NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The traditional approach of giving board seats to individuals with a long history of significant donations disqualifies younger professionals. It's time to rethink what qualifies someone to be a board member. Here are some tips on how to attract and engage the next generation of board members.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Corporate Giving Made Simple: A Step-by-Step Plan for Company Donations In the dynamic landscape of nonprofit fundraising, relying solely on individual donors can limit your organization’s potential. One powerful avenue that often goes untapped is corporate donations.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 14, 2025

By integrating Daxko Operations with Bloomerang, nonprofits gain real-time visibility into donor behavior, giving patterns, and member history, ensuring data-driven engagement that strengthens donor loyalty and maximizes fundraising success. Thats why automated donor insights are transforming fundraising strategies.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Donation tax receipts allow you to confirm that youve processed and implemented a charitable contribution while expressing appreciation for donors gifts. While donation receipts must follow several standards, well provide tips for customizing your receipts to recognize different donor groups’ individual contributions.

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Futurism

APRIL 13, 2025

As the BBC reports , couple Grace and Angus Davidsin welcomed baby Amy after the mother's sister, for whom she named her new child, donated her womb. During the ensuing ten years, doctors have successfully carried out 135 uterine transplants , and 65 babies have been born from the difficult procedures.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2024

As a result, they can be pretty fiscally conservative, which means they need to feel their donation is a worthwhile investment. As a result, leaning into donation methods that mimic and leverage these aspects can be critical. You need to establish why making a donation could positively affect their lives.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

February is Black History Month in many countries in the United States and Canada, an annual observance dedicated to honoring and acknowledging the valuable contributions of Black people in both nations. Keep reading to learn more about Black History Month and how you can get involved!

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 30, 2024

They’re vague, don’t explain the impact of the donation, and ask for an arbitrary amount of money. Right timing: When to make an ask depends on a variety of factors like the donor’s interest, engagement, and giving history. In this case, the first donation amount you see acts as an anchor and influences how much you will ask for.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

In Canada, the summer of 2024 now ranks as the most-destructive season in Canadian history due to over $7 billion in damages from flooding, fires and storms. Nonprofit organizations need funding and support, whether through in-kind contributions, skilled volunteers, or monetary donations. Activate your campaigns.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2024

We’re on the edge of the largest transfer of wealth in North American history–an estimated $84 trillion will move from Baby Boomers to their younger counterparts over the next 30 years. Is your nonprofit ready? The good news is this is an open book test!

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

This is why volunteerism has played such a major role throughout history. In this guide, we’ll take a broad look at volunteerism to explore its history and benefits. We’ll cover: Volunteerism definition History of volunteerism Types of volunteerism Why is volunteerism important? Let’s take a closer look at this phenomenon!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 27, 2018

In most parts of the world, however, government’s digital capabilities remain a work in progress and as a result, the ability to accept online donations is challenging for most nonprofits in Africa, parts of Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America. Donate-ng (Nigeria). donate-ng.com. backabuddy.co.za.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Winspire’s live auction item ideas guide explains that each method is best suited to different types of items as follows: In-kind donations : Physical goods and gift certificates Nonprofit discounts: Ticketed experiences (concerts, athletic events, etc.)

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Bloomerang

JULY 7, 2022

In this guide, we’ll offer some tips and sample scripts you can use when calling donors to request a face-to-face meeting or directly request donations. When thinking about how to ask for donations, it’s natural to wonder: What should I say? Can we count on you to help with a [one-time or monthly] gift of [donation amount]?”.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 9, 2022

One-time and unexpected donations are great, but recurring donations allow a nonprofit to rely on consistency when it comes to individual contributions. There are two types of recurring giving: Monthly Giving Programs and Donation Pledges. This type of donation is similar to streaming services like Netflix.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2024

Update your donation form and include the opportunity for a donor to leave a note about their gift. Take a look at this donation form. You’d get the idea that they’re interested in nature education and in supporting students, at least—what other details could you glean from their donation? Periodically review those notes.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Ever wonder who donates to a specific organization? With just a little digging—using the tools and resources I will share in this blog—you will be able to get a picture of who donates to a particular nonprofit. The post Digging in: who donates to the nonprofits you care about? But don’t get discouraged. Have a question?

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2022

An easy-to-use, accessible, mobile-friendly online donation page is crucial for modern nonprofits. Your online donation page is your virtual fundraising hub , providing donors with a way to support your cause from anywhere, at any time. These best practices fall into the following categories: Optimizing your donation page design.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

The most important thing you must do when you receive a donation of any size is immediately thank your donor warmly and provide a donation receipt. And it can’t be just any boring donation receipt. Let’s take a look at what an awesome donation receipt looks like so you can nail yours. But it’s not. They are friendly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 30, 2019

The Bitcoin blockchain, for example, is supported by roughly 10,000 nodes hosting its freely downloadable database software, and it has never been hacked during its ten-year history. The most common opportunity area is donations using bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 4, 2024

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. This guide will review these tips for bringing in more donations: Prioritize building strong supporter relationships. Explain the impact of donations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Twitter is experimenting with allowing certain nonprofits to accept donations directly through tweets. Like how only a select few nonprofits had access to Facebook’s early launch of their Facebook Fundraising Tools , only a select few nonprofits currently have access to Twitter Donations. See @Water , for example.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 4, 2023

Their average individual gifts are the highest among all generations, so securing even one donation from a member of these generations is a huge win. 1) The Silent Generation (1925-1945) 88% give to charity, donating an annual average of $1,367 across 6.2 organizations** 11.8% organizations** 23.6% organizations** 25.9%

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

According to the Global Trends in Giving Report , 10% of online donors have made a donation through Instagram Charitable Tools. Once done, your nonprofit will be able to: Add a “Donate” button to your profile (only visible in the mobile app). Add “Donate” stickers to your stories. A “Donate” buttons to livestreams.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

Or how they’re landing on your donation page? We call all of these traffic sources, and traffic sources tell us how a donor got to the page where they chose to donate. In other words, it’s how you know: Where each donor or donation is coming from. How many donations each marketing initiative is getting you.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Donation request letters, whether sent via email or direct mail, are one of the most effective ways to reach donors and solicit gifts. However, its not enough to simply send the same appeal to your entire supporter base and ask them to donate. Well cover: What is a donation request letter? How do you write a fundraising letter?

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Mailing donors is a form of direct marketing, which Double the Donation defines as appeals addressed and sent to individuals. Take it a step further by mentioning: Giving history: To show appreciation for donors contributions, mention specific gift amounts, dates, or campaigns they have supported. Personalize for Maximum Impact.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Your organization must have the tools to efficiently collect donations, manage transactions, and ensure the security of donor information. Processing Payments in a Time of Crisis In 2023, wildfires created the deadliest natural disaster in Hawaii’s history. Consider, also, if your system supports high-volume online donations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

In fact, according to data shared by Peer-to-Peer Forum , peer-to-peer fundraising is the number one tactic that inspires donors to give to charity and 39% of Americans who’ve donated to charity have done so because a friend or family member asked them to. Put together documents that discuss your organization’s purpose, goals, and history.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Facebook history groups and pages have popped up in major cities like New York and Seattle and in small towns and suburbs across the U.S. “I’ll reply to the post and say if you ever want to donate it, we’d love to have you give me a call.”

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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. But perhaps the most valuable use of email automation can be to remind past donors of the importance of donating again. And while that may sound simple in practice, you need the right tools and the right plan.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Cryptocurrency (crypto) has become the fastest-growing donation method in the US, and crypto investors are one of the most desirable donor communities in history. To understand what that means for nonprofits, look at how people search for donation options. Why do people donate crypto?

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

At its most basic level, storytelling is a way to convey facts, information, history and experience from one person, the teller, to another, the listener, but it goes deeper than that. It may inspire them to donate more and get more involved with your cause. Did her donation of time or money help someone?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

From your pool of current donors, whose donations have gone up in amount or frequency in the last year? They have a history of giving, but you need to reengage them. This is a high-opportunity group as they can be turned into first-time donors by developing a dialogue that delivers a deeper connection and inspires them to donate.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 8, 2020

But what if you could find out more about potential supporters before they even donate to your nonprofit for the first time? When you screen potential supporters before they’re even associated with your nonprofit, you won’t waste time on engaging prospects that will just donate once (if at all) and then disappear. Their clients.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2022

Far too many times in history we see nonprofits struggling to keep up with the latest technologies due to limited resources and limited funds – but not with Web3! No middleman to take a percentage of donations. Nonprofits should care about Web3 and get ahead of the trend to set themselves up for success. What is the Metaverse?

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