Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Diversifying your funding is critical to your nonprofit’s stability and ability to achieve your mission. With the ups and downs of the past few years, many nonprofit organizations that were heavily dependent on just one or two funding sources found themselves in a tight spot. Peer-to-Peer and Team Fundraising. Major Gifts.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Beyond viewing GivingTuesday as a standalone event, we can think of it as the starting line for a broader campaign. Adjust Year-End Goals Based on GivingTuesday Insights Again, since time is of the essence, this step should be swift. With updated benchmarks, you’ll have a roadmap to guide your campaign and keep your team focused.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 1, 2021

Sharing your text-to-donate keyword and shortcode on social media helps brand your campaign and allows donors to easily give from their mobile devices, which is where most people view social media. This summer, they’re running a raffle to raise funds and give fund prizes to their supporters. We can see them and we can hear them.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Many organizations attempt to provide this through a dropdown menu on the donation form, offering donors a list of programs, funds, or departments to choose from. CauseVox Fund Pages offer a better way to connect donors with the causes they care about. Here’s how the key components come together.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

By Greg Fine – a marketing consultant that works to elevate nonprofit marketing impact, revitalize giving campaigns, and bring energy and awareness to nonprofit brands and their mission. Starting with a general research prompt, “Highlight the top four to five giving campaigns nonprofits have created in the past three to five years.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 8, 2025

Your fundraising campaign page is more than just a digital placeholder its the heart of your mission online. With a few strategic tweaks and thoughtful design choices, you can turn your campaign page into a powerhouse of donor engagement. Here are 7 ways to maximize the results of your fundraising campaign page: 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Every nonprofit strives to make the world a better place, and a strong community is essential to achieving that goal. Share the number of attendees, the amount of funds raised, or the number of people helped, and explain how these results will contribute to the nonprofit’s mission. Update on ongoing campaigns.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The goal is to help young people learn about personal boundaries, safe relationships, and how to ask for help. In October 2024, the Meta social media platform Instagram launched its own campaign against sextortion, along with tools to help teen victims. Adults can access the educational materials for free.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Even if you’re behind on planning your year-end fundraising campaign, you can keep your efforts on track and raise critical funds when it counts the most. Here's a checklist to help you achieve your year-end goals.

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sgEngage

JUNE 6, 2024

When evaluating your school’s readiness for a capital campaign, database readiness might not be at the top of the list for your campaign consultants or administration. And for a capital campaign, data-driven decisions depend on you and me, the unsung data nerds operating quietly in the background. Fine-tune your fund setup.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

But a nonprofit organization’s yearly financial budget isn’t always enough for its goals. And because GoFundMe has a 0% platform fee , your organization will be able to keep more of the funds raised. You’ll want to ensure that any videos you add speak to your organization’s mission and illustrate why the funds are needed.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 8, 2025

A year-round fundraising calendar is a must to ensure that youve coordinated all your messages, asks, campaigns, events, and stewardship to optimize revenue and your sanity. Its your roadmap to streamline and integrate your operations, stay organized and reach your goals. The best goals are SMART goals. Thats step one.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Craft every piece of your campaign or brand to support your key messages. Here’s an example of a successful print campaign where every aspect reinforced the key messages: The New Israel Fund (NIF) was embarking on a $40M Legacy campaign in honor of their 40 th anniversary. The results? The results?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 26, 2021

As passionate as we all are about our causes and their corresponding missions, from the inside looking out, sometimes we lose sight of the actual goal of our communications. A good place to start is by making sure that our communications and branding fulfill one or more of the following goals: Move people to a specific action.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Quick Definition Online fundraising is the process of raising donations for a cause, project, or organization through digital platforms such as websites, social media apps, and email campaigns. A single campaign, post, or story has the potential to go viral, bringing awareness to a cause or organization.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Whether you’re a Giving Tuesday pro or embarking on your first official Giving Tuesday campaign, these 13 answers will help you prepare, organize, and execute a memorable strategy. To drive conversion and boost revenue, fundraising professionals will need to create campaigns that attract new supporters and prioritize donor experience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 18, 2020

Not only do small donations can help you reach your fundraising goals but they also present a great opportunity for long term growth. If you’re raising funds to support an after-school program that prepares kids in low-income areas for college, consider sharing their stories. 1) Tell supporters exactly what their donation will support.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

It’s a perfect opportunity to rally support and build excitement, but it’s not where your year-end campaign should stop. Here’s the deal: a well-planned year-end campaign isn’t just about hitting your goals. How to Build a Year-End Giving Campaign (That Includes GivingTuesday) 1. How much money do you need to raise?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2019

And while charity events can be important for raising funds for your cause, it’s no secret they can also be a lot of work. 1) Start with a clear goal. Maybe you’re hoping to raise awareness or funds, show some supporter appreciation, do some community building, or maybe you just want to have a little fun.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

As a result, many companies, including startups, are finding flexible ways to match funds, allowing people to donate in flexible ways that ignite them and their passion. For example, over the years Google employees have participated in annual flu shot campaigns. Google matched employee donations and the campaign raised over $800,000.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Its hard to choose to put funds into operating reserves when that could help one more person transition out of homelessness. By tapping into operating reserves, organizations can bridge temporary gaps in funding without compromising their immediate operations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2019

By Gary Wohlfeill , Director of Marketing at CrowdRise , who works with partners to develop highly engaging fundraising campaigns and leads the marketing team in developing the CrowdRise brand. Treat peer-to-peer like any other initiative; set clear goals even if you have to modify them later on. Set a clear goal.

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sgEngage

JULY 12, 2021

The corporate philanthropic community has been working hard to make an impact on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) over the past 6 years. We pulled together some data from the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2020 report 1 to help illustrate the impact of COVID-19 on the progress toward goals 1 – 3.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Promote your quarterly Impact Reports in your print campaigns. 3) Prioritize your email campaigns. . Every Saturday or Sunday send a one-topic re-engagement email (event, blog post, fundraising campaign, etc.) to your unengaged subscribers: Added before 60 days + Have not opened any of your last 20 email campaigns.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Tribute and honorary gifts , made in honor or in memory of someone who is not a donor, are a great way for nonprofit organizations to raise awareness and funds while honoring an individual, either in memoriam or celebration. In fact, according to the 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report , 33% of donors give tribute gifts to family and friends.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 23, 2025

While this funding can significantly amplify an organizations digital presence, it comes with specific guidelines: Ads must target text-based search campaigns. Campaigns must maintain a minimum 5% click-through rate (CTR). Keywords and ad copy must align with the nonprofits mission to maintain eligibility.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 20, 2023

Here’s how your nonprofit can do the same: 1) Identify your goals. Determine your starting point and end goals, then build around them. This will help you create a more compelling and meaningful campaign. Try out different types of fundraising events or campaigns to see which ones generate the most interest and support.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 21, 2022

There’s a good reason why an iconic nonprofit like the World Wildlife Fund sends stickers and a stuffed animal to donors who sign up to adopt a tiger, a giraffe, or another animal. Giving funds is easier and more satisfying when a contributor knows exactly what their donation will cover. 3) Give something real. 4) Give outcomes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

What are the strategies and tactics that best helped you achieve your goals last year? 2) Review Your Goals. 2) Review Your Goals. Review your end-of-year fundraising goals, but think deeper. What does donor funding make possible for your community? Here’s how to start. 1) Audit Last Year’s Communications.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Today’s question come from a nonprofit employee who want advice on how to budget and pay for capital campaign fundraising expenses: . Dear Charity Clairity, We just launched the very beginning phase of a capital campaign to create ADA handicap access in our Studio Annex where art classes are held. We hired a Campaign Consultant.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 12, 2021

With a solid year of virtual fundraising under our collective belt, let’s take a look at seven key lessons learned in 2020 to help your nonprofit continue reaching those goals and fighting for its mission. Some of the most successful online fundraising events and campaigns have been simple, straightforward and from the heart.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

You can use video to tell a story about what donors made possible, take them on a virtual tour of your facility, or spotlight major contributors of your campaign. You may find that there are other organizations seeking to achieve similar goals that you can tackle together or connections they can introduce you to.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

To tap this potential, your NGO, nonprofit, or charity needs to activate its social media presence before, during, and after #GivingTuesday to help build the movement and, in the process, raise awareness and funds for your organization and mission. Email: Integrate #GivingTuesday into your email campaigns. Countdown graphics.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 26, 2024

When you’re a busy fundraising professional, it might seem like you’re jumping from one campaign to the next. It seems often easiest to “rinse and repeat” last year’s campaigns. However, I encourage you to take some time to analyze your online fundraising campaigns to optimize your overall fundraising results. Access your data.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Be familiar with every fundraising program, event, campaign, and activity so you can tell others (sustainers, major gifts, events, direct mail, giving circles, etc.). Do the same with a list of donors who contribute through workplace giving programs like United Way or the Combined Federal Campaign. your neighbors. your family members.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 4, 2024

DonorsChoose, which links “wish lists” for classroom and student supplies submitted by public school teachers, set a $5 million goal for the day. DonorsChoose might have been proactively — correctly — conservative in its goal. Due in part to a 50% match, the organization generated $5.5 million on GivingTuesday.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 10, 2024

These letters are particularly impactful during nonprofit giving days like GivingTuesday and targeted fundraising campaigns, providing a personal touch that can resonate with recipients. High return on investment (ROI): Studies have shown that direct mail campaigns can achieve a return on investment of up to 112%. Explain your mission.

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