Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 13, 2020

Many nonprofits fear that asking a donor for additional support, after they’ve already made a donation, will turn them off from making future gifts. Make sure your website is mobile optimized for donors using their cell phones. Now you want to know, is it appropriate to ask your supporters to take further action?

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 16, 2023

What if there was one thing you can do right now to ensure your fundraising success and boost year-end gifts? Give them all the credit. Be personal—there’s no “Dear friend” allowed here. Start with a straightforward script Give your volunteers a warm, personable thank you script. Thank you for helping homebound seniors.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

Making donation appeals over the phone is an interesting middle ground between asking for donations in person and making appeals through more anonymous methods like email or on your website. But on the other hand, you can’t see the person, read their body language, or establish a face-to-face connection with them.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Raising money for your small nonprofit is stressful during the holidays, and practicing personal gratitude can pull you through. Your programs may also rev up during the holidays, providing meals and gifts, keeping homeless people warm, or preparing for an influx of post-holiday pets needing homes. What is personal gratitude?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

You may save some of these options for major donors, or sustainers, those who have given at least three years in a row, or donors who helped with a high stakes campaign like establishing a matching gift, putting the organization in their will, helping with a capital campaign or doing something else spectacular. These exist already!

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 27, 2021

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether or not you have to ask for donor feedback in person. . Do you have to ask for feedback in person? . There’s no substitute for this type of engagement if you want to inspire a donor’s most passionate and generous gift. Okay—back to your question.

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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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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. For example, could people who donate every year be cultivated for a larger or monthly gift?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on what to do when you get notified of an estate gift of which you were previously unaware. . I prefer to do this via a phone call, as this is more direct and personal and helps with establishing rapport.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 1, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to recognize tribute gifts when donors want to remain anonymous: Dear Charity Clairity, We list tribute gifts in our annual report. Should we still list the tribute (the honoree) and just list the donor as anonymous or should the entire gift remain anonymous.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

To secure the support of these crucial donors, your nonprofit needs to build a robust major gifts fundraising strategy. Because major gifts are so large, it requires time and dedication to cultivate and acquire more of these donations. Why are major gifts so important for nonprofits? What is a major gift? billion in 2022.

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Qgiv

APRIL 6, 2021

The internet — and even phones, to some extent — have produced a certain amount of anonymity when it comes to asking for donations and making contributions. However, sometimes you need to ask for donations in person at fundraising events or other functions. It can be a stressful and time-consuming endeavor.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

There are two parts to thanking donors: Connecting with the donor’s brain by providing a gift receipt and more importantly, touching the donor’s heart by letting them know they are heroes for giving to your organization’s cause. Donors lose trust in your organization when they only hear crickets after sending a gift.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 30, 2023

One way to meet new major donors is to steward existing donors into upgrading their gifts to your nonprofit organization. — Personalized communication and engagement strategies are critical to helping mid-level donors see the value and potential impact of increasing their donations to your nonprofit organization.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 21, 2022

It sounds simple, but nonprofits shouldn’t underestimate the importance of the personal touch. Whether with an email or a text message (or even a phone call!), Receiving that small gift—along with annual updates on how “their” animal is doing—is measurable, touchable, huggable proof that an annual subscription is a big deal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2023

QR codes can link to an awareness campaign , generate a phone call to an elected official, link to an online petition, an email opt-in form, an Instagram account, a RSVP page, etc.! For those nonprofits that use WordPress, the Tributes plugin empowers your nonprofit to easily offer tribute gifts with e-cards.

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sgEngage

MAY 1, 2024

It should encompass friction-free and on-brand donation forms, personalized and automated communications, and integration of internal systems. Here are some proven tips to streamline the donor journey, from first gift to lifelong engagement. All the other details—phone number, physical address, etc.—can

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Is there something you can do now to influence their end of year gift? It is the 21st-century version of a phone call. They tell you how your gift made a difference. Maybe they mention how your gift helped a person or solved a problem and include a photo (or emoji.). Think you’ll make a gift?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Multi-pages on a desktop and phone are cumbersome, clunky, and according to studies, will result in a higher abandonment rate. Nonprofits are missing a big opportunity to stay more connected with their constituents by not capturing mobile phone numbers. Think: big, bold and standalone – away from other button options.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 8, 2023

A nonprofit CEO, Dorethea, asks, “ Should I send holidays gifts to donors ?” Well, Dorethea, it depends on what type of gift and which donor segment (small, mid-size, or major givers) you have in mind. A gift can work to your advantage, but it can also work against you. You make the donation, you get a small token gift.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 20, 2021

As a nonprofit fundraising professional, you’re well aware that major gifts are some of the most important components of your organization’s overall fundraising strategy. These gifts make up a significant portion of your annual fundraising revenue, and they don’t just appear at random. Research major gift prospects.

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Bloomerang

MAY 19, 2023

Dear Charity Clairity, Do you have any tips for acquiring phone numbers? Our online form for giving collects more, but most gifts still come by mail. Dear Call Me Maybe, You’re certainly on the right track wanting to make phone calls to donors. We have many long-time donors for whom we only have a mailing address.

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EveryAction

JANUARY 25, 2023

Relationship building is the cornerstone of any good development plan, and it can take a while for a potential donor to be ready to give that first gift, or for a current donor to decide to “level up” their giving. It is not enough to simply send a tax receipt with a form letter when you receive a gift.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

One person (me) handles the bulk of our copy and content projects. While we might call our phones ‘phones,’ there are Apple, Android, and Google devices. While ChatGPT’s repsonse isn’t as personal as we’d like it to be, it sure gets the ball rolling! Until I tried it. Yes and no.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to attract corporate matching gifts: Dear Charity Clairity, I have a question about how to attract corporate matching gifts. Matching gifts are truly the social benefit sector BOGO. Raise one gift, get the second gift free!

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Julie Ordoñez will outline a proven strategy, messaging and action steps you can implement right away to close major gifts faster, ethically. We’re here to talk about 3 steps to closing over $10,000 gifts by December 31st. I’ve been getting to know Julie over the past few months and is just an awesome person.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2018

2) It doesn’t display well on phones or tablets. If your site doesn’t have a responsive design (meaning it displays well on computers, phones, and tablets), it’s time for an upgrade. View your nonprofit’s website on a computer, tablet and phone and test these important actions: Complete an online form. Give it a try!

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In 2014, Meredith Niles had just taken over fundraising for Marie Curie in the UK when her phone rang. New in her role, with two new staff persons reporting to her and an already-packed end-of-year schedule—including appeals, a holiday catalog, events, and concerts—Melissa felt torn.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

They appeal to those who may be interested in volunteering because they enjoy helping others or have a personal connection to the cause that the organization supports. Keep all of this important personal information organized and in a secure database. Open communication will help build long-lasting relationships with volunteers.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Soon, we’ll spend our days purchasing holiday gifts for loved ones, baking, and gearing up for visits from family and friends. Naturally, our personal to-do lists grow increasingly long as year-end nears. Try personally reaching out to lapsed donors with a phone call to recapture their support.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

Like you, many of your constituents are also working from home, using their personal cell phones and email addresses. Make a plan to segment your constituent base and decide who from your organization will make personal contact with your constituents.”. Many nonprofits rely heavily on in-person fundraising. Engagement.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

This will create a great first draft, but it’s important to personalize the content by adding stories from your community or sharing updates on the progress made towards achieving your mission. Organizations such as Kids Help Phone have already recognized the potential of chatbots as an effective support tool on their website.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 22, 2020

They Pick Up the Phone. When they need to get in touch with a donor or prospect, they don’t send an e-mail first… they pick up the phone and make a call. If the non-profit relies on grants and events, good development pros launch a major gift program or an annual giving campaign. Then they follow up with an e-mail.

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Kindful

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

There are “boots-on-the-ground” volunteers who show up in person to help out, vendors who donate supplies or make in-kind donations, those who help you fundraise, and more. It also shows personalization and thoughtfulness from the organization, which might inspire others to volunteer or even make a donation. .

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.orgSource

APRIL 29, 2024

Generative AI is not a gift that lends itself to neat packaging. David, who is the owner of Strategic Consulting, has a gift for distilling complexity into digestible soundbites. The world has a smart phone in its pocket. How many articles about AI have you read? Let me begin with a disclaimer. Moment” means exactly that.

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Bloomerang

JULY 12, 2021

Next to its small pool is a cherry red phone. When you pick it up, the person on the other line answers, “Hello, popsicle hotline.” Yes, you can use your phone! Don’t overthink this: Just be warm, personable, and conversational. Give them the gift of being known by you. .

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

We are here to talk about personal branding, specifically how to make yourself memorable. We got five excellent tactics for you that’ll help you raise more money, and improve your donor relationships through personal branding. So personal branding, I love this topic. So that means it’s personal. But get this.

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