Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Below are the notes from the “10 Digital Marketing & Fundraising Trends to Watch in 2022” webinar presented by Heather Mansfield on December 1. The webinar was designed as a supplemental course to the webinar series required to earn a Certificate in Digital Marketing & Fundraising. Grow Your Email List.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

By Denise Dunbar , a Digital Fundraising Strategist at MobileCause , where she helps nonprofits accelerate their fundraising and engagement efforts through giving and marketing strategies. 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

APRIL 3, 2022

Many nonprofit organizations struggle to engage their board members with fundraising, especially the act of asking another person for money. Make a “ stretch gift ” that is very generous and is outside your normal giving pattern. Be Informed. Spend two hours googling “creative fundraising ideas” to get inspired.

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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. Related Webinar: Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits. A pioneer of crowdfunding and online fundraising, GlobalGiving.org is a site to study and learn from. 1) Implement Donation Page Best Practices.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

While ChatGPT may be all the buzz, have you considered how it and other artificial intelligence tools could enhance your fundraising efforts ? For nonprofits, it’s proving to be a valuable resource for writing communications, deepening engagement with supporters, and fundraising.

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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. December is an important month for nonprofit fundraisers. Fundraisers can receive helpful cues from these intelligent tools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2022

And while stock gifting has been limited either by lack of awareness among potential donors or a painstaking process, the prize for nonprofits is enormous. “If Particularly as in-person fundraising events were curtailed as a result of the pandemic, it has been beneficial for non-profits to consider new ways for donors to have an impact.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 21, 2024

It’s been a challenging past couple of years for nonprofit fundraising. Plus, the M+R Benchmarks 2024 report highlighted the fact that online fundraising essentially stayed flat in 2023 (declining by 1%). This underscores the importance of having effective fundraising strategies and software solutions to bring those plans to life.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 26, 2023

At the end of 2022, we asked 1,000+ nonprofit professionals what worked well in 2022, what they believed would work well in 2023, and their general outlook on the current fundraising climate. Based on survey results, we found that fundraising success is determined by the media channels nonprofits use to share their message and mission.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

If you feel a little unsteady about your nonprofit’s fundraising right now, you are not alone. Fundraisers have been through real challenges before.” Email marketing. With more than 4 billion users, email empowers you to reach a vast audience while targeting your messaging to particular constituents. But take heart.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

If you feel a little unsteady about your nonprofit’s fundraising right now, you are not alone. Fundraisers have been through real challenges before.” Email marketing. With more than 4 billion users, email empowers you to reach a vast audience while targeting your messaging to particular constituents. But take heart.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

To secure the support of these crucial donors, your nonprofit needs to build a robust major gifts fundraising strategy. Because major gifts are so large, it requires time and dedication to cultivate and acquire more of these donations. Why are major gifts so important for nonprofits? What is a major gift?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2021

By Korrin Bishop , writer at Classy – a social enterprise that creates world-class online fundraising software for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. Reviewing new donations that have the potential to become recurring gifts. Adding donor support contacts to each campaign.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The most effective nonprofit fundraising typically involves a combination of engagement and revenue-generation strategies. Lucky for you, employee matching gifts and nonprofit fundraising events are two of the most significant tactics for charitable organizations today. Let’s begin!

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EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

This week, our friends at Cornershop Creative are dropping in to talk about the best ways for nonprofits of all sizes to improve their website performance, increase user engagement, and ultimately boost digital fundraising. Are there any gaps in your current digital fundraising and engagement strategy?

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

One of the best ways to recognize their generosity is with unique gifts for donors. Donor recognition, often through thoughtful and personalized gifts, can also be an important part of stewarding those relationships. What is considered a major gift donation? Nonprofits come in all shapes and sizes, and so do major donors.

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Bloomerang

MAY 19, 2021

Picking a great nonprofit email provider is a lot like buying a house, just nowhere near as expensive! Since picking a nonprofit email provider is indeed a pretty big deal in the sector, what should you look for when you’re window shopping for a great nonprofit email provider? . That fridge is your email platform.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 26, 2024

Between fundraising events and various campaigns, different fundraisers require different marketing approaches. If you’ve just launched a major gifts program, you’ll need a fresh plan for marketing the new giving opportunity. Let’s explore five strategies you can use to market your new program.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 15, 2023

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to attract corporate matching gifts: Dear Charity Clairity, I have a question about how to attract corporate matching gifts. Matching gifts are truly the social benefit sector BOGO.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 21, 2019

Fundraising Stats. The average online gift in 2018 was $96.40 of overall fundraising in 2018 came from online giving ( Charitable Giving Report ). The average online gift in 2018 was $96.40 of overall fundraising in 2018 came from online giving ( Charitable Giving Report ). Email Fundraising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

To meet this surge and move their mission forward, nonprofits must decide – and decide quickly – the best way to continue their fundraising efforts in a contactless way. As nonprofits navigate a new fundraising landscape that has completely changed in just a few short months, one tactic that is gaining momentum is hosting an online auction.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Fundraisers like you have a lot of work to do to make the world a better place, so any time you can save on administrative tasks is incredibly valuable. Fundraising automation saves your nonprofit valuable time and resources by streamlining time-consuming tasks, so you can devote more to time advancing your mission and raising more money.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Below, we cover three keys to any successful GivingTuesday email campaign. Start sending emails early on leading up to GivingTuesday to get your supporters excited about the opportunities it brings. Send a personalized “ Save the Date ” email to generate momentum and inform recipients of your campaign goals. .

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Below, we cover three keys to any successful GivingTuesday email campaign. Start sending emails early on leading up to GivingTuesday to get your supporters excited about the opportunities it brings. Send a personalized “ Save the Date ” email to generate momentum and inform recipients of your campaign goals. .

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sgEngage

JUNE 27, 2024

The best fundraising strategies are constantly changing, adapting to meet new patterns in giving preferences and engagement opportunities. A stagnant fundraising strategy can cause roadblocks, such as falling behind on fundraising goals, missing key support, and even causing donor attrition. Let’s dive in!

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Autumn definitely means “go time” in the life of a fundraiser, often because it signals the start of year-end , a period of time you may get upwards of 60% or more of your annual donations. Even if you don’t follow a definitive fundraising calendar , it’s still vital to come up with a year-end fundraising plan —and stick to it.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 1, 2024

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to recognize tribute gifts when donors want to remain anonymous: Dear Charity Clairity, We list tribute gifts in our annual report. Notify the honoree a gift was made in their honor.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 3, 2021

Does hitting the Send button on an email blast to your list make your pits sweat? It makes my pits sweat too, and I have a healthy obsession with writing emails. . You could make a few typos, offend someone, send too many emails, or land in the Spam folder. Myth #1: “People read our emails.”. That’s totally normal.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

To be a skilled fundraiser, you need many skills. You’ll make mistakes, miss opportunities, and learn valuable lessons on your journey to becoming a seasoned fundraising professional. That being said, everyone makes fundraising mistakes, it’s how you learn from them that matters most. Top fundraising mistakes to avoid 1.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Towards this end, why not be prepared to inform donors of giving opportunities of which they may not be aware? The temporary AGI limit increase from 60% to 100% on itemized charitable deductions for cash gifts is extended for 2021. In all other years, donors who made significant gifts could only deduct up to 60% of AGI.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 24, 2024

But your staff members can’t always afford to spend time writing emails to donors on top of their other responsibilities. That’s where email automation comes in. By automating your basic email needs, you can engage donors more efficiently. What is Email Automation? Then, sit back and let your automatic emails do the work.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

If you’re looking for a cost-effective and efficient way to ask for donations from your donors and prospects, look no further than a fundraising email! After all, email does have the highest return on investment of any marketing channel. With email, you can send numerous donation asks out with the click of a button.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 18, 2022

It’s no secret that email is one of the most effective ways to communicate with donors and fundraise. Email has the highest return on investment of any marketing channel ($40 for every dollar spent!), Email Fundraising Campaign Strategies for Giving Tuesday. Check your email analytics. Segment your donors.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 25, 2023

It might seem like a small change, but letting donors to donate on behalf of someone as a gift has the power to make a big impact and drive donations. Emphasize the Gift of Giving It shouldn’t come as a surprise that people are already in a giving spirit. What Are Tribute Donations?

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Bloomerang

MARCH 13, 2023

I’m guessing you put a lot of effort into crafting your nonprofit’s email messages. You carefully consider the subject line and preview pane, email copy, images and design, and call to action. However, a quality email message, be it an appeal, thank you, gratitude report, or other call to action, isn’t the whole story.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 15, 2024

But you can make an especially robust case that this is indeed the case in fundraising. What does it take to be successful in fundraising? Fundraising is a profession directed at nurturing friendships that culminate in gifts of time, talent, and treasure. Fundraising ethics isn’t an option but a necessity.

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M+R

DECEMBER 8, 2023

As with other deliverability changes , we wanted to explore what this means for our pals in digital fundraising. TL;DR: Digital advertisers might see some turbulence, email fundraisers should be fine. Link Tracking Protection will strip out some tracking information/ parameters added to the end of URLs.

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