Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

But there are some very simple tactics, often overlooked, that pretty much guarantee massive growth to both your email lists and to your donor database. Before we dive into the specific tactics, the first thing you need to do is test both your email signup and donation forms. Tactic 1: Make it Visible.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

How Salesforce is Powering Personal Giving Integrated Data: Salesforce provides a unified view of each donor, consolidating information from various sources, including giving history, website and text messaging interactions, event attendance, advocacy actions, and email engagement. Dive deeper!

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Harnessing the passion of your nonprofit’s dedicated volunteers can pay off significantly over time. In fact, the current estimated value of an hour of volunteer work is over $33 , representing an incredible opportunity to drive support for your mission. This journey is also known as the volunteer lifecycle.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 10, 2025

If volunteers make up a large percentage of your nonprofits team, you know how important their support and dedication are in your efforts to achieve your mission. However, 26% of volunteer leaders noted that recruiting volunteers was a top challenge for their organization in 2024.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 1, 2024

You’ll come away with specific examples from the team at the International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE) that you can use to inform your own strategy. These webinars were repurposed from existing content, along with content from committee members volunteering as subject matter experts.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Join us in congratulating the organizations and volunteers who worked efficiently and effectively during the recent recovery efforts in Los Angeles County. Plus, more than 180,000 people reviewed the information deployed through Visionlink's systems for CADRE, VOAD, and other partner organizations.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Mastering Your GivingTuesday Fundraising Email Campaign: How, When, Why, and Who GivingTuesday is quickly approaching, and it’s the perfect opportunity to inspire generosity and rally support for your cause. Email marketing is a powerful tool that nonprofits can leverage to reach supporters and maximize donations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Set up a drip email to do the work for you. To use a drip-email campaign, determine what your end goal is, or your call to action. Sign up to volunteer. Whatever you want your donors to do, make sure you have this goal in mind when crafting your email series. This will keep your emails concise and focused.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Donation request letters, whether sent via email or direct mail, are one of the most effective ways to reach donors and solicit gifts. According to the Global Trends in Giving report , 33% of nonprofit supporters in the United States and Canada say email is the communication tool that inspires them most to give. Key steps 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

A CTA is an invitation to take action, such as donating, volunteering, signing up for something, signing a petition, pledging to do something, etc. Be Informed. Be familiar with important information on the organization’s website, social media sites, YouTube channel, and other assets.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Inform and update those providing the donation with the programs and efforts that are supported because of their donation, and don’t forget to send them a follow-up email or phone call to thank them for providing a tribute gift. Additionally, create a space on the website to acknowledge tribute gifts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

Simply enter a few details to guide it in the direction you want your email to go, and it will generate email and/or letter copy based on what you entered. By using ChatGPT, you can save time on writing promotional emails, recruitment posts, and even on-site signage copy.

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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. If you’re sending individual emails to your donors, don’t stop. 1) Facebook Fundraising. 2)Apple Pay.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 20, 2025

This automatic thank you email is addressed to the giver, has the amount given, and tells the donor about the impact of the donation. Were they forwarded a link through email from one of your clients? Your next email or connection will then vary based on segmentation. That means its pretty important. Whatever feels comfortable.

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VQ Strategies

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Adapt and Overcome: How 2020 Brings Innovation and Flexibility for Volunteer-Led Programs For the US Marines, the concept of “Adapt and Overcome” is central to their philosophy of innovation and problem solving to address all challenges, unexpected situations, and chaotic environments. The lessons from their efforts are relevant still.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2020

Between Zoom video calls, dozens of Slack channels, and the (occasional) TikTok video with the kids, information is speeding past our cerebral cortex at an alarming rate. How about cutting out the gatekeeper, and putting all of that information in a space that’s accessible to everyone? Move the email chains to a forum instead.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 19, 2019

Try filtering for donors who: have a lifetime gift amount of $500+, 10+ volunteer hours, 10+ soft credited gifts, and gifts coded with your social media campaign or your annual appeal solicitation. 90% of emails are read within 3 minutes, so why not leverage the power and popularity of text messaging to stay in touch? Email them.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether it’s a good strategy to include your impact report with your appeal mailing: Dear Charity Clairity, We have started mailing quarterly impact reports to those midlevel and major donors who aren’t emailable, and emailing otherwise.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

As a volunteer program manager or administrator, you know it’s critical to keep the lines of communication open with your volunteers every step of the way—before, during, and after an opportunity. This enhancement helps you: Easily communicate relevant messages to volunteers at every step of the signup process.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

With average email open rates at 20% for nonprofits , many organizations struggle to grab the attention of supporters, volunteers, and donors. Today, statistics show that one in five consumers has more than 1,000 unread emails in their personal inbox. Maybe there’s an intimacy to text messaging that email lacks.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 12, 2024

This can be particularly problematic if team members use different fields for the same information and theres a lack of consistency. Do you have a separate email marketing system that you love and want to keep (with an option to integrate data back to your CRM)? Data: Have you been realistic about the quality of your data?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 14, 2023

1) Charity Navigator :: charitynavigator.org Founded in 2002, Charity Navigator currently provides information about the financial health, transparency, and accountability of more than 1.6 You’re nonprofit will then earn a Seal of Transparency based on the level of information provided.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 7, 2025

The inertia of decades of existence often precludes a data-informed state, instead relying on anecdote, trusting in the gut feeling of longtime employees or volunteers, and the way things have always been done. It remains all too common for associations to ignore vital data points as they strategize for the future.

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Bloomerang

JULY 29, 2024

Why are volunteer apps important? According to the Volunteer Management Progress Report , recruitment was the top challenge and priority of volunteer coordinators in 2023. This guide will cover top volunteer apps, features to look out for, and best practices for using your app effectively.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2025

Mobile giving is raising funds through a mobile device, whether via text, the Internet, an app, or email. Mobile email Since most nonprofits already have email newsletters , adding a mobile fundraising component to your email strategy is not a stretch. Text-to-give and mobile giving are like poodles and dogs.

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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. According to MobileCause , 90% of text messages are read within three minutes of being sent while only 24% of emails are being read at all. According to the 2019 Blackbaud Charitable Giving Report , online giving grew 6.8%

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Email Marketing and Customized Giving. These types of donations, once set up, are easily executed with nonprofit software such as Giveffect – an all-in-one nonprofit management software that includes donation management, relationship management (CRM), volunteer management, email marketing, and more in one easy-to-use suite.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 4, 2023

How will you measure volunteer impact in 2024? As we close out 2023, you probably have some view into the impact your volunteers made, including how much time they worked and other basic information to share with others in your organization. But do you really know the true impact of your volunteers? The location?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2023

Your organization’s brand story holds immense power, especially for nonprofits striving to engage donors, volunteers, and partners. By sharing real stories of the real people or communities you serve, you can appeal to the hearts of potential donors, volunteers, and partners. Powerful storytelling is the key.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 30, 2024

Most nonprofits would love to have more young people join their cause as volunteers or donors. The article states, “Gen Zers are eager to engage as volunteers and promoters of your organization and cause…By all accounts, however, organizations have made a limited investment in mobilizing Gen Z’s energy.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

So, instead, think of it as information that will help you better know the people who engage with your organization. To do that, you need names and email addresses, at the bare minimum. At first glance, getting and collating that information may seem a Sisyphean task involving data entry and spreadsheets. Don’t run away!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 20, 2024

99designs ] 75% of donors look for concrete information about a nonprofit’s achievements before making a decision to give. DonorDirect ] 48% of donors cite email as their preferred method of hearing updates and appeals from the organization. Global Trends in Giving Report ] 66% of donors worldwide volunteer with nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2019

Nonprofit fundraising events can be a great opportunity to bring the support of donors, volunteers, and fundraisers together in real life to rally around your cause, whether it’s through a nationwide 5k or a local bowl-a-thon. For example, are you looking to target volunteers, fundraisers, or even VIP donors? .

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2024

Email provides nonprofits with abundant opportunities to get legacy giving messaging in front of donors. Here’s how your nonprofit can integrate legacy giving into your email program. If your nonprofit is ready to up your legacy giving game, here are four steps to get started integrating legacy giving into your email program.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 6, 2023

First impressions for any event are essential, especially when onboarding volunteers. The first time volunteers step onto your event site, you’ll want to make it as easy as possible for them to check in, find where they need to go, and how to be a fully-engaged part of your event team.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

By creating an informative message that appeals to the general public, you can promote your mission and incite change. Some radio stations cannot demand listeners to do something such as ask for donations or recruit volunteers – rather the “call to action” has to be softer such as “visit our website to learn more”. .

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

On rare occasions, a funder is so convinced by a Letter of Inquiry that the fit is just right, and they’ll write you a check without additional information or supporting documents. Look for this information on their website, if they have one (often foundations do not), or on the foundations IFR Form 990. Use a letter format.

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