Bigger Fundraisers Mean Bigger Risks
NonProfit PRO
JUNE 10, 2022
Fundraising events are often necessary for nonprofit organizations for several reasons. First, such events bring in much-needed funding to help carry out the organization's mission.
What Casablanca Can Teach Us About Nonprofit Organizations
Ann Green
MARCH 23, 2022
Here are a few Casablanca quotes that can apply to nonprofit organizations. One of the most important words in nonprofit communication is you. Hats off to them because most annual reports go heavy on organization-centered language. As fundraising expert Tom Ahern says, “You is glue.” Here’s looking at you, kid.”.
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Planning Your Post-COVID-19 Fundraising Strategy
NonProfit PRO
JULY 20, 2021
At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic with business closures and sheltering in place across the country, nonprofit organizations scrambled to deal with their new reality, which included the uncertainty of fundraising, budget cuts and laid-off employees.
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Why Frontline Fundraisers Are Leaving Your Organization
NonProfit PRO
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
If you’re a frontline fundraiser who wants to resign or has already quit, your nonprofit organization does not care about you. If it did, you either wouldn’t be thinking of leaving right now, or it would have retained you instead of losing you to greener pastures. Unfortunately, those greener pastures are an illusion.
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Carly St. Onge’s Passion for Fundraising is Transforming Children’s Healthcare in Montana
NonProfit Leadership Alliance
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Onge, Advanced Certified Nonprofit Professional (ACNP), has spent nearly 12 years cultivating her expertise in fundraising and nonprofit management, specifically in healthcare. I was one of those rare kids who just loved fundraising,” Carly recalls. “I I always wanted to be the top seller.
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3 Critical Components of a 2022 Fundraising Tech Stack
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 5, 2022
There are three categories of technology that nonprofit organizations need to focus on in 2022 if they want to improve their fundraising in this new digital age. Here is an outline of what your fundraising tech stack should look like.
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4 Benefits of Text-to-Donate for Your Nonprofit Organization
NonProfit Leadership Alliance
APRIL 24, 2023
Text-to-donate, also known as text-to-give, has risen in popularity among nonprofits—and for good reason. As one of the easiest ways to boost revenue and connect with your supporters, text-to-donate can support your fundraising goals by simplifying the entire donation experience.
Why Monthly Giving is Important for Your Nonprofit Organization
Ann Green
JANUARY 26, 2022
You most certainly should send fundraising appeals to monthly donors, but not the same ones you send to other donors. You can also ask monthly donors for an additional gift during one of your fundraising campaigns, but you MUST recognize they’re monthly donors – We really appreciate your gift of $10 a month. or even $10.00
Public Interest Registry Launches.giving to Streamline Online Fundraising
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 30, 2023
Public Interest Registry, the nonprofit organization that runs the.org domain, launched.giving — a brand new top-level domain that will streamline online fundraising and donating.
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How Fundraising is Like Strength Training
Ann Green
MAY 13, 2021
Believe it or not, strength training has a lot in common with fundraising and when I say fundraising, I’m including the all-important stewardship and relationship-building components. What a wonderful world we’d live in if people just donated money to nonprofit organizations without us have to do anything.
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Meeting Today’s Challenges With New Fundraising Leadership and Investment in Your Development Team
NonProfit PRO
AUGUST 3, 2022
Whether internal issues, external challenges or both are affecting your ability to maintain and advance your mission, searching for and securing strong fundraising leadership and investing more resources in your development team can help you build a more resilient nonprofit organization.
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Donations by Pledge App Can Turn Zoom Meetings Into Virtual Fundraisers
NonProfit PRO
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
The addition will allow any of the 300 million daily Zoom meeting participants to instantly become a fundraiser for any one of the two million verified charitable and nonprofit organizations in its worldwide network. Pledge introduced a donate button for Zoom through its Donations by Pledge app.
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DipJar Announces DipJar Online, Extending DipJar’s Leadership in Fundraising to Online
NonProfit PRO
JULY 7, 2022
DipJar, a giving technology platform, announced the Early Access release of DipJar Online, which will enable nonprofit organizations to create goal-driven, campaign-based fundraising initiatives that facilitate multi-channel donor engagement.
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The Hybrid Fundraising Event Model
NonProfit PRO
APRIL 14, 2021
For nonprofit organizations, perhaps the biggest and most important challenge was understanding how to move the mission forward. It’s been over a year since the pandemic changed all of our lives. 2020 really tested us all in a multitude of ways.
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5 Key Strategies for Sustainable Fundraising Success to Really Smile About!
NonProfit PRO
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
There are actually way better, sustainable fundraising success strategies to really smile about, whether or not your nonprofit organization participated in the program. Should you be worried about the shutdown of Amazon Smile?
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5 Key Strategies for Sustainable Fundraising Success to Really Smile About!
NonProfit PRO
MARCH 1, 2023
There are actually way better, sustainable fundraising success strategies to really smile about, whether or not your nonprofit organization participated in the program. No need to worry about the shutdown of Amazon Smile?
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Bonterra Jumpstart Report Reveals That Fundraising Continues to Be a Major Hurdle
NonProfit PRO
JULY 31, 2023
Bonterra announced key data insights and takeaways from a recent study conducted by Jumpstart, its nonprofit capacity building program, which shed light on the challenges faced by the nonprofit community. The report finds fundraising is a major hurdle for nonprofit organizations.
Endaoment and The Giving Block Join Forces to Empower Nonprofits with Crypto Fundraising
NonProfit PRO
MARCH 2, 2023
Endaoment and The Giving Block announced a partnership to connect thousands of nonprofit organizations across the globe with crypto donors. The partnership will create new fundraising opportunities for nonprofits and simplify the process for crypto holders to support organizations in need.
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15 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting a Nonprofit Organization
NonProfit Leadership Center
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Starting a nonprofit organization is a huge undertaking. million nonprofits in the United States all competing for the same attention, volunteers and resources, it’s important to ask yourself critical questions before embarking on the journey to start a new nonprofit. With more than 1.5 With more than 1.5
Facing the Giving Gap in Nonprofit Fundraising — From Foundations to PTAs
NonProfit PRO
AUGUST 26, 2022
In May of 2020, Echoing Green and The Bridgespan Group published an article highlighting enormous budget disparities between Black and white-led nonprofit organizations seeking institutional funding in the early stages of their development. The numbers were staggering.
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Download the Definitive Donor Retention White Paper: Using Donor Retention and Data Mining Strategies to Create Sustainable Fundraising Programs
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 20, 2023
Download the Definitive Donor Retention White Paper which addresses the critical role that a donor retention program plays in helping you to meet your fundraising goals, and provides proven strategies to increase donor retention and elevate giving for your nonprofit organization, as well as insights and guidance on ow to create and maintain a sustainable (..)
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Download the Definitive Donor Retention White Paper: Using Donor Retention and Data Mining Strategies to Create Sustainable Fundraising Programs
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 27, 2023
Download the Definitive Donor Retention White Paper which addresses the critical role that a donor retention program plays in helping you to meet your fundraising goals, and provides proven strategies to increase donor retention and elevate giving for your nonprofit organization, as well as insights and guidance on ow to create and maintain a sustainable (..)
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Fundraising in an Ever-Changing World
Ann Green
MARCH 16, 2022
Your nonprofit organization has gone through a lot and is continuing to navigate this ever-changing world. Don’t stop fundraising. Whatever is going on in the world, please don’t stop fundraising! Fundraising in Times of Crisis: What Helps Ukraine Most Right Now? Fundraising in a time of war: what should you do?
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Is your nonprofit organization ‘grant-ready’?
Candid
MARCH 25, 2024
Foundation grants can be one of several revenue streams in a nonprofit organization’s sustainable fundraising plan. Photo credit: Hispanolistic via gettyimages The post Is your nonprofit organization ‘grant-ready’? In 2022, foundation funding accounted for about $105.21 billion , or 21% of total U.S.
Pivoting to Digital Fundraising and Standing Out
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
With the cancellation of so many in-person fundraising events, organizations have had to use unique ways to meet their goals this year. Fundraising for a national nonprofit organization during a pandemic has felt like marching in place – a daily exercise in efforts that do not seem to “move the needle” forward.
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Fundraising Event Ideas for Capital Campaign Public Phases
NonProfit Leadership Alliance
DECEMBER 23, 2024
A capital campaign is a targeted fundraising effort designed to raise a significant amount of money for a nonprofit within a set timeframe. The campaign is publicly announced, and marketing begins for the public phases fundraisers. Here are some fundraising event ideas to consider for the public phase. Public phase.
Improve Your Fundraising and Communications by Segmenting Your Donors
Ann Green
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Yet, nonprofit organizations fail to recognize that and send everyone the same letter. I often receive generic, one-size-fits-all communication from organizations that don’t acknowledge I’m a longtime donor or recognize that I’m a monthly donor. Your donors are not the same. Some are monthly donors.
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Digital Fundraising Tool Givelink Launches in Time for The Giving Season
NonProfit PRO
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Givelink sets itself apart as an entirely free, customizable tool, backed by 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization Every.org.
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Hatch Launches Platform to Improve Fundraising Effectiveness
NonProfit PRO
JULY 18, 2022
Hatch has developed a platform for nonprofit organizations that leverages ethical AI to enrich donor data and predict individuals’ giving with funding from prominent investors.
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Armanino Announces New Service Empowering Nonprofits to Fundraise Using Predictive Analytics
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 23, 2023
Armanino announces the launch of its Strategic Development Outsourcing service, providing a resource for nonprofit organizations. This new service brings a development approach powered by data and analytics to help organizations focus internal resources effectively.
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Gaming for Good: Unlocking New Dimensions of Fundraising and Brand Awareness
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
JUNE 14, 2023
Nonprofit organizations across the board are recognizing its incredible utility and jumping on the bandwagon. Because gaming offers nonprofit marketers a fresh and unconventional approach to raising funds and amplifying brand awareness. Another option is to engage a major gamer to host one on your behalf.
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Compensation Consulting for Nonprofit Organizations: 4 FAQs
Top Nonprofits
DECEMBER 1, 2023
You may have worked with a consultant before to design a fundraising campaign or tackle tech issues. Compensation consulting can make a big difference to nonprofit organizations looking to grow their capacity to serve their beneficiaries and connect with donors and volunteers.
Why do smaller nonprofit organizations tend to have more diverse boards?
Candid
AUGUST 12, 2024
However, the larger the organizations size, the more board members they have, hence the lower the percentage of those few BIPOC and women board members.” Another reason may be that boards tend to focus on fundraising. The post Why do smaller nonprofit organizations tend to have more diverse boards?
The Future of Fundraising: 3 Tips to Leverage Nonprofit AI
NonProfit Leadership Alliance
DECEMBER 4, 2024
As of April 2024, 58% of 501(c)(3) organizations have incorporated AI into their digital communications, and 68% use it to analyze constituent data. If your nonprofit hasn’t yet incorporated AI into its work, there is no time like the present to get started! In this guide, we’ll discuss three tips for doing just that.
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How Matching Gifts Can Help Your Fundraising Team Succeed
Ann Green
AUGUST 18, 2020
As a nonprofit professional, it can be difficult running a fundraising campaign, especially when there’s competition for funds among many organizations with similar missions. But even in the current climate, it’s important to keep fundraising. . So how can you incorporate matching gifts into your fundraising strategy?
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How to Create a Better Fundraising Appeal That Will Stand Out
Ann Green
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
It also brings us to the start of the busiest time of the year for nonprofit organizations, especially if you’re doing a year-end appeal. Fundraising Consultant Tom Ahern refers to this as letter writing by committee. We could be looking at another tough fundraising season. How To Write A Fundraising Appeal In 5 Steps.
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Future-proof your fundraising: 3 ways to thrive long-term
Ann Green
APRIL 29, 2024
Is your nonprofit poised for long-term growth? Check out these future-proof nonprofit fundraising strategies based on today’s top philanthropic trends. As a nonprofit professional, you know this all too well and likely implement all kinds of cost-saving and efficiency-boosting practices into your work.
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The Power of Listening: Diversifying Revenue Streams for Nonprofits
NonProfit PRO
JUNE 7, 2023
In today's rapidly changing philanthropic landscape, nonprofit organizations face increasing challenges in securing sustainable funding for their missions. While traditional fundraising methods remain important, nonprofits must adapt to new strategies to stay ahead.
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What Do Beauty Pageants, ‘The Hunger Games’ and Competitive Grants Have in Common?
NonProfit PRO
MARCH 30, 2023
Fundraising to support the missions of nonprofit organizations is a complex proposition. It takes discernment — the ability to determine what types of fundraising are most appropriate for and can be undertaken by your nonprofit with the resources at your disposal.
Raise More Money With a Fundraising Appeal that Stands Out
Ann Green
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
September also brings us to the start of the busiest time of the year for nonprofit organizations, especially if you’re doing a year-end appeal. Fundraising experts are mixed on whether this is a good idea. Fundraising Consultant Tom Ahern refers to this as letter writing by committee.
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What is Community-Centric Fundraising
Affnetz
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
What is Community-Centric Fundraising? / By Mike Crum In the world of nonprofit organizations, fundraising is the base that enables these organizations to carry out their missions. What is Community-Centric Fundraising? – It aligns fundraising efforts with community needs and values.
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How to Navigate Multichannel Marketing to Drive Growth and Improve Donor Loyalty
NonProfit PRO
JULY 1, 2021
Smaller nonprofit organizations often rely too heavily on one channel for their fundraising efforts — in most cases, email. Multichannel marketing is all about choice. It is important for the simple reason that you must be where your donors are to engage with them. It is not hard to guess why. Email is quick, easy and cheap.
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2 Arguments for Why Nonprofits Should Stay on Facebook
NonProfit PRO
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
When the platform created fundraising tools, it was an exciting new innovation for nonprofit organizations. Here's why your nonprofit should continue using Facebook despite these criticisms. Facebook seems to always make controversial headlines. However, this too was eventually regarded in a controversial manner.
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The Secrets of Direct Mail for Nonprofits
NonProfit PRO
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Fundraising is the biggest challenge nonprofit organizations face. One of the most effective methods of marketing for nonprofits is direct mail. . There are, however, tried-and-true methods that are essential to the success of a campaign.
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