Clairification

JUNE 5, 2023

I can’t get no… Oh, I can’t get no… satisfaction… Fundraisers report money is the number one reason they leave their jobs [See Part I of this two-part series here ]. The real reason fundraisers leave their jobs, and the sector, is very similar to why donors leave you.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Thanking donors is THE most important step in fundraising. Get this one right, and fundraising gets easier. And that can kill your ability to keep good donors who love the work your nonprofit is doing. And that can kill your ability to keep good donors who love the work your nonprofit is doing. Make sense?

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EveryAction

AUGUST 29, 2023

Let’s imagine a familiar scenario: the end of your nonprofit organization’s current fundraising campaign is approaching. Around the office or in your virtual workspace, fundraisers bustle, scheduling presentations, making calls, and otherwise wrapping up on a high note.

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Children Philanthropy Charitable Organizations Energy 85

The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Storytelling has become a hot topic in non-profit fundraising. It went from something that you almost never heard about just a few years ago, to the topic of numerous books , websites and conferences today. There’s a reason for this change: storytelling is extremely important to good fundraising.

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

MARCH 3, 2023

Whether it is fundraising, board development, public policy or leadership development, it is critical that all roles within the sector take an “all-in” approach to building the capacity of the nonprofit sector towards real change and success. Real-life examples from companies (both nonprofit and for profit alike) will be given.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 27, 2024

Did you know that each year, millions of dollars by women donors may be left unclaimed, due to the lack of understanding around the way that women give ? As we celebrate Women’s History Month and beyond, here are 5 inclusive strategies to accomplish fundraising success related to women donors.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Autumn brings more than a colorful display of leaves changing, though. We’ve curated a nonprofit reading list to help your organization make the most out of this charitable time of year. Level up your annual fund appeals Are you sending an annual fundraising appeal at the end of the year?

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iMarketSmart

MARCH 20, 2024

But winning them requires you to make the donor think about their own death. We’re going to give you three legacy giving language tools you can use to bring up the idea of a planned gift, and none of them require going near the subject of death. Why would a donor give to something that doesn’t directly relate to them?

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Does thinking about meeting your year-end fundraising goal give you night sweats? Can’t say that I blame you. What if there was one thing you can do right now to ensure your fundraising success and boost year-end gifts? Before you ask, tell your donors the impact they made this year.

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JANUARY 25, 2024

Is Your Nonprofit Ready to Hit the Jackpot In 2024? Planning a Charitable Gaming Event or Raffle Fundraiser? Mark Your Calendars for January 31st! Why, you ask? Why Apply for a Charitable Gaming Event? Consider the type of event that aligns with your organization's mission and resonates with your community.

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iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

If less than 85% of your volunteers are giving it means: You’ve chosen the wrong volunteers, and/or You’ve given them unsatisfying work, and/or An inside view of your organization has caused them to lose faith in it What most volunteers tell us is, “They use too much of my time and too little of my talent.”

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iMarketSmart

MARCH 8, 2024

We want to involve you in the early stages of this project. The person in charge of the project is available to meet with you. Here’s who will benefit from your support – and when. Here’s who will benefit from your support – and when. These are the resources we’re committing to this project.

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iMarketSmart

APRIL 5, 2024

Some suggestions are offered below in hopes of encouraging you to contribute to the list so we can learn from one another. It’s neither. 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. That’s what portfolio management really entails.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 28, 2024

As a nonprofit professional, you understand that investing in your staff is the best way to develop your organization. These changemakers are on the ground floor pushing initiatives forward, so you want your work environment to support their growth.

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Nonprofit Management Management Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy 80

Ann Green

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Year-end fundraising season is starting to get underway. 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. Some donors may respond to your direct mail piece but will donate online.

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Fundraising Coach

APRIL 23, 2024

You’ve heard it said that fundraising is all about relationships. Many that do not lead to fundraising at all. I’d suggest fundraising is all about mutually beneficial relationships. That’s why if you meet with a donor prospect, you better have some asks ready. You might say: Oh.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

For most of us, fundraising isn’t something that comes naturally, especially a straight request for donations. We all grew up learning that it wasn’t polite to talk about money and it definitely wasn’t right to ask your friends and family for handouts. Here’s the reality: your passion and your vision require MONEY to fulfill.

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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. What Fundraising Plan Template is Right For YOU?

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Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits Public and Nonprofit Management 111

iMarketSmart

APRIL 10, 2024

You know that feeling when you’re talking to someone, and you realize they’ve already made up their mind about you? Worse than that, it also puts up a wall between you and the other person. When you make assumptions about your major donors and prospects, the damage is even more severe. This isn’t about you.

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iMarketSmart

AUGUST 25, 2023

Not as many people give according to our “strategic pillars” as we would like to believe or as our fundraising reports suggest. While we may have recorded the why of giving in the profiles of the major donors, we don’t acknowledge the blocs of why among larger groups of donors.

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iMarketSmart

APRIL 24, 2024

Generally speaking, measuring what you do improves performance and results. But here’s the rub when it comes to fundraising metrics – it matters very much which accountability metrics you use. Use the wrong ones, and your fundraising revenue will start trending the other way. Or, is each month taken in isolation?

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iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

What’s your reason for requesting the first meeting with a prospective donor? They assume they are all pretexts for fundraising. Even worse, they see you as disguising the real reason for the visit and that does not redound to your credibility which undercuts your most important objective – to build trust.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 25, 2024

If your nonprofit’s team is facing fundraising burnout , you’re likely looking for low-lift fundraising opportunities that don’t require as much time or effort to secure necessary funding. In this guide, we’ll explore how nonprofit endowments work and what steps to take to start fueling your long-term fundraising success.

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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. When you post on social media, you don’t know how many people actually see your content.

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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? Do you really want to make fundraising so hard? Or leave so many things to chance?

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Affnetz

APRIL 30, 2024

/ By Bala Guntipalli Introduction: When it comes to nonprofit fundraising, it’s not just about getting new donors. In this article, we will explain what donor retention rate means, why it matters, and provide strategies to improve it. This blog offers the process of How to Calculate Donor Retention Rate for your Organization.

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The Storytelling Nonprofit

APRIL 14, 2024

A solid fundraising program has diverse streams of revenue and that includes legacy giving. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to market legacy giving and today I’m going to show you the value of using email to support a legacy giving program as well as some great examples of legacy giving content marketing. Here’s why.

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Bloomerang

JULY 7, 2022

Making fundraising calls can be nerve-wracking, but it helps to have a plan in the form of a fundraising script. 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. Why and when to use a script for fundraising.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

APRIL 30, 2024

How Text Summarizer Can Help You Write More Effective Marketing Content Marketing content is any form of writing published on social media , blogs, websites, apps, press releases, and print publications to market your services and products to the right audience. The summarizing tool can be a great assistance to you in this regard.

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Candid

JULY 7, 2022

Meta and TikTok have made donations even easier, giving potential donors the opportunity to donate without leaving the platform. Now, you can donate without interrupting your scrolling. . This means that while you may not see gifts coming in directly from these platforms, they still play an important role. .

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iMarketSmart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Why, of all people, would a donor want to build a relationship with a fundraiser? If you are a donor, it sounds like a questionable proposition. The organizational representative who wants to build a relationship with you is a fundraiser. Is this because good fundraisers are just swell people?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Streamline your tribute letters with a personal touch. And tribute donations are growing faster than any other type of peer-to-peer fundraising , which means the need for a time-saving way to manage post-gift communications is becoming increasingly important. Go from gift entry to letter creation without ever leaving Bloomerang.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

We hear from folks all the time who are looking for new fundraising ideas for nonprofits, especially fundraising ideas for a new nonprofit. It’s not easy to figure out what works in fundraising when you have little to no experience raising big bucks. So why isn’t it? But we want something much better for you!

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iMarketSmart

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Ever wonder why what you do is called ‘advancement’? Here’s the answer: Your primary role is to help donors move themselves forward through their own consideration and decision-making processes… to ‘advance.’ It is NOT your job to ‘move’ them. After all, giving away your hard earned money is not natural.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

One of the things you are responsible for as a development professional is building and nurturing community. Let’s not stop with the impact you have on the beneficiaries of your charity’s work. Let’s focus, head-on, on the impact you have on the philanthropists who choose to commune with you.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Why am I bothering with this? What does it have to do with fundraising and nonprofits? If you don’t learn new things, you slowly wither. Do you think you’re absorbing this information in a manner that helps you to grow? Innovative learning strategies I want you to think for a moment about how you learn best.

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Candid

MAY 31, 2023

Are you worried that a nonprofit-related book will feel like a rain cloud over your summer vibes? We’ve scoured our online library to find you our best quick reads and easy listens that will inspire you and help you recharge. Have we got some recommendations for you! Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.

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