NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Don’t get me started on what we’re seeing in donor and donor value attrition. No fundraising vision. Big donors are disappearing faster than you can blink.

Fundraising 278

Fundraising Fundraising Values 278

NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 11, 2022

Use this guide to help evaluate whether a streamlined software solution that manages many of your nonprofit’s core activities--such as accounting, CRM, and fundraising--will offer a good return on investment and enable you to maximize your impact on the communities you serve.

Values 246

Values Activism Nonprofits Management 246

Bloomerang

JANUARY 6, 2025

Leading metrics that rarely get measured but predict donor value and satisfaction Retention metrics are the most critical to your success, but they can only tell you whats already happened. Lifetime value of a donor (LTV) Knowing donor lifetime value helps you make more educated decisions about investing in acquisition or retention.

Retention 104

Retention Fundraising Fundraising Psychology 104

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MAY 6, 2021

Every now and then, a fundraising consultant will write a post essentially saying that all nonprofit communications and marketing should be driven by fundraising goals and staff, with a few limited exceptions, like media relations and general branding. It could be one or two very large fundraising events. Sure, sometimes.

Communication 338

Communication Nonprofit governance and management Fundraising Fundraising 338

Ann Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Mobile Giving Campaigns The future of fundraising is mobile, with a growing number of donors using their smartphones to find new nonprofits, complete transactions, and tell their friends about their experiences. Thats what makes mobile giving campaigns so successfulthese fundraisers make contributing convenient for donors.

Nonprofits 165

Nonprofits Environmental Charitable Contribution Volunteerism 165

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 18, 2024

By Simon Yost , Founder of Glued Network — an AI fundraising leader who uses software to automatically identify your top donors and AI to find similar new ones. In the evolving fundraising landscape, nonprofits have more tools than ever to engage donors, grow their base, and achieve their missions.

Fundraising 104

Fundraising Fundraising Public and Nonprofit Management Values 104

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

End of year is the most lucrative, high-stakes fundraising there is. A solid year-end fundraising plan can help! I’m here with an end-of-year timeline and fundraising communications calendar to make end-of-year fundraising as easy as pie. Just follow my timeline below to create your year-end fundraising plan!

Fundraising 109

Fundraising Fundraising Recruitment Retention 109

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JULY 22, 2021

This is a perfect course for beginners in nonprofit marketing or those who need to understand the value of marketing, even when it isn’t their primary job (executive directors, program managers, development staff, etc.). I recently worked with Nonprofit Ready to create their new Marketing Essentials Certificate.

Marketing 280

Marketing Marketing Fundraising Fundraising 280

NonProfit PRO

MAY 18, 2022

Personalization is the key to moving your donors into a deeper (and more valued) relationship with your organization. Advances in fundraising technology make it possible for organizations like yours to embrace the latest data-driven best practices and avoid these pitfalls entirely. The good news?

Fundraising 245

Fundraising Fundraising Technology Values 245

Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

And thats not all Im adding even more value! This safeguards your organization's identity and ensures that merchandise or content aligns with your mission and values. You'll raise more money if you vary your Facebook fundraising messages.

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Culture Values Management Food 130

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 12, 2024

Join us as you hear from the team at NAPCO Research share best practices in crafting an effective impact study. Learn the positive effects impact studies have on funding and donations. You will also benefit from first-hand insight from a non-profit CEO, whose organization recently completed an impact study of its own.

Non-Profits 208

Non-Profits Values Management Fundraising 208

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

By Amanda Wasson In the ever-evolving landscape of fundraising, it’s clear that the traditional channel-first mindset is no longer sufficient. It’s time to embrace a paradigm shift toward audience-first fundraising. For example, loyal, high-value donors might respond differently to your organization than new donors.

Fundraising 75

Fundraising Fundraising Health Education 75

Candid

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Based on my experience, here are three of the most common mistakes nonprofits make, along with what they should be doing instead: Fundraising mistake #1. By themselves, social media appeals, fundraising letters, and other mass marketing efforts offer low conversion rates and contribute to message fatigue and information overload.

Fundraising 98

Fundraising Fundraising Governance Nonprofits 98

Ann Green

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Let’s take a look at three areas where nonprofits can drive increased fundraising efficiency: staff retention, donor qualification, and campaign planning. By Chelsey Newmyer What first comes to mind when you think about increasing your nonprofit’s fundraising efficiency? Prioritization is a key part of efficient fundraising.

Fundraising 271

Fundraising Fundraising Retention Management 271

Selfish Giving

MARCH 5, 2025

Partners who dont feel connected and valued are less likely to renew or deepen their commitment. A newsletter creates ongoing touchpointsa way to consistently showcase impact, highlight success stories, and keep your value proposition top of mind. Its a relationship-building tool, where value compounds over time. Bottom line?

Marketing 147

Marketing Marketing Values Foundations 147

Bloomerang

JANUARY 8, 2025

Not having a plan is planning to fail; the same is true for your fundraising. A year-round fundraising calendar is a must to ensure that youve coordinated all your messages, asks, campaigns, events, and stewardship to optimize revenue and your sanity. The best goals are SMART goals. Owner: Development Director.

Fundraising 111

Fundraising Fundraising Participation and motivation Recruitment 111

Amy Eisenstein

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

[…] some conversations, go on a listening tour, do a little survey and let us know what you come up with, because we’re really curious to […].

Values 246

Values Fundraising Fundraising 246

NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 14, 2022

Most nonprofit leaders are reluctant to start a planned giving program because they don’t see the immediate value. The thinking is, “Why should I create a program that won’t benefit the organization for another 10 to 15 years?” But, hold on. That actually isn’t true. .

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Fundraising Fundraising Values Nonprofits 276

NonProfit PRO

MAY 16, 2023

Supporters are more active than ever, but fewer are donating to nonprofits. Join Classy and Nonprofit Pro as we discuss what's driving this shift in donor behavior and strategies to combat it. Don't miss this opportunity to gain strategic insights and tools that will increase the lifetime impact of your supporters.

Values 188

Values Nonprofits Activism Fundraising 188

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

She also valued the opportunity to connect with other nonprofit professionals. Onges Passion for Fundraising is Transforming Children’s Healthcare in Montana milesnla 2024-11-20T10:23:15-06:00 November 20, 2024 | 0 Comments Carly St. milesnla 2024-11-20T10:23:15-06:00 Carly St.

Health 246

Health Education Education Public and Nonprofit Management 246

Amy Eisenstein

MARCH 17, 2023

Are you asking about the potential value in outsourcing a campaign, including donor relationships (clearly a bad idea)? That’s because we believe in empowering staff and helping to strengthen internal fundraising capacity.

Fundraising 245

Fundraising Fundraising Values 245

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Donor lifetime value skyrockets from 1.73 In fact, the average annual value of a recurring gift is 10.3 times higher than the value of the average one-time gift! 100 one time), (2) increased lifetime value, and (3) more converted donors – make it worthwhile. years to 8.08 years among monthly donors.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 123

Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Values Retention 123

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Here are six quick tips to maximize your end-of-year fundraising appeals as you navigate the final stretch of the year. Showing appreciation helps them feel valued and inspires their continued support. The post 6 Tips For End-of-Year Fundraising Appeals appeared first on Bloomerang.

Fundraising 96

Fundraising Fundraising Values Nonprofits 96

Ann Green

JANUARY 20, 2025

The concept of relationship fundraising has been around for a while, even though its not always implemented. That includes fundraising appeals. If your giving is declining, you should have more success if you can move away from transactional fundraising and focus on building relationships. Generally, it happens way too often.

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Energy Food Communication Fundraising 173

Bloomerang

MARCH 13, 2025

Nonprofit fundraisers, meet your new best friend in donor data analysis: the Median average. Quick math review: Mean: The sum of all values divided by the number of values. Median: The middle value within a range of numbers, meaning 50% of donors give less, and 50% give more. Heres an example.

Values 97

Values Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits 97

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

There are a number of ways fraternities can approach fundraising projects, but by far one of the most popular strategies is to host a fundraising event. After all, a fundraising event allows brothers to gather together, get to know each other, create memories, and make a difference. . Fundraising Goal. Let’s get started!

Fundraising 219

Fundraising Fundraising Recruitment Activism 219

iMarketSmart

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Low-Dollar vs. Major Gifts Fundraising – Strategy Over Amounts In the nonprofit world, leaders, board members, and staff are faced with a unique balancing act. While low-dollar fundraising focuses on broad, transactional outreach, major gifts fundraising takes a relationship-first approach, centered around deeper, more meaningful connections.

Participation and motivation 59

Participation and motivation Fundraising Fundraising Collaborations 59

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2024

It’s important to recognize that the next generation of donors has arrived with their own set of expectations, values, and perspectives. Their values Millennials and Gen Z’ers often have strong values and adhere to them. They also show a preference for non-traditional banking and online spending processes.

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Values Finance Marketing Marketing 107

Clairification

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

During the 2008-09 worldwide recession, many charities cut back on fundraising and marketing. Research collected from donors in response to the coronavirus pandemic showed: Giving, and fundraising, was increasingly seen as good. We know from past experience this won’t end well. Some of them still haven’t recovered.

Nonprofits 99

Nonprofits Philanthropy Values Leadership 99

The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 10, 2024

By Amanda Wasson In the ever-evolving landscape of fundraising, its clear that the traditional channel-first mindset is no longer sufficient. Its time to embrace a paradigm shift toward audience-first fundraising. For example, loyal, high-value donors might respond differently to your organization than new donors.

Fundraising 59

Fundraising Fundraising Health Education 59

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JUNE 13, 2023

You’ve got a date and venue booked for your nonprofit’s upcoming fundraising event. Finding sponsors to boost your event’s fundraising power. Read on for tips and strategies for finding and securing sponsors for your best fundraiser yet. They’re a win-win!

Fundraising 210

Fundraising Fundraising Management Nonprofit Leadership 210

Ann Green

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Your appeal letter should also have a personal salutation and not be addressed to Dear Friend or Dear Valued Donor. How much do you value this relationship if you can’t even use a person’s name? Fundraising Consultant Tom Ahern refers to this as letter writing by committee. How To Write A Fundraising Appeal In 5 Steps.

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Fundraising Fundraising Food Values 220

The Storytelling Nonprofit

JANUARY 9, 2025

When we work for and with non-profit organizations, its easy for us to see the value behind what our orgs do. We know how meaningful our fundraising can be to our communities because were in the thick of it day after day. Whats the change you want to see in the world every time you go to work, plan an event, and run a fundraiser?

Non-Profits 59

Non-Profits Fundraising Fundraising Charitable Organizations 59

Bloomerang

MARCH 14, 2025

Introduction If you’re reading this blog post, you’re probably involved in fundraising in some capacity. What if your entire organizationnot just the development departmentfelt a sense of ownership and responsibility for fundraising success? Because when fundraising becomes a team effort, the results speak for themselves.

Finance 73

Finance Fundraising Fundraising Collaborations 73

iMarketSmart

MARCH 5, 2025

It can help you personally engage with exponentially more high-value major, mid-level, and legacy donor prospects automatically so you can drive growth for your organization for less. If your traditional fundraising methods no longer yield the desired results, you need Fundraising Automation.

Fundraising 52

Fundraising Fundraising Technology Values 52

Candid

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Yet, according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project , donor retention rates have been falling since 2020. Nonprofits may need to reimagine their donor engagement strategies to go beyond occasional outreach or standard fundraising appeals and forge relationships that resonate with their values and inspire continued support.

Social Enterprise 105

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Participation and motivation Children 105

Ann Green

APRIL 14, 2022

As a fundraiser, you need to increase donor engagement , and the only way to do that is by tracking engagement metrics and monitoring your success. This article will show you four metrics for measuring donor engagement and tell you why they’re important for your fundraising team. . Monetary Value of Donations. RFM Analysis.

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Participation and motivation Retention Values Activism 273