Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 9, 2025

By Shannon Whitehead , Content Strategist at Neon One a software that connects nonprofits with the technology and resources that empower them to build a community of generosity. Whats your plan for thanking fundraisers and donors? What will you do to nurture relationships with the new donors you acquire through the campaign?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2021

With both GivingTuesday in November and year-end donations in December, it’s also a great time for nonprofits to gain new donors. This year donors contributed $2.7 While it might seem impossible to do, turning one-time donors into monthly donors is a crucial part of any nonprofit’s success. . billion on GivingTuesday!

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Candid

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Donors are an important part of any nonprofit’s mission. Yet, according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project , donor retention rates have been falling since 2020. Rethinking donor relationships When I started Imani Collective, it was a small nonprofit training program in Mombasa, Kenya.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

But did you know it’s also a great way to acquire new donors for your nonprofit? You can easily acquire new donors using peer-to-peer fundraising. Are you ready to expand your donor base? If yes, keep reading to learn four ways that you can acquire new donors with your next peer-to-peer fundraiser! That’s right!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

In other words, you create donor journeys. . If you’ve never done so, developing donor journeys (also known as donor journey mapping) can feel like quite an undertaking. What are my donor personas? Below, I’ll break down the basics and share my four top donor personas that will help get you started. .

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 21, 2022

So, you've been paying attention to the buzz about building a community, but you're not sure what that means for your nonprofit. Building a community is now essential to engage with your supporters, prospects, donors and more. Moreover, it’s what your nonprofit donors want to see.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

How confident are you that the right strategy is in place to turn one-time donors into long-term supporters? It’s no secret that the needs within your community are typically demanding for the organization’s capacity. GivingTuesday, and the days following, are a time for fundraisers to take a different approach to engaging with donors.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 15, 2025

It takes more than thank-you letters to retain donors for your nonprofit long-term. To effectively steward donor relationships and inspire higher levels of giving, you must strategically engage donors in various ways that deepen their connections to your nonprofit. The answer is a donor stewardship matrix.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Thanking creates loyalty Did you know that 53% of donors stop giving because they feel unappreciated, and 41% cite lack of acknowledgment or thanks as their reason? Conversely, loyal donors give 42% more over their lifetime and are 70% more likely to leave a planned gift.

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sgEngage

MARCH 24, 2025

Healthcare delivery has evolved since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, prompting health systems to find more effective ways to serve their communities and address identified health needs. Enter the community health worker. What is a Community Health Worker? What is a Community Health Worker?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 14, 2022

When you think of why your nonprofit’s donors support your organizations, do you expect each of their motivations to be the same? When time and resources are scarce, it’s easier to send out the same fundraising message to everyone in your community. This person fears offending donors by asking at the “wrong” time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 11, 2024

There is no doubt that social media, no matter the platform, remains a powerful way for people to build communities and connect with the causes and nonprofits they care about. One question that I see nonprofits constantly asking, and with good reason: “Can social media really bring in new donors for our nonprofit?” Even better?

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The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The following is an excerpt from our class How to Find New Major Donors and Get Them to Give to Your Non-Profit. Who qualifies as a major donor prospect for your organization? As you are looking for donors to make contact with and insert into your fundraising funnel, you don’t want to waste time. Good major donor prospects…. #1

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DonorPerfect

OCTOBER 24, 2024

As the leader of a nonprofit, safeguarding donor data and trust is not just a priority—it’s essential for your organization’s long-term sustainability. With increasing threats from fraud and cyberattacks, your leadership is critical to protecting the reputation and trust you’ve built with your community.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 21, 2023

Nonprofits should use events for stewardship, moving donors up the pipeline. After all, events are a great entry point where you can make a donor want to be part of the community your nonprofit is building around your cause or mission. Here’s a look at how to cultivate event attendees into major donors.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Data from recent elections shows rage donors take their candidate’s loss in a presidential bid as inspiration to donate more to causes associated with the candidate’s party, while the winning team’s incoming gifts drop off. Regardless of whether they donated before the election or in response to it, don’t treat rage donors as one-and-done.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 17, 2023

Here are some tips on how to build your nonprofit community. Similar in some ways to our for-profit counterparts, "selling” our missions is no different than selling consumer goods. In both cases, what we’re after is a satisfied customer that comes back for more.

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Candid

JANUARY 7, 2025

Every nonprofit wants donors who are deeply connected to the work they fundsupporters who dont just write checks but are invested in the mission. But this requires organizations to do something they find uncomfortable: asking donors to change. Nonprofits are experts at fulfilling donor needs, not the other way around.

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Candid

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Reactive donors respond based on emotion, giving less than donors who give regularly, and historically have been fleeting supporters. For nearly all nonprofits, converting one-time donors into long-term partners is a struggle. With memorable messaging, you can inspire new donors and cultivate long-term engagement.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 12, 2024

Donor Acquisition is the cornerstone of organizational vitality, a crucial endeavor that goes beyond mere survival. It’s about forging meaningful connections with fresh faces, expanding your donor base, and amplifying your influence in the community. The answer lies within the pages of this indispensable guide.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 21, 2024

If yes, please share your feedback by taking the 2024 Online Donor Feedback Survey ! Your participation is appreciated and will help nonprofits better serve and communicate with their donors. The survey is 15 short, easy-to-answer questions that require 2-4 minutes to complete — and your responses are 100% anonymous.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 13, 2025

Nonprofit fundraisers, meet your new best friend in donor data analysis: the Median average. When it comes to understanding your donor base, using the right type of average is crucial. Outlier donations can skew your results, making your donor base appear more or less stable than it actually is. Heres an example. Register now!

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

As nonprofits struggle with acquisition and retention, and as donor engagement wanes, it’s more important than ever to have those passionate people in your organization’s corner. Here are a few ways Movember built its community around men’s health over its two-decade existence.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2024

By Abby Jarvise , writer, marketer, and speaker at Neon One – software built for small and midsize nonprofits to help them manage fundraising, communications, events, volunteers, and more. Donor retention is important. All that is true, but the fact remains that donor retention is a struggle. The short answer is “no.”

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 8, 2025

Step one: Brainstorm everything youll add to the fundraising calendar Start/end dates for every fundraising campaign, for example, end of year, GivingTuesday, monthly donor campaign, planned giving campaign, etc. The post Create A Fundraising Calendar That Inspires Donors Year-Round appeared first on Bloomerang.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Organizations that seek to find growth and success depend on a cause community to carry them. Jamie Bearse of ZERO — The End of Prostate Cancer shares how his organization developed the ZERO Flywheel method to build and keep a community engaged.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Donor fatigue is a real phenomenon, and it occurs when supporters just get tired and pull back on their giving. Let’s explore donor fatigue and how fundraisers can overcome it.

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Candid

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Racial justice philanthropy has historically been most applauded when led by wealthy white individuals who often support organizations that are not led by the communities they serve. The Donors of Color Network (DOCN), a community of BIPOC donors, is part of that movement. So, how can we empower BIPOC donors?

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sgEngage

APRIL 18, 2025

She was feeling increasingly frustrated with the high rate of donor churn at her organization. Her major donor, sponsor, and planned giving programs were using best practices throughout the entire moves management cycle , with lots of prospecting, relationship-building activities, and special high-touch interactions. Whomp whomp.

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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

APRIL 14, 2025

Once the linchpin of donor and constituent engagement, the CRM landscape is experiencing significant upheaval and these platforms are no longer being viewed as the single-source-of-truth they once were. The Benevolent Community of partners and organizations were building to deliver excellence to nonprofits is proof of its extensibility.

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NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Unfortunately, at the same time, the need in our communities continues to increase. Fundraisers are worried because the number of Americans giving to nonprofit causes has declined.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Your nonprofit’s mission may be the first thing to catch a donor’s eye, but it’s the experience you offer that not only converts them into a donor but keeps them coming back. It’s about how it makes donors feel. If the donor experience isn’t seamless, engaging, and empowering, your nonprofit will lose out.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Many nonprofits struggle with low donor retention rates, yet the reasons supporters lapse arent always obvious. While financial constraints are often blamed, our research found that many donors stop giving for reasons nonprofits can fix. Why donors quietly disengage 1. Frame impact updates around the donors role.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 13, 2025

Donor retention rates are low. Keeping up with the constantly changing landscape of best practices and donor expectations is overwhelming. When you understand that people support you in lots of overlapping waysnot just through financial giftsyou can engage your entire community in a way that keeps them engaged and generates revenue.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Small towns and remote communities face distinct barriers when tackling housing insecurity – from scattered populations across wide geographic areas to limited transportation and fewer emergency shelter options. These challenges make sustainable donor support essential for creating lasting solutions.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 10, 2022

As fundraisers, we need to be carrying on a constant conversation with our donors. Other times, we talk to our donors through newsletters, e-mails and snail mail letters. We need our donors emotionally involved and excited about our work… not bored. Community Stories – Finally, you can collect and use community stories.

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