Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Specific personalization When sending an appeal letter, thank-you note, or email to a donor, always include a note at the bottom and say something about the impact their gift has made and something very specific about their kids, dog, family, home, job, favorite sport, hobby, alma mater, volunteer work, or latest travel adventure.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

According to fundraising expert and author Penelope Burk, 67% of respondents attending a donor cultivation event credited it as the reason why they made their gift. . They also offer a fun, relaxed, social setting for you (and your board) to get to know your donors free of intimidation and formalities. . . Still stumped?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

Using her musical abilities and skills as an entertainer while donning one of her signature sequined jumpsuits, Ellen helps nonprofits across the country raise millions of dollars annually and engages donors in a fun, engaging, joyful, unique, memorable and authentic way with huge heart. You were born to do this!”

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 14, 2021

For donors who want their money to be used in ways that change lives, a gift to your organization is the right year-end move. Work from a script so everyone is comfortable making these calls, asking for donations. You can make it fun by offering a t-shirt or some other swag for ambassadors who agree to participate.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 27, 2023

Volunteers who are excited about their work will invite friends and family to join them in the fun, magically growing your volunteer base. Craft stores are full of stickers, decals, paper punches, and other fun items to create little masterpieces. Yard signs are so much fun and very effective at driving the point home.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

For our fictitious story, the plot is that many children only eat one meal a day — dinner. For example, our plot is that many children eat one meal a day and do poorly in school. They’re just overall happier children, and their success at school sets them up for success later in life! What is happening in your hero’s life?

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Achieve

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Abby Jarvis: There’s a nonprofit here in my hometown that has a Christmas store where low-income families can go “shop” for Christmas gifts for their families. People donate toys, clothing, and other gifts, and parents can come through and choose what they think their children would enjoy. Then the post-script.

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