NonProfit PRO

APRIL 5, 2023

Tax letters should aim to engage recurring donors and encourage them to either make an extra gift, upgrade to a higher level, switch to a higher retaining way of giving, or give the ultimate gift. Here's how you can do that.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Have a Visa gift card that you keep forgetting to use? Adding a Visa gift card on Amazon isn't the process that you'd expect, though. While it is technically a gift card, it can't be registered as a gift card like an official Amazon gift card would. UPDATE: Mar. 18, 2025, 10:40 a.m.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

If you want to turn one-time donors into lifelong supporters, you need to build out a new, personalized donor cultivation journey. The sample new donor cultivation timeline above incorporates personalized communication, like phone calls and notes, and regular communication, like email newsletters. How can you do it?

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Amazon gift cards usually come with the starting balance printed on the physical card or mentioned in the email if you receive an eGift card. But what if you want to check the balance on a gift card that you previously redeemed to see if you have enough left over to splurge during the Big Spring Sale ? Select Gift cards.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

By Bryna Dilman , Director of Marketing at FrontStream , who offers expert tips to nonprofit organizations planning to move their in-person auctions online. . For instance, if a local Italian restaurant donated a gift card but it’s only open for delivery, disclose this in the item restrictions field.

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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

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

What was our average gift amount? Schedule in-person ask visits with donors. Test all buttons, links, post-gift email auto-responders, and landing pages on desktop and mobile devices. Coordinate with your direct mail drop, use segments and personalization appropriately, and split A/B test your subject lines.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Ideally, this is a close-up of one person (or animal) looking straight at the camera. If you suggest that my $100 gift will end hunger, I won’t believe you. If you tell me it will buy 300 meals for a hungry person, that’s something I can comprehend.) You can use personalization, flattery, curiosity, humor, or brevity.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Before exploring specifics about planned giving prospects, you must understand something much more fundamental—why donors choose to give through bequests and other planned gifts in the first place. Your outreach challenge will be to strike the right balance between efficiency and personalization. Who Gives to Planned Giving Programs?

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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. Examples: Make a second gift. For example, create a filter that includes all donors who have made a first-time gift. List of major gifts given today. 1) Keep the Conversation with Donors Going.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Also, do bequest societies work to secure gifts? The $5,000 cash gifts they already made are indicators they can probably make much larger legacy gifts from their assets – once they no longer need them. Depending on how many of these members you have, you might want to attempt a personal meeting with as many as possible.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 15, 2025

Mid-level donors: Those who give moderate amounts expect more personalized acknowledgment from your nonprofit. Major donors: Your nonprofit’s largest donors expect to be highly involved and updated often on how you use their gifts. Send plenty of personalized communications about their impact on your nonprofits future.

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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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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. So, handing over a bunch of major gift likelihood folks to your fundraiser and expecting them to raise major gifts from each of them is shooting them in the foot.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Donation tax receipts allow you to confirm that youve processed and implemented a charitable contribution while expressing appreciation for donors gifts. In addition to the essential details youd include on a cash donation receipt, your in-kind donation tax receipts should feature the following: Gift description.

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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? Pick up the phone. Mail something memorable.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 3, 2021

If you can build trust, plus expand a personal relationship with a donor while also having the knowledge of their gift capacity and areas of interest, a possible layering can occur. In my context of layering, it is securing a major gift or pledge in one area while asking them for a second gift or pledge in another or same area.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Tribute and honorary gifts , made in honor or in memory of someone who is not a donor, are a great way for nonprofit organizations to raise awareness and funds while honoring an individual, either in memoriam or celebration. 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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Allegiance Group

JANUARY 7, 2025

Matching gift opportunities can double or even triple the donations you receive at the end of the year. We often see these during Giving Tuesday or year-end campaigns, but have you considered how matching gifts can accelerate your campaigns year-round? Lets look at the many benefits matching gifts can bring your organization.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Major Gifts. 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. This type of donor may also donate to support special projects or programs on top of their recurring gift. Peer-to-Peer and Team Fundraising.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 12, 2024

I love technology as much as the next person, and have benefited enormously from its application throughout my personal, professional, and civic lives. AI resources may be rich in data and knowledge, but they dont have hearts, souls, and personalities. Nothing is as personal as fundraising.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 13, 2025

Establish funding priorities: What gifts do you need of time, talent, and treasure to robustly champion your mission? To really improve the results, show where the additional gift income will come from. This will set the stage for not only motivating them to renew gifts, but to also consider increasing the amounts.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Step 1: Show your donors the impact of their last gift! This doesn’t mean you’re asking too often—it means asking again before showing their first gift had an impact. Whether their last gift was for GivingTuesday or months before, you need to do more than just thank them. You must tell them how their gift made a difference.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 4, 2022

1) In-person fundraisers. Let’s start off with the oldest, most classic way to fundraise: An in-person fundraiser. Although in-person fundraisers are the most traditional fundraising method, the fact they were out of the question during the two years of the pandemic has resulted in a surge in popularity. 9) Gift fundraising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2021

Make sure it’s timely, personalized, and has a sense of urgency. Make it personal. Mention the donor’s past involvement with your organization and the impact their previous gifts have made. If possible, use tangible examples to show how their personal contributions have supported your mission. Set them up for success.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising encourages existing supporters to set up their own pages, gathering donations from their personal networks on behalf of the organization. Regular updates, personalized appeals, and segmented lists can help build lasting relationships with donors and drive consistent contributions.

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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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Hands on Fundraising

AUGUST 27, 2024

Memorial gifts – the most emotional gift? It’s not a gift you look forward to making – or inspiring. As a fundraiser, a memorial gift is one of the most emotional gifts you will likely receive. For me, the question is personal. appeared first on Hands-On Fundraising.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 21, 2021

When we decide to give someone a gift, we usually try really hard to get a gift that is meaningful to the person we’re giving it to. When we seek to succeed with our philanthropic investors, unfortunately, a sort of organizational narcissism often kicks in.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 17, 2022

Even though monthly donors generally give smaller amounts on a per gift basis, the aggregate amount that they give over the course of a year almost always adds up to more. Revenue from recurring donations is far more predictable than revenue from one-off gifts. There’s no need for repeat solicitation with recurring gifts.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 10, 2024

Register Now and join us on Wednesday, January 24th, 2024, for, "Innovate to Elevate: Breakthroughs in Donor Acquisition with Matching Gifts, Personalized Touchpoints, and Advanced Fundraising Strategies." Explore easy strategies for implementing a successful matching gift program.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2023

Your donors and supporters start searching Google for “holiday gifts that benefit nonprofits” in early August, yet most nonprofits do not update their holiday tribute giving program until November or December. According to the Global Trends in Giving Report , 33% of donors worldwide give tribute gifts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

Keep the momentum going with these creative donor engagement ideas you can apply to your 2021 fundraising strategy: 1) Get personal with gratitude via thank-you videos. Round up a list of your major donors and task your team with sending them a personal video to thank them for their continued support! The best part?

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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

JUNE 22, 2021

Reviewing their activity wall of donations to personally thank donors. Reviewing new donations that have the potential to become recurring gifts. Personalized interactions go a long way with donors, and simply uncovering new opportunities to expand your recurring giving program can sustain revenue all year.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Unlike other forms of fundraising (most notably broad annual fundraising , which naturally gets more attention at year-end), building a consistent promotion strategy for planned gifts may pose a bigger challenge. When you send appeals for planned gifts later, supporters will be better primed to engage.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Such subpar messages may be the reason that 63% of fundraisers feel uncomfortable using AI for personalized donor communications. While AI is often touted as a way to hyper-personalize fundraising efforts, to many fundraisers, AI can make communications seem less personal, less authentic.

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