Neon CRM

MARCH 27, 2025

The IRS requires nonprofits to send receipts for any charitable gift over $250, and we all know how critical it is to keep the IRS happy. But donors often expect receipts for gifts of any amount, and keeping them happy is a key part of inspiring them to give again. Then, include a note about the tax deductibility of their gift.

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CauseVox

JULY 13, 2021

You’ve probably heard of a donation pledge if you’ve been in fundraising for any amount of time. A donation pledge is when a supporter promises to give a certain amount of money in a set time frame. Why Ask For Donation Pledges? So what is the benefit of a pledge over a donation? Increase Gift Sizes. Not anymore!

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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. Make a “ stretch gift ” that is very generous and is outside your normal giving pattern. For example, could people who donate every year be cultivated for a larger or monthly gift?

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

A matching gift is a great opportunity to leverage a generous donation from one donor, or a group of donors, to bring in even more money from other donors for your nonprofit. Their support lets you tell other donors: A generous donor has offered to match every gift made toward the laptops dollar-for-dollar up to $3,000!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Samsung pledged to contribute up to $100,000 through this social action challenge, providing a donation of $5 to the Dan Marino Foundation each time someone pledged their support of autism awareness by sharing an infographic with their Facebook friends or sending a tweet with the hashtag, #teamautism. A big success. It’s a cycle.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Individual pledge commitments or reports on pledged revenue by date, campaign, or program can be tracked easily. It integrates directly with your website to process online donations, pledges, and payment. Who Raiser’s Edge is great for: Organizations with large development teams and aggressive fundraising goals.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 1, 2020

Self-efficacy is the belief that a person has in her or his abilities and competencies to achieve a goal. Charity: Water provides donor impact based on the amount of donation, including information about the people helped by the campaign, which helps them set a campaign goal based on their level of comfort.

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sgEngage

MARCH 12, 2024

There are three major exits you can take on the “Highway of Major Gift Giving.” Exit 1: Disqualification Road Exit 2: Proposal Avenue Exit 3: The Stewardship Fork Once you know what road you’re on with a potential donor, you can decide to press the gas or to let it go and move on to a better-fit major gift prospect. Action : Let it go.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2025

That way, an email recipient must only click on that button and confirm their donation to give that specific gift amount to your organization. Are you meeting your goals? Researchers recommend focusing your messaging on how the potential donor could help another person or group through their gift. Where could you improve?

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

But big goals cost big money. You see, the best way to get a corporate gift is through a connection at the company. But there are often strict rules and enrollment periods that can make it difficult to secure the gift. And a gift from a corporation is unlikely to be renewed the following year. Where do you start?

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NetWits

JANUARY 11, 2011

Essentially you can set up a page that allows you to fundraise by asking people to donate money in support of the cause you care about instead of buying you a gift. Their goal is to make it to find the issues and organization you care about, follow the latest news and updates, support their work with your time, money and skills.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Campaign planning is the ideal way to ensure your campaign goals align with your organization’s goals. Potential corporate or major donor gift sponsors/matches. Here’s why having a fundraising thermometer , countdown, and impact goals are specifically important for #GivingTuesday.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 8, 2024

For example, capital campaign gift size evaluation will be much more challenging than determining the appropriate donation solicitation amount for an annual request. First gifts are typically modest and commensurate with capacity. Who is soliciting the gift? Larger gifts usually require multi-year pledge periods.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Today’s question come from a nonprofit employee who want advice on which year to count gifts that are made on or before December 31, but not received until January: . Our auditors later told us the gifts should have been recorded as pledges, with the payment showing as being applied in the new year. — In a Dilemma.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 25, 2013

Previously, I highlighted favorite features in Nonprofit Starter Pack and Click & Pledge , now I’m going to talk about my favorite feature in Causeview. Causeview lets you define Goals on your campaigns, either by Fiscal Year for multi-year campaigns or broken down by Fiscal Quarter for single-year campaigns.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The CauseVox 2023 Giving Study found that among the younger generations, 76% said that social media influences their decision to make a charitable gift. Campaign planning is the ideal way to ensure your campaign goals align with your organization’s goals. Potential corporate or major donor gift sponsors/matches.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The longer participants continue the activity, the more donations they raise to help reach your goal. At the same time, they’ll solicit donations and pledges from their networks of family and friends for each service project they complete or hour of volunteer service they complete. Explore our favorite a-thon style fundraisers.

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CauseVox

JUNE 7, 2022

We all know that converting website viewers to donors is one of the primary goals of a nonprofit organization. A good donation page, like these five high performing pages , can bring in larger gift amounts and more donations. Donation pages allow your supporters to make their gifts through your website.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

With a Giving Tuesday matching gift campaign, they can! But how do you set up a matching gift campaign for Giving Tuesday? A matching gift campaign is a fundraising strategy in which donations are matched by a matching gift donor, often at a 1:1 ratio. Why do matching gift campaigns matter? Read on to learn how!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

By Jessica Fox , writer at Eventgroove – a one-stop, integrated platform for events, fundraisers, and e-commerce driven to help its customers amplify their brand and reach their goals. Though it’s startlingly articulate, AI doesn’t think, and it doesn’t know your nonprofit’s goals or supporters as well as you do.

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CauseVox

MARCH 16, 2022

Pledge Now, Pay Later. Pledge Now, Pay Later (aka PNPL) is the state-of-the-art donation model that allows donors to select or enter a dollar amount and commit to completing the gift through several automatic monthly or annual installed payments. Sigma Chi at the University of Florida Pledge Now, Pay Later Form.

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

If your donation form is overly long, clunky, or confusing, you’ll be dealing with angry donors, losing out on revenue, and scaring donors away from coming back to make a second gift. CauseVox offers a free guide to help you set up a winning recurring gift campaign. But what does it mean for a donation form to be truly outstanding?

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CauseVox

APRIL 18, 2025

Even a small tweaklike setting monthly donations as the defaultcan serve as a gentle nudge toward ongoing support, while still allowing donors the flexibility to choose a one-time gift. Instead of making a big gift all at once, donors can commit to a larger amount and pay it off over timemonthly, yearly, or on a custom schedule.

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sgEngage

JULY 28, 2023

A challenge gift is a donation that creates an incentive for others to give by offering a financial reward based on an established contingency. Challenge gifts are issued only once a contingency, or “challenge,” has been achieved.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

Planning Your Goals. You set a period of time, a goal amount, and a purpose for the fundraiser. This will be your starting point for building your fundraising goal and budget. You’ll want to build those costs into your goal as well. Many of your donations will come in as pledges and some number will drop off over time.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

Sample fundraising calendar Be sure to update your quarterly and monthly totals for the year, comparing them to your original goals. Are you on track to meet your goals? However, if you find that you’re behind on your goals, don’t worry too much. You’re either on track to meet your goals…or you’re not.

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Qgiv

JUNE 2, 2021

Luckily, there’s a great way to make your donors’ gifts double (and sometimes triple) in value. By instituting a matching gifts program at your medical nonprofit, your donors can provide additional funds so you can continue to do your crucial work. What is a matching gift program?

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Confirms to the donor that you got their gift. Closes the loop on this gift and prepares them for the next gift. After all, they gave your organization a gift. Your donation will help us meet our goals…” As a donor, I don’t care about your goals. Thank you for your generous gift to xyz organization.’

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

A nonprofit organization exists to fulfill a specific mission or purpose rather than earn a profit, while a small business usually has profit maximization as its primary goal. There is no segregation of funds based on specific activities or goals because the primary aim is to ensure the business remains profitable.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 5, 2021

of gifts per year x Avg. gift amount = Lifetime Value. Example: If your average donor has been on file for 5 years, gives an average of 3 gifts per year, with an average gift amount of $25 then their lifetime value is $375. [5 Do we have a cultivation plan and revenue goal for our major gift donors? .

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CauseVox

JULY 14, 2022

You set a period of time, a goal amount, and a purpose for the fundraiser. People are likely to give more than usual because they can see exactly where their gift is going and feel a tangible impact. That includes: Board members Community leaders Staff members Major gift donors. Do you think our goal and timeline are reasonable?

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

Recurring gift drive. Recurring gifts provide steady fundraising to many nonprofits. Recurring gifts can keep supporters more invested in your mission. Steven Shattuck, Bloomerang’s Chief Engagement Officer , found that when donors give a recurring gift their retention rate increases to 90%. Fasting pledges.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Your nonprofit can also use giving plans to fundraise toward a specific project or goal. Or you can offer a way for donors to make custom plans that fit their own goals and comfort levels. Think of them like structured pledges! You can also link gifts to specific goals and initiatives to create impact statements for donors.

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

One thing that phonathons have historically struggled with has been identifying donors who may be eligible for a matching gift from their employer?—and So how do you optimize matching gifts in your phonathons? Set nightly/weekly fundraising goals. Train callers on matching gifts. Include matching gifts in call scripts.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Text-to-give (also known as text-to-pledge or text fundraising) is a form of mobile fundraising in which donors give by sending a keyword to a text fundraising phone number. That’s because donors can send gifts as quickly as possible when they feel inspired to help. What is the difference between text-to-give and text-to-donate?

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The amount will of course be different for every organization, but it’s still a standard expectation for board members to be engaged and push the campaign forward in whatever ways they’re able, including making a gift. However, asking a board member for a personally meaningful gift can be awkward. Celebrate reaching your goal.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

My personal goal is to channel the aspirations of the technology community to do more social good. We did very well, and with the Skoll Foundation’s matching support, each gift to our campaign more than doubled its impact. It’s not too late to pledge your support for our work.

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