outside your normal giving pattern. Join online fundraising communities and ask lots of questions and monitor for great ideas.

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

MAY 16, 2023

Guest post by Sarah Tedesco, Executive Vice President of DonorSearch As a nonprofit professional, there have likely been many times when you’ve taken a look at your nonprofit’s fundraising results and wondered, “How could we do better?” Ready to get better fundraising results by refining your prospect research efforts?

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iMarketSmart

APRIL 7, 2022

The best sales rep can’t make up for unattractive products. Attractive products induce people to buy and buy again even if the sales rep isn’t topflight. If most of your customers are over 60, something is wrong with your product mix. Related Resources: Webinar: 4-Step Process for “Reimagining Fundraising Operations”.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MAY 23, 2023

Hosting a fundraiser can be a rewarding experience that not only raises vital funds for animal-related causes but also brings animal lovers together in support of a common goal. Following these steps will help you host a memorable fundraiser that inspires stronger relationships with supporters and makes a difference for animals in need.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 18, 2021

The best gift a nonprofit organization can receive is unrestricted cash, but an inkind donation of something your organization needs and would have otherwise purchased is also a high-value gift. In reality, the van or other gift you receive is not exactly what you would have purchased. And it’s called an inkind gift.

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Selfish Giving

APRIL 10, 2017

According to Engage for Good , an industry group that helps companies and causes engage consumers and employees around social issues, large checkout fundraisers like Kmart's raise hundreds of millions of dollars for nonprofits. "We The fundraisers include: Macy's Believe fundraiser that raises $2 million annually for Make-A-Wish America.

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