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.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Master the first 90 days as a Major Gift Officer with this strategic roadmap. Learn how to build donor relationships, align with your organization’s mission, and set the stage for long-term fundraising success. Ready to make an impact?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

If youre like most nonprofits, attracting new donors is a costly endeavor. Yet somehow, its the one goal your boss or your board gets the most excited about. Many nonprofits prioritize donor acquisition over stewardship, treating stewardship strategies as a frivolous or just a nice to have endeavor.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Data from recent elections shows rage donors take their candidate’s loss in a presidential bid as inspiration to donate more to causes associated with the candidate’s party, while the winning team’s incoming gifts drop off. Rage donors are not feeling charitable ; they’re feeling reactionary.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 25, 2021

As nonprofits continue to adapt to the new normal, many fundraisers struggle with the goal of engaging major donors. Join major giving expert and ACFRE, Amy Eisenstein, as she delves into the trending topics your organization needs to tune into this year including: Discovering major donors within your donor community.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 8, 2025

Its your roadmap to streamline and integrate your operations, stay organized and reach your goals. Step one: Brainstorm everything youll add to the fundraising calendar Start/end dates for every fundraising campaign, for example, end of year, GivingTuesday, monthly donor campaign, planned giving campaign, etc. Thats step one.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

By Stephanie Kanak , Content Strategist at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Did you know that 63% of Giving Tuesday donors only give on Giving Tuesday ? What if you could convert those one-time donors into engaged supporters that give again?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Thanking creates loyalty Did you know that 53% of donors stop giving because they feel unappreciated, and 41% cite lack of acknowledgment or thanks as their reason? Conversely, loyal donors give 42% more over their lifetime and are 70% more likely to leave a planned gift.

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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 While it might seem impossible to do, turning one-time donors into monthly donors is a crucial part of any nonprofit’s success. . billion on GivingTuesday!

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 25, 2021

Transformational gifts can take your organization to the next level. Pursuing transformational gifts from a select group of interested and capable donors is not only the best way to achieve your annual fundraising goals, but it can also catalyze further growth and provide a stable future for your organization.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The answer is in understanding your goal and audience, and then matching your pitch to the prospect. In other words, you create donor journeys. . If you’ve never done so, developing donor journeys (also known as donor journey mapping) can feel like quite an undertaking. What are my donor personas? Ask yourself: .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Major donors are the most valuable supporters of the nonprofit world. The key to achieving your nonprofit’s greatest goals? Follow these three steps to engage and nurture the high net worth donors who share your vision. 1) Invite major donors to be an integral part of the work they’re funding.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 21, 2022

According to the Fidelity Charitable Overcoming Barriers to Giving Report, 65% of donors would give more if they knew the impact of their donations. It lets donors determine for themselves that their donation, involvement, and passion moved the needle and made a measurable contribution to the world. 2) Give social media shoutouts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2024

Donor retention is important. All that is true, but the fact remains that donor retention is a struggle. Retaining your donors requires building relationships with them, and those relationships will rely heavily on effective communication. But how can a single fundraiser communicate effectively with an entire donor base?

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

As a fundraising professional, you already know how important your major donors are. Having a dedicated and data-driven strategy to engage and build relationships with major donors is critical to your fundraising goals and success.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Or theyre told they must bring in X number of new donors at the organizations major gift level. Mid-level, major, and legacy gifts are a long game. The number of current major donors. The number of current mid-level donors. The number of repeat donors. Perhaps the donor loves the ED or the board president.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Remember, your goal ( why you do what you do ) must encompass building community, facilitating human connection, and creating opportunities for people to find meaning. Remember, your goal ( why you do what you do ) must encompass building community, facilitating human connection, and creating opportunities for people to find meaning.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Recruit a match from a single donor or group of donors. What number of donors gave at end of year? What was our average gift amount? How many new first-time donors did we have at end of year? Set campaign goals. Schedule in-person ask visits with donors. Filter by date. Record relevant feedback/notes.

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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. Recurring donors are over five times more valuable to your nonprofit than one-time donors, according to The State of Modern Philanthropy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

By Kyle Brown , COO at DonateStock – a fundraising platform that makes stock gifting to nonprofits easy and accessible. As leadership and development teams lean in for a final push, donors are receiving countless requests for limited financial support. . Why Stock Gifting? Nonprofits receive larger pre-tax gifts (vs.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 6, 2025

Also, not today, full-blown panic over meeting our aggressive budget goals. This year, youre starting on the right footwith data-driven insights , realistic, air-tight goals, and the perfect plan to reach them. But first-time donors are fickleonly 19% give again. And not today, passive-aggressive email from the board chair.

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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. Maximize the Impact of Tribute Gifts. MobileCause makes it easy for a donor to make a tribute gift.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

This is the problem your donors can solve. What are you asking donors to support? If you suggest that my $100 gift will end hunger, I won’t believe you. Despite what you might hear, direct mail still reigns over email, but results will always vary by audience, for example, current donors vs. a cold list and audience size.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Soon, we’ll spend our days purchasing holiday gifts for loved ones, baking, and gearing up for visits from family and friends. Since you probably raise a good percentage of your fundraising goal during the month of December, you have to make the time count! These are your most vulnerable donor segments that need nurturing.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Online fundraising has become a popular option for organizations since it allows access to a wider donor base that can support their mission regardless of location. Online fundraising opens the door to a range of creative ways to connect with potential donors. It’s also how donors prefer to support.

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sgEngage

MARCH 10, 2025

The traditional endpoint for philanthropic giving used to be a hard close and a hand-off of the gift to an organization offering an adequately agreeable mission statement. Your supporters want to feel more ownership over their gift even after it changes hands. Today, donors see their gift as an investment in outcomes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2021

Learn how to introduce and motivate your biggest advocates to get involved, and how to follow up with the donors that didn’t engage with your appeal the first time around. Mention the donor’s past involvement with your organization and the impact their previous gifts have made. Email #2: Follow Up With Unengaged Donors .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Major Gifts. A monthly giving program, also known as a monthly giving society or circle, is where donors sign up to automatically donate a specified amount to an organization each month. Donation pledges are donor promises to give an organization a certain amount of money over a set period. Peer-to-Peer and Team Fundraising.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 13, 2025

Put yourself in the donor’s shoes. Take time to engage all stakeholders board, management, staff, volunteers, donors and beneficiaries to conduct rich dialogues to address these deep questions. Establish funding priorities: What gifts do you need of time, talent, and treasure to robustly champion your mission?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 8, 2023

A nonprofit CEO, Dorethea, asks, “ Should I send holidays gifts to donors ?” Well, Dorethea, it depends on what type of gift and which donor segment (small, mid-size, or major givers) you have in mind. It also depends on your previous conversations or donor surveys. What defines a major donor varies.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 12, 2024

In a fiercely competitive environment in which donors make difficult decisions not between the good and the bad, but between the good and the good, the goal needs to be forging, nurturing, and sustaining lifelong friendships. Emotion is a chief ingredient of bonding donor prospects with the missions of Americas more than 1.5

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

A monthly giving program is the most effective and effortless way to retain #GivingTuesday donor support beyond the 24-hour social media buzz. Monthly Gifts: A Perfect Way For Millennials To Pitch In . And don’t forget that as they move up in their careers, millennials will increase their gift amounts to you substantially.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Step 1: Show your donors the impact of their last gift! According to author Penelope Burk, over-solicitation is the number one reason donors give for not making a repeat donation. This doesn’t mean you’re asking too often—it means asking again before showing their first gift had an impact. Don’t believe me?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

As a general rule, donations pages should be simple, optimized for mobile giving, and ask for the minimal amount of information required to make a donation and to capture a donor’s contact information. It’s also worth sending a postcard campaign to your one-time donors asking them to become monthly donors.

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sgEngage

MAY 1, 2024

Whether your fundraising year is tracking ahead of schedule, right on track, or you’re off to a bit of a slow start, there’s no time like the present to consider what kind of experience you are delivering to both new donors and to long-time supporters. When it comes to the donor journey, a proper strategy can make all the difference.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Spur Local’s Donation Counter Spur Local used a donation counter to add a sense of urgency and community as everyone rallied together to hit the goal. Whether you’re highlighting dollar amounts, the number of donors, or both, a live donation counter is a simple yet powerful way to boost momentum for your fundraising campaign.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Nonprofits are hopeful that they can re-engage their donors from last year with a new eye on what’s ahead for the future of fundraising. To drive conversion and boost revenue, fundraising professionals will need to create campaigns that attract new supporters and prioritize donor experience. Nonprofits raised more than $2.47

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