Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The subject line is like the envelope for a direct mail letter; it’s a critical part of your appeal “package” as 47% of email recipients open an email based on the subject line alone. According to direct mail expert Mal Warwick, the follow-up letter can boost your overall return by 15-25%. . Spend some time crafting your subject line.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Each month, DollarPerMonth.org selects three charities for its members (who have pledged to donate a minimum of $1 per month) to vote on. This website allows your supporters to pledge to donate with each Facebook Status Update or Tweet they post on Facebook or Twitter. Donors can pledge as little as $.01

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

This website allows your supporters to pledge to donate with each Facebook Status Update or Tweet they post on Facebook or Twitter. Donors can pledge as little as $.01 Partnered with Network for Good, if your nonprofit is already in the NFG database, then you have a profile on HelpAttack! What The Trend :: whatthetrend.com.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 12, 2017

To make it easy for you to navigate this article, we’ve broken our discussion into three helpful sections: Donor Databases for Small Nonprofits. Donor Databases for Medium-Sized Nonprofits. Donor Databases for Large Nonprofits. Let’s get started shopping for the perfect database! Donor Databases for Small Nonprofits.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

For those of you on a different fiscal year, skip down to “Cleaning up your Prospect Database” and save this checklist for whenever the time is right for you. It’s your job to remind folks who’ve not yet renewed or fulfilled on their pledges that it’s time to do so. Don’t let them! Don’t count on them remembering.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

This website allows your supporters to pledge to donate with each Facebook Status Update or Tweet they post on Facebook or Twitter. Donors can pledge as little as $.01 Partnered with Network for Good, if your nonprofit is already in the NFG database, then you have a profile on HelpAttack! What The Trend :: whatthetrend.com.

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Judi Sohn

OCTOBER 13, 2012

As it’s a synagogue, I’ve also built out additional functionality around Yahrtzeits (memorials), High Holiday pledges, High Holiday ticketing, Membership and Hebrew School enrollment. Everyone else primarily uses Salesforce as a member/connection database which is just fine.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2022

But first, let’s compare how the major communication channels of direct mail versus digital communications play a role in donor retention. Direct Mail versus Digital Communications . A prevailing myth in the nonprofit sector is that traditional mail has been phased out by the internet.

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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. A pioneer of crowdfunding and online fundraising, GlobalGiving.org is a site to study and learn from.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Database Administrator, Manager of Development Operations, Manager of Development Systems, Information Systems Manager — every career move I thought, “With this new title, at this new organization, I will definitely have a voice. Here are four tips for empowering yourself from a former nonprofit database administrator.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

As I read case studies, blog posts and participate in sessions, I imagine replacing the term "social media" with "direct mail" or "email marketing." For example, you can choose to pledge 10 cents a tweet, or $0.25 You decide which nonprofit, how much you're willing to pledge per month, and HelpAttack! Not as much as you'd think.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

This website allows your supporters to pledge to donate with each Facebook Status Update or Tweet they post on Facebook or Twitter. Donors can pledge as little as $.01 Partnered with FirstGiving, if your nonprofit is already in the NFG database, then you have a profile on HelpAttack! that you can sign up to claim and and update.

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Judi Sohn

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Create pledges and add pledge installments. Associate a donation with an open major gift or pledge. I don't want to wait while a utility searches the entire database and then I have to fish for the one I saw. Add stock gifts including assets. Add multiple designations on a gift. Include custom donation fields.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Ideal for capturing contact information for your mailing list, event registrations, and even customizing PayPal into your website for donation processing, Wufoo is well-reviewed and reasonably priced. An online database of what is #trending on Twitter with user-generated definitions of related hashtags. Wufoo :: wufoo.com.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 16, 2021

Direct mail is a valuable fundraising strategy, but figuring out how to send a nonprofit appeal can be confusing. You’re just mailing a letter asking for a donation, right? If you’re a beginner at mailing fundraising appeals , it’s really important that you understand the strategy and psychology behind what makes a good letter.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

A donor management system is sometimes called a fundraising system or a donor database. It’s straightforward to add a donation, and to receipt it via email, but you’ll need to know if a donation corresponds to a pledge prior to entering it, and you need to export the data in order to mail-merge a thank you or other letter.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2014

From donors to volunteers, members to alumni, donations to events, mailings to campaigns, this cloud-based donor management software helps you track all of the details about your constituents and their interactions with your nonprofit. Track Donations and Pledges. Create and Manage Mailings. How Does It Work?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In this type of giving program, corporations pledge to match donations made by employees to eligible nonprofit organizations. Direct mail. Leverage a corporate giving database. However, the quickest and easiest way to do so is by leveraging a corporate giving database. Social media. Take matching gifts, for example.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Click and Pledge, a company that does SaaS for nonprofits, released a new product, called “Trio&#. I’ve never understood why they rolled their own everything — forums, mailing list archives (at least they use Mailman for the list manager), bug tracking, etc. Depending on the project, those can be really useful.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Analyze, Clean, and Segment Your Donor Data A donor database cleanup steadies and directs your strategy so that you reach the right donors with the right message and the correct personalization. Tracking the status of your pledges and developing a follow-up method as deadlines approach is key.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Text-to-give (also known as text-to-pledge or text fundraising) is a form of mobile fundraising in which donors give by sending a keyword to a text fundraising phone number. Pledges and automated pledge reminders to ensure donors fulfill their giving intentions. Pricing: Qgiv’s text fundraising services cost $159 per month.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Each month, DollarPerMonth.org selects three charities for its members (who have pledged to donate a minimum of $1 per month) to vote on. A great source for free icons to use on your website, blog, Facebook Page, in your e-mail newsletter, etc. citizens to register to vote, vote by mail, and receive election reminders via text message.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 24, 2018

I often cringe at the thought of going through old mailing lists, donor banks and other databases, and I would venture to guess you do, too. It was daunting—and more than a little tedious—but the feeling of fresh, updated databases is incredible. Pledging to keep your email account tidy is almost laughable in this day and age.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

You can do this for different segments of your database as well (which means you’ll need different response cards and donation landing pages). When you’re sending a direct mail appeal, one of the ways to establish an “anchor” amount instead of a button default is to circle an amount on the remit form, or let folks know “most people give X. ”

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 23, 2022

Siloed Data : The fundraising database was not integrated with the website, leading to siloed data and a lack of intelligence about stakeholder engagement. Direct mail fundraising was relatively accurate in PFLAG’s legacy fundraising system, but membership updates were coming in through a clunky external tool that was hard to manage.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

helps nonprofits or libraries of any size organize donors, gifts, and volunteer databases, develop email campaigns, and generate reports. Organize and track donor gifts, pledges, and dues. Create emails, direct mail letters and postcards, and online surveys. The tool integrates easily with QuickBooks and Outlook. With Exceed!

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2024

Most organizations simply do not have a large enough donor base (or mailing list ) to be sustainable without major gifts. You’ll want to tweak it, however, based on what you know about the donors in your database. I love gift charts as an organizing tool. You can use a gift chart calculator as a starting place. That’s 50%.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 6, 2017

While you might not have any directly relatable data on file to help you determine whether your donors will be responsive to text-to-give, your donor database can give you hints. Include information about text-to-give in direct mail, print ads, at signage during fundraising events…everywhere! Accept pledges.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 15, 2021

New donors are found through special events, acquisition mailings, and online giving or peer-to-peer campaigns. The trouble has been finding these donors in your database, understanding a bit about them, and putting in as much effort to cultivate them as you might on your annual strategy. And rightly so.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 25, 2015

Any fundraiser who has ever used a donor database knows what a nightmare it can be if their nonprofit’s donor data is messy, inconsistent, inaccessible or nonexistent. But a donor database doesn’t just go bad on its own, and no system is immune from neglect or over-indulgence. Direct mail response rate. Gift amount.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 25, 2015

Any fundraiser who has ever used a donor database knows what a nightmare it can be if their nonprofit’s donor data is messy, inconsistent, inaccessible or nonexistent. But a donor database doesn’t just go bad on its own, and no system is immune from neglect or over-indulgence. Direct mail response rate. Gift amount.

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NTEN

JANUARY 11, 2011

Your communications strategy should acknowledge that each of these groups has a different reason for pledging their support. If a donor is celebrating a milestone birthday, a month before their big day, send them an e-mail suggesting gifts to your organization in lieu of presents. Sophisticated strategies.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Accept Pledges. It’s an opportunity to show supporters that their donation went through and to provide additional opportunities to maximize contributions like with a matching gift database. . Is the transaction entered into your donor database automatically? Don’t let this information simply sit in your database.

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Achieve

JULY 28, 2022

Pledge Now, Pay Later. Most Millennial and Gen Z donors think of checkbooks and mailing as outdated. reveal that only 6% of Millennials are inspired to give via direct mail compared to 18% of Boomers. . Pledge Now, Pay Later. Once the $5,000 is paid off, for a monthly increment of $416.67, the pledge stops!

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2005

Do you allow supporters pay a pledge via credit card? You will need to document how that data is recorded, entered into the database, and utilized. Do you take credit card numbers in the mail? You'll need to document who receives that mail, how it is recorded, and how the originals are destroyed.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 26, 2024

Plus, wealth screening could uncover a cohort of supporters already in your database with the means and inclination to become major donors! If a donor pledges a certain amount, perhaps they get a table at an upcoming event or personal thanks on a website or social media.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 1, 2024

To identify who your mid-level donors are, you can leverage your CRM or donor database to track giving patterns, engagement, and communication history. Whether it’s a targeted email or a thoughtful direct mail campaign, you can use donor data to craft messages that feel more like a conversation than a pitch.

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