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[ASK AN EXPERT] Stop Treating Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Like a Spring Fling

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August 10, 2026

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[ASK AN EXPERT] 4 Top Tips To Increase Donor-Advised Funds To Your Nonprofit

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What's A Good New Donor Acquisition Rate?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Calculating Donor and Donation Retention

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Restricted vs. Unrestricted Giving: Pros, Cons, and How to Manage Both

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What's a Good Ratio of Fundraising Budget to Revenue Goal?

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Are Payment Processing Fees Deductible by the Donor?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What Are Some Foolproof Phrases And Words For Successful Fundraising Appeals?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How to Publicly Recognize Memorial Gifts

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How To Document Legacy Gift Intent

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How to Thank Monthly Donors: Best Ways to Show Appreciation

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How To Promote Bequest Giving

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Should Nonprofits Send a Print or Email Newsletter?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How To Be Appropriately Kind to In-Kind Donors?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How Important Is It To Promptly Acknowledge Receipt Of A Supporter’s Input?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Do All Donors Need A Thank You Within 48 Hours?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Does Sharing A Campaign’s Fundraising Goal Drive More Donations?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Should Fundraiser Salaries Correlate With How Much Revenue They’ll Generate?

[ASK AN EXPERT] Stop Treating Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Like a Spring Fling

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How to Communicate a Fundraising Event Cancellation

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[ASK AN EXPERT] When to Start a New Nonprofit vs. Work within an Existing One

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What Are The Most Important Elements For A Year-End Appeal?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How Should Donor-Advised Fund Gifts Be Recognized?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Should Our Donate Button Say "Donate"?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] A Good Email Appeal Subject Line?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Should we ask donors to cover processing fees?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Asking Board Members to Identify New Major Donor Prospects

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What To Do With a Controlling Board President

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How to Restart a Stalled Capital Campaign

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Recognizing DAF Donors

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Priorities: Major vs. Mid-Level Giving?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How to Measure Donor Acquisition Costs

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Low Click-Through Rates on Email Campaigns

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How Often Should We Thank Monthly Donors, and How?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How Do I Write An Endowment Letter?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Motivating Donors to Make a Will to Leave a Bequest

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Do Legacy Gift Societies Still Matter?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How Can You Cultivate Donor Advised Fund (DAF) Donors?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How to Recognize Soft Credited Donors in Honor Roll Listings

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What Are The Best Questions To Ask In A Donor Survey?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How Much of a MGO’s Time Should Be Set Aside for Special Events?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What are Predictive Analytics for Planned Giving?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Should I Publicize the Amount of a Major Gift?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How To Handle Donor Rejection

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How Do We Tell Donors Paying By Credit Card To Pay The Associated Fees?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How to Tactfully Ask for Donor Feedback without Making Promises

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How Do Nonprofits Raise More Money Through Their Newsletters?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What Are The Best Ways To Identify Trends In My Data To Improve Annual Giving Planning?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] When Should We Give Donors Gifts?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How To Pay For Capital Campaign Fundraising Expenses

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[ASK AN EXPERT] In which year are gifts made on or before December 31, but received in January, counted?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How Do You Use Psychological Appeal Persuasion Triggers So They Complement Each Other?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What’s The Best Way To Frame Monthly Gift Asks To Minimize Accounting Complications Between Restricted And Unrestricted Gifts?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Where Do You Find New Donors And What Do You Say To Them?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Can I Apply Simultaneously For A Corporate Grant And Sponsorship?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How to Assess When a Major Donor is Ready (or Not Ready) to Be Asked.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What is the Best Way to Acquire Donor Phone Numbers?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What Are The Best Ways To Promote And Increase Monthly Giving?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What’s The Best Place To Look For Grant Opportunities If Your Nonprofit Is New?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How To Accept Real Estate Gifts If You’ve Never Done So Before

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How to enter and credit donor advised fund gifts in your database

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What’s The Best Way To Deal With Disgruntled Donors?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] If you can’t call and thank every donor, who should be priorities?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Should You Use Stories Or Data In Your Year-End Appeal?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What To Do When A Donor Says “No”

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What's The Best Way To Steward Tribute Donors?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What Are Best Practices To Acquire More Corporate Matching Gifts?

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Can you credit a check in a different year for tax purposes?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How To Recognize Tribute Gifts When The Donor Wishes To Remain Anonymous

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What Are Top Tips To Retain First-Time Donors?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] If Donors Giving From Donor-Advised Funds Want Anonymity, How Do You Cultivate Them?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What Are The Cardinal Thank-You Letter Sins?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What are the rules for using 'soft credits' in a donor database??

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What Are The Pros And Cons Of Combining An Appeal Mailing With An Impact Report?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] When Should You Hire A Development Consultant?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What's The Average Portfolio Size For A Full-Time Grant Manager

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How To Budget For Major Donor Cultivation And Stewardship?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How To Tell A Compelling Fundraising Story

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How To Best Approach Sponsors Around Different Giving Levels

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How Do I Credit DAF Gifts In My CRM, And Also Recognize These Gifts?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Foolproof Secrets To Raising Unrestricted Nonprofit Funding?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What Are The Pros And Cons Of Public Donor Listings?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What’s The Best Way To Revive A Moribund Legacy Society?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] The Hard Truth: Should Every Board Member Be Expected To Give And Fundraise?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Are Board Term Limits Recommended? If So, Why?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Why Aren’t My Donor Meetings Turning Into Gifts?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How Do We Rally Support When Public Funding Disappears?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Among Everything Else We Have to Do, Why Should We Prioritize Monthly Gifts?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Should I Still Use Direct Mail?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] When Can A Nonprofit Without Its 501(c)(3) Status Start Fundraising?

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Don’t Leave Them Behind: Writing And Designing To Truly Reach Older Donors

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Is A Welcome Email Series Necessary? If So, What Are Best Practices?

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Best Ways To Get Started Using Generative And Predictive AI For Nonprofits

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How Do You Get Board Members to “Fundraise”?

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Are Fundraising Ticket Perks Tax Deductible?

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What Elevates A Live Auction From Good To Great?

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What’s The Best Way To Run An Online Fundraiser For Multiple Charities?

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What’s the best way to acknowledge gifts if you hope to use them to build donor relationships?

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When your fundraising appeal is already good, what else can you do to increase response?

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