The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Who qualifies as a major donor prospect for your organization? Far too many organizations reply “everyone is a prospect” or “everyone with enough money is a prospect.” This is a mistake that costs non-profits valuable time and resources. Let’s be honest – your organization has limited resources. Good major donor prospects….

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 10, 2020

For example, at a small organization, your tactical calendar may look something like this: January – Prospecting mailing. Facebook fundraising campaign. February – E-mail fundraising letter. March – Housefile mailing. May – E-mail fundraising letter. September – Launch annual board giving campaign.

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In an age dominated by digital outreach, direct mail fundraising remains a powerful tool for nonprofits to connect with donors. To help incorporate direct mail into your marketing plan or elevate your current direct response fundraising approach, this guide will walk through several strategies for honing your outreach.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Social media campaigns Social media platforms provide an ideal space to post highlights from your digital impact report. Digital communication pieces Insights from your digital impact report can easily transfer over to other types of digital communication pieces , like online newsletters, email fundraising campaigns, and blog posts.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 12, 2023

With data from nearly 1,500 nonprofits, nonprofit software provider Neon One has evaluated more than 37,000 email campaigns totaling more than 157 million individual emails for “The Nonprofit Email Report.” The new report provides a look at nonprofit email benchmarks for both large and small organizations.

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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. If your organization had a matching gift goal for GivingTuesday but didn’t reach it, check with your funder to see if they will allow you to continue raising funds until it’s met. Here’s how to do it. Consistency is key.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Many nonprofit organizations struggle to engage their board members with fundraising, especially the act of asking another person for money. Make a one-time or monthly financial contribution to the organization. Give in-kind support to the organization in a way that actually helps. This could be done annually or just one time.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 21, 2021

As a result, retention rates have been declining over the past three years, which makes end-of-year mailings critical to the organization. Historically, due to a mandatory quiet period after Christmas, Toys for Tots did not resume development efforts until the spring.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Many organizations raise 30%, sometimes as much as 50%, of their individual giving in December. September Create a campaign theme and offer, logo, and tagline. Set campaign goals. Line up any volunteers or campaign leaders. Perform any necessary list cleaning on your direct mail and email lists.

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Bloomerang

JULY 7, 2022

Best Practices for Donor Acquisition and Retention Through Direct Mail. Sending a personalized, well-written appeal via direct mail can be one of the most impactful ways for schools to fundraise. But what about people who say that direct mail isn’t worth the investment? Refer to the data.

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

In working with dozens of non-profit organizations on year-end giving programs, I have found that there are five basic rules that must guide your strategy if you want to steadily increase year-end fundraising each and every year at your charity: Rule #1: Make Sure Your Message is Consistent. communicate) through direct mail.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 13, 2020

The truth is, immediately following a donation is one of the best times for another call-to-action (CTA) of ways donors can continue to support your organization. Your donors are individuals who care about your organization and mission. 4) Add to Mailing List. 2) Encourage to Volunteer. 3) Send to Social Media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 17, 2022

When a donor signs up for a recurring donation online, there are no checks to mail and no monthly reminders needed; much of the expense and hassle on the nonprofit’s side have been eliminated. Instead of asking for an increasing lump sum each year, your organization can ask for a smaller monthly donation that adds up to a larger annual total.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 26, 2021

By Beth Singer , Principal at Beth Singer Design, LLC – a design and communications firm specializing in nonprofit organizations to help them fundraise, educate, and promote membership and events through design solutions. Feel connected to your organization through financial commitment or volunteering their time? New Israel Fund.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 17, 2020

There’s an understanding among non-profits that Facebook Ads offer something very powerful, but there is a large gap in the understanding needed to run truly strategic campaigns. . It’s very easy to go into Facebook and quickly set up an ad campaign, but difficult to develop a winning strategy if you don’t know what you’re doing. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2022

Essentially all 501(c)(3) organizations qualify to take part unless they are hospitals, schools, or government organizations. As long as an organization meets the basic eligibility requirements, which almost all nonprofits do, and the application is submitted correctly, the nonprofit will be approved for a Google Grant.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Likely a sign of best practices to come, their donation pages simply ask for credit card information and an email address (not a mailing address) and have an extensive offering of different ways to donate. It’s also worth sending a postcard campaign to your one-time donors asking them to become monthly donors.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to build a nonprofit mailing list: Dear Charity Clairity, We’ve relied in the past on government and foundation grants, but since many of these sources are drying up we need to develop an individual fundraising program. Of course, you’re correct. Host a webinar.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 4, 2020

First, Prepare Your Campaign. Remember, year-end fundraising should be treated like any other fundraising “campaign” (like your annual giving campaigns , for example). The second phase of your year-end giving campaign is to warm-up your donors by introducing them to your theme and your need. How much do you need?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

By Jen Frazier , President at Firefly Partners – a women-owned, LGBTQ+ certified, and minority-owned digital marketing agency that develops accessible online experiences that empower progressive organizations to thrive. Traditional methods, like direct mail, are still important for reaching older or less tech-oriented supporters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 1, 2021

Odds are your emails are going to spam folders and are in violation of email compliance laws that require opt-out information and a mailing address to be prominently featured in all email campaigns. Sending email newsletters with an attachment is an absolute worst practice that is common with BCC email campaigns.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 27, 2023

Provided you set aside the time to explore and experiment, your nonprofit can use these free or low-cost tools and resources to significantly improve your digital marketing and fundraising campaigns. SlideShare :: slideshare.net SlideShare is ideal for featuring PowerPoint presentations about your organization’s work.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2022

Creating your next fundraising campaign requires a lot of work: you must identify your goals, your audience, segment your lists, create compelling content, and set up and test everything in your CRM. We are here to help you with 5 ways to supercharge your email campaigns through improved Email Deliverability. million emails per second.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 31, 2020

Did you mail out an appeal at a different time? These assets can cut expenses for your organization.). For example, if you raised $5,000 as the result of a recent solicitation and spent $1,500 in mailing and printing costs to raise this money, your return on investment is $3,500 (Total Revenue: $5000- Total Expenses: $1,500 =$3,500).

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The Fundraising Authority

JANUARY 2, 2021

Like great sales organizations, great development operations need a constant stream of prospects… individuals, companies, and foundations that are, or are likely to be, interested enough in your mission to donate funds to your non-profit. Ask them to help you expand that team by introducing your organization to their friends and contacts.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Prevents you from launching impactful campaigns. If your data is incomplete or outdated, can you trust that your campaign segments are accurate? Cleaning up donor segments will ensure that your message is getting to the right person at the right time to maximize your campaigns. What’s the real cost to your organization?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2025

Similarly, all text-to-give campaigns are a form of mobile giving, but not all mobile giving involves texts. That way, an email recipient must only click on that button and confirm their donation to give that specific gift amount to your organization. Track data points and metrics to evaluate your campaigns progress.

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

But most of the non-profits I work with are small and mid-sized organizations. They don’t have lots of extra time or staff to run projects and campaigns that aren’t going to pan out. Fundraisers know that if you send a letter then, it will get lost in the barrage of letters and tossed in the trash alongside the rest of the “junk mail.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 19, 2019

You should want all of your donors to interact with your organization the way multichannel donors do! Try filtering for donors who: have a lifetime gift amount of $500+, 10+ volunteer hours, 10+ soft credited gifts, and gifts coded with your social media campaign or your annual appeal solicitation. Send direct mail, too!

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M+R

JUNE 5, 2023

Read time: 5 minutes It’s 1980, and you hear the mail slot clank down the hallway. That version of you — now sitting on a valuable piece of real estate — probably had their address bought by a man named Paul Weyrich, a pioneer of conservative political direct mail. It grew from there: more campaigns hired him, and his lists grew.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 4, 2023

In the short-term, older donors are going to give the most money, but younger generations are more likely to give their time, in volunteer hours, serve on an organization’s board of directors, and have connections to corporate giving opportunities. organizations** 11.8% organizations** 23.6% organizations** 25.9%

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Organizations must invest in technology to stay relevant. 18% of donors worldwide have donated to a charitable organization directly through Facebook. Launched in 2012, #GivingTuesday has tremendous opportunity to grow into a global day of giving that could raise hundreds of millions of dollars for organizations.

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

If you’ve ever led an advocacy campaign, you know that it has an incredible number of moving pieces. As you quickly grow and engage your audience , it can be easy to lose track of your campaign plan. That’s why planning is the most important stage in your advocacy campaign. Set clear campaign goals and identify a timeline.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 1, 2023

With the rise of mailing costs coupled with worldwide fundraising competition for every cent, your nonprofit organization can’t afford to guess when it comes to your fundraising program’s direct mail expenses. When you allow data to guide your direct mail strategy, your organization can save time and money.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

We often assume that our audiences don’t change over time, but that’s not always the case, and nuances within each audience type can appear depending on the focus of your organization’s work. Review your target audiences , not just focusing on their habits, but what motivates them to engage with your organization in the first place.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2020

As an example, see the primary donation page for the Humane Society of the United States : However, to effectively promote your monthly giving campaign in print, in email, and on social media, you need an additional donation page with a unique URL where monthly giving is the only option. 10) Include a phone number and mailing address.

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