NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A new survey found that donors who budgeted for donations gave three times more on average than those who didn't have a giving budget.

Donation 253

Donation Donor Time Survey 253

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

By Lindsey Himphill , Digital Marketing Strategist at MobileCause – a nonprofit technology company that pioneered text-to-donate and also offers an extensive suite of online, mobile, and event fundraising solutions. Recurring donations are the most sustainable source of income for most nonprofit organizations.

Strategy 342

Strategy Online Giving Donation 342

NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 30, 2024

Text fundraising is a great way to reach donors, regardless of location. But what’s the difference between text-to-donate and text-to-give?

Difference 245

Difference Donation Giving Fundraising 245

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 29, 2022

By Allan Torres , Digital Marketing Specialist at Classy – a social enterprise that creates world-class online fundraising software for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. Every visitor of your nonprofit website is a potential donor. What Is Embedded Giving?

Giving 308

Giving Paypal Gift Mobile 308

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?

Donation 347

Donation Impact Charity Nonprofit 347

NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 13, 2022

Charities that are accredited by BBB Wise Giving Alliance will now be able to accept 50+ cryptocurrencies as charitable donations powered by The Giving Block. This new platform will allow donors and charities to engage in a new fundraising model in a way that is secure and modern.

Giving 243

Giving Donation Charity Model 243

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. In light of these advances, it’s time for your nonprofit to consider developing its own online recurring giving program.

Donation 327

Donation Gift Retention Philanthropy 327

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2020

By Christy Smaglio , Instructional Writer at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Donor retention is a crucial aspect of a productive fundraising strategy. Here are seven excellent methods of increasing donor retention and how to automate them.

Retention 342

Retention Donor Gift Rate 342

NonProfit PRO

MARCH 1, 2023

Millennial and Gen Z donors want to give (or give more), but are often constrained by finances and other economic realities. Allow them to Donate Now, Pay Later (DNPL). Your nonprofit gets all of the money upfront, but your next-gen donors get to pay over time (interest and fee free). The solution?

Donation 246

Donation Donor Money Free 246

NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The holiday season is a traditional time for nonprofits to seek additional donations. Perhaps you're considering reaching out to new leads or revisiting past donors. Regardless, before you make that move, it is crucial to have a clear plan for nurturing these relationships for retention.

Retention 299

Retention Donor Giving Strategy 299

NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Donors, especially first-time donors, can lose confidence in their decision to give if your donation page is purely transactional or difficult to use. Here are 10 ways to ensure your donation page makes it easy for donors to give and feel great about supporting your organization.

Donation 290

Donation Effective Websites Create 290

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

By Laura Bucher , Storyteller at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. But there are two things that are certain: social distancing will continue to be a reality and your donors will continue to believe in your mission. Not to worry.

Donor 333

Donor Ideas Social Social Media 333

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. In fact, GivingTuesday is one of the biggest days of giving annually. This year donors contributed $2.7 Show them the impact of their donations. billion on GivingTuesday!

Donor 280

Donor Stats Donation Story 280

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 13, 2020

By Christy Noel , Vice President of Digital Marketing Services at MobileCause – a company that pioneered text-to-donate and also offers an extensive suite of online, mobile and event fundraising solutions. You did it: your donation appeal was a success. Make sure your website is mobile optimized for donors using their cell phones.

Action 321

Action Donation Mobile Social Media 321

NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 1, 2023

In the first indication of how year-end giving will fare this year, GivingTuesday donations rose less than 1% on Tuesday. The GivingTuesday Data Commons noted that more analysis of the data will be unveiled over the coming weeks.

Giving 289

Giving Analysis Donor Data 289

NonProfit PRO

APRIL 19, 2023

Though giving tends to rise around these events, nonprofits often are unable to retain these often one-time donors. If your organization doesn’t have a plan to steward these reactionary donations to make them become more commonplace, it should. Nonprofits react to crises.

Donor 275

Donor Donation Giving Nonprofit 275

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.

Donation 318

Donation Websites Gift Review 318

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.

Giving 311

Giving Strategy Fundraising Gift 311

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. Today, a $5 donation will empower one person with lasting access to safe water.

Difference 333

Difference Donor Community Profit 333

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Every nonprofit needs two things to drive sustainable growth: new contacts and new donors. There’s no silver bullet that will make donors come flocking to your website eager to hand their hard-earned cash over to you. The bottom line is this: if people can’t subscribe or donate, then it doesn’t matter how great your content is.

email 354

email Donor Test Newsletter 354

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2023

Donate Now, Pay Later was inspired by the widespread acceptance of Buy Now, Pay Later in the consumer retail space. In 2023, the concept is on track to be widely adopted by nonprofits through Donate Now, and Pay Later. Topics include: An examination of why Donate Now, Pay Later donors give more. Cost: Free.

Donation 219

Donation Free Giving Adopt 219

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 13, 2022

When creating your nonprofit fundraising and donations strategy, email marketing should be on the top of the list of channels to use to support your efforts. However, 70% of nonprofits do not have an email marketing strategy, despite 26% of online donors saying email marketing is what inspires them to give.

email 306

email Marketing Donation Strategy 306

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 1, 2021

By Corey Blake , a Digital Fundraising Strategist at MobileCause , where she helps nonprofits accelerate their fundraising and engagement efforts through giving and marketing strategies. Let’s take a look at some examples we’ve seen that really make the most of eye-catching and engaging content to promote giving by text-to-donate.

Social Media 325

Social Media Donation Campaign Share 325

NonProfit PRO

JULY 14, 2023

A new survey from the BBB Wise Giving Alliance showed that younger people and people with lower household incomes decreased their donations over the past five years. The survey also highlighted other giving trends and offers insight for nonprofits on what will make donors contribute in the future.

People 245

People Donation Survey Report 245

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

By Kim Peterson , Content Marketing Specialist for Give by Cell , a technology company that provides mobile fundraising tools and text messaging services to nonprofits. With average email open rates at 20% for nonprofits , many organizations struggle to grab the attention of supporters, volunteers, and donors. Donor Follow Up.

Communication 305

Communication Donation Tech Tools 305

NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

This GivingTuesday, Venmo and Classy, an affiliate of GoFundMe and giving platform that empowers nonprofits to connect and build lasting relationships with donors, are teaming up to encourage individual users to donate to organizations that matter most to them through Venmo.

Donation 298

Donation Nonprofit Relationship Platform 298

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Development audit after development audit of small- to mid-sized organizations reveals that while donor retention remains a critical issue there is also another issue that is equally important. Far too many groups are not focusing their fundraising efforts on wide-scale donor acquisition efforts.

Social Media 354

Social Media Donor Media Social 354

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 11, 2024

By Julia Campbell, host of the Nonprofit Nation podcast and founder of the Nonprofit Social Media Summit , a free all-virtual event created to help nonprofits navigate the fast-changing social media landscape to drive more donations. Need some inspiration and specific examples of how to grow your donor base using social media?

Social Media 282

Social Media Media Donor Social 282

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Nonprofits need every tool possible to entice donors to join and then stick around for years. Some organizations use donor perks or benefits to do this. One way to create a major donor program or donor perks system is to replicate one from another organization. Many sponsors and donors want recognition for their support.

Donor 314

Donor Sponsor Accessibility Music 314

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 7, 2021

As I’m sure you can imagine, I receive questions about how best to grow monthly donor programs all the time. How easy is it to find the monthly giving option? How easy is it to find the donation page to begin with? One of the first things I do is look at the organization’s website.

Donor 290

Donor Websites Donation Question 290

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.

Generation 231

Generation Giving North America Method 231

NonProfit PRO

MARCH 30, 2022

The Giving Block, a crypto philanthropy platform for nonprofit organizations and individual donors, announced the launch of The Giving Block Institutional to meet the unique needs of institutional clients with fully-customizable solutions that empower them to deliver best-in-class cryptocurrency experiences.

Giving 240

Giving Service Classes Philanthropy 240

EveryAction

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The subject lines in your inbox might be shouting, “Donate now” or “Urgent, just a few hours left!” or “MAKE YOUR DONATION BEFORE MIDNIGHT.”. Something that makes you stand out and lets your donors feel like the heroes that they are? Why text donors? What should you text your donors?

Donor 216

Donor Giving Gift Photo 216

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

It’s no secret that corporate donors are invaluable partners for nonprofits. Thoughtful donor stewardship strategies are the key to enhancing corporate partnerships. The details of your stewardship strategy will depend on things like your donors’ interests and your resources.

Social Media 310

Social Media Hunger Donor Media 310

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 19, 2023

By Meredith Gray , Head of Marketing at Keela – a complete software solution for nonprofits looking to grow revenue, centralize and manage data, and deepen donor engagement. As the world becomes increasingly more digital, nonprofits around the globe are recognizing the importance of accepting online donations as a form of giving.

Donation 181

Donation Digital Online Giving 181

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 27, 2023

Recurring giving is when a donor makes regular, ongoing donations to your nonprofit. These consistent gifts, known as recurring donations, help your organization’s long-term fundraising success and retention goals. By Network for Good — an easy-to-use all-in-one nonprofit fundraising platform.

Donation 229

Donation Guide Retention Template 229

NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Many nonprofits are turning to a new way of fundraising: Giving Days. Giving Days galvanize your supporter base, amplify donations, and attract new donors. Reinvent the power of your fundraising and keep the giving spirit going even beyond Giving Tuesday with The Ultimate Nonprofit Guide to Giving Days.

Giving 264

Giving Nonprofit Guide Donation 264