Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Development audit after development audit of small- to mid-sized organizations reveals that while donor retention remains a critical issue there is also another issue that is equally important. Far too many groups are not focusing their fundraising efforts on wide-scale donor acquisition efforts.

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Candid

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Donors are an important part of any nonprofit’s mission. Yet, according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project , donor retention rates have been falling since 2020. Rethinking donor relationships When I started Imani Collective, it was a small nonprofit training program in Mombasa, Kenya.

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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 Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Every nonprofit needs two things to drive sustainable growth: new contacts and new donors. There’s no silver bullet that will make donors come flocking to your website eager to hand their hard-earned cash over to you. This pop-up on Nonprofit Tech for Good gets people to sign up for their newsletter at 9.5x

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

A digital community consists of active supporters such as staff, volunteers, partners, donors, and advocates connected through various social media platforms. It’s one of the most effective ways to stay connected with supporters, offering a platform to thank donors, highlight impact, and nurture relationships.

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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

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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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. Regardless of whether they donated before the election or in response to it, don’t treat rage donors as one-and-done.

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Hands on Fundraising

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Tom Ahern tipped me off to donor newsletters. Though I’d been in fundraising for nearly ten years by then – focused on individual donors and annual giving – I tended to think of newsletters as something very large organizations sent. Many years ago, I began reading about something new to me.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 19, 2019

Your most loyal donors are your multichannel donors. Multichannel donors support you in every way possible. You should want all of your donors to interact with your organization the way multichannel donors do! How can you identify your multichannel donors? Engage them consistently. Email them.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

How much time do you spend thinking about where your donors are coming from ? It is super important to understand where your donors are coming from and how you could be acquiring more! How to keep growing your donor acquisition. While acquiring (and keeping) new donors can often feel like a game of chance, it really shouldn’t.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

27% of donors worldwide cite social media as the communication tool that inspires them the most often to give. 3) After the hashtag fundraising campaign is over, write a summary of success and tell donors and supporters to “Save the Date” for next year. Convert your donors into social media followers during the online donation process.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

One of the best ways to stay in touch with your donors on a consistent basis is through a nonprofit email newsletter. When done well, email newsletters can be fast and cheap for you and heartwarming for your donor, basically meeting everyone’s needs. Invite donors’ feedback to establish 2-way communication (courtesy).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

To grow your nonprofit’s following on social media, you need to make a concerted effort to let your supporters and donors know how to find your nonprofit on social media. 2) Include social media icons in your email newsletter. 4% for the social media icons featured in the footer of our newsletter.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 24, 2020

An astute reader e-mailed me after the article was published to remind me that I forgot one important piece of the puzzle: stewarding donors after they give. Now, like most non-profits, I know about stewarding donors. Before going on, let’s answer the question, “What does it mean to ‘steward’ a donor?” What is Stewarding?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

If youre like most nonprofits, attracting new donors is a costly endeavor. Many nonprofits prioritize donor acquisition over stewardship, treating stewardship strategies as a frivolous or just a nice to have endeavor. The image below is a stellar example of how to properly thank, nurture, and thenafter 90 dayssolicit a new donor.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 1, 2021

To receive future updates about the Global NGO Technology Survey data, please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter. 1) 69% of nonprofits worldwide regularly publish an email newsletter. Of those, 93% use an email marketing service, such as MailChimp or ConstantContact, to send their email newsletters.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

I especially like the magical approach that the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children took instead of referring to the donor newsletter. You indeed can create some magical experiences for your recurring donors. It’s funny how something as simple as this can get the creative juices flowing.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 10, 2022

As fundraisers, we need to be carrying on a constant conversation with our donors. Other times, we talk to our donors through newsletters, e-mails and snail mail letters. We need our donors emotionally involved and excited about our work… not bored. Sometimes this conversation happens in person or on the phone.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 18, 2024

These challenges make sustainable donor support essential for creating lasting solutions. For nonprofit professionals serving rural communities, building strong donor relationships starts with clear communication about local needs and measurable outcomes. Nonprofit professionals need distinct strategies for each setting.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

By repurposing the content of your report, you can continue to present that evidence in new ways, tailoring it to the diverse fashions in which your donors prefer to receive communications and amplifying its reach. Here are five ways to use your digital impact report as a marketing tool: 1.

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

These include: Donation receipts and tax acknowledgments: Promptly sending these essential documents shows your professionalism and gratitude while giving donors the information they need for tax purposes. 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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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

If youre wondering if corporate matching gifts can boost donor retention levels, the answer is yes. Matching gifts and donor retention share a positive correlation, with each variable increasing alongside the other. Matching gift programs tend to be more prominent than nonprofits and donors might think.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

8 Unique Ways to Show Gratitude This Giving Season The season of giving is here, and it’s a great reminder for nonprofits to reflect on the people who make our work possible: our donors. Here are some ways to thank donors that have worked for me (and might inspire you too!). It’s not about being fancy—it’s about connection.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2020

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Sending donors a third-party payment site, such as PayPal, is problematic if that is the only way that donors can give. Monthly donors give $35.46 As a result, securing more monthly donor revenue is a high priority for nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. According to the Global Trends in Giving Report , 27% of online donors say that email is the tool that most inspires them to give (social media 29%, 18% website, 12% print). Email messaging raised 28% of all online revenue in 2017.

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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. In fact, according to the 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report , 33% of donors give tribute gifts to family and friends.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. 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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 13, 2020

Many nonprofits fear that asking a donor for additional support, after they’ve already made a donation, will turn them off from making future gifts. The truth is, immediately following a donation is one of the best times for another call-to-action (CTA) of ways donors can continue to support your organization. 3) Send to Social Media.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 12, 2024

In fact, a recent Global Trends in Giving report reveals that 33% of donors in the U.S. In this article, we explain why email campaigns are a perfect place to begin engaging your donors and how your nonprofit can use email to its advantage starting today. Well cover: Why is investing in email marketing for nonprofits worth it?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 18, 2024

To grow your following on social media, you need to make a concerted effort to let your supporters and donors know how to find your nonprofit on social media. 2) Include social media icons in your email newsletter. Again, where to feature your social media icons in your newsletter depends upon your digital marketing priorities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2021

According to the Fidelity Charitable Overcoming Barriers to Giving Report , 65% of donors would give more if they knew the impact of their donations. Annual reports are too infrequent and written for foundations and major donors, thus not ideal for reporting impact to small and mid-size donors. Why Quarterly Impact Reports?

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The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

An organization’s annual fundraising appeal letter is a yearly letter that gets sent out to your current donors asking for general operating funds for your nonprofit organization. When your appeal is the only real live letter your donors get from you, they are more likely to feel you are “selling” to them.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

It appears these $5,000 donors may have felt this way when your legacy society was initiated, but… perhaps it’s been some time since they’ve felt the rewards for their giving? You are right to consider how to reboot your legacy giving program so it brings donors the connection and meaning they seek. Impact story of the quarter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. First, blogging allows your nonprofit to have a consistent stream of new content use in your e-newsletter and share on social media which increases traffic to your website and awareness of your nonprofit’s brand.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 31, 2020

Founded by the BitGive Foundation , GiveTrack is a fundraising platform exclusively for Bitcoin donors and is powered by Blockchain technology thus enabling donors to track the movement of their Bitcoin donation. GivingLoop focuses solely on offering monthly giving donation pages and recurring donor retention tools to nonprofits.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Donors share their good fortune with those in need. Best Fundraising Tips for Donor Engagement What works for one supporter does not necessarily resonate with another. Planned giving donors want to be part of a legacy, so think brick-and-mortar. Here’s how our experts improve engagement with various donor segments.

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