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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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. Everyone at this nonprofit was constantly wringing their hands about raising money. In short, this nonprofit lacked fundraising systems.

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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 PRO

JANUARY 30, 2023

As we move forward in a new year, nonprofits that work hard and work smart can boost gift income to enjoy record resource development years. I want to highlight 10 pragmatic ways that nonprofit leaders can more effectively ask for and secure gifts that will fuel their missions.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 6, 2025

The retention metrics that matter Retention is your single most important metricthe easiest, fastest, and most affordable way to raise more money. 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! Then, you can dig a bit deeper.

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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

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 PRO

DECEMBER 3, 2024

There may be a lot of pressure to hit fundraising goals. After all, your nonprofit depends on that revenue to continue its mission's work. But all that pressure doesn't have to feel so intense.

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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. 9% via PayPal.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The end of the calendar year can (and should) be a bonanza for non-profit organizations looking to raised small and medium-sized gifts to round out their fundraising numbers. The Basics of Year-End Fundraising. For other folks, the end of the year is simply a time of gift giving, including giving gifts to charity.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The recent spike in cryptocurrency fundraising was sparked by IRS guidance which provided clarity and ignited the trend. Major crypto gifts haven’t slowed down, with multi-million dollar pledges happening in December and January so far. By Alex Wilson and Pat Duffy , co-founders of The Giving Block.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 29, 2024

These fundraising gems have been a hit with our readers, and Ive gathered them all in one place just for you. Our goal is to equip you with practical fundraising tools and ideas you can implement right away. Get ready to dive into the wealth of knowledge from these 2024 fundraising articles. And thats a good thing.It

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Last week, we started a three article series on year-end fundraising. In this post, I want to talk about the strategy behind raising more money during the final 4-6 weeks of the year. In our next post , we’ll go over a step-by-step plan for maximizing your year-end fundraising. The 5 Rules for Supercharged Year-End Fundraising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2019

Also, on October 8 in partnership with Nonprofit Tech for Good, Julia will be presenting a free webinar about how nonprofits can use social media to raise money online. It allows eligible nonprofit and individual accounts to raise money without leaving Instagram! . Here are 6 ways. . 2) Go live on Instagram.

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

We all know how important the final 4-6 weeks of the calendar year are for non-profit fundraising. If you understand your donor’s motivation for the gift, and the circumstances surrounding the donation, it will help you make a far better ask that fits in to your overall cultivation strategy. Let’s get started!

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In that same spirit, we asked some of our favorite fundraisers to share their best piece of fundraising advice, as a way of paying it forward to other gift officers. If you’re looking for fundraising ideas that really work, put our experts’ advice to good use. Then pass it on.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

But big goals cost big money. And that means you have to figure out how to fundraise for your new venture. Should you start a GoFundMe or turn to a Facebook fundraiser? To fully fund your mission, you have to become a fundraiser. Fundraising is a skilled profession. Where do you start? Then, draft a plan.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 20, 2022

Whether virtual, in person, or hybrid, raffles are an effective way to raise money for your nonprofit (case in point—the $9,420,506 raffle organizers on Eventgroove have earned for their causes since November 2019). Eventgroove doesn’t advertise or publicly list fundraisers, meaning organizers control the audience.

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Candid

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Despite the importance of raising money well, the majority of small to midsize nonprofits use suboptimal strategies—methods that are expensive, time-consuming, and yield only minimal returns on a lot of hard work. Fundraising mistake #2. These are the kinds of revenue strategies that keep nonprofits just surviving instead of scaling.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 16, 2018

Ray Gary is the CEO of iDonate , a SaaS-based provider of the world’s most innovative Digital Fundraising Platform for nonprofits. The benefits of recurring gifts are obvious—more predictability in funds and the ability to plan operations. Don’t show a gift array for $25 to someone worth millions. By Ray Gary.

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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

JANUARY 16, 2022

This guide is meant to help you prepare for each season in your fundraising year. Implement a multichannel fundraising strategy with plenty of different opportunities to give. Revenue from Facebook fundraisers alone grew by 14% last year. Transformative Multichannel Online Fundraising Ideas. Winter 2022.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

By Kevin Santiago , Marketing Director at Paybee – an all-in-one charity fundraising platform that specializes in virtual, hybrid, and in-person fundraising events. Nonprofit fundraising changed drastically in 2020 with a shift toward virtual galas and a need to raise money online.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 14, 2022

As a profession, fundraisers constantly spend a great deal of money on training, education and consultants to learn various techniques to improve performance and results. One can never sit on their laurels.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2024

In fact, the average annual value of a recurring gift is 10.3 times higher than the value of the average one-time gift! And, if you do attempt to convert, your best window is within 30 days of the initial gift. a matching gift) for donors who give monthly. a matching gift) for donors who give monthly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 27, 2019

This year’s featured online fundraising tools tap into emerging trends, such as Bitcoin and crowdfunding, but also utilize tried-and-true fundraising tactics such as tribute giving and e-cards. Funraise is an all-in-one CRM software with an impressive suite of fundraising tools. EcoCards.org :: ecocards.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Every year it becomes more and more crucial for nonprofits to invest in online fundraising programs. According to the 2020 Benchmarks Data from M+R , overall online giving revenue increased by 10% in 2019, and revenue from monthly gifts increased by 22%. RoundUp App is the nation’s largest tool for rounded up donations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

By Nathan Hill , Optimization Evangelist at NextAfter , works every day to share how testing and optimization can lead to fundraising growth that can transform organizations and causes. 2) Only 14% of organizations prompt one-time donors to upgrade to a recurring gift during the donation process. The result?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Ask any nonprofit fundraiser if he or she wants to increase the results of their fundraising efforts and you’ll get a resounding “yes”! I’m going to assume that the question that started you down this path is, “How do I get current donors to increase their gifts?” The next question, of course, is how?

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

When it comes to running a successful campaign, having the right fundraising tools can make all the difference. At CauseVox, we know how important it is to stand out in today’s crowded fundraising landscape. Feed Montana impact meter showing how many meals they are able to provide with the amount of money donated.

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Donorbox

DECEMBER 15, 2023

When looking for fundraising tactics that will bring in major gifts and other large donations, sometimes you have to be willing to spend money to make money. We call these big money fundraising ideas – those that may require a higher budget, but should produce big results.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Welcome to the third and final article in our three-part series on year-end fundraising. In the second post , we reviewed the five rules for supercharged year-end fundraising. That being said, it’s really never too late to begin your year-end fundraising strategy. Why you are asking donors for money at the year-end?

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The tactical strategy for your fundraising should not be random, and it shouldn’t be based on a “we’ll figure this out as we go along” mentality. Your best bet to ensure maximum revenue is to lay out a tactical fundraising calendar as part of your overall fundraising plan. Facebook fundraising campaign. Walk-a-thon.

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

As development professionals, volunteers, and board members, we spend a lot of time searching for new prospects … trying to find new individuals, companies and foundations who might respond to our message, who we can cultivate, and who, over time, might make a significant gift to help us continue our work. How Can Good PR Help Me Raise Money?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. We have some programs that have more curb appeal than others, but my CFO is worried well raise too much money for those programs and not enough for others. You may favor raising unrestricted money so youre able to dole it out among the different packages as needed.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Though the campaign goal was met, it will continue raising money through February 2022. Inspiration4 returned from orbit Saturday, raising millions for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in the process.

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