The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JULY 8, 2024

The media mogul's donation is the latest aimed at making medical school tuition-free. By Drew Lindsay Johns Hopkins University In 2018, Michael Bloomberg gave $1.8 The media mogul's donation is the latest aimed at making medical school tuition-free.

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Gail Perry Group

MAY 9, 2024

But here’s a bright spot: A growing number of people are choosing to make recurring donations to nonprofits. From 2018 to 2022, the average nonprofit saw a 127% increase in the number of recurring donors in their databases. In the same year, donors who made one-time donations gave an average of $2,155.10. Here’s why.

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CauseVox

JUNE 29, 2022

Your donation page is an essential component of your digital fundraising. It doesn’t matter how many people you get to click through your emails or social media posts; if your donation page doesn’t convert, you won’t see any payoff from that hard work. Sometimes you see donation page examples that makes you swoon.

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Blackbaud

JULY 19, 2024

Dataro’s Data Pool found that only 4% of donors who qualified as middle donors in 2018 (giving between $500 and $5,000 cumulatively in 12 months) became major donors in the next five years. This analysis was based on 210 global nonprofit organizations’ fundraising data, covering 512 million donations, 41 million donors, and 9.4

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Candid

JUNE 8, 2021

According to a 2018 NTEN Study , 80 percent of nonprofits lack a policy to address cyberattacks. Scalability and increased stakeholder satisfaction Nonprofits often experience spikes in traffic and data usage—including increased donations—during the holidays.

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Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Use these tried and true best practices to turn your website into a fundraising tool you can count on year-round: Optimize your donation page Streamline your navigation Create an engaging blog Before you dive into these tips, ensure that you’re working with the best tech stack possible to bring your web design dreams to life. Let’s begin.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 6, 2022

Qgiv clients processed over 40,000 donations, and the largest gift received was over $46,000. Since 2018, Qgiv’s team has doubled in size. The year’s biggest achievements included: Record-Setting Giving Tuesday: On Giving Tuesday 2021, donors gave 2.5% more than in 2020.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 15, 2021

As a group, they want multiple avenues to make donations, 50% want to see the impact of their gifts, and 50% don’t mind multiple solicitations in a year. I would argue development offices have not traditionally concentrated on mid-level donors or engaged Generation X for donations all that well.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2021

households donated to a charity in 2018,” according to a study released Tuesday. The findings confirm a trend worrying experts: Donations to charitable causes are reaching record highs, but the giving is done by a smaller and smaller slice of the population. households donated to a charitable organization.

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Candid

MARCH 28, 2022

Political organizations such as political action committees (PACs) straddle the line between public and private, accepting private donations in order to influence elections. In aggregate, nonprofits rely more on earned income than donations. When most people think of charities, they think of organizations run on charitable donations.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Let’s take a look at what makes a successful, powerful fundraising landing page so you can make sure yours are working for you to bring in the most donations possible. The emotional part comes when your page assures the donor that they’re in the right place and that their donation will make a difference. Don’t squander the opportunity!

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Candid

JULY 26, 2022

Invest in online donation tools both to appeal to supporters and add efficiency to your fundraising efforts. Keep the following suggestions in mind to create a strong financial foundation for your nonprofit: Plan a robust fundraising calendar that incorporates both online and offline strategies.

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Qgiv

JULY 26, 2021

After all, today’s students will be tomorrow’s alumni, and alumni donations are one of the most important revenue streams a school has. To make college fundraising more of a success, they start donations before graduation. This also allows for donations to continuously improve the school. Simple answer: it isn’t.

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Candid

MAY 9, 2023

In other words, the amount of money donated to the Ivy Leagues suggests a ballpark figure for how much funding is available to higher education in general. Ivy League schools received a combined $5.5 billion in philanthropic dollars from 2015 to 2019, compared with HBCUs’ $303 million.

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Future Fundraising Now

OCTOBER 24, 2024

That’s why a subject line like this is unlikely to get a decent open rate: Children Are Hungry – You Can Save Them with Your Donation Today No mystery. This post first appeared on December 12, 2018.) When we don’t know what’s going on, we feel compelled to find out. No need to click and see what’s inside.

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The NonProfit Times

JULY 22, 2024

Lee, Harvard University’s top fundraising official since September 2018, will step down from his position at the end of the year. Griffin, Access Industries founder Leonard Blavatnik and others all expressed concern or announced plans to suspend donations. Those three alone had donated hundreds of millions of dollars to the school.

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Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 16, 2018

As we head into the fourth quarter of 2018, one can’t help but to look back at what a year it was! Let’s reflect: It was only a little over a year ago that Hurricane Harvey slammed the Texas coast inflicting a record-setting $125 billion in damage to the area. A company with purpose is no longer the exception but the expectation.

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Planned Giving

MAY 15, 2024

And the 50-plus set’s tech spending is only expected to increase, from $140 billion in 2018 to $623 billion by 2050. While a mix of marketing styles (print and digital) is still the best way to reach your prospects, you’re missing out on a fortune in potential donations if you ignore the digital side.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Started in 2012, this movement inspires millions of individuals to donate to their favorite causes annually. To put this in perspective, in 2018, 3.6 Fiver encourage their community create their own peer-to-peer fundraising page on CauseVox and to make a personal donation. CauseVox makes it so easy to donate on your phone.”.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. In short, great storytelling tugs heartstrings and that’s step 1 if you want a donation. Your donation of $7.32 EVERY nonprofit has stories to tell!

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 5, 2021

billion was donated to US based nonprofits — a 25% increase compared to GivingTuesday 2019. billion social media impressions and over 110 community coalitions in 2018, meaning supporters weren’t just giving, they were engaging with organizations online. Pledges: How many people do you want to pledge a donation to the cause?

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

So you’re not asking them for a straight-up donation, even though you should educate them about your organization in some way and hopefully add them to your list of supporters. The cost for these types of events is low so you spend less money to bring in donations. You can maximize your donations by finding corporate sponsors.

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Future Fundraising Now

OCTOBER 9, 2024

It’s to support the case for donating. This post first appeared on December 19, 2018.) Remember that the purpose of the stories we tell in fundraising is not to entertain or enthrall people, the way a novel or a movie should. So a quick touch that communicates strong emotion is really all you need.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2021

Crowdfunding involves funding a project or campaign by collecting smaller donations from multiple donors. But some elements stay the same: participants still ask their friends and family to make donations and have their own crowdfunding-style page. Then, watch your donors race to donate and beat the clock! Rolling campaigns.

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CauseVox

APRIL 25, 2022

Relationships built, not just on a one-time gift, but from a foundation of trust in your organization’s methodology and assurance that every donation will make an impact is extremely important for donor satisfaction and ultimately, donor retention. Diversify Digital Donation Options For Your Donors. The best part?

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Selfish Giving

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Walmart and Sam's Club customers donated $1.1 About 1 in 3 US adults (32%) reports owning a Smart Speaker as of August 2018, marking a 4% point increase from January of this year. Asking for a small donation? Asking for a donation over $1,000 (or for a sponsorship)? Your GoFundMe donation isn’t as secure as you think.

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Selfish Giving

MARCH 15, 2023

With a $250,000 donation in 2023 , Yellowstone Bourbon ? Yellowstone began supporting NPCA in 2018, donating $1.00 To date, Yellowstone has donated more than $495,000 to NPCA. In 2022, Storage Gives met its goal of providing more than 500,000 meals to people in need and raised more than $150,000.

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Selfish Giving

APRIL 17, 2018

Most organizers were focused on getting in-kind donations to offset expenses, which is great,” said Elyse. After raising $38 million last year, Elyse and her team are on track to raise between $43 and $45 million in 2018, a major increase for the program. Local programs have also had success.

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Selfish Giving

JANUARY 23, 2018

The 900-store chain will be donating $150,000 through a 25 cent donation to CAF with the sale of every newly-branded Hydrate and Help bottle of spring water. What’s next for Smoothie King from a cause perspective in 2018? The new bottles just became available at stores the day after Christmas! What challenges did you encounter?

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The Integrated Year-End Fundraising Plan If you need further convincing that investing in fundraising in the fourth quarter is worth your while, here are some stats: 30% of all annual donations happen in December. 48 billion is donated to nonprofits each year in November and December. This helps tie things together in the donor’s mind.

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 15, 2024

New corporate givers are coming online, possibly at lower initial levels of donating as they ramp up participation, as corporations increasingly comply with corporate social responsibility (CSR) mandates. During FY 2018, the percentage of participating companies stood at around 30%. of net worth vs. 0.1% for UHNIs).”

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Kaspersky: until at least 2018 (2016 for business). They recommend Bitdefender Antivirus Plus , Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2014 , and of course Norton AntiVirus , which is available as a donation to qualified charities and libraries on TechSoup. It is also available on a donation basis from TechSoup. BitDefender: January 2016.

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Selfish Giving

DECEMBER 22, 2017

The company eked out a small profit in 2013 and 2014, although they donated 50% of that profit back to WAA. I look forward to writing and talking about WAA again in 2018! "It has certainly helped our brand and awareness of our commercial business," said a Worcester family member. Maybe this information was always there. LIKE THIS POST?

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Future Fundraising Now

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Here are a few things donors consistently tell us: You only have to ask me for a donation once a year. Likewise, when a donor tells you, “I’d donate to that,” they virtually always tell you something that fails in the real marketplace. This post first appeared on December 4, 2018.) Keep your letters short.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Online fundraising allows your nonprofit to earn donations from a wide audience, growing your network and raising more for your cause. As a nonprofit leader, you are likely familiar with donation solicitation laws. What exactly constitutes a substantial donation or how many donations makes fundraising ongoing is up for debate.

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DonorSnap

MARCH 3, 2024

Online donations are appreciated by nonprofits for their efficiency. While direct mail remains a powerful fundraising tool for nonprofits, online giving increased by 42% from 2018-2021 and has continued to grow. Your donation page should be a direct link on your website, not just the link to the form.

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Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Of course, the consumer donation/crowdfunding category is always my fave.?? Will I be seeing you at the 2018 Engage for Good Conference where the gold and silver award winners are announced? Check out the Golden Halo Award winners and the finalists for 13 different categories.

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