sgEngage

MARCH 10, 2025

Youll realize benefits even outside of the office, particularly as it comes to building trust with the public. The traditional endpoint for philanthropic giving used to be a hard close and a hand-off of the gift to an organization offering an adequately agreeable mission statement. That builds trust. That dynamic is fading fast.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

AI-Powered Insights: Salesforce’s Einstein AI analyzes donor data to predict future giving potential, identify major gift prospects, and recommend personalized engagement strategies. This detailed view enables fundraisers to understand donor preferences and tailor their outreach accordingly.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Finance plays a crucial role in building a sustainable and scalable funding strategy. When your organization expands your revenue sources, you: Build resilience A broader funding base means your organization is less likely to face a financial crisis if one revenue stream dips. Analyze revenue against any associated costs (e.g.,

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 2, 2023

Savvy nonprofits have long known the power of small, recurring donations. People still have a burning desire to support causes they care about. So what's the key to unlocking their generosity? It's simple: encourage your donors to automate their giving.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 21, 2023

After all, events are a great entry point where you can make a donor want to be part of the community your nonprofit is building around your cause or mission. Nonprofits should use events for stewardship, moving donors up the pipeline. Here’s a look at how to cultivate event attendees into major donors.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Employer matching gifts offer key advantages to nonprofit organizations, including increased individual donations, opportunities for additional corporate funding, improved supporter engagement, and more. If youre wondering if corporate matching gifts can boost donor retention levels, the answer is yes.

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Wild Apricot

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Learn why it's crucial, set up a sustainable program, and master the art of soliciting and building successful legacy gifting programs. Unlock a lasting impact with legacy giving!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 17, 2022

Even though monthly donors generally give smaller amounts on a per gift basis, the aggregate amount that they give over the course of a year almost always adds up to more. Building a predictable revenue stream helps to reduce this imbalance and provide much needed support during your organization’s fallow periods. 5) Cost-Effective.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

This form of fundraising provides predictable (and often unrestricted) future funding, strengthens relationships with loyal supporters, and builds powerful social proof among your community. Additionally, remember that “planned gifts” are a diverse category. Who Gives to Planned Giving Programs?

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Remember, your goal ( why you do what you do ) must encompass building community, facilitating human connection, and creating opportunities for people to find meaning. In fact, the average annual value of a recurring gift is 10.3 times higher than the value of the average one-time gift! Donor lifetime value skyrockets from 1.73

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Or theyre told they must bring in X number of new donors at the organizations major gift level. Mid-level, major, and legacy gifts are a long game. So, handing over a bunch of major gift likelihood folks to your fundraiser and expecting them to raise major gifts from each of them is shooting them in the foot.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Chances are, you’ve already made a good one with your donor because they’ve made their first gift to your organization. Examples: Make a second gift. In DonorPerfect, you can build a filter that identifies all donors who should be part of the email campaign. List of major gifts given today. Don’t let it stop there.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 19, 2022

Saget's commitment to building awareness of the disease will continue through support of family, friends, and fans. Nonprofit investor will match donations made in honor of Bob Saget, SRF Board member, comedian, actor, writer, director, producer, and philanthropist.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 13, 2025

At face value, AI appears to be a gift from the fund development and marketing gods. Building Genuine Relationships Donor relationships are built on trust and connection, which AI cannot replicate. Major gifts and long-term donor engagement still depend on human-to-human interactions phone calls, handwritten notes, personal meetings.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 3, 2021

If you can build trust, plus expand a personal relationship with a donor while also having the knowledge of their gift capacity and areas of interest, a possible layering can occur. In my context of layering, it is securing a major gift or pledge in one area while asking them for a second gift or pledge in another or same area.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

If you suggest that my $100 gift will end hunger, I won’t believe you. Here are several examples to help you: Add this phrase somewhere in your appeal: “Your gift will not only help this project, but all our work at X.” One of the greatest gifts we can give our donors is the gift of being known by us.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 20, 2025

It costs 200-300% more to attract new donors than it does to get a second gift. Youre also more likely to get larger gifts from donors who give over time, so youre making more money. Very simply, donor retention refers to the number (or percentage) of donors that return to give another gift in a specific time period.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Donation tax receipts allow you to confirm that youve processed and implemented a charitable contribution while expressing appreciation for donors gifts. In addition to the essential details youd include on a cash donation receipt, your in-kind donation tax receipts should feature the following: Gift description.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Unlike other forms of fundraising (most notably broad annual fundraising , which naturally gets more attention at year-end), building a consistent promotion strategy for planned gifts may pose a bigger challenge. When you send appeals for planned gifts later, supporters will be better primed to engage.

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NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Relationships take time. You know that. Your boss knows it. But we ignore time because that is how we have set up things. There is a budget to manage. A forecast to make. So, we go for the fake relationship. One where we pretend to care, but only if we get the money.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2021

Finding new opportunities to build donor relationships. Reviewing new donations that have the potential to become recurring gifts. Aligning around fundraising goals from the start helps to build trust between teams and show teammates how they can play important roles in your success. Respond personally to new donation activity.

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Wired

MARCH 31, 2025

The documents reveal a DOGE affiliate is attempting to transfer the headquarters of an independent think tank, the United States Institute of Peace, to the government at no cost.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Data from recent elections shows rage donors take their candidate’s loss in a presidential bid as inspiration to donate more to causes associated with the candidate’s party, while the winning team’s incoming gifts drop off. Did they make their first (only) gift during the election cycle? Pick up the phone. Mail something memorable.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 14, 2022

As a profession, fundraisers constantly spend a great deal of money on training, education and consultants to learn various techniques to improve performance and results. One can never sit on their laurels.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 20, 2024

If I take the time to make a monetary gift, offer community feedback, or even send along a useful article from an expert like you, I expect someone to react and interact with me. Something that reassures me my gift was appreciated, and did not fall into a black hole. Show me you noticed! Even if I reach out, I dont get a reply.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The data speaks for itselfaccording to the M+R Benchmarks 2024 report : Of desktop users who made their way to a nonprofits main donation page, only 16% completed a gift. Customize your donation page to your organizations needs to build familiarity and trust among your supporters. Add a matching gift search tool.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 27, 2025

Building a strong online presence is one of the most exciting and impactful ways to amplify your nonprofits reach. Recurring Giving Options: Automatic recurring donations help you build a stable funding base and give donors an easy way to commit to supporting your cause long-term. Build Awareness on Social Media.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

How are you using my gift to make a difference?” “You But beyond reporting standards, transparency is critical to building long-term, loyal support among your donors. Next-gen donors also seek instant gratification — they want to come away from your donation site feeling good about their gift. “Where does my donation go?” “How

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Average gift size was for the most part stable, slipping slightly under 1% from $238.59 Even as donations and donor numbers saw a slight decline, every single gift made an impact, especially in these challenging times.” Each donation, each act of generosity, is a building block for community solutions that actually make a difference.”

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

What was our average gift amount? Test all buttons, links, post-gift email auto-responders, and landing pages on desktop and mobile devices. Ensure online donors and new first-time donors are put into a special segmented donor stewardship series after making their gifts (instead of continuing to get each appeal in your appeal series).

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 2, 2024

By building on the momentum of a single giving day, you can extend the excitement through December and maximize your impact before the year comes to a close. Perhaps it was a message about the tangible impact of their gifts or the urgency of a specific need. Here’s how to do it. But data only tells part of the story.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

According to a recent report from the Blackbaud Institute , 72% of spontaneous gifts went to organizations with whom the donors were already familiar. Read on to learn more about who these first-time spontaneous donors are, and how to turn their GivingTuesday gifts into lasting support.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Plus, customizable tiers allow you to cater to a wide range of donors, from small contributions to larger gifts, making everyone feel like they’re making a difference! Pledge options allow donors to commit to a larger gift over time, helping your organization plan for sustained support. It is also simple to set up with CauseVox!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2021

33% of donors give tribute gifts to family and friends. Donors are most interested in giving tribute gifts as memorials (43%), birthday gifts (25%), and on religious holidays (10%), such as Christmas, Hanukkah, and Eid al-Fitr. This allows you to easily promote each tribute gift individually via email and on social media.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 6, 2025

First-time donor conversion rate If you can get a first-time donor to make a second and even a third gift, youre well on your way to keeping them! To find out how many new donors gave again the following year, calculate the number of donors who made their first gift to you in a 12-month period, for example, in 2023.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Key topics include the keys to seamless donor relationship continuity and how to build internal processes to support smooth gift officer transitions. Join our expert panel featuring two seasoned fundraising experts as they cover the state of portfolio management and share best practices for when to move up or move out.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2024

If you’ve been in the nonprofit space for more than a week or two, you’ve probably read all about it—how retaining donors is more cost-effective than acquiring new ones, how it’s an important part of building a sustainable fundraising program, and how focusing on retaining your donors should be one of your top priorities. What do you notice?

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