Affnetz

APRIL 30, 2024

/ By Bala Guntipalli Introduction: When it comes to nonprofit fundraising, it’s not just about getting new donors. This metric holds the key to sustainable growth and impact for nonprofits. Understanding and implementing these practices can help nonprofits boost their fundraising efforts and ensure long-term success.

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Retention Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Management 264

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

By Sarah Suarez , Founder and Social Media Strategist for The Social Puzzle – a boutique social media marketing agency which solely focuses on nonprofits so they can concentrate on what really matters, their mission. Every nonprofit strives to make the world a better place, and a strong community is essential to achieving that goal.

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Participation and motivation Collaborations Nonprofits Activism 122

Ann Green

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Want to reach new audiences to expand your nonprofit’s supporter base? By Jay Love Is your nonprofit looking to reach new audiences with your fundraising appeals , volunteer events, and advocacy opportunities? The goal here isn’t that you should immediately start participating in every activity we’ve listed.

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Participation and motivation Education Education Activism 174

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Nurturing nonprofit relationships Effective nonprofit management is anchored in building and nurturing relationships with board members. Acknowledging efforts: Expressing appreciation and value Board members within your nonprofit seek validation for their contributions, much like individuals in personal relationships.

Activism 87

Activism Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Values 87

Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 13, 2009

You can also share tips and comments with your friends, check to see if any are close by, give them a shout-out via text or phone and broadcast your Foursquare activities on Facebook and Twitter. Foursquare may be a good way of reminding and motivating consumers to support these lucrative programs. Here’s how.

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Marketing Marketing Participation and motivation Production 229

Bloomerang

AUGUST 12, 2024

Nonprofit organizations play a pivotal role in addressing societal issues, providing essential services, advocacy, and support to those in need, and fostering community development. The problem: Self-serving motivations and apathy Board members are supposed to be the guiding force behind a nonprofit, providing oversight and support.

Participation and motivation 99

Participation and motivation Governance Ethics Nonprofits 99

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MAY 23, 2023

Animal yoga: Host an animal-themed yoga fundraiser in a local park where participants can exercise with animals eligible for adoption. Animal movie night: Host an animal movie night where participants pay to watch classic animal-themed movies alongside their own pets. This could include animal-themed games and animal training sessions.

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Fundraising Fundraising Participation and motivation Public and Nonprofit Management 200

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Today’s post by Beth Kanter and Aliza Sherman gives you some insight into their new book The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. I also want to invite you to a FREE webinar they will be presenting for us next Tuesday – The Happy Healthy Marketer: Self-Care for Nonprofit Marketers.

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Marketing Marketing Energy Participation and motivation 193

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

OCTOBER 25, 2011

While this research is based on alumni giving, I bet it holds true for other kinds of nonprofits too. To provide education, which has been strongly associated with salary levels, employment rates, participation in civic activities, and perceptions of self worth, it takes the almighty dollar. What do you think?

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Education Education Non-Profits Participation and motivation 173

Ann Green

JANUARY 20, 2021

How important is online community-building for your nonprofit members? Creating a membership program for your nonprofit is a smart way to increase fundraising and donor stewardship. The people who join your nonprofit membership program are going to be some of your most passionate supporters. Manage nonprofit data better.

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Nonprofits Participation and motivation Management Communication 154

Fundraising Coach

JANUARY 14, 2020

There are ways for your nonprofit to maintain the momentum of year-end giving well into the new year. The following tips for maintaining the year-end giving season momentum span a wide range of intensity levels— whatever your nonprofit, staffers, and donors are capable of right now. It doesn’t have to! In fact, it shouldn’t.

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Participation and motivation Philanthropy Energy Fundraising 80

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

As nonprofit marketers, we can all probably relate to the situation Alice finds herself in during the first two chapters of Alice in Wonderland. No matter what, we can’t break past that 200 participant/$20,000 mark in any significant way. She also set her goal even higher, and beat that too!

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Participation and motivation Associations Children Communication 190

Ann Green

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Similarly, nonprofits can feature testimonials from beneficiaries, explaining how your organization has made a difference in their lives. When participants post about your event, encourage them to pair it with your dedicated hashtag. Let’s dig into the essentials. or “Register Tonight for the Event Of the Season!”

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Marketing Marketing Entrepreneurship Participation and motivation 284

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JUNE 12, 2024

These campaigns are effective for a variety of organizations, including schools, nonprofits, sports teams, and community clubs. Participants kickstart the pledge process by setting up personalized online fundraising pages. Fun runs follow the same concept, but participants run instead of walking.

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Participation and motivation Fundraising Fundraising Disaster Relief 130

Candid

DECEMBER 3, 2024

According to Foundation Source’s survey on how Gen Z and Millennials view charitable giving, the next generation started giving at a young age—just 14 years old for the average Gen Zer—and they show continued interest in charitable activities. Volunteering can bridge that gap as an approachable way for them to begin charitable activities.

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Altruism and Helping Participation and motivation Fundraising Fundraising 102

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 19, 2023

Pledge fundraisers are effective for multiple types of organizations, such as schools, nonprofits, sports teams, community clubs, and more. In a walk-a-thon, participants create individual online fundraising pages to gather pledges from their family members and friends. Promote the event. Thank donors after the event.

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Participation and motivation Fundraising Fundraising Advertising 147

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JULY 16, 2021

For example, you could promote your climate change activism through press releases, blog posts, email newsletters, and reports. . For example, start by participating in the Earth Hour initiative. Additionally, choose team members devoted to participating in Earth Hour and promoting eco-friendliness across the organization.

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Marketing Marketing Environmental Participation and motivation 140

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Nonprofit fundraising changed drastically in 2020 with a shift toward virtual galas and a need to raise money online. It shifted again in 2021 as small social gatherings returned, enabling nonprofits to produce hybrid fundraisers that connected them with in-person and online donors.

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Participation and motivation Fundraising Fundraising Activism 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2020

A list curated and sponsored by: Classy ––a social enterprise that creates world-class online fundraising software for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. Picture this: it’s the day after Giving Tuesday and your nonprofit has met or even exceeded your campaign goals.

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Fundraising Fundraising Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 129

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MAY 23, 2017

It’s easy to wrap our minds around how to get people to sign up to participate in a walk or a run. Luckily, we’ve watched our clients try some pretty amazing tactics to boost participant fundraising in peer-to-peer events. Tell it to your participants! And that second part can be a real doozy. What’s your story? Or intimidating.

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Participation and motivation Fundraising Fundraising Recruitment 128

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

In doing so, my job is to write and design to connect and motivate my audience: be it to volunteer, donate, sign a petition, engage, et cetera. is a philosophical approach in which community members actively participate in highlighting and addressing issues that matter to them. Actively promote voices that must be heard.

Non-Profits 143

Non-Profits Marketing Marketing Ethics 143

Bloomerang

AUGUST 26, 2024

Participants sit at one table and—unlike the typical dinner party—guests are encouraged not to engage in one-on-one conversations with their partners on either side. Tap into their motivational drives Get to know what makes each board member tick. Remember, a motivated board is a powerful force for good!

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Participation and motivation Nonprofits Construction Values 97

Fundraising Coach

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Tycely impresses me with her ability to create solutions for nonprofits that can be sustained even with small staffs. Here are some of her thoughts on helping let fundraising permeate all the areas of your nonprofit. She''ll be expanding on these in her training for The Nonprofit Academy. You want to motivate an employee?

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Nonprofit governance and management Participation and motivation Nonprofits Education 104

Top Nonprofits

MARCH 17, 2023

So, what can your nonprofit do to make sure you’re hosting engaging virtual events? In this short guide, we’ll walk you through a few strategies that will help you boost participation at your next virtual event, and make it more memorable: Invest in the right tools for virtual events. Let’s jump in!

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Participation and motivation Marketing Marketing Production 52

Bloomerang

AUGUST 19, 2024

Your board members are a link between your nonprofit and its stakeholders and constituents. What is advocacy, and why it matters You have a big, bold vision to better the world with your nonprofit—whether you’re developing programs and influencing policies around education, social justice, human rights, or animal rights.

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Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Participation and motivation Education 96

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Such logic often applies to nonprofit recruitment of volunteers. That is, nonprofits tend to draw in a particular slice of the community. If that slice is elderly, White, male, and English-speaking, we ought not to be surprised when a young Latina immigrant opts not to participate. It takes real work to make it happen.

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Nonprofit Administration and Development Recruitment Culture Participation and motivation 116

The NonProfit Times

MAY 10, 2024

However, lack of understanding of what motivates their generosity is causing fundraisers to leave opportunities for further engagement with them on the table. That is some of the data from the research arm of software giant Blackbaud, following a survey of more than 1,000 Gen Zers and nearly 300 nonprofit professionals.

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Participation and motivation Retail Volunteerism Volunteerism 105

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Active readers? The more dedicated your supporters are, the more likely they will be to make a donation to a nonprofit like yours. Wealth screening allows you to determine someone’s giving capacity, which can help you identify which donors might be most interested in and capable of making a major gift to your nonprofit.

Participation and motivation 147

Participation and motivation Energy Retention Recruitment 147

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 4, 2021

By Emily Rose Patz , Senior Copywriter at DonorPerfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. So much so that online revenue in the nonprofit sector grew by 32 percent in 2020. That’s why video engagement is quickly coming to the forefront of nonprofits’ digital strategies.

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Fundraising Fundraising Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation 135

The Charity CFO

MARCH 24, 2022

Nonprofit fraud makes for great headlines— like the Minnesota nonprofit Feeding Our Future accused this year of squandering $48 million of federal funding on luxurious trips, fancy mansions, and other personal costs. . According to The New York Times , the value of nonprofit fraud is approximately $40-50 Billion each year.

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Nonprofit governance and management Participation and motivation Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 98

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

AUGUST 26, 2023

7 Omnichannel Customer Engagement Strategies for Nonprofit Organizations When it comes to nonprofits, engagement is the lifeblood that fuels volunteer participation, donations, and advocacy work. Chapters Why being omnichannel is important? This digital shift was accelerated further by COVID-19.

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Nonprofit Organizations Nonprofit Organizations Non-Profits Participation and motivation 98

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

There is no shortage of highly talented leaders coming from Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, and many of them lead from within the nonprofit sector. They do however face unique challenges, which are numerous and varied, reflecting the complex and evolving nature of the nonprofit sector as a whole.

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Leadership Public and Social Policy Poverty Race and Ethnicity 110

Candid

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

While GlassPockets has served to steadily motivate participating funders to share more information publicly, with only 112 participating foundations, the reality is that most funders opted not to participate. We aim for a 360° sector-wide view via Candid’s Nonprofit Profiles on GuideStar. From pain to gain.

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Participation and motivation Foundations Philanthropy Values 111

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Image credit: “Hopefully” by Martine Mooijenkind Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s winter 2023 issue, “Love as Social Order: How Do We Build a World Based in Love?” To practice active hope, we do not need to believe that everything will work out in the end. That is the influence of individualism.

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Participation and motivation Activism Environmental Energy 133

Candid

AUGUST 8, 2022

These donors had various motives for supporting abolition, however it rarely involved creating an equitable society that included Black people nor supported continual policy and societal change. To see an impact in our communities, Black nonprofit leaders focus on community care and often do the work ourselves with limited resources.

Philanthropy 128

Philanthropy Non-Profits Participation and motivation Children 128

The Agitator

MAY 27, 2013

The 2012 Charity Dynamics/NTEN Donor Engagement Survey asked participants how they support their favorite charities and found that: 38% Volunteer. 34% Participate in fundraising events. Highlights the nonprofit and its mission. Provides an excellent acquisition channel for new (and clearly, motivated) donors.

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Participation and motivation Activism Technology Nonprofit Management 97

Candid

JUNE 5, 2024

For nonprofit organizations, which often have to meet urgent needs with limited resources, the importance of well-designed learning materials cannot be overstated. For example, if you’re trying to onboard volunteers, you could create a YouTube series featuring short videos that follow a volunteer’s journey from application to active service.

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Participation and motivation Environmental Education Education 105