Resource type: article August 19, 2021 MacKenzie Scott Foundation & Grant explained …Enter MacKenzie Scott and Yield Giving—a billionaire philanthropist and her foundation who together are transforming the grantmaking process. Who is MacKenzie Scott & what is Yield Giving? If you like…
Resource type: webinar July 9, 2015 Getting Started With Planned Giving …decision that you’re starting to make and planned giving certainly has its share of them. Let’s take a look at some of the pros for starting a planned giving program…
Resource type: article January 30, 2025 6 Strategies For Diversifying Revenue In Uncertain Times …stability, and recurring giving is one of the best ways to achieve it. A well-designed program doesn’t just bring in consistent funds—it strengthens donor relationships. When supporters commit to giving…
Resource type: article November 2, 2020 5 Secrets to Write Fruitful Fundraising Appeals …can derive these from sources like Nonprofits Source, Giving USA and the Qgiv Generational Giving Study. Did you know 72% of Boomers give to charity? And 49% of Gen Xers…
Resource type: webinar May 24, 2019 Legacy Giving Essentials: How to Build a Bequest Program …a history of long-term giving and these are your donors that are giving like regardless of the amount, small amounts. They can be giving $5 every time they get an…
Resource type: webinar July 18, 2017 Think Bigger and Get Bolder with Your Nonprofit Growth …givers in time. Ask yourself, “How can I help up ramp up giving in our monthly giving program?” Upgrade donors before six months have lapsed, make that monthly gift ask…
Resource type: webinar September 3, 2015 Donor Retention Isn’t Speed Dating …text is what you want to do when you are talking to your monthly donors. “Your monthly giving provides us with a consistent, reliable funding stream and that’s precisely what…
Resource type: webinar December 10, 2020 Legacy Giving – How to Get the Right Balance for Your Donors …do legacy giving,” or, you know, “I’m too young to do legacy giving,” or, “I’m not wealthy enough to do legacy giving.” There’s lots of different objections that can come…
Resource type: webinar September 12, 2014 Getting Your Board To Fundraise …idea. But when you look at foundation giving, you can see that it’s only about 15% of all the giving that’s done in the United States. And then lots of…
Resource type: article January 8, 2025 Create A Fundraising Calendar That Inspires Donors Year-Round …to be done and when. Step one: Brainstorm everything you’ll add to the fundraising calendar Start/end dates for every fundraising campaign, for example, end of year, GivingTuesday, monthly donor campaign,…
Resource type: article January 5, 2017 100+ Fundraising Blogs You Should Be Reading …co-workers and your board) get over the fear of asking for money. 56. A Direct Solution – Erica Waasdorp literally wrote the book on monthly giving. She blogs about direct…
Resource type: news January 16, 2025 Bloomerang Launches First-of-its-Kind Giving Statements Feature to Inspire Ongoing Generosity Bloomerang, the industry’s leading donor, volunteer, and fundraising management platform, is excited to announce expanded functionality for its Giving Statements feature. An industry first, Bloomerang Giving Statements will now include…
Resource type: article July 10, 2023 Asking For A Legacy Gift: 10 Practical Steps To Get Started …understanding and practice of planned giving. 4. Develop a legacy giving program Create a comprehensive legacy giving program that illuminates the benefits of leaving a legacy gift to your organization….
Resource type: webinar October 16, 2015 Don’t Treat #GivingTuesday Like A Hail Mary …campaign, which is actually like pre-launching it. So not everything is going to happen on Giving Tuesday. You’ve got to get momentum beforehand. Giving begets giving. People want to be…
Resource type: webinar March 24, 2017 4 Writing Strategies Every Fundraiser Should Know …when I started at the organization, operated under this assumption that our monthly donors and our annual giving donors looked very similar. I thought, “Well, why wouldn’t they? They’re kind…
Resource type: webinar March 5, 2018 Simple Development Systems Every Fundraiser Can Use …rocking monthly giving. In fact, she hopes to have their monthly giving program up to about $1.2 million by next year. I just think that’s awesome. A couple of great…
Resource type: article March 19, 2025 Why Donors Stop Giving—And How To Win Them Back For Good In a recent study on generational giving by Bloomerang, the most popular reasons donors cited why they stopped giving to a charity were (ranked by popularity): I did not trust…
Resource type: article September 27, 2024 The top 9 text-to-give platforms to boost mobile giving …Mobile Giving Foundation sometime later, which means the donation isn’t instantaneous. By contrast, text-to-donate might take the donor a little longer to complete, but you receive the funds a lot…
Resource type: webinar September 25, 2017 Digital Copywriting Tips for Fundraisers from Tom Ahern …it second, do it first. Keep converting them to monthly giving. That’s what a sustainer is, a monthly donor. Make monthly giving your website default, etc., etc. This new leaning…
Resource type: article January 22, 2014 How To Use Data to Identify Your Best Prospective Donors …of predictive strength: Previous giving to your organization Previous giving to other organizations Participation as a foundation trustee or director Federal political giving Real estate valued at $2+ million This…