Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

More than 98% of all donations go directly to feeding programs for people facing hunger. Send a series of automated email thank yous—starting with the one sent immediately after a donor makes a gift online—expressing thanks and encouraging engagement. “ Instead, the email series is an opportunity to go deeper into donor relationships.”

Feeds

Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Analyze the data available to you to set the right goals and segment your donors for relevant, effective email communications. Donors understand that their $30 will not realistically solve hunger in their city. They know they’re not solving hunger on a huge scale. Most emails are read on phones!

Tips

DipJar

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

For millions of Americans, hunger became a new and unwelcome fact of life. The DipJars were on the move during the pandemic, popping up at two local BBQ joints during Hunger Action Month in September. The effort is supported by a concerted effort to get the word out through the media, advertising, direct mail, and email blasts.

Florida

Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

By thinking through your fundraising strategy before October 1, you can collect your stories and integrate your efforts, keeping your messaging and images consistent through mail, email, social media, events, and any other channels you may use. Here are some sample end-of-year fundraising campaign themes : Let’s Make Hunger History.

Fundraising

Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2022

Monthly donations are automatically drawn from donors’ accounts, meaning they don’t have to input their payment information or mail in their donations every time they want to give. Create an email series or other outreach strategy to introduce these donors to your monthly giving program, highlighting its impact and donor benefits.

Program

Get Fully Funded

JULY 9, 2025

I used to send handwritten notes to people in month 11 to invite them to renew their support of our fight against hunger. If you email them a request, give them a link directly to the donation page, so they can give in as few clicks as possible. I’d usually get at least 10% of those donors to renew. Personalize your request.

Donor

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 7, 2011

Certainly, we must ask ourselves how we can best take advantage of the "new moral hunger that is growing" because of a world that is more self-aware than ever before. Fulton poses five examples of how innovators are working with these issues, trends that give rise to what she calls "the democratization of philanthropy." Central Ave.

Philanthropy

The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

You might even direct-mail pretty recipe cards to add a special physical touch! And for an extra high-touch, incentivize sponsors by including thanks in direct mail programming brochures. Hands for Hunger raised over $12,000 in donations through its first Online Virtual Concert. SIPA VIRTUAL GALA. GAME NIGHTS & CRAFTING.

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 3, 2022

You know, the kind where you get mind-blowing results like higher than average email open rates, more donations than ever on Giving Tuesday, and surprise donation after surprise donation the last week of the year. You need to be there to open the mail, get donations processed, and get thank-you letters out. Sounds great, right?

Fundraising

Care2

JUNE 21, 2013

Elizabeth Nielsen — Director of Interactive Marketing, Feeding America Liz Nielsen co-leads Feeding America''s national direct marketing program — including digital media, email/web fundraising, direct mail and telemarketing.

Benchmark

NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

And this at an organization that has an extremely successful, longstanding premium program in their direct mail. Online environmental donors (as opposed to direct-mail respondents) may not be as swayed by swag. Old-line direct mail programs can work online. What gives? Could be the audience. High design can hurt the bottom line.

Fundraising

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

You may find, “Wow, we’ve got three tools that could send email.” Maybe we want to, you know, tighten it down and just use one email tool. You’re a food bank, or in some way, you help with food scarcity and hunger issues. Everybody needs an email tool. Do you want to get more donors?

Technology

Allegiance Group

MAY 20, 2024

This uncertainty is making some donors hesitant to commit, while others are reallocating their giving to more immediate needs like hunger and housing. Nonprofits say: “Responding more to direct mail and email.” “It We’ve experienced a slight decrease in direct mail revenue but an increase in online giving overall.”

Donor

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Names I've seen recently include Hunger Core, Partners for Change, Investigations Fund, and Rescue Partners. Include Monthly Giving Language in All Email Fundraising Appeals. Ask New Email Subscribers to Give Monthly. Add a monthly giving ask to your new email subscriber Welcome Series. Give It an Exciting Name.

Program

Connection Cafe

APRIL 5, 2010

Here are some thoughts I took away, for anyone who wants to stack the deck against poverty & hunger, despair & disease. Check out Radian6 and HubSpot ; did you know you can have an email list appended with twitter tags?]. If you had to list the 100 most social supporters you have, how would you identify that list?

Social

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

That’s kind of the unfortunate part of this, but that has obviously created a massive amount of hunger with me.”. By enabling customers that shopped online to be mailed an invoice with 30 days to pay, online shopping could be made easier and safer for consumers, which in turn helped increase sales for retailers.

Sweden

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Fear that it will take staff time, there will be little return, and the return will not be as easily measurable as, say, a direct mail piece. The idea is that you need to think about your organization's web presence, one-way communication like email marketing and search engine optimization and finally the social.

Social

The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2023

You might even direct-mail pretty recipe cards to add a special physical touch! And for an extra high-touch, incentivize sponsors by including thanks in direct mail programming brochures. Hands for Hunger raised over $12,000 in donations through its first Online Virtual Concert.

Fundraising

Connection Cafe

APRIL 6, 2017

They’re everywhere, especially in your email list. The key to engaging social media influencers at scale (especially if they are already on your email list) is to treat them as a distinct segment. What to include in your email to influencers (and what not to send). can you share this” kind of way)! Social currency is real.

Social Media

Allegiance Group

JUNE 7, 2023

If you already have a sustainer program in place, don’t forget to highlight it in your newsletters, emails, and other communications. Every email, mailing, and newsletter needs to be tailored for each individual donor, including the requested or recommended donation amount. Direct Mail Donor Acquisition Strategies.

Donation

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

—oh and while youre at it, can you please end all hunger everywhere?" We are, after all, asking our nonprofit CEOs to take on enormous tasks: things like, "can you and your organization feed the hungry?—oh Central Ave. Suite 500, Phoenix, AZ 85004-0691 602.496.0500 An academic unit of the College of Public Programs

Research

Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Email Communications Honorable Mention: NRDC - National Resource Defense Council Winner: KQED Came up with sassy email newsletter and went against broadcasting best practices. 58,000 people voted (12% of total file) and Defenders acquired 9000 new donors, raising $50k using "soft" asks within two emails. Komen for the Cure race.

Convio

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Because it’s not just about the issue, because let’s say you’re helping with hunger relief, well, there might be 10 organizations in your community helping with hunger relief. You can do email, you can do direct mail, you could take them out for coffee, right? Then missions they believe in.

Relationship

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

That’s kind of the unfortunate part of this, but that has obviously created a massive amount of hunger with me.”. By enabling customers that shopped online to be mailed an invoice with 30 days to pay, online shopping could be made easier and safer for consumers, which in turn helped increase sales for retailers.

Sweden

Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

Using a mix of social media and email communications, more than 9.4 With just a couple of clicks, anyone can register their own fundraiser and raise money to help CityTeam with combating hunger and homelessness in their city. million peer-to-peer volunteers raised over $1.3 billion for their respective organizations in 2019 and 2020.

Virtual

sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2022

But first, let’s compare how the major communication channels of direct mail versus digital communications play a role in donor retention. Direct Mail versus Digital Communications . A prevailing myth in the nonprofit sector is that traditional mail has been phased out by the internet.

Retention

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 1, 2014

This is the 2013 edition of my annual review of year-end email subject lines that started in 2011 and continued in 2012. My email vault continues to grow each year — like some vast hoard under a mountain. I analyzed 320 email messages sent to me from 55 nonprofit organizations between December 1st and 31st, 2013.

email

M+R

JANUARY 31, 2023

And sectors that were more likely to see outpourings of pandemic-related support like cultural institutions and hunger & poverty groups were also more likely to see year-over-year declines. Email revenue decreased by an average of 11.9% The number of donations driven by email decreased 11.2% Let’s dig in!

Fundraising

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Our Volunteer Coordinator, Pavi Mehta, sent me this email last week and I thought it was definitely blog-worthy! Have included a list of the titles at the end of this mail for those who are curious. Your e-mail was deeply appreciated, It's a joy to be part of your volunteers. I want to thank you for the email. IMPULSE 34.

Gift

Care2

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Several organizations that I work with have very large goals like ending world hunger or ending global warming. They thought email was dying and that social networks like Facebook would be the new channel to raise money and inspire activism. In terms of donations, direct mail is still the number one way most nonprofits raise money.

Nonprofit

Bloomerang

AUGUST 6, 2021

And, yeah, miss you quite a bit too, so sent me a note on email and chat. When Paul runs his mailing package, his instructions for his teams is, “If you’re going to change a word in my mailing pack, I want to see the evidence that you use to change that word. We send each other e-mails. I love you very much.

Video

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 17, 2023

For example, they care about the issue of hunger , but don’t know anything about your food pantry. That can be an in-person conversation, a Zoom conversation, a note, an email, or messaging someone personally. This ring on the bullseye is full of people who are very likely to give if properly inspired.

Donor

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

The ones that have gone dark and stopped responding to or opening your emails? And in this post by Joanne-Fritz, How to Close the Loop with Donors by Email , she shares how nonprofits can provide “closure” after fundraising campaigns. A Creative Re-Engagement Email Campaign by DJ Waldow on the Brand Driven digital blog.

Story

NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

Promise to read the rest of this before you send me hate mail, though. The articles they read, the services they request, the emails they respond to: all of this tells you something about that person. " The issues we're addressing -- poverty, intolerance, hunger, genocide -- are not issues with simple causes or easy solutions.

Open Source

Allegiance Group

JANUARY 27, 2025

You might wake up, browse social media, check your email, and read a couple of news articles. You check text messages throughout the day, and when you get home that evening, you collect physical mail from your mailbox. You note that she is receptive to email marketing but needs more motivation to donate.

Channel