Bloomerang

JULY 10, 2023

When asking for a legacy gift from a donor to your nonprofit, it’s important to approach the conversation with sensitivity and professionalism. Research and identify potential donors Begin by identifying individuals who have demonstrated a strong commitment to your organization.

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sgEngage

JUNE 16, 2021

Now it is the influx of crisis donors who made their first healthcare gift during the pandemic who are grabbing the spotlight. New donors deserve their rightful consideration, yet I would encourage fundraising professionals to not forget the modest, sporadic, or one-time past donors who responded by stepping up their giving.

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Roundtree

APRIL 19, 2022

What is donor communication? Every nonprofit organization is engaged in donor communications. Donor communication is the activity of informing, influencing, and inspiring donors to engage with the mission of your organization. It can take place prior to a gift being received or in response to a gift being received.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2022

Every nonprofit wants to land a “whale,” a donor that gives huge amounts to your cause. But while major donors are important , they’re fewer in number than potential donors willing to give smaller amounts over time. Though they make up a smaller percentage of total donor dollars, micro donations are on the rise.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 15, 2024

Prospective donors are inspired by the hard work and dedication of physicians, nurses, research scientists and medical professionals. Who better to connect with potential donors than someone who has experience directly serving patients? This is particularly important when it comes to large donors. What Value Can They Bring?

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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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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 25, 2021

In this session, he’ll show you why doubt is a normal part of leadership, and the surprising gift it can be if you have the courage to use it. She has spent almost thirty years working in the nonprofit world helping organizations understand and articulate their value so they can ask for and receive what they want, need and deserve.

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Allegiance Group

AUGUST 1, 2024

Say you mail an appeal to your donors. This group likely takes up a significant portion of your available donor base. Donor Behavior Because of their caretaking responsibilities, Gen X is at a stage when they must be more mindful about their spending and giving. They value impact, transparency, and effectiveness.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

APRIL 5, 2022

Telling a story that pulls apart what that problem is will help donors understand the scope and impact of the problem your organization wants to solve. . The Impact Story. The impact story is a tried and true story for fundraising. Does the impact have a ripple effect? Why is this impact ultimately important?

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 20, 2024

A rough “case for support” is drafted, articulating the need for the campaign and its benefits to potential donors and the community at large. This stage involves setting a realistic financial target, based on the organization’s needs and the potential for donor support.

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Qgiv

APRIL 15, 2024

One way your donors can help you extend your impact is through legacy giving. Legacy gifts provide your donors an opportunity to help your organization past their own lifetime! What’s a legacy gift? Legacy gifts can be anything including stocks, money, vehicles, buildings, and more.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Further, with 64% of total giving coming from individual donors in 2022, ensuring you have a well thought out strategy to attract these dollars is critical. Lauren Henderson, IT database administrator, Dexter Southfield This clean-up process is a great opportunity to take stock of who is in your donor base.

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Kindful

APRIL 5, 2021

Video is beneficial in demonstrating the impact your organization has on the community. Having a mission-focused nonprofit video can help boost donor giving and volunteer involvement. Or are you simply trying to show your appreciation to loyal donors? Testimonials show the impact your organization has on real people.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

All prospects and donors can get involved, despite age, race, location, gender, disposable income, or affiliation. Recently, in The Tipping Point from the Blackbaud Institute , we found that more than one-third of donors say they increased their giving during the pandemic. Share the impact. Every dollar from everyone counts.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

It should be easy to understand and you need to be able to articulate it clearly. You must have stories ready to share about people whose lives have been significantly impacted by the work your nonprofit does. Donors and prospects want to know that your organization makes a difference, and the best way to show that is to tell a story.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2024

Why aren’t we investing in greater impact? To drive impact, one must truly value that impact. To be of social benefit, one must sell impact. More than a decade ago, Jason Saul published The End of Fundraising: Raise More Money by Selling Your Impact. Identify those who want and can pay for impact (e.g.,

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

Charities feared last year donors would lose jobs, see income diminish, worry their nest eggs were insecure, and would consequently stop giving. For every donor who decreased their giving, another donor increased theirs. . Or a new donor responded with bigheartedness to an emergency appeal. . to raise $1).

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Using a specific story and words from one of their alumni, Fiver effectively and emotionally conveys the impact their organization has on participants, and asks their audience to donate today. Developing a strong fundraising appeal is the first step to getting your audience (your donors and soon-to-be donors!)

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. One of the biggest problems nonprofits face is improving their low donor retention rate. When you’re losing 8 out of 10 new donors, donor acquisition becomes an expensive proposition.

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Candid

MAY 20, 2021

Will our donors be responsive to a campaign? After all, you depend on your donors to help grow your impact and drive your mission forward; their thoughts and opinions should weigh heavily in your plans. Identify the 20 people you can reach out to for the top three or four gift levels.

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 7, 2023

These new statistics confirm fears that the pandemic and economic downturn could impact charitable giving negatively. These hardships make it even more challenging for nonprofits to conduct successful fundraising and encourage donors to give more to their cause. Want to grow your relationships with donors through marketing?

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Media Cause

AUGUST 31, 2022

Financial Reasons (Tax-year-end) – The IRS allows donors to deduct a portion of their charitable contributions from their overall taxable income. Instead of the government redistributing wealth, charitable giving provides donors with autonomy to choose where to allocate their otherwise would-be-tax dollars.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

This year’s top auctioneers are driving impactful change, raising crucial funds and leveraging their expertise to make a difference for great causes worldwide. Leveraging his success as a platform for greater impact, he considers himself incredibly fortunate. 3) Suzanne Krainock Suzanne Cios Krainock, M.S.,

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Despite increasing commercialism, the holidays traditionally get people thinking about ways they can give—whether they’re wrapping gifts for loved ones or donating time and money to a cause they care about. Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 at the 92nd Street Y’s Belfer Center for Innovation and Social Impact in New York City.

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Achieve

AUGUST 12, 2021

connect with donors who care. Effectively inspiring millennial donors to get involved in your next peer-to-peer campaign requires. Millennial donors are known for demonstrating a clear passion and commitment to worthwhile causes. Millennial Impact Report. Peer-to-peer campaigns lend the perfect opportunity to.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

It impacts everything including your ability to recruit board members and raise money. Consider this: When people think about making a charitable gift, they often think of the familiar, more well-known, well-publicized nonprofits. Can your board members and donors articulate your unique value proposition?

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Connection Cafe

MAY 1, 2014

Although arts and cultural institutions typically have less resources to devote to donor relations and stewardship, many of the nonprofit sector’s best stewardship practices can easily be translated for use by smaller organizations or those with limited capital. Developing the Stewardship Process.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 21, 2014

Donor retention is an on-going conversation in our sector and any time it comes up, people start to panic. We all know what we have donor retention troubles. Donor stewardship is a great place to begin making changes that can impact your donor retention rates. Providing them with high impact touchpoints is ideal.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Be clear about what you do and how a corporate sponsorship can make an impact in your community. Tip #9: Equip Your Donors to be Advocates Even when a donor fully supports your mission and delights in being a part of it, they may not think to share it with others in their lives. So let’s get started!

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BoardAssist

JANUARY 30, 2018

One of the many ways that BoardAssist placements make an impact on the boards they join is by spearheading the fundraising campaign of the nonprofit boards they join. The impact of a fundraising campaign on an organization’s board is significant. Can and do board members articulate this focus to others, particularly potential donors?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang beyond the webinar series, we are also a provider of donor management software. And my mission is really to educate and empower nonprofit leaders and their teams with the knowledge and tools to scale their revenue and amplify their impact. So 62% of donors are also volunteers.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 10, 2022

Here are some benefits you can expect to see from proactive change management: Decreased resistance – By communicating regularly with all stakeholders and providing them with tools and resources to work through change, everyone involved and impacted is more likely to participate actively in project planning. Give out gift cards.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2019

But as much as fundraising is a calling, it’s also a career that requires business development, sales, client retention, and articulable value propositions. Treating Donors Like Customers (But Not in a Bad Way). Many fundraisers will recoil at the thought of calling donors “clients,” or, even worse, “customers.”

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 15, 2020

While we know that it’s significantly more beneficial to retain a donor than acquire a new one, we also know that the first-time donor retention rate is less than 20%. An articulated reason for why you’re holding the event. When sending gratitude emails, be as specific as possible about the impact the campaign has had.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2019

Before Jack Welch retired, he was quoted as saying, “Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.”. The start of a New Year is the perfect opportunity for nonprofit leaders to vision cast (or recast) for their staff, volunteers, and donors.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Realtime reporting: This allowed UCF to track and process gifts then share the results with donors and staff instantly, keeping the positive momentum going. UCF also sent three emails on the day of that were heavily segmented by donor type or constituent type. Weekly targeted emails: These were sent between 7:00-8:00 a.m.;

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Quantitative research has shown that board giving has the greatest impact on overall fundraising success. The opportunity to do meaningful work that directly impacts the community their organization aims to serve. The chance to do work with an impassioned, articulate, and engaged CEO behind whom they can rally.

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