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Developing a Tactical Fundraising Calendar for Your Organization

The Fundraising Authority

Your best bet to ensure maximum revenue is to lay out a tactical fundraising calendar as part of your overall fundraising plan. A tactical calendar, as its name suggests, is simply a calendar that shows when your non-profit will employ each of the fundraising tactics it is planning to use in a given year. Prospecting mailing.

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How Will Donors Feel When They Open Direct Mail from Your Organization?

NonProfit PRO

It’s not too late to engage donors in 2023 with a custom-designed, creative holiday stewardship campaign, calendar year end or winter appeal. 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.

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Making the Most of Year End Fundraising Appeals

The Fundraising Authority

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. an e-mail and a piece of direct mail) with your year-end ask. I have found that diversifying my year-end appeals maximize revenue.

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Wino Mail offers Windows Mail fans a fresh, native email solution

TechSpot

Wino Mail is the creation of developer Burak Kaan Kse, who is upfront about the app being inspired by Microsoft's discontinued Mail and Calendar app. As the description states, "Wino Mail, built-in Mail app clone for Windows device families. It's a native mail client. Wino is not a web wrapper.

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Can A Check Dated In One Calendar Year Be Credited To A Different Calendar Year For Tax Deduction Purposes?

Bloomerang

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. However, evidence of when the gift is mailed via USPS is whenever the envelope is postmarked.

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Mastering Your End-of-Year Fundraising Plan: Calendar + Checklist

Bloomerang

I’m here with an end-of-year timeline and fundraising communications calendar to make end-of-year fundraising as easy as pie. Write, design, proof, test, and schedule all direct mail appeals, email appeals, and social media ads and posts (all must match). Perform any necessary list cleaning on your direct mail and email lists.

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Creating Fundraising Systems for Your Nonprofit

The Fundraising Authority

The letter will be sent out in the mail on the following day. #4 4 – Put it On a Calendar. Similarly, fundraising systems aren’t much good if they don’t include a calendar of activities. Otherwise, the Development Director will sign the letter. Fundraising plans are worthless if they don’t have deadlines.

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