Resource type: article February 11, 2021 Nonprofits, Say Yes To Employee Giving Programs …giving programs. However, this complicated topic has another side: The “heck yeah!” camp, proponents of internal giving asks. And yes, they are just as vocal and adamant about their position!…
Resource type: article July 22, 2025 Every Day You Delay, DAF Dollars Go Somewhere Else …invite and facilitate DAF giving If you want donors to give through their DAFs, you need to make it effortless. Just like with online giving or monthly donations, friction kills…
Resource type: article January 3, 2019 3 nonprofit New Year’s Eve emails that thanked instead of asked …and giving deadlines bordering on aggressive. [spoken in a curmudgeon’s voice] Spending some time today unsubscribing from nonprofit emails. Like Giving Tuesday, the end of the year brings an onslaught…
Resource type: article March 19, 2020 10 Important Donor Types To Communicate To During the Coronavirus Outbreak …likely to leave you a bequest later in life, regardless of their age, wealth and giving amount right now. 3. Monthly donors – With household budgets about to tighten, it’s…
Resource type: article December 16, 2019 The Ultimate Way to Communicate with Donors …what board members are giving. It does mean you should walk the talk. If you feel giving to your nonprofit is out of the question because by virtue of working…
Resource type: article December 5, 2022 Giving Tuesday 2022: Bloomerang And Kindful Nonprofit Customers Raise $42.4 Million …to the GivingTuesday Data Commons: “[Giving] in the United States alone totaled $3.1 billion representing a 15% increase compared to GivingTuesday 2021, and a 25% increase since 2020. 37 million…
Resource type: article November 11, 2019 Loyalty vs. Capacity: Distinguishing Between Planned and Major Gift Prospects …(financial capacity) (LIA), they may differ in other ways: MGL Past history of major donor giving Past history of upgrading giving Income is above a certain threshold PGL Past history…
Resource type: webinar January 28, 2020 How to Create an Effective Legacy Case Statement …giving, what they want to see for the future. Okay. Remember, you have to have not just why they’re giving but why they want to continue for the future, what…
Resource type: article February 18, 2015 5 Ways To Use Prospect Research In Major Gift Fundraising …combination of both philanthropic and wealth markers. These markers include: Charitable giving to your nonprofit. Charitable giving to other organizations. Involvement as a volunteer or board member of a nonprofit…
Resource type: webinar November 20, 2021 5 Must-Do’s of Year-End Fundraising Success …monthly gift of $50, and we just hit it off. We had a great conversation. I noticed that the next month she increased her monthly gift to a $100 monthly…
Resource type: news July 2, 2018 [NEW FEATURE] Projected Revenue Reporting Is your organization running a successful monthly giving program? Are your major donors feeling loved and inspired, and therefore fulfilling their long-term commitments to your organization? Also, what can your…
Resource type: article April 28, 2020 Crisis Of Confidence: Your Nonprofit’s Worst Fundraising Enemy …Have they pivoted to a new giving strategy? Is their strategy the same as yours? Perhaps they’re giving more nationally to trusted organizations with large, dependable infrastructures? Or maybe they’re…
Resource type: webinar March 24, 2016 5 Steps To A Great Nonprofit Email Newsletter …these are two pretty big strategic tasks I’m giving you here. Setting the goal and figuring out who you’re really talking to. If you don’t really know those answers, this…
Resource type: webinar August 21, 2021 How to Talk about Legacy Giving Without Seeming Creepy …many of you said you didn’t feel comfortable talking about it or you didn’t know enough. “Deferred giving,” “planned giving,” “endowment giving,” those are all terms that have little meaning…
Resource type: article September 14, 2018 4 Ways To Segment Your Year-End Fundraising Appeal …perfect candidates to ask for a small increase as well as a monthly contribution. For gain in this scenario, I’d see about getting a board match for new monthly donors….
Resource type: article August 30, 2023 How to Buy Fundraising Software That Lasts: Essential Guide …few of the most helpful types of fundraising software that your nonprofit can use. Online giving platforms Online giving or donation platforms bring your nonprofit’s online fundraising strategies to life….
Resource type: article April 26, 2018 3 Creative Ways to Encourage Board Giving …or Giving Day For some board members, helping with a match campaign or a strategic initiative does not fit with their giving goals. They might prefer to help with a…
Resource type: webinar December 12, 2016 Retain and Upgrade Your New Year-End Donors …to find out from guys is just how your Giving Tuesday was. If your Giving Tuesday was off the charts, the same, worse. Maybe you didn’t participate. So here’s that…
Resource type: article June 7, 2021 Super Useful Nonprofit Fiscal Year-End Action Strategies …time for your next solicitation. 8. Take the opportunity to build stronger bonds with monthly donors. If it’s been a while since your monthly donors got a real thank you,…
Resource type: webinar August 8, 2016 How to Properly Ask, Thank and Report to Donors …of the story. They are the ones via their giving, that’s their superpower. Via their giving, that want to change the world one person at time, one cause at a…