CauseVox

JANUARY 20, 2025

Now is the time to make sure that your organization has donor retention strategies in place to bring those year-end supporters with you into 2025. You might be asking why you need to put a ton of time and energy into bringing your donors back for a second donation. Youre saving money by improving your donor retention.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 4, 2024

DonorPerfect's Fundraising Calendar empowers nonprofit heroes! Each month, receive expert advice on securing the second gift, retaining donors, reimagining events, making successful asks, and more. Download the digital version or order your printed calendar now!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2017

The real-time, in-the-moment nature of cause awareness and giving days can inspire donors to give provided that your nonprofit knows how to promote the days effectively. The first step is to decide which days to build a campaign upon and add them to your 2018 editorial calendar. 8: World Oceans Day — #WorldOceansDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The real-time, in-the-moment nature of cause awareness and giving days can inspire donors to give provided that your nonprofit knows how to promote the days effectively. The first step is to decide which days to build a campaign upon and add them to your 2019 editorial calendar. 8: World Oceans Day — #WorldOceansDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2017

The real-time, in-the-moment nature of cause awareness and giving days often inspire donors to give provided that your nonprofit knows how to promote the days effectively. The first step is to decide which days to build a campaign upon and add them to your 2017 and 2018 editorial calendars.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2021

14: World Blood Donor Day — #WorldBloodDonorDay. 5: World Environment Day — #WorldEnvironmentDay. 8: World Oceans Day — #WorldOceansDay. 12: World Day Against Child Labour — #WorldDayAgainstChildLabour. 20: World Refugee Day — #WorldRefugeeDay. 21: International Day of Yoga — #YogaDay. 26: Gay Pride Day — #Pride21.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 16, 2014

The trick is to build a sense of anticipation among your fans and followers and an essential first step is to select and add relevant cause awareness days to your nonprofit’s editorial calendar. 14: World Blood Donor Day — #WorldBloodDonorDay. 19: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2022

14: World Blood Donor Day — #WorldBloodDonorDay. 5: World Environment Day — #WorldEnvironmentDay. 8: World Ocean Day — #WorldOceanDay. 12: World Day Against Child Labour — #WorldDayAgainstChildLabour. 20: World Refugee Day — #WorldRefugeeDay. 21: International Day of Yoga — #YogaDay. 26: Gay Pride Day — #Pride21.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2023

14: World Blood Donor Day — #WorldBloodDonorDay. 1: Gay Pride Day — #Pride23. 5: World Environment Day — #WorldEnvironmentDay. 8: World Ocean Day — #WorldOceanDay. 12: World Day Against Child Labour — #WorldDayAgainstChildLabour. 20: World Refugee Day — #WorldRefugeeDay. 21: International Day of Yoga — #YogaDay.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Creative design and personalized messaging can help donors visualize their impact, see themselves as part of your community, and feel inspired to make their next gift. It’s not too late to engage donors in 2023 with a custom-designed, creative holiday stewardship campaign, calendar year end or winter appeal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2024

Donor retention is important. All that is true, but the fact remains that donor retention is a struggle. Retaining your donors requires building relationships with them, and those relationships will rely heavily on effective communication. But how can a single fundraiser communicate effectively with an entire donor base?

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 10, 2022

Get your 2022 Fundraising Calendar to improve on key metrics like donor retention, conversion rate, and more. DonorPerfect is here to help you manifest a stronger fundraising strategy.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 18, 2022

Your fundraising success starts by putting your annual fundraising campaign(s) calendar together. It can be really fun to identify the key dates and event timelines that you will build out to help you reach your nonprofit’s revenue goals. But.then what? What else can you do during the rest of the year?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

27% of donors worldwide cite social media as the communication tool that inspires them the most often to give. Next, craft a content strategy i.e., decide what types of content your nonprofit will create and how often and create an editorial calendar. Convert your donors into social media followers during the online donation process.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In-person fundraising events are wonderful ways to help organizations meet new donors, establish trust and, of course, raise money. Considering that the majority of donors are online and on mobile, savvy nonprofits should prepare for an in-person fundraiser by maximizing their online tools used before, during and post event.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Day of Service — #MLKDay 28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay February 2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay 4: World Cancer Day — #WorldCancerDay 6: Safer Internet Day — #SaferInternetDay 13: World Radio Day — #WorldRadioDay 15: Digital Learning Day — #DigitalLearningDay 18: World Whale Day — #WorldWhaleDay 20: World Day (..)

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The Fundraising Authority

APRIL 11, 2021

Look at your donor file and the businesses you are thinking of contacting to understand what levels you can realistically expect to fill. In defining sponsorship levels, be ambitious but realistic. Setting Your Sponsorship Levels When setting sponsorship levels, look at your overall event goal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In the meantime, nonprofits need to connect with donors, constituents, board members, and, most prominently, each other. For many donors, it’s a prerequisite to contributing. This positions nonprofits to demonstrate value, empowering them to engage potential donors and maximize operational potential. 5 Online Calendar.

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The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

They had one full-time development director on staff, but everyone – including the staff, the board, the volunteers, even the donors – was constantly worried about fundraising. They were worried about donor communications. 4 – Put it On a Calendar. They were worried about finding new prospects.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Donor-advised fund (DAF) disbursements to charitable organizations declined 1.4% Likewise, contributions into DAFs by donors decreased 21.7% By the 2023 calendar year-end, the Dow was 13.7% The 18th annual report data underscores DAF donors continue to give, sometimes despite what economic sentiment may be.” in 2022.

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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. — Want to keep donor happy Dear Want to keep donor happy, Of course you do!

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Key takeaways: Optimize Your Social Media Profiles for Fundraising: Learn how to enhance your social media presence to attract and retain donors. Build a Social Media Campaign Calendar: Get access to a downloadable campaign calendar template tailored for year-end fundraising.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The end of the calendar year can (and should) be a bonanza for non-profit organizations looking to raised small and medium-sized gifts to round out their fundraising numbers. Your mileage may vary, but for me, I usually stick to current donors for year-end appeals. Advanced Strategies for Maximizing Year End Gifts.

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

These include: Donation receipts and tax acknowledgments: Promptly sending these essential documents shows your professionalism and gratitude while giving donors the information they need for tax purposes. How to Keep Donors Engaged Post-Event Your post-event messages are just the beginning of building stronger relationships with your donors.

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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. The number of current major donors. The number of current mid-level donors. The number of repeat donors. The finance directors understanding of their role in helping put together compelling donor offers.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Even if you don’t follow a definitive fundraising calendar , it’s still vital to come up with a year-end fundraising plan —and stick to it. It’s also a perfect time to tell your donors thank you. For more ideas on giving thanks, read our post: 21 Unique Donor Thank You Ideas. They’ve been here for you through a lot this year.

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Hands on Fundraising

MAY 30, 2023

It’s never too late to get organized and create a fundraising communications calendar One of the secrets of successful fundraising is consistency. But if your calendar is hit and miss, or “ask for money when we’re in trouble”, you need to put some structure into your plans.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2021

3) [Campaign Calendars] for Virtual Fundraising Events. Save yourself valuable time with our Campaign Calendars for Virtual Fundraising Events. Save yourself valuable time with our Campaign Calendars for Virtual Fundraising Events. You know you need a powerful story to share with your donors and supporters.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 23, 2024

He was a donor to one of our charity clients and we had talked about the possibility of gifting assets to reduce or eliminate tax liability. He was facing a significant tax liability if he didn’t get this completed before the calendar rolled into January. This allowed him the complete deduction in that calendar year.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 13, 2025

Put yourself in the donor’s shoes. Take time to engage all stakeholders board, management, staff, volunteers, donors and beneficiaries to conduct rich dialogues to address these deep questions. Briefly document how you persuade donor prospects to provide support in a very competitive environment.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Exciting fundraising trends on the horizon for 2024 include peer-to-peer fundraising, giving flexibility, digital wallets, unconventional and emerging donors, and AI being used in fundraising. When a fundraiser receives a notification that a donor is close to lapsing, they can reach out and reconnect with that donor.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2022

Imagine what your organization could accomplish in 2022 if you began each initiative with clean, streamlined donor records that record donations from your online forms and update automatically , an arsenal of canned reports to track key metrics, and a solid plan to prioritize each donor segment individually. Winter 2022.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2014

United Nations Calendar of Observances. The UN Calendar of Observances app provides details of UN observances as well as ways to get involved in related events. Blood Donor. If your nonprofit is considering launching an app in 2015, be sure to do your research first. iTunes | Google Play | United Nations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Get your event on donors’ minds early and in front of sponsors amid annual budget planning. As soon as you have a date set with the golf facility, send a quick email to your contact database as well as individual emails to major donors and supporters to get it on their calendars and into their budgets. Send Save-the-Dates.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2021

Loomly is an online social media calendar that allows multiple users to collaborate from one master calendar. Social Print Studio enables users to login and download photos directly from Instagram and Facebook to create print calendars, cards, and tiny books. Ideal for thanking donors, volunteers, and supporters.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

In a previous blog post , I wrote about how bundling your donor communications can save your nonprofit time and money. You can bundle your donor communications in two ways: going all in or bundling in batches. We recommend that you bundle a minimum of 3 months of donor communications in one batch. . Create your bundling plan. .

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Aside from the normal holiday hullabaloo, you’re also busy planning fundraisers and engagement opportunities to round out your organization’s calendar year. The same goes for your major donors, long-time volunteers, and others who’ve shown commitment to your cause over the years.

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