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40+ Ideas to Light a Fundraising Fire Under Your Nonprofit Board Members

Blue Fox

Is your staff prepared to make the asks, attend the events, mail the collateral and try some Facebook fundraising ads? In 2020, U.S. nonprofits raised $2.47 billion dollars. What was your piece of that ‘pumpkin’ pie? Let’s talk 2021! What about your board members… are they fired up for fundraising season?

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Relationships That Raise Funds: 5 Tips for Creating Successful Peer-to-Peer Fundraisers

NetWits

First and foremost, determine which existing audiences you wish to engage (board members, major donors, past event fundraisers or attendees, all donors, volunteers, etc) in your fundraising and how you will reach out to them (email, social networks, mail, phone, on-site events, etc). 3) Involve.

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It?s Never too Early to Start Your Annual Campaign

NonProfit Hub

You have to collect stories and photos of program participants, get their consent, pull data on your programs, clean up your donor database, plan events, schedule donor meetings, print materials, fix your mail merge and lick a thousand envelopes ? What content is needed to make this campaign successful: newsletters, testimonials, etc.?

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Ideas You Can Use To Thank Donors During the Holidays

Get Fully Funded

If they donate by check, you should send them a hard copy thank-you letter with tax information by regular postal mail, sent within two business days of when you receive their check. You can include a mail option and a QR code linking to an electronic survey. Recent print collateral, such as a newsletter or annual report.

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14 Ways To Thank Donors During Thanksgiving

CauseVox

Engage Your Board of Directors To Make Phone Calls Your Board of Directors isn’t just a governing body, they’re also your biggest supporters and most eager volunteers. 10-20 phone calls is a reasonable number for the average person. When done correctly, a 3-minute phone call can increase first-time donor retention by 30%.

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7 ways to say thanks

Connection Cafe

Give each board member a handful of phone numbers to call and a thank you script if you like. I prefer the phone call approach. Even if they get voice mail the donor will appreciate the personal thanks from a board member. Have a mini thank-a-thon at your monthly board meetings.

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Who's Knocking at My Firewall Door? Simple Security for the Nonprofit IT Professional

NTEN

Ro)bots (or spiders) are scripts or applications that search out information on the web. How smart are my phones? While Windows-based phones are the most vulnerable, the other operating systems may be "light" enough to be affected eventually. I also use [link] as an incoming mail filter proxy. " 'Nuff said.