Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Figuring out how to fund your vision can feel like a steep mountain to climb. Should you fund your work out of your own pocket? Here’s something to keep in mind, starting now: self-funding a nonprofit is not sustainable. To fully fund your mission, you have to become a fundraiser. Where do you start? Just beware!

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Grants are an integral lifeline for many nonprofits, providing the necessary funding to launch new initiatives, sustain critical programs, and ensure operational stability. Why Diversifying Your Funding Is Essential With nearly 2 million nonprofit organizations in the United States, the competition for funding from all sources is stiff.

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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

JANUARY 29, 2022

It was this experience that gave Latham the idea to launch DonateStock , modernizing these transactions making it easier for donors to give and non-profits to receive. “We Tap into a new source of funding. Stock represents an untapped source of funding that has either been inaccessible or under-utilized by nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

By Steve Latham , CEO & Co-founder at DonateStock – a fundraising platform that makes stock gifting to nonprofits easy and accessible. Philanthropy is at an inflection point and fundraisers are looking opportunistically beyond cash and credit as their sole sources of funding. million DAF accounts worth $250 billion in assets.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 23, 2024

He was a donor to one of our charity clients and we had talked about the possibility of gifting assets to reduce or eliminate tax liability. After a tremendous team effort, the donor successfully transferred his entire ownership into a donor advised fund (DAF) on December 30. That is a year-end giving story worth remembering.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 23, 2023

MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving will provide 250 $1 million unrestricted operating gifts to small nonprofits. The application process is now open, with awardees expected to be announced early next year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

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? That process begins on Welcome Wednesday, the day after Giving Tuesday. Subject line: Giving Tuesday was a success, thanks to YOU!

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 22, 2021

Fidelity Charitable, an independent public charity and the nation’s largest grantmaker, distributed those gifts to more than 123,000 charities. In the first half of 2021, donors have recommended a record $4.3 billion in grants, a 27% increase over the same six-month span of 2020.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Todays question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to raise unrestricted nonprofit funding: Dear Charity Clairity, How do you talk about something specific in an appeal letter, but still raise unrestricted funding for use where most needed? CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity.

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Candid

JANUARY 29, 2025

In this article, well outline a three-step process adapted from our report Finding Your Funding Strategy: Benchmarking 101 , tailored to U.S.-based Define your funding strategy peer set First, identify five to 15 organizations that resemble yours in mission, size, and geographic scope. based nonprofits. How did you arrive at that mix?

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Candid

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Reactive giving is on the rise. Reactive donors respond based on emotion, giving less than donors who give regularly, and historically have been fleeting supporters. One proactive strategy is to share progress updates on your nonprofits mission throughout the year, at least quarterly, ahead of future opportunities for giving.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 30, 2023

Trends have shown both annual and major donors pulled back their charitable gifts last year due to economic uncertainty. Despite that, giving from donor-advised funds (DAFs) remained strong last year. And so far this year — or fiscal year for some DAF grantors — that remains true.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 11, 2024

When donors give, they want a meaningful connectionto clearly see where their gift is going and understand the difference it will make. Many organizations attempt to provide this through a dropdown menu on the donation form, offering donors a list of programs, funds, or departments to choose from.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Nonprofits must diversify and grow funding strategies to compete. Appreciated stock represents $100 billion in untapped funding, and new ways of stock gifting have enabled 60 million American investors to donate stock in minutes.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Finance plays a crucial role in building a sustainable and scalable funding strategy. By actively bringing together different departments and leading discussions around revenue diversification, you can set measurable goals, evaluate the ROI of each funding source, and make informed decisions about where to invest time and resources.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2025

Chances are, if youre a nonprofit professional, youre curious about how mobile giving can improve your nonprofits fundraising efforts. Thats why weve created this comprehensive articleto guide you through the ins and outs of mobile giving. Well cover: What is mobile giving? All poodles are dogs, but not all dogs are poodles.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The LISC gift was not a solo. Coastal Enterprises in Brunswick, Maine received $25 million, the Nonprofit Finance Fund was awarded $22 million, and Craft3 in Seattle announced it received $15 million. The gifts come a few weeks after a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that showed she sold 61.66

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to energize their legacy giving program: Dear Charity Clairity, We have an on-paper “legacy society” that was started before my time here. Members gave $5000 outright to be a “ member” and the funds are in our restricted fund.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

By Greg Fine – a marketing consultant that works to elevate nonprofit marketing impact, revitalize giving campaigns, and bring energy and awareness to nonprofit brands and their mission. Starting with a general research prompt, “Highlight the top four to five giving campaigns nonprofits have created in the past three to five years.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 31, 2025

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum to all executive departments and agencies requiring that Federal agencies identify and review Federal financial assistance programs and temporarily pause funding for these programs. As fundraisers (be it individual fundraisers, grant writers, event planners, annual giving, etc.),

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 7, 2022

A CEO listed 60 to 100 people she knew who either had given some financial support already or could give if asked. The very funds this good CEO needs are right in front of her. But she cannot, no matter how hard she tries, reach out and access them because she actually thinks that it will offend the donor.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

By Jess Woloszyn , Content Specialist at Classy.org – a social enterprise that creates world-class online fundraising software for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. Giving Tuesday 2021 is right around the corner. billion on Giving Tuesday 2020 in the U.S

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Why personalization matters: A checklist for donor cultivation The greatest gift you can give a donor is the gift of feeling known by you. In one study , first-time donors who received a personal thank-you call within 48 hours were four times more likely to give again. How can you do it?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 4, 2023

When we look at the giving landscape in North America, the preferences and motivations for giving vary across different generations. Their average individual gifts are the highest among all generations, so securing even one donation from a member of these generations is a huge win. .* organizations** 11.8%

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Maybe in the past you weren’t set up to manage monthly giving effectively. Online monthly giving has grown by 40% in recent years and is trending across all sectors. Monthly giving accounted for a full 28% of all online revenue last year. In fact, the average annual value of a recurring gift is 10.3 years to 8.08

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

If you suggest that my $100 gift will end hunger, I won’t believe you. My favorite tool for testing email subject lines is sendcheckit.com because, on top of rating your subject line, it gives you advice on how to improve it. One of the greatest gifts we can give our donors is the gift of being known by us.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Employer matching gifts offer key advantages to nonprofit organizations, including increased individual donations, opportunities for additional corporate funding, improved supporter engagement, and more. If youre wondering if corporate matching gifts can boost donor retention levels, the answer is yes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

By Kyle Brown , COO at DonateStock – a fundraising platform that makes stock gifting to nonprofits easy and accessible. Giving Season is upon us and the clock is ticking. DonateStock has ignited a conversation in philanthropy with their innovative approach to stock gifting. Why Stock Gifting? after tax cash gifts).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2020

According to the 2019 Blackbaud Charitable Giving Report , online giving grew 6.8% 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 Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

The first “Donate Now” button was released in 1999 by a project of the Tides Foundation called Groundspring (acquired by Network for Good in 2005) and for the next two decades, nonprofit professionals have embraced the study of inspiring people to give online to good causes. This can be easily done at a low-cost through any domain registrar.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Text-to-give: This method allows donors to contribute directly from their phones. Read Blackbaud’s recent report from The Resilient Nonprofit that highlights fundraising giving trends and outcomes. In fact, 70% of donors prefer online giving as their donation modality. It’s also how donors prefer to support.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 4, 2024

More than a third (36%) of all programmatic advertising revenues came from giving in the four days before GivingTuesday, said Adva Priso, chief digital strategy officer of Moore, refencing the firm’s client data. Average gift size was for the most part stable, slipping slightly under 1% from $238.59 million this year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 31, 2021

This year’s tools tap into fundraising trends that have emerged as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, from t-shirt fundraising for virtual events to contactless in-person giving. Bonfire enables nonprofits to easily design and raise funds by selling t-shirts online. Gifted :: gifted.com. Bonfire :: bonfire.com.

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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. Prominently feature a call-to-give, an email newsletter opt-in, and a call-to-follow on social media on your landing page. 4) Revitalize your Tribute Giving Program.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 6, 2025

If youre in social services, you may worry the demand for your programs will skyrocket as your funding sources dwindle. ” because you love your cause and your community too much to give up on them now. But first-time donors are fickleonly 19% give again. But you dont have the luxury of wallowing in despair.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

She advises nonprofits to accelerate their fundraising and engagement efforts through giving and marketing strategies via digital technologies. Here are our 4 proven ways to improve your online giving page so you can bring in more donations. 1) Make Giving Simple. Online and Mobile-Friendly is Giving-Friendly.

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