NonProfit PRO

MAY 10, 2023

Historically, major gift officers solely sought donors with the capacity to make major gifts, and planned gift officers focused on prospects with the result being a planned gift. But now, blended gifts are the future of gift planning.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Fundraisers rarely engage in balanced dialogues with donors. Instead, incorporate active listening into your major gift asks.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 20, 2025

Youre not fit to be a fundraiser unless you hear things that frustrate the daylights out of you. At the top of my list is hearing from nonprofit colleagues that donors arent interested in making unrestricted gifts. Even worse, is when they believe that asking for such gifts is not consistent with being donor centric.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 4, 2022

Nonprofit fundraising had been due an upgrade to catapult it into the modern era for a while. That brings us to the state of nonprofit fundraising today. For a clearer picture of the sector, let’s look at some of the best nonprofit fundraising methods out there — encompassing a range of old and new methods.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 3, 2025

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Todays question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to recognize and credit donor-advised fund gifts in their CRM: Dear Charity Clairity, I have a nuanced question on how to record DAF gifts in my CRM. Let us know in the comments.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Major gifts fundraising is generally misunderstood. There is more to it than the art of asking. So, if you are facing ignorance in your nonprofit, here are some ways you can educate your fellow team members on the role.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 13, 2025

From my experience, here are recommendations on ten fundraising resolutions based on proven principles, strategies, and best practices. Establish funding priorities: What gifts do you need of time, talent, and treasure to robustly champion your mission? Not every nonprofit leader has 525,600 minutes to make resolutions come true.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 18, 2024

Nonprofits need to understand that major donor fundraising has a seasonality. Here's some guidance on how to work with this ebb and flow.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 27, 2024

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Todays question comes from a nonprofit leader who wants metrics and advice on how to justify and calculate fundraiser salaries: Dear Charity Clairity, I am looking for some updated industry standards for fundraising metrics around staff positions.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 24, 2024

Nonprofits must harmonize fundraising strategies to successfully manage annual campaigns and major gifts. Here’s a practical approach.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

End-of-year fundraising is like our version of the Superbowl. With many nonprofits raising as much as 50% of their budget in December alone, there’s a lot at stake — and a lot of end-of-year fundraising problems to overcome. If you suggest that my $100 gift will end hunger, I won’t believe you. They aren’t!

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

End of year is the most lucrative, high-stakes fundraising there is. A solid year-end fundraising plan can help! I’m here with an end-of-year timeline and fundraising communications calendar to make end-of-year fundraising as easy as pie. Just follow my timeline below to create your year-end fundraising plan!

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 23, 2024

Annual campaigns and major gift fundraising both rely on building relationships with donors. Here's the distinction between the two.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Yet, as a lifelong advancement professional for three institutions of higher education, and now as a fundraising consultant/trainer, I have serious questions about the potential of artificial intelligence, or the ubiquitous AI, in the profoundly unique discipline of resource development. Nothing is as personal as fundraising.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 22, 2022

Fundraisers must seek to continuously improve their craft. They must practice asking for the gift and enjoy the thrill of this adventure. Fundraisers, who exchange with prospects about a variety of subjects, must believe in their cause and expect every ask to be successful.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 4, 2021

By Emily Rose Patz , Senior Copywriter at DonorPerfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Those aboard the online fundraising train tend to not look back. Even if you’re confident that online fundraising is the right direction, it’s hard to know how and where to get started.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 1, 2022

Many fundraisers have inquired about asking donors for gifts, and more specifically, how to get over the fear of it. Very simply, there is only one way to get over that fear.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 20, 2024

While every organization is different, there are some guiding practices that nonprofits should follow in order to attract and retain major donors. Here is some insight into what two nonprofits are doing to steward their major donors.

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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 PRO

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Master the first 90 days as a Major Gift Officer with this strategic roadmap. Learn how to build donor relationships, align with your organization’s mission, and set the stage for long-term fundraising success. Ready to make an impact?

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The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This is a two part article on how to create fundraising systems for your nonprofit. In Part 1, we will talk about what fundraising systems are and why they are important for development. In short, this nonprofit lacked fundraising systems. What are Fundraising Systems? A board fundraising system. And so on….

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Quick Definition Online fundraising is the process of raising donations for a cause, project, or organization through digital platforms such as websites, social media apps, and email campaigns. In this article, we will cover online fundraising methods, tools, and some quick tips to get your nonprofit started!

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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. Many situations can indicate a donor’s readiness to discuss end-of-year gifts of assets. How, then, should you talk about year-end gifts of assets? The call came on December 2.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 2, 2024

You’ve sent a fundraising email to your nonprofit’s email list. And that’s when you know it’s time to troubleshoot your fundraising email. And that’s when you know it’s time to troubleshoot your fundraising email. Subject lines are important in email fundraising, no doubt about it.

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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. M+R Benchmarks Report. Email #2

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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. Join online fundraising communities and ask lots of questions and monitor for great ideas.

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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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sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2024

It may feel intimidating at first, but here’s the exciting part: today, more than ever, nonprofits have the tools and resources to make a smooth shift to the grants-plus-fundraising model. Adding fundraising to your funding model gives you the agility to stay mission-focused no matter what comes your way.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 19, 2023

If major gift fundraising is Morton’s, social fundraising is McDonald’s. The great thing about the scale of social fundraising is that you get a lot of data. So, here’s what the fast food of fundraising has to offer other income channels. We’re not talking about the food; we’re talking about scale.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Are you making the mistake of focusing all of your energy on donor acquisition and major gift fundraising, largely ignoring the fertile middle of your database? This is a big missed opportunity. There’s gold in the mid-level hills, but you won’t find it unless you go digging.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 6, 2025

First-time donor conversion rate If you can get a first-time donor to make a second and even a third gift, youre well on your way to keeping them! To find out how many new donors gave again the following year, calculate the number of donors who made their first gift to you in a 12-month period, for example, in 2023.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 24, 2025

Your team spends hours bringing new supporters through the door, only to watch too many quietly leave after their first gift. Remarkably, fewer than 3% of fundraisers prioritize seamless payment methods like PayPal, Venmo, or Apple Payeven though nearly a quarter of donors prefer exactly these options. It rarely turns out well.

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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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Bloomerang

JANUARY 8, 2025

Not having a plan is planning to fail; the same is true for your fundraising. A year-round fundraising calendar is a must to ensure that youve coordinated all your messages, asks, campaigns, events, and stewardship to optimize revenue and your sanity. Launch a GivingTuesday campaign by November 15 and secure 150 individual gifts.

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sgEngage

MARCH 10, 2025

This seamless flow of information is truly incredible, particularly when the data exchange is between finance and fundraising. When you unite your fundraising and finance systems, efficiency is simply the first win of many. Your supporters want to feel more ownership over their gift even after it changes hands.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2024

By integrating fundraising and finance systems, information flows easily from gift records to journal entries, saving time, reducing the risk of fraud, and simplifying audits. Here’s how a connected fundraising and finance system can simplify reconciliation for nonprofit organizations, and what it would look like in practice.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Fundraising professionals have an extremely hard job. It is not easy to obtain a sizable gift from a prospect in a time of prosperity, must less in a time of perceived recession. They must generate greater amounts of dollars in good and tough times.

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