NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Having a proper logistics plan is essential to motivate donors, who are increasingly interested in seeing their money used as effectively as possible, for the best outcomes. Here are some ideas on how large nonprofits can ensure maximum efficiency and maximum trust with donors.

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The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The following is an excerpt from our class How to Find New Major Donors and Get Them to Give to Your Non-Profit. Who qualifies as a major donor prospect for your organization? As you are looking for donors to make contact with and insert into your fundraising funnel, you don’t want to waste time. Good major donor prospects…. #1

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Nonprofits need every tool possible to entice donors to join and then stick around for years. Some organizations use donor perks or benefits to do this. One way to create a major donor program or donor perks system is to replicate one from another organization. Many sponsors and donors want recognition for their support.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 11, 2024

29% of online donors say that social media is the communication tool that most inspires them to give [email 27%, website, 18%, print, 12%, TV ad 6%] (According to the Global Trends in Giving Report ). One question that I see nonprofits constantly asking, and with good reason: “Can social media really bring in new donors for our nonprofit?”

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The three things are: #1 – Letters that Focus on the Donor Raise More. Donor communications guru Tom Ahern has a great rule of thumb for fundraising letters. Donors don’t respond to letters that talk primarily about the organization. Talk about the donor and you’ll raise more money. #2 He’s right. I’ll bet you do!

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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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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Donors with charitable giving budgets gave almost four times more money, on average, in the past 12 months and are two times more likely to give more money over the next 12 months due to rising inflation.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 11, 2022

Recent donorCentrics Sustainer Benchmarking studies show that some 6% of monthly donors will make at least one extra gift a year when asked, so not asking is definitely leaving money on the table. Here's how to go about it.

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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. After all, there is nothing more disappointing than contributing hard-earned money to what looks like a good cause, and then having absolutely no idea whether it made any difference.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 23, 2022

The best advice I can offer is to think not just about your donors during this time, but, more importantly, your staff. How has your staff recently connected with your mission and strengthened their relationship with your cause?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

By Shay Lessman , Content Writer and Editor for Qgiv — an online fundraising platform empowering 20,000+ nonprofit fundraisers to raise money for their causes while keeping costs low. But did you know it’s also a great way to acquire new donors for your nonprofit? You can easily acquire new donors using peer-to-peer fundraising.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 1, 2021

Our panel of experts will provide coaching and guidance that will get your organization up and running with peer-to-peer fundraising and event campaigns to raise significantly more money, grow your donor database, and create more awareness to acquire new donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Major donors are the most valuable supporters of the nonprofit world. 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. The specifics of what their money would be funding.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

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? Below, I’ll break down the basics and share my four top donor personas that will help get you started. .

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 1, 2023

Millennial and Gen Z donors want to give (or give more), but are often constrained by finances and other economic realities. Your nonprofit gets all of the money upfront, but your next-gen donors get to pay over time (interest and fee free). The solution? Allow them to Donate Now, Pay Later (DNPL).

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 14, 2022

As a profession, fundraisers constantly spend a great deal of money on training, education and consultants to learn various techniques to improve performance and results. One can never sit on their laurels.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 13, 2022

Don your nonprofit superhero capes for this highly interactive workshop and as Fundraising Expert, Barbara O’Reilly, CFRE of Windmill Hill consulting shares how to take your donor engagement to new heights, and make your fundraising results soar in 2022!

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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.) You need to cultivate your donors.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Often, it means explaining to your boss, or to a referring board member, that no, you were not able to secure a donation, and no, the donor does not want to think about it… they outright declined. The number one reason why major donor prospects say no to an ask is that they haven’t been properly cultivated. All is not lost.

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The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Or, “I keep trying to set up a meeting with that big donor. As fundraisers, we go to seminars and hear about setting up donor funnels, building fundraising networks , and making asks. It would be much easier to just get one big check, one big grant, or hold one big event and raise all of the money we need. They did the work.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 9, 2023

The Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI) released "Moving Money and Shifting Power for Social Justice: Voices of Wealthy Next-Gen Donors," a new report exploring how young, wealthy donors are engaging in social justice philanthropy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

3%: Mobile Money, such as Vodafone M-Pesa and Airtel Money. 3) 50% have online donation forms that provide the option for donors to cover donation processing fees. 22%: Our organization has raised slightly more money than we expected. 21%: Our organization has raised slightly less money than we expected.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

But there’s a new opportunity for nonprofits to bring in that much-needed year-end money and promote the importance of the nonprofit sector: Giving Tuesday. You’re probably working hard on your annual appeal, which will hopefully bring in lots of cash both by mail and online.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 1, 2021

5) 41% of nonprofits worldwide send email newsletters to their supporters and donors monthly. It is becoming more difficult for nonprofits to reach the Inboxes of their supporters and donors. An email fundraising appeal is an email with the sole purpose of inspiring and asking donors to make an online donation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 31, 2020

By Christy Smaglio , Instructional Writer at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Maybe you’ve saved money from the prior year by utilizing more volunteer power, or perhaps you’ve cut expenses associated with a fundraising event.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 6, 2022

A well-written annual report will help you demonstrate your accomplishments to current and future donors, cultivate new partnerships, and recognize important people. Why did you spend your time and money the way you did? How do we Handle the Donor Lists? Do we Really Need an Annual Report? What were the results?

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Some major donors are shifting away from donating to nonprofits because, in their minds, nonprofits always ask for money, and the problems are never solved. Although the U.S. is a generous nation, Americans are skeptical about charities. Here are two critical ways that the sector can pivot to address this.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 13, 2020

You don’t have to learn a new digital tool or have a large, established audience of already-informed donors to take advantage of Facebook’s fundraising benefits and donor data deposited in your donor CRM. Apple Pay is one of the most convenient payment methods available to buyers—or donors—anywhere.

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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. 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.

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The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

They had one full-time development director on staff, but everyone – including the staff, the board, the volunteers, even the donors – was constantly worried about fundraising. They were worried about donor communications. Everyone at this nonprofit was constantly wringing their hands about raising money.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 11, 2022

According to The State of Modern Philanthropy 2021 , “The median amount raised by events in which attendees raise money on behalf of an organization through peer-to-peer fundraising pages, typically is 4.5 Compared with traditional fundraisers, it requires less money and resources. times greater than ticketed events.”.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2020

There are strict rules regarding what you can do to collect funds, and what you’re allowed to do with that money once you have it to retain your nonprofit status. VR and AR programs do just that, illuminating the issue so that donors know exactly what their funds are going toward and who they’re helping. Jude Play Live.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The number one concern was “if we go virtual, will we raise money?” It’s important to keep in front of your donors during COVID-19 (or any crisis). The good news is that a virtual event is a cost effective way to engage your donors. Organizations had planned, booked and were ready to hold in-person events.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 9, 2022

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. What is a Monthly Giving Program?

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 13, 2020

In this episode , Michael is getting chided (over the phone) by the corporate office for spending too much money holding office parties. Their goal is to be a lead-generation tool for your donor funnel. that loses money, and claim that it will help raise their profile. Another Name for FUN-Raisers. Don’t waste your time.

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Then, in the final post in this series, we’ll look at a step-by-step plan you can implement for your donors. Remember Why Donors Give in the First Place. Understanding your donor’s mindset is always extremely important. You have casted a vision, and your donors believe in it. Donors Seek Last – Minute Tax Deductions.

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NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 3, 2024

There may be a lot of pressure to hit fundraising goals. After all, your nonprofit depends on that revenue to continue its mission's work. But all that pressure doesn't have to feel so intense.

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