Resource type: article August 11, 2016 Self-Hosted vs Third-Party Online Donation Page – Which Is Better? …website vendor). So if your donor database has an online giving feature, please use it! Ditch that PayPal button. If your donor database doesn’t have an online giving feature, it…
Resource type: article June 7, 2024 [ASK AN EXPERT] Is A Gift Chart Appropriate If Not In A Capital Campaign? …will sell itself. I’m anxious. I think we’re going to need to seriously ramp up major giving. But I’m not sure where to begin. We’re not in a capital campaign,…
Resource type: news March 31, 2026 Bloomerang Launches Penny, the First AI Fundraising Strategist Built on Proven Nonprofit Growth Strategies …revenue growth¹ and donor retention rates two-and-half times the industry average² by focusing on the right actions. Penny brings that expertise into the Giving Platform, giving every organization a trusted…
Resource type: article January 28, 2022 Everything you need to know about the 4 major charity watchdogs …of donors said the presence of a charity watchdog seal would greatly or moderately increase their likelihood of giving; 84% said the absence of a seal would decrease their giving…
Resource type: article June 29, 2021 Making A Great Story Into A Powerful Fundraising Story …connection that is critical for giving. So, as much as possible, try to keep your story about one person your organization has helped. You need a clear problem. Another aspect…
Resource type: article November 21, 2018 Performance Indicator Tools that Measure the Health of Your Development Program …(#) Donors with Decreased Giving (#) Donors giving remained the same (%) Board Participation (%) Volunteer Participation (%) Average Gift Size ($): (Revenue/# of Participants) Multiple Gifts Annually (#) Growth…
Resource type: article September 30, 2020 Obstacles Ahead: Dealing with Objections to Planned Giving Gift planning,…
Resource type: article October 30, 2023 Lessons From The Season Of Giving: 8 Ways You Can Create Effective Year-End Appeals Dear Janis, I hope this letter finds you well and in high spirits! As the season of giving approaches, I couldn’t help but think of the similarities between year-end appeals…
Resource type: article June 18, 2025 Bloomerang turns supporter passion into action with up to 55% improvement in online donations …that would otherwise be lost. Flexible Giving Plans: Every supporter’s financial situation is unique. Flexible Giving Plans allow donors to contribute in a way that works for them, whether it’s…
Resource type: article November 19, 2019 Leveling-up Your #GivingTuesday/Year-end Campaign Game to Net More Dollars …GivingTuesday. Right now, it’s arguably the one day on the calendar where local and national media outlets, civic leaders, funders and philanthropists are all promoting giving, but what makes it…
Resource type: article April 19, 2021 How Do You Hone Your Nonprofit’s Major Donor Portfolio? …portfolio across a range of people (e.g., the executive director, associate director, development director, and annual giving manager). Even working together, 150 prospects may be too many to handle. If…
Resource type: article July 2, 2025 Would Your Donor Experience Keep People Binging—or Make Them Hit Skip? …out years ago: keep people watching by giving them just enough payoff to feel good—and just enough anticipation to keep them curious. Nonprofits can apply the same thinking. Because when…
Resource type: Customer Story December 10, 2024 Boys & Girls Clubs of Mason Valley: Boosting Auction Fundraising Success with Bloomerang’s Giving Platform …credit card and risk giving up on donating. This has resulted in more small donations and monthly donors than we’ve had before,” Beaton noted. The impact of Bloomerang’s Giving Platform…
Resource type: Customer Story October 24, 2024 Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii: Raising $2.8M with Bloomerang’s Giving Platform …all major events/initiatives, planned giving prospects, new donors, and monthly donors.” Sponsorships Sponsorships are a crucial part of the success of Great Futures Day for the Club, and the platform’s…
Resource type: article June 17, 2014 1 School, 1 Day of Giving, and a $500,000 Fundraising Success Story …time the college had a “day of giving,” set a modest goal of securing 430 donations, which, if met, would earn the college an additional $43,000 from a group of…
Resource type: webinar February 5, 2015 Designing Better Stewardship Events …your stewardship event should be designed for a specific donor segment. So what we typically do is we have donor clubs or we have donor giving levels and we say,…
Resource type: webinar April 18, 2015 Boost Donations with an Attitude of Gratitude …celebrates giving of the first fruit. Since giving away a first fruit is a gift of love, we sent a card thanking supporters for giving the first fruit of their…
Resource type: webinar October 1, 2015 Keys to Year-End Fundraising Appeal Success …likes the option for recurring gifts, whether that’s monthly giving or quarterly giving, those kinds of things. So again, great fodder to help you determine not only how are you…
Resource type: webinar June 6, 2014 How to Build a Sustainable Donor Stewardship Program …you active commitment leads to donor loyalty. You’re looking not just at year after year after year one year at a time of giving, but you’re looking at 25 years…
Resource type: webinar February 4, 2016 7 Pillars of a Successful Major Gift Program …is absolutely not true. You need to, yes, have the budget there and the intellectual side of it but donors, no matter how much they’re giving, still giving out of…