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How a Targeted Second Ask Surpassed Its Goal With a Nearly 50% Response Rate

NonProfit PRO

The American Battlefield Trust was $27,000 short of projected revenue for its effort to save 128 acres of Civil War Battlefield in Perryville, Kentucky, in the fall of 2019. As this particular track of land would essentially complete the preservation of the Perryville site – the last piece of the puzzle – they had to figure out a way.

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Using Your Fundraising CRM Software to Its Full Potential

Blackbaud

times more likely to hit their mission goals compared to peers with low digital maturity. Make Progress and Stay Organized with Project Management When I joined the foundation in 2019, I met Warren Campbell, a wonderful database consultant and project manager with Campbell Consulting LLC. Digitally mature nonprofits are, in fact, 3.5

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Can a Grant-Making Competition Stop Rich Donors From Getting Cold Feet?

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

In 2019, Lever for Change spun off from the MacArthur Foundation as a separate organization with an eye-popping goal: to drive $1 billion in philanthropic funding over four years to promising nonprofits.

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Mentor New York’s Virtual Fundraising Event Raises 12x Their Fundraising Goal With CauseVox

CauseVox

Imagine this: you set what you think is an ambitious fundraising goal for your virtual event and then watch as you double, triple, quadruple that goal in the days leading up to the event. Then, you cross the finish line – and end up raising 12 times your fundraising goal ! Ah, the powers of technology.

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Set SMART Fundraising Goals for Fundraising Success

Get Fully Funded

While goals are vital to success, SMART fundraising goals help make sure you’re setting goals that you just can’t miss. Can’t miss” goals! In some form or fashion, we’ve all heard how essential goals are. Set a goal! Set a goal! Set a goal! Goals, goals, goals….

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5 things to know about philanthropy to HBCUs

Candid

Big philanthropy’s support of HBCUs declined from 2002 to 2019 An examination of trends in philanthropic giving to HBCUs underscores a history of underfunding. billion in philanthropic dollars from 2015 to 2019, compared with HBCUs’ $303 million. By comparison, funding to HBCUs averaged $61 million from 2015 through 2019.

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3 ways nonprofits can secure long-term corporate partnerships

Candid

Since its inception in 2019, the Beloved Benefit has raised over $24 milliondollars that directly impact communities. Emphasize common goals For businesses, supporting a nonprofit isnt just about generosity but about alignment between its own goals and the nonprofits mission. Blank Family Foundation.