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Creative credit card donation scam

Robert Weiner

I would like to make everyone aware of a recent situation here that is most likely a scam to launder stolen credit card funds, appearing as a gift. A $9,000 gift is received and approved from an unknown entity (in this case a “Cassandra Harvey”), with Smyrna, GA address, Yahoo email and legitimate phone number.

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Raise More By Avoiding “One Size Fits All” Email Appeals

NetWits

2) A medical foundation exceeded their fundraising goals and averaged over $1,000 per gift when they personalized their email appeal by: Thanking people for last year’s gift (in the headline and first paragraph). Including last year’s gift amount. Capture more info during event registrations.

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Build Trust by Integrating Your Fundraising and Finance Systems

sgEngage

The traditional endpoint for philanthropic giving used to be a hard close and a hand-off of the gift to an organization offering an adequately agreeable mission statement. Your supporters want to feel more ownership over their gift even after it changes hands. Today, donors see their gift as an investment in outcomes.

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Donors Seek Stories, Info And Other Non-Ask Messaging

The NonProfit Times

Overall, 85% of respondents research nonprofits by visiting a website and 70% review an organization’s social media presences before giving gifts. Millennials , who are entering into their prime income and wealth years, welcome opportunities to break larger gifts down into smaller payments throughout a year.

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How to Use AI for the Right Ask (Without Being Creepy)

sgEngage

For example, Momentum’s free Chat-GPT is geared specifically toward major gift fundraisers. If a donor typically gives in Q4 but also makes special gifts around their birthday, you can plan your outreach accordingly. Say, “Write in the style of this successful appeal…” rather than starting from scratch.

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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Make a “ stretch gift ” that is very generous and is outside your normal giving pattern. Be familiar with every fundraising program, event, campaign, and activity so you can tell others (sustainers, major gifts, events, direct mail, giving circles, etc.). It doesn’t have to be a gift. Then help implement these tools.

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How to Write a Killer Letter of Inquiry (LOI) to Get a Grant

Get Fully Funded

A gift of a much-needed crown was not just the gift of pain relief in that tooth, it was the gift of better overall health, fewer trips to the doctor, fewer missed days of work, more enjoyment of life, and even a longer lifespan. Give the gift of dance, and you might end up sending a kid to college on an academic scholarship!

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