Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2019

They may even want to help guide you in how it’s spent. When you solicit a prospective supporter, you need to be prepared with data, compelling testimonials, personal knowledge of what motivates the donor as an individual, and a concrete plan of how their major gift will help you make major changes. Major gifts are a major deal.

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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. By personalizing your donation letters, your nonprofit can increase fundraising revenue and develop long-lasting supporter relationships. How does it help them make a difference?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

It also includes a survey to learn more about the donor and deepen the donor relationship. If you want help putting this into action at your nonprofit, download this free stewardship template. Why personalization matters: A checklist for donor cultivation The greatest gift you can give a donor is the gift of feeling known by you.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Fundraising comes down to one thing: relationships. The ability to track and monitor those relationships should be the #1 priority for organizations seeking to expand their donor base or increase their revenue. Nonprofits can easily track in-depth information regarding the number of meetings, relationships ties, and giving history.

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Allegiance Group

JANUARY 28, 2025

However, a single gift doesnt necessarily imply a deep-seated concern for the issues you aim to solve. Say you run an animal shelter and offer address labels as an incentive for someone to make a first gift. The benefits vary a discount to your local art museum, a branded T-shirt, a gift card.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 4, 2024

Here's how this can help with major gift offers. As "The Godfather" showed, you're most persuasive when you give people what they want most.

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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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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Or theyre told they must bring in X number of new donors at the organizations major gift level. Mid-level, major, and legacy gifts are a long game. The finance directors understanding of their role in helping put together compelling donor offers. Crediting the gift to one person alone makes no sense.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

This form of fundraising provides predictable (and often unrestricted) future funding, strengthens relationships with loyal supporters, and builds powerful social proof among your community. Additionally, remember that “planned gifts” are a diverse category. What Motivates Planned Giving? Who Gives to Planned Giving Programs?

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Its an opportunity to deepen relationships, show gratitude, and keep the conversation going, turning one-time participants into lifelong supporters. How to Keep Donors Engaged Post-Event Your post-event messages are just the beginning of building stronger relationships with your donors.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

It's critical for nonprofits to stop and think about how they can pour themselves into people’s lives and help them fulfill their interests and passions. If you can do this successfully, which we know you can, it will pay off economically in surprising ways.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 15, 2025

Sending memorial donation notification letters helps build positive relationships with families and strengthen your memorial giving program. Your organization might receive these gifts because the deceased person had a special connection to your cause or if their cause of death relates to your nonprofits mission.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Chances are, you’ve already made a good one with your donor because they’ve made their first gift to your organization. Frequent communication is vital in cultivating donor relationships, especially with new supporters. Examples: Make a second gift. List of major gifts given today. First impressions are essential.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 20, 2025

It costs 200-300% more to attract new donors than it does to get a second gift. Youre also more likely to get larger gifts from donors who give over time, so youre making more money. Very simply, donor retention refers to the number (or percentage) of donors that return to give another gift in a specific time period.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Major Gifts. Consistency helps nonprofits to plan and forecast. Their contact and gift information is saved in your CRM, a thank you note and receipt are automatically sent, and you are ready to solicit donations again in the future. Peer-to-Peer and Team Fundraising. Email Marketing and Customized Giving.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Data from recent elections shows rage donors take their candidate’s loss in a presidential bid as inspiration to donate more to causes associated with the candidate’s party, while the winning team’s incoming gifts drop off. Did they make their first (only) gift during the election cycle? They want to feel heard. Thank them properly.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Imagine someone wants to donate a huge gift, but you’re not entirely sure how to accept it. Here's how a gift acceptance policy can help.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

In the timeline below, we tell you exactly when to send emails designed to cultivate a relationship with your new Giving Tuesday supporters. Also, remind donors who they’ve helped with their donation and how they make your mission possible. Subject line: Sofia, keep tabs on the impact of your gift by following us on social media.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 15, 2025

To effectively steward donor relationships and inspire higher levels of giving, you must strategically engage donors in various ways that deepen their connections to your nonprofit. With your stewardship matrix as a guide, your staff will have a clear roadmap to engaging donors throughout their entire relationship with your nonprofit.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 30, 2024

When used thoughtfully, AI can actually help you be more human and strengthen your authentic connections with donors. Real relationships: Making an ask for a donation immediately after meeting someone is like asking to borrow a car from someone you just met—there isn’t enough trust built to warrant the interaction.

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The Modern Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Powerful Tribute Fundraising: How Flipcause Can Help Imagine turning every heartfelt memory and meaningful milestone into a powerful opportunity to support your cause. Tribute donations—gifts made in honor or memory of someone—offer a powerful way to engage supporters on a deeper level.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

With the help of generous donors, youve secured funding, rented retail space, and sourced inventory. Donation tax receipts allow you to confirm that youve processed and implemented a charitable contribution while expressing appreciation for donors gifts. Imagine youre opening a nonprofit thrift store. Acknowledging donation history.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

According to a recent report from the Blackbaud Institute , 72% of spontaneous gifts went to organizations with whom the donors were already familiar. Read on to learn more about who these first-time spontaneous donors are, and how to turn their GivingTuesday gifts into lasting support.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Conversely, loyal donors give 42% more over their lifetime and are 70% more likely to leave a planned gift. Effective donor stewardship isnt just about saying thank you; its about cultivating meaningful, genuine relationships. This small but immediate gesture can set the tone for a lasting relationship.

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

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. You Have Built a Relationship with Them. Relationships are built on trust, communication and transparency.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

A solid year-end fundraising plan can help! What was our average gift amount? Test all buttons, links, post-gift email auto-responders, and landing pages on desktop and mobile devices. November 11-20 Train all staff to handle last-minute donor requests, like processing gifts online or accepting stock gifts.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 20, 2024

If I take the time to make a monetary gift, offer community feedback, or even send along a useful article from an expert like you, I expect someone to react and interact with me. Something that reassures me my gift was appreciated, and did not fall into a black hole. Show me you noticed! Even if I reach out, I dont get a reply.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2024

By Abby Jarvise , writer, marketer, and speaker at Neon One – software built for small and midsize nonprofits to help them manage fundraising, communications, events, volunteers, and more. Retaining your donors requires building relationships with them, and those relationships will rely heavily on effective communication.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Regular updates, personalized appeals, and segmented lists can help build lasting relationships with donors and drive consistent contributions. Want to learn which methods are helping organizations the most? Email campaigns: Email remains a cornerstone of online fundraising.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

With 501(c)(3) status, you have the beginnings of the framework to improve your community, change lives, help others, and realize your bold vision. Fortunately, I had some experience in marketing that gave me ideas about how to fundraise and help the nonprofit. Plus, I had a burning passion to help people. Just beware!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Some individual board members may want to start with “easier” tasks like thanking donors, but eventually, they should be directly helping raise thousands of dollars annually. Make a “ stretch gift ” that is very generous and is outside your normal giving pattern. Give in-kind support to the organization in a way that actually helps.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Even if it feels overwhelming at first, break it down into essential steps: Setting goals Identifying potential donors Defining your message Starting with a well-conceived plan helps you clarify goals, outline specific actions, and define your budget to achieve your goals.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 24, 2025

Frequently, securing these gifts requires development professionals and grant writers to submit proposals that include project goals to be achieved by the end of the grant period. Taking the time to identify the problem will only help strengthen not only future proposals, but programming as well. Was there a staffing challenge?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2021

As a non-profiteer of many years, I have known donor giving programs to be described via a myriad of terms; sustainment, long-term, continued, recurring – all ways to describe the length of the relationship a donor establishes with a non-profit. And their relationship with Water.org starts in a fairly simple way; by checking a box.

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Candid

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Over the past decade, it has become increasingly commonplace for those individuals to make mega gifts to other wealthy and at times famous people who have visibility, access, and power, as opposed to traditional nonprofit organizations that engage in social programming, capacity building, and direct services.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 21, 2024

It’s every major gift officer’s nightmare scenario:You’re at a donor event, making small talk with an attendee you have never met before, and you’re struggling to come up with something to talk about. Here are some guiding rules for finding your next major gift funder with the help of prospect research.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 15, 2024

A time when many nonprofits ramp up their email volume to try to get more gifts. Just because we ask, doesn’t mean we’ll get a gift. But perhaps more importantly, we’re building a good relationship with our email subscribers where they see our sender name and actually want to read the email. We know this.

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