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 However, one problem still plagues GivingTuesday and year-end donations: most of them are one-time donations. billion on GivingTuesday!

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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.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

These donors, who contribute without prior planning, can be the unsung heroes of your end-of-year fundraising. According to a recent report from the Blackbaud Institute , 72% of spontaneous gifts went to organizations with whom the donors were already familiar. This is even more important as you seek to expand your donor rolls.

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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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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.

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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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

A digital community consists of active supporters such as staff, volunteers, partners, donors, and advocates connected through various social media platforms. It’s one of the most effective ways to stay connected with supporters, offering a platform to thank donors, highlight impact, and nurture relationships.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

have been cast, nonprofit organizations should be prepared for a new wave of donations from voters whose candidate (or candidates) did not win. Regardless of whether they donated before the election or in response to it, don’t treat rage donors as one-and-done. Now that the votes for the 2024 election in the U.S.

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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

MAY 13, 2022

How much time do you spend thinking about where your donors are coming from ? Or how they’re landing on your donation page? It is super important to understand where your donors are coming from and how you could be acquiring more! How to keep growing your donor acquisition. then you might want to keep reading.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

To grow your nonprofit’s following on social media, you need to make a concerted effort to let your supporters and donors know how to find your nonprofit on social media. 2) Include social media icons in your email newsletter. 2) Include social media icons in your email newsletter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 19, 2019

Your most loyal donors are your multichannel donors. Multichannel donors support you in every way possible. They follow you on social media, donate to your cause, rally their Facebook friends, and participate in your events. How can you identify your multichannel donors? Engage them consistently. Email them.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

59% of people of who engage with causes on social media donate money to nonprofits. 27% of donors worldwide cite social media as the communication tool that inspires them the most often to give. Sign up for Facebook’s new donation tools. Sign up for Google for Nonprofits to accept donations through YouTube and possibly Google+.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Tribute and honorary gifts , made in honor or in memory of someone who is not a donor, are a great way for nonprofit organizations to raise awareness and funds while honoring an individual, either in memoriam or celebration. 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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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.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Employer matching gifts offer key advantages to nonprofit organizations, including increased individual donations, opportunities for additional corporate funding, improved supporter engagement, and more. If youre wondering if corporate matching gifts can boost donor retention levels, the answer is yes.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

By repurposing the content of your report, you can continue to present that evidence in new ways, tailoring it to the diverse fashions in which your donors prefer to receive communications and amplifying its reach. Here are five ways to use your digital impact report as a marketing tool: 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 1, 2021

To receive future updates about the Global NGO Technology Survey data, please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter. 1) 69% of nonprofits worldwide regularly publish an email newsletter. Of those, 93% use an email marketing service, such as MailChimp or ConstantContact, to send their email newsletters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 31, 2020

Built for publishers that produce a lot of content, Action Button is a widget that features “Donate” buttons (as well as Tweet, Call, Pledge buttons) directly inside trending articles published by their partners. GivingLoop focuses solely on offering monthly giving donation pages and recurring donor retention tools to nonprofits.

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

A donation page is like your nonprofits digital giving hubits the place where supporters can easily contribute and feel connected to your mission. Having a dedicated donation page ensures that giving is simple, accessible, and distraction-free. Clean Water For The Worlds optimized donation page hosted on their website with CauseVox.

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Neon CRM

MARCH 27, 2025

Donation receipts are important for a few reasons. But donors often expect receipts for gifts of any amount, and keeping them happy is a key part of inspiring them to give again. Well-written donation receipts meet IRS requirements and make donors feel good about their gift.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 18, 2024

To grow your following on social media, you need to make a concerted effort to let your supporters and donors know how to find your nonprofit on social media. 2) Include social media icons in your email newsletter. Again, where to feature your social media icons in your newsletter depends upon your digital marketing priorities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2021

According to the Fidelity Charitable Overcoming Barriers to Giving Report , 65% of donors would give more if they knew the impact of their donations. Annual reports are too infrequent and written for foundations and major donors, thus not ideal for reporting impact to small and mid-size donors. Email #1 ? Email #2 ?

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 24, 2020

An astute reader e-mailed me after the article was published to remind me that I forgot one important piece of the puzzle: stewarding donors after they give. Now, like most non-profits, I know about stewarding donors. Before going on, let’s answer the question, “What does it mean to ‘steward’ a donor?” What is Stewarding?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 12, 2024

In fact, a recent Global Trends in Giving report reveals that 33% of donors in the U.S. In this article, we explain why email campaigns are a perfect place to begin engaging your donors and how your nonprofit can use email to its advantage starting today. Well cover: Why is investing in email marketing for nonprofits worth it?

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

One of the best ways to stay in touch with your donors on a consistent basis is through a nonprofit email newsletter. When done well, email newsletters can be fast and cheap for you and heartwarming for your donor, basically meeting everyone’s needs. Invite donors’ feedback to establish 2-way communication (courtesy).

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2025

Regardless of what you call it, mobile giving is one of the most popular ways for nonprofits to raise moneyand retain more donors on the go. The primary types of mobile giving Text-to-give One of the most popular ways to give on the go is via text-to-give or text-to-donate, which simply involves giving via text message.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 24, 2024

And of course I wanted to increase our donations. When I first met you, we were putting out an 8 page newsletter twice a year as our primary fundraising. We had our own in-house donor base software program that was actually ahead of its time and worked well for us. We do really well at retaining donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

To receive future updates about the Global NGO Technology Survey data, please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter. 1) 94% of nonprofits accept online donations through their website. 2) Of those that accept donations through their website, these are the types of payment methods accepted: 91%: Credit card payments.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Some individual board members may want to start with “easier” tasks like thanking donors, but eventually, they should be directly helping raise thousands of dollars annually. A CTA is an invitation to take action, such as donating, volunteering, signing up for something, signing a petition, pledging to do something, etc.

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

These include: Donation receipts and tax acknowledgments: Promptly sending these essential documents shows your professionalism and gratitude while giving donors the information they need for tax purposes. True donor stewardship goes beyond a single thank-you or receipt.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Without a doubt, your nonprofit’s donors and supporters use Facebook on a regular basis and thus Facebook should be your first priority in your social media strategy. To begin, add a “Donate” button to one post a week.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 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. 1) Creating Custom Donation Appeals in Minutes Use ChatGPT to craft a sequence of donation appeals with the goal of encouraging your stakeholders to make a donation.

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The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

An organization’s annual fundraising appeal letter is a yearly letter that gets sent out to your current donors asking for general operating funds for your nonprofit organization. When your appeal is the only real live letter your donors get from you, they are more likely to feel you are “selling” to them.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 18, 2024

These challenges make sustainable donor support essential for creating lasting solutions. For nonprofit professionals serving rural communities, building strong donor relationships starts with clear communication about local needs and measurable outcomes. Nonprofit professionals need distinct strategies for each setting.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

With the help of generous donors, youve secured funding, rented retail space, and sourced inventory. Although youve done a lot of work to establish your store, none of it would be possible without the donors who have gotten you to this point. Individual Donation Receipts Individual donation tax receipts are the most straightforward.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 25, 2024

For these teams, marketing automation can multiply their effect so they can create more connections and drive more donations. Automation tools like HubSpot , Salesforce’s Marketing Cloud and Mailchimp Automation can help you engage with a wide range of contacts, from top-of-the-funnel unaware prospects to current and past donors.

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