NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

I would like to emphasize here why it’s important to know the distinction between paying off a pledge over time, versus starting a recurring gift.

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CauseVox

JULY 13, 2021

You’ve probably heard of a donation pledge if you’ve been in fundraising for any amount of time. A donation pledge is when a supporter promises to give a certain amount of money in a set time frame. Why Ask For Donation Pledges? So what is the benefit of a pledge over a donation? Not anymore!

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CauseVox

JULY 14, 2021

In recent years, pledges have fallen out of fashion: it’s not how today’s donors give, and it’s difficult for fundraisers to track and manage fulfillment. With Auto-Pledge, pledges will never be the same! When you ask your average donor for a $1000 donation, it’s a big commitment on the spot.

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Candid

JANUARY 29, 2025

These include categories like grants, donations from individuals, support from companies, and earned income from services or products. Those capabilities cant be built overnight, so youll need to share your findings and proposed funding strategy with key internal stakeholderswho are vital to implementing it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

The first “Donate Now” button was released in 1999 by a project of the Tides Foundation called Groundspring (acquired by Network for Good in 2005) and for the next two decades, nonprofit professionals have embraced the study of inspiring people to give online to good causes. 1) Implement Donation Page Best Practices.

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CauseVox

JULY 12, 2021

CauseVox is launching Auto-Pledge: a state-of-the-art pledge form that’s optimized for the digital world. Auto-Pledge forms help you increase your gift size and get more large gift pledges online, while also automatically fulfilling them.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

A CTA is an invitation to take action, such as donating, volunteering, signing up for something, signing a petition, pledging to do something, etc. Make a “ stretch gift ” that is very generous and is outside your normal giving pattern. Help the organization get authorized for receiving donations on Facebook.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2025

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. Donors can text a unique keyword or donation amount to your nonprofits dedicated phone number. Check out the example below of the Michael J.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 21, 2019

The average online gift in 2018 was $96.40 The typical return donor made a second donation around 349 days after their first donation. 29% of annual donation volume occurs from #GivingTuesday through the end of the year ( The State of Modern Philanthropy Report ). Fundraising Stats. 11% via direct mail/post.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Nonprofits have been accepting cryptocurrency donations for over a decade. Here are a few of the greatest hits when it comes to nonprofit misconceptions around cryptocurrency: Myth 1: Cryptocurrency donations aren’t really a “thing” yet. 200,000,000+ is donated in cryptocurrency annually.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 11, 2013

I’ll highlight what should make you smile in Nonprofit Starter Pack , Causeview , Click & Pledge , Soapbox Engage , Conga Composer , Apsona , Volunteers , and more if I can. One of my favorite features of the Nonprofit Starter Pack is how it handles gift payments. It’s not just about whether the gift has an end date.

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Bloomerang

JULY 7, 2022

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on when it’s a good idea to give gifts to donors. . Dear Charity Clairity, I know public broadcasting offers donors gifts in exchange for their donations at various levels. Also, it’s a lot of work to get donated gifts, and expenses to buy them.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 8, 2024

The larger the ask, the more complex the process of landing on the right donation solicitation amount will be. For example, capital campaign gift size evaluation will be much more challenging than determining the appropriate donation solicitation amount for an annual request. Who is soliciting the gift?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Individual pledge commitments or reports on pledged revenue by date, campaign, or program can be tracked easily. Supporters can even text a unique code and donate from their mobile device. It integrates directly with your website to process online donations, pledges, and payment. 5) Neon :: neoncrm.com.

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Qgiv

MARCH 22, 2023

A pledge drive is a fundraising campaign where donors promise a gift amount to your organization based on a goal set by you or your participants. As your organization or participants meet those goals, donors increase their pledged donation. When creating your plan, start by determining your goals for the pledge drive.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

A matching gift is a great opportunity to leverage a generous donation from one donor, or a group of donors, to bring in even more money from other donors for your nonprofit. Their support lets you tell other donors: A generous donor has offered to match every gift made toward the laptops dollar-for-dollar up to $3,000!

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

But there’s one unsung strategy that can elevate your donor retention rates, while expanding mid-level and major giving: multi-year gift agreements. This continues a trend that began in 2021, after a large uptick in donations and donors in 2020. Q3 itself saw a YOY drop of 7.6%. Does this r eally improve donor retention?

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Myth #3: I’ll fund my nonprofit with corporate donations! Corporate donations require relationships that take time to cultivate. You see, the best way to get a corporate gift is through a connection at the company. But there are often strict rules and enrollment periods that can make it difficult to secure the gift.

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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. And do I thank the donor or the administrator?

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NetWits

JANUARY 11, 2011

Essentially you can set up a page that allows you to fundraise by asking people to donate money in support of the cause you care about instead of buying you a gift. As projects are created people can support projects that interest them by making a donation, joining a project community and spreading the word.

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CauseVox

JUNE 7, 2022

The only sure-fire way to capitalize on your website views is to create a successful donation page. Donation pages are an essential component of every organization’s fundraising effort. In today’s world, these pages are responsible for the vast majority of donations that an organization will receive. Be Branded (Storied).

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Samsung pledged to contribute up to $100,000 through this social action challenge, providing a donation of $5 to the Dan Marino Foundation each time someone pledged their support of autism awareness by sharing an infographic with their Facebook friends or sending a tweet with the hashtag, #teamautism. It’s a cycle.

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Double the Donation

JUNE 13, 2023

Double the Donation and Click & Pledge have come together once again to enhance their existing matching gift integration. Now, mutual clients have the option to pass all donations from Click & Pledge to 360MatchPro.

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CauseVox

MAY 12, 2022

Here’s a surprising truth for a lot of nonprofit organizations: the donate button on your website is a really big deal! A good donation page is more than a pretty website: it can increase both your number of donors and the size of their donations. And it starts with your donate button. What Can A Donation Page Do?

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sgEngage

MAY 28, 2024

Make More Accurate Gift Capacity Estimates Gift capacity is a sensitive subject. Only when a gift officer starts talking to a prospect via the qualification and the cultivation process can you know how much someone will give to your organization. Here are three methods for fine-tuning your gift capacity estimates.

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Chances are your organization has some kind of donation form on your website. But it’s also likely that you haven’t created a donation page that converts as well as it could. But what does it mean for a donation form to be truly outstanding? What are the features of a good donation form? Not sure how?

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CauseVox

MARCH 16, 2022

We want to see you succeed and to give your donors the best giving experience, so we added some serious upgrades to our donation form! Our new, all-in-one donation form has everything you need to run robust fundraising in the easiest way possible on your website and on your CauseVox fundraising sites. New Donation Form Enhancements.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 14, 2023

Organizations that rely on donations to continue serving their communities or participants, whether they are nonprofits, schools, or sports teams, must focus on providing high-quality donor experiences. But how can you make sure the act of donating is both easy for donors and maximizes results for your organization?

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Donorbox

AUGUST 5, 2022

Donation pledges can be an excellent way to encourage larger gifts and develop relationships with new donors. They can help nonprofits build on earlier gift amounts and entice donors to give again in the case of disaster relief or an organization’s urgent needs.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 9, 2025

The more dependable and regular your funding is, the less risk you have and the lower your reserves can be.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 17, 2022

Warning, this article COMPLETELY buries the lead on the real reason why donate now, pay later could be a game-changer. There’s a big difference between making a pledge and making a donation. A pledge is when you promise to give a certain amount of money to a cause, usually over time. Pledge Now, Pay Later Tools.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

As a nonprofit fundraising professional, you’re always thinking of ways to encourage your donors to increase their donation amounts. This is where suggested donations can play an important role in your fundraising strategy. What are suggested donations? How to choose suggested donation amounts.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Your GivingTuesday donation form is one of the most important pieces of your campaign. A great donation form will make people more likely to give—and make the donation process an easy one—but what does a good donation form look like? And how can you build a GivingTuesday donation form your supporters will love?

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

More small donors than ever are getting involved in causes they care about by giving “micro-donations,” and successful fundraisers are jumping on it. What are “Micro-Donations,” and why should you care right now? While donations of $10 or $20 may not sound like much—especially when compared with major donor contributions!

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Today’s question come from a nonprofit employee who want advice on which year to count gifts that are made on or before December 31, but not received until January: . Our auditors later told us the gifts should have been recorded as pledges, with the payment showing as being applied in the new year. — In a Dilemma.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

56% of contributors are more willing to donate to a peer-to-peer campaign if they know someone already engaged in the campaign. The longer participants continue the activity, the more donations they raise to help reach your goal. They can share their page with friends and family, ask them to donate, or encourage them to register.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

If you’re getting people to your website, how are you getting them to make you a donation you can’t refuse? Here are our picks for the top donation platforms for nonprofits to help optimize your digital fundraising efforts. So what’s the best donation platform? We’re asked this question a lot at Whole Whale. Click To Tweet.

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