Qgiv

DECEMBER 10, 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?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2019

A wealthy constituent wants to know what their money will be going toward and what it can accomplish. During your solicitation meeting, make sure you communicate: How much money the project needs. The specifics of what their money would be funding. 1) Invite major donors to be an integral part of the work they’re funding.

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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. Well-positioned recurring donation options will allow you to increase both the size and volume of your overall funding.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 14, 2025

But if youre a fundraiser for a nonprofit organization or school in the midst of an unfolding disaster, you can do more than raise money. But until the danger has passed and the urgent needs of the community have been met, apply your talents to strengthening relationships with supporters and neighbors. Show the images. Share the data.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Gaining new donors and maintaining those relationships long term is essential to the success of your nonprofit and its projects. Their attitudes to money Understanding Millennials’ and Zoomers’ relationships with finances can give you insights into how you can engage with them as donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 30, 2018

By understanding how people make the decisions they do, your NPO can take strategic steps to raise more money and drum up more support, without running yourself ragged in the process. The field observes and analyzes human relationships through behavioral aspects including geography, biology, law, psychiatry, and political science.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 9, 2025

A peer-to-peer campaign (or P2P) is a type of fundraising where individuals organize and host a campaign on behalf of a nonprofit organization and collect donations from their friends. What will you do to nurture relationships with the new donors you acquire through the campaign? How will you keep track of results?

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The Fundraising Authority

AUGUST 6, 2021

Your goal as a fundraiser is to make sure that you are maximizing your events to raise as much money as possible, without wasting valuable time and resources. Then, they expect the money to come flowing in. You need to build relationships (with sponsors, auction donors, guests, etc.) 3: Money saved is money earned.

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Its an opportunity to deepen relationships, show gratitude, and keep the conversation going, turning one-time participants into lifelong supporters. How to Keep Donors Engaged Post-Event Your post-event messages are just the beginning of building stronger relationships with your donors.

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Allegiance Group

JANUARY 28, 2025

With both donor acquisition and retention becoming more challenging, your organization must aspire to forge relationships with donors that go beyond a single transaction in order to deepen your donors affinity for your cause. They dont necessarily care about what their money supports they simply want the benefit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 19, 2023

As the world becomes increasingly more digital, nonprofits around the globe are recognizing the importance of accepting online donations as a form of giving. Online giving can provide numerous benefits for nonprofits, from increasing donation amounts to improving donor engagement.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Many nonprofit organizations struggle to engage their board members with fundraising, especially the act of asking another person for money. A CTA is an invitation to take action, such as donating, volunteering, signing up for something, signing a petition, pledging to do something, etc. Then help implement these tools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

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. 3%: Mobile Money, such as Vodafone M-Pesa and Airtel Money. 3%: Mobile Money, such as Vodafone M-Pesa and Airtel Money.

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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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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

But big goals cost big money. Some founders are able to contribute a chunk of money in the early days to set up the infrastructure (and that’s ok), but to bring in the consistent money needed to fund big dreams, you have to get comfortable asking others to pitch in financially. Where do you start? Then, draft a plan.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 20, 2025

We made it through 2024, and with it the final push for year-end donations. You might be asking why you need to put a ton of time and energy into bringing your donors back for a second donation. Youre saving money by improving your donor retention. Thats tons of money that is being missed out on.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

In the timeline below, we tell you exactly when to send emails designed to cultivate a relationship with your new Giving Tuesday supporters. GuideStar reports that new donors who receive a thank you within 48 hours of donating are four times more likely to give to your organization again. 1) Day One: Welcome Wednesday & Thank You.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Understanding how these donors select organizations to give to and what encourages them to donate again can help you make the most of the surge of first-time givers attracted by your GivingTuesday efforts. Make Giving Easy Streamlining the donation process can make all the difference in converting interested visitors into actual donors.

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Candid

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Nonprofits may need to reimagine their donor engagement strategies to go beyond occasional outreach or standard fundraising appeals and forge relationships that resonate with their values and inspire continued support. Rethinking donor relationships When I started Imani Collective, it was a small nonprofit training program in Mombasa, Kenya.

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

It’s important to know why people make donations at the end of the year, so that you can effectively target your communications. If you understand your donor’s motivation for the gift, and the circumstances surrounding the donation, it will help you make a far better ask that fits in to your overall cultivation strategy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2020

In times like this when we’re in a strong economic downturn – and there’s a lot of uncertainty – your major donors may be pausing their donations or limiting them. This is because they have limited time and money, so they pour much of it into activities that can easily demonstrate a direct response. 1) Traffic.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2023

By Wendy Mercurio , Content & Education Specialist at Qgiv — an online fundraising platform empowering 20,000+ nonprofit fundraisers to raise money for their causes while keeping costs low. Donors are familiar and comfortable with this type of spending and are likely to connect and engage with this donation style.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

By Kelly Pullin , Marketing Manager at RoundUp App – the nation’s largest tool for rounded up donations, giving nonprofits across the country a new stream of recurring giving. RoundUp App is the nation’s largest tool for rounded up donations. The appeal of rounded up donations. That’s where RoundUp App comes in.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

New research conducted using data from Candid suggests that understanding this relationship can boost your nonprofit’s fundraising success. I was familiar with using data from Candid to evaluate a nonprofit as a prospective employee or when considering giving a donation—I love digging into a 990 ! For our first project,?

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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. Have they given recent donations to organizations similar to yours?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

USPS mailings are getting expensive and it has been suggested we might save money by including our next impact report (slated for dropping in Dec) in with our appeal – or perhaps AS the appeal, with an accompanying cover letter. Building a donor relationship requires multiple touch points over the course of the year.

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Candid

DECEMBER 3, 2024

They’re often giving by donating items, volunteering their time, and supporting fundraising (e.g., Offer NextGen donors volunteering opportunities as a gateway to donations Gen Z and Millennials’ charitable giving extends beyond financial donations, with 54% of survey respondents volunteering their time in the past year.

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Candid

JANUARY 23, 2025

The benefits of community building In my experience, there are three critical ways community building supports nonprofits that invest in it: Donor retention: Building relationships, not transactions When donors feel a sense of belonging, they stick around. When your purpose is clear, it turns casual supporters into passionate participants.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 1, 2023

In this post, we talk to Becky, a n editor in Buffalo, about why she donated $20 to The Trevor Project. The Donation : $20 What inspired you to make a donation to The Trevor Project? A friend was raising money for The Trevor Project in honor of her upcoming birthday. How did you decide on the amount you donated?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 3, 2021

In other words, it costs less time and money to cultivate repeat donors than to always try to acquire new ones. Here’s how you can get started: After someone makes a donation, send them one email per week for three weeks. This series of emails will be different from your standard newsletter and updates. Email #3: Make another ask.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

A solid donor relationship is the backbone of successful fundraising. Just like any other relationship in life, your relationships with your donors should be mutually beneficial and enjoyable. That means you should think about what your donor gets out of your relationship. A donor relationship is no different.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

Major donors make a major impact on your nonprofit, but it can be a bit scary to ask major donors for a donation. You’re probably asking for an amount that’s a stretch for you and it’s going to bring up all kinds of personal issues for you, especially if you have a negative mindset around money or wealthy people. Start With Gratitude.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 25, 2019

The government printed money like never before to pay for quantitative easing in an attempt to save the economy, devaluing everyone’s savings in the process. 10-15 years ago not every nonprofit accepted credit card donations. Are any nonprofits already accepting cryptocurrency donations? Now everyone does.

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Candid

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Despite the importance of raising money well, the majority of small to midsize nonprofits use suboptimal strategies—methods that are expensive, time-consuming, and yield only minimal returns on a lot of hard work. These are the kinds of revenue strategies that keep nonprofits just surviving instead of scaling.

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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. Real relationships: Making an ask for a donation immediately after meeting someone is like asking to borrow a car from someone you just met—there isn’t enough trust built to warrant the interaction.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

Other events are smaller, more intimate gatherings where guests are directly asked for money. You can raise money with all kinds of fundraising events like parties, galas, sporting events, concerts… and the list goes on and on. That means that spending money on an event can be a little scary. BUT the flip side? Ok, got it?

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Try these 13 successful, yet underutilized strategies to help you raise more money and create stronger relationships this year-end. Personally, I’m a big fan of asking those serving on the board of directors to not only donate first (which is a given) but to also volunteer with fundraising efforts.

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