Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Philanthropy is at an inflection point and fundraisers are looking opportunistically beyond cash and credit as their sole sources of funding. Consequently, it’s going to be a challenging giving season for organizations relying exclusively on cash and credit. The good news is that other sources of funding are readily available.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2024

By Stasia Hural , Digital Marketing Lead at Keela – a complete software solution for nonprofits looking to grow revenue, centralize and manage data, and deepen donor engagement. They can now analyze lots of data, understand donor behavior, and tailor their strategies. They can also benefit from smart donation asks.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 27, 2023

Quiltt introduces Round 4 Good, an innovative platform that revolutionizes charitable giving by seamlessly transforming spare change into a continuous source of donations for nonprofits. Round 4 Good empowers nonprofits to receive steady funding while offering donors a simple way to make a difference.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants tips on how to connect with and cultivate Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) donors: Dear Charity Clairity, My boss thinks we should get more funding through DAFs. In fact, the majority of DAF donors do not want to be anonymous.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 4, 2023

By Michelle Kocin , Digital Marketing Manager at Sylogist Mission CRM – a donor management, fundraising, and volunteer management platform build for nonprofits and NGOs in the Microsoft Dataverse. When we look at the giving landscape in North America, the preferences and motivations for giving vary across different generations.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 29, 2023

In your fundraising constituent relationship management (CRM) platform, the donations received and the goals you set for your campaign can seem abstract, but your fundraising successes and setbacks will have a major impact on the communities, causes, and people you serve. Here, Bethany could have more capacity to give.

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The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Charity evaluator Charity Navigator has introduced Causewa y – a platform intended to simplify giving and increase donor impact on the causes donors care about. Each Causeway fund includes a mix of charities using proven strategies, from direct services to policy reform, all chosen for maximum impact.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Giving Season is upon us and the clock is ticking. As leadership and development teams lean in for a final push, donors are receiving countless requests for limited financial support. . Appreciated stock represents the most tax-advantaged way to support causes donors love for 3 key reasons: . The Stock Gifting Donation Process.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

#GivingTuesday 2020 is December 1 and below are important data about GivingTuesday donors to help your nonprofit create a successful campaign. The data from GivingTuesday comes from their 2019 GivingTuesday Impact Report and the 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report data is based on the survey responses of 2,263 GivingTuesday 2019 donors.

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The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

donors gave to nonprofits during 2023, according to data from Giving USA, is a high-water mark in terms of current dollars, and the amount exceeds pre-COVID-19 pandemic-giving, which peaked during 2019. Even though actual giving ticked up from 2022’s level. inflation rate meant real-dollar giving declined by 2.1%.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2020

According to the 2019 Blackbaud Charitable Giving Report , online giving grew 6.8% Also important to be aware of is that 26% of online donations made in 2019 occurred on a mobile device. Having a mobile-compatible website is now a standard best practice and that is especially true for your nonprofit’s donation pages.

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sgEngage

APRIL 8, 2024

Since she signed the Giving Pledge in 2019 and began her momentous campaign of organization-changing donations, MacKenzie Scott has given away more than $17.3 All in unrestricted funds with no reporting necessary. What Are Restricted Funds? Restricted funds often outline what they will fund and what they won’t.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 14, 2023

Becoming savvier about donor advised funds is a current trend in nonprofit fundraising. As a nonprofit, finding out which donors have a donor-advised fund (DAF) can be challenging since DAF accounts are privately held and not public entities, and because they are managed by sponsoring organizations or financial institutions.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes 5 Ways to Retain Your #GivingTuesday Donors While you’ve put plenty of hard work into the planning and execution of your #GivingTuesday campaign, your job isn’t over until you’ve followed up with your supporters. Donors tend to be loyal to a few select charities.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Text-to-give is one of the easiest and fastest ways to raise donations via SMS messaging. However, many nonprofits don’t know where to start when it comes to implementing text-to-give campaigns. This guide will explain how the process works and ways to optimize your campaigns using text-to-give platforms.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 18, 2020

As large donors tighten their spending, you may be wondering how to get charity donations during a global pandemic. It may be time for your nonprofit to reevaluate your fundraising strategy and learn how micro-donations for nonprofits can make a significant difference. Why are small donations important?

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

In digital philanthropy, it has never been more important to seek out and embrace innovations, especially innovations in online donation forms. Your online giving form is the primary instrument you use to process a donation, and it’s also the key tool you use for collecting valuable information about your donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

By Denise Dunbar , a Digital Fundraising Strategist at MobileCause , where she helps nonprofits accelerate their fundraising and engagement efforts through giving and marketing strategies. 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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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Donor-advised funds (DAFs) are one of the fastest-growing areas of charitable giving. More than 3 million people use donor-advised fund accounts for their philanthropy. Such explosive growth is almost an anomaly in fundraising today, where we’re seeing a decline in both participation and giving.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2021

As a non-profiteer of many years, I have known donor giving programs to be described via a myriad of terms; sustainment, long-term, continued, recurring – all ways to describe the length of the relationship a donor establishes with a non-profit. Creating powerful solutions. The value of efficiency.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 3, 2023

from our friends at Double the Donation Major giving strategies play a major role in many nonprofit organizations’ fundraising success. And the larger your organization, the larger the gifts you can expect to receive⁠—that is, of course, when your team has a plan to cultivate and steward key donors.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 4, 2024

Individual giving declined in 2022 , and 70% of nonprofits expect giving to continue to decrease or remain flat. In difficult circumstances, it’s helpful to return to the fundraising basics to ensure you’re making the most of tried and true strategies to boost your nonprofit’s donation revenue. Explain the impact of donations.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Giving Season has arrived. This time of year serves as a reminder to give generously, with an emphasis on charitable giving. Volunteers sit outside grocery stores, ringing bells and encouraging shoppers to donate to their cause. With so many options for charitable giving, people want to know how they can donate wisely.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 4, 2024

A donation drive is a purposeful and organized effort to mobilize individuals, communities, or businesses to contribute resources, typically in the form of monetary funds, goods, or services, towards a specific cause or charitable organization. Diversifying Revenue Streams Relying solely on grants or individual donations can be risky.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 30, 2023

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to credit and acknowledge donor advised fund gifts in their donor database: Dear Charity Clairity, I’m unsure how to enter donor advised fund gifts in our database so they’re credited and acknowledged appropriately.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

We also explored how he arrived at the decision to give his money to nonprofits that support his favorite animals in perpetuity through his own donor-advised fund. It would be lovely if you could just call up Bob and ask him to consider funding your nonprofit through his donor-advised fund.

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Candid

OCTOBER 1, 2024

As nonprofit fundraisers navigate the ever-evolving world of philanthropy, keeping up with donor trends is crucial. Dollars and Change , a new report from Candid, GivingTuesday, and Network for Good, takes a deep dive into eight years of data, shedding light on the patterns in charitable giving—and the factors that drive those patterns.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Did you know that your volunteers are prime candidates to become lasting donors? According to Funraise's 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report , people are two times more likely to donate to causes and organizations that they volunteer for.

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CauseVox

JUNE 26, 2023

As fundraisers, we understand how important it is to connect with donors and maximize the impact of their contributions. That’s why adding a tribute donation option to your donation page is a small thing that can make a big difference. What Are Tribute Donations?

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Bloomerang

MARCH 6, 2023

Text-to-Donate , also sometimes called Text-to-Give or text fundraising , is a tool that allows your nonprofit to receive donations by contacting individuals in your organization’s donor list via text message. Here are five ways you can use the Text-to-Donate feature to enhance your fundraising success.

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Charity Village

AUGUST 5, 2022

The need is more pressing as the “giving gap” – aging donors continuing to give at a much higher rate than younger generations – widens. If not addressed, charities will face a funding shortfall when older donors can no […].

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sgEngage

JULY 31, 2024

What does the path to a $50 million donation look like? From a highly satisfied donor who has given two or more major gifts. Is the Tide Turning on Endowment Giving? Donors want it to power mill wheels, to turn the grist of organizational potential into a flour that feeds human potential. Some combination of these.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

When it comes to maximizing donations for your nonprofit, matching gift programs are one of the most effective strategies available. By encouraging donors to take advantage of their employer’s matching gifts, you can significantly increase the funds raised without asking them to contribute more directly.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

Is your YMCA only asking for gifts during your annual fund campaign? If so, you’re missing out on what the rest of the nonprofit fundraising world already does: invite donors to give year-round. Scared your donors might get tired of being asked multiple times and develop donor fatigue? How can you start?

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

When you think of optimizing your nonprofit’s donation page, you may envision adding an eye-catching image or writing new copy about your organization’s mission. These are good places to start, but there’s more you can do to appeal to prospective donors while they decide whether or not to give. Let’s dive in!

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Achieve

JUNE 1, 2023

Your nonprofit likely has plenty of strategies for gathering direct donor feedback. But donors can reveal just as much information about their motivations and interests through their unspoken actions. Review your donor demographics. Analyze your online giving trends and engagement metrics. December 31.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 23, 2024

Donor fatigue is real, and it’s hurting lots of small nonprofits that are over asking their donors without balancing those asks with enough feel-good interactions. Some experts say donor fatigue is a myth. Regardless, it’s something to be concerned about BEFORE you see a decrease in your donations. What is Donor Fatigue?

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