The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 4, 2024

billion was donated in the United States on GivingTuesday, a 16% increase from 2023’s total of $3.1 More people participated in the 2024 event, with an estimated 36.1 Black Friday 2024 sales reached $10.8 Cyber Monday 2024 sales reached $13.3 An estimated $3.6 million people taking action across the U.S, billion, up 10.2%

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Must-Watch Webinars for Event Planning from Industry Leading Professionals Planning a successful fundraising event requires creativity, strategy, and expert insights. Greater Givings webinars in 2024 brought together some of the best minds in the nonprofit space to share actionable advice for planning unforgettable events.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 20, 2025

We made it through 2024, and with it the final push for year-end donations. You might be asking why you need to put a ton of time and energy into bringing your donors back for a second donation. To do this you can: Gather the total number of donors in 2023/2024. Thats tons of money that is being missed out on.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

AUGUST 6, 2024

If you’re doing a year-end fundraising campaign, the time to start planning it is now, hopefully in an air-conditioned space. You can also use this for fundraising campaigns at other times of the year. You’ll want some good photos for your letter and donation page, too. Your current donors are your best source of donations.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 8, 2025

Your fundraising campaign page is more than just a digital placeholder its the heart of your mission online. For nonprofits with limited resources, making the most of this page is critical to driving donations, engaging supporters, and amplifying your cause. Here are 7 ways to maximize the results of your fundraising campaign page: 1.

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Future Fundraising Now

JANUARY 2, 2025

Book a FREE consultation with Sean Triner of Moceanic. Sean knows his stuff, and can help you find your way forward.

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The Fundraiser Coach

MARCH 17, 2025

Every major gift fundraiser has imagined it: the moment you’re sitting across from a donor, and a carefully orchestrated conversation builds toward the Ask. In 2022, he donated his carefully curated collection to his alma mater : a seven-figure gift of cash and gifts-in-kind. I’ve been on the asking side countless times.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JANUARY 4, 2024

If it wasn’t, you can work to make 2024 a better year. Have a plan in place You must have fundraising and communications/marketing plans. Take a look back at 2023 to see what worked and what didn’t in your fundraising and communications/marketing. Incorporate what you’ve learned into your 2024 plans. Even gifts of $5.00

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 2, 2024

It’s a day when donors, businesses, and communities come together to create positive change—and it’s also the perfect launchpad for your year-end fundraising efforts. Maybe you noticed a large segment of your audience hasn’t given yet, you want to hit a specific fundraising target, or are hoping to engage more first-time donors.

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Candid

APRIL 15, 2025

The Blackbaud Institutes 2024 Trends in Giving Spotlight report estimates that U.S. uptick in individual giving last year, based on data from a sample of 8,674 organizations with over $55 billion in total fundraising revenue. billion in online fundraising revenue) rose 2.2%. in 2024, compared with 4.0%

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Candid

DECEMBER 31, 2024

As 2024 draws to a close, we wanted to share some of the most read articles we published this year. Fundraising and AI Nonprofit fundraising in an election year is especially tough. What can fundraisers do? 3 GivingTuesday strategies for year-end nonprofit fundraising by Celeste Flores and Samir Khan, GivingTuesday.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Under the Skin 2024 was a year of growth and evolution for Blue Avocado. Fundraising & Grants Is it a pleasure to support your nonprofit or a hassle? Consider your giving process from a donors perspective: You want to make it as easy as possible for potential donors to move from consideration to actually making the donation.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 22, 2025

Fundraising has been showing troubling trends for a while now. Nonprofit organizations will need to be a whole lot more serious about fundraising particularly donor retention in 2025. In 2024, both my inbox and my mailbox filled up with some of the worst donor communications Ive seen in some 20+ odd years in the sector.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Seasoned fundraisers are well aware that fundraising involves a lot more than simply asking for donations. A fundraising calendar can help you streamline this process so you can raise more with less effort. Managing your fundraising efforts can be difficult, especially if you are working on a team.

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The NonProfit Times

JULY 30, 2024

It was the same story, different day, for fundraising during the first quarter of 2024. Those are some of the numbers reported today by the Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) and presented by the Foundation for Philanthropy at the Association of Fundraising Professionals and by GivingTuesday. and 3% respectively.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 14, 2025

But if youre a fundraiser for a nonprofit organization or school in the midst of an unfolding disaster, you can do more than raise money. It is one of the most meaningful contributions a fundraiser can make in the days or weeks before your community begins the process of rebuilding. Heres how fundraisers can help.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 22, 2024

CrowdChange is an innovative fundraising platform designed to help nonprofits raise more through online events and campaigns. With seamless payment integration, including Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) options, CrowdChange simplifies fundraising while boosting donor impact.

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GiveSmart

JANUARY 23, 2025

There are pockets of opportunity to better engage donors, invest in technology, and better strategize fundraising efforts. What can you and your team expect in the fundraising event, donor relationship, and nonprofit marketing landscapes? It ties donations to outcomes. You must segment your donors to better personalize.

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GiveSmart

DECEMBER 3, 2024

As you finalize your plans, here are a few questions you and your team should ask yo urselves: How are the organization’s actuals trending toward 2024 goals? Do we have the capacity to squeeze in another donation campaign? This task will take ju st a few minutes and offers the potential to collect some final end-of-year donations.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The era of easy, traditional fundraising is over — it’s time to change the game, and we’ve got the Year-End and GivingTuesday 2024 playbook you need! We’ve created a comprehensive Year-End & GivingTuesday Fundraising Toolkit so you can plan your Year-End and GivingTuesday journey from start to finish.

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Blackbaud

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

We conducted our annual Status of Fundraising research in Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia/New Zealand (ANZ). Digital Maturity A digitally mature nonprofit is one where digital is integrated across all areas, including fundraising, supporter experience, internal processes, and more.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The data speaks for itselfaccording to the M+R Benchmarks 2024 report : Of desktop users who made their way to a nonprofits main donation page, only 16% completed a gift. For mobile users, the primary donation page conversion rate was just 10%. Make it easy for supporters to complete their donations.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 11, 2024

We faced a global pandemic, resulting in oftentimes disastrous fundraising. Organizations relying on event-driven fundraising suffered. And one of the biggest event-driven fundraising models shuttered their doors. Then, once nonprofits recovered their wits and resumed asking, fundraising initially rebounded big time.

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Blackbaud

AUGUST 28, 2024

They don’t call you frontline fundraisers for nothing. That’s why bbcon 2024 in Seattle is the place to be for frontline fundraisers. That’s why bbcon 2024 in Seattle is the place to be for frontline fundraisers. Do Prospect Researchers and Frontline Fundraisers Speak the Same Language? What’s bbcon?

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

2024 has been a year of “how has time moved so slowly” but also “where on earth did this year go?” Autumn definitely means “go time” in the life of a fundraiser, often because it signals the start of year-end , a period of time you may get upwards of 60% or more of your annual donations.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Mastering Your GivingTuesday Fundraising Email Campaign: How, When, Why, and Who GivingTuesday is quickly approaching, and it’s the perfect opportunity to inspire generosity and rally support for your cause. Email marketing is a powerful tool that nonprofits can leverage to reach supporters and maximize donations.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 17, 2024

Fundraisers are optimistic about the next six months of major donations. By Maria Di Mento DAVID DEE DELGADO/The New York Times/Redux Ruth Gottesman, a former professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the 93-year-old widow of a Wall Street financier, donated $1 billion to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

You need a letter that takes into account what’s going on in 2024. Fundraising experts are mixed on whether this is a good idea. This doesn’t mean one that says 2024 Annual Appeal. Next comes the ask Ask for a donation at the beginning of the next paragraph (after the story). They’re your best bet for getting donations.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 10, 2024

So, if you’re considering launching a GivingTuesday fundraising campaign , having a strong presence on social media is a no-brainer for success. Free Download: Year-End & GivingTuesday Fundraising Toolkit 1. An example of storytelling in a Raising Hope Dogs GivingTuesday social media fundraising campaign.

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Candid

MARCH 31, 2025

Beyond fundraising: How building community strengthens nonprofit sustainability. A 2024 survey report by Independent Sector and Edelman finds that 57% of the public trust nonprofits to do the right thing. Fundraisers need to adapt. Community relationships strengthen public trust in nonprofits. Have you noticed a recurring theme?

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 5, 2024

As fundraisers, you’re also in charge of putting together end-of-year giving campaigns for your nonprofit. Aside from the normal holiday hullabaloo, you’re also busy planning fundraisers and engagement opportunities to round out your organization’s calendar year. Early preparation is key in ensuring a successful campaign.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 12, 2024

With fundraising down yet again in 2023, it may be time to try a few new approaches to regain momentum. Here are four tactics for 2024.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The less than good fundraising news continues to roll in. There was a small increase in total dollars donated (0.9%) for the first three quarters of 2024 but there were significant declines in donor participation, particularly among smaller donors (gifts less than $100), which had a 12.4% of new donors retained year-to-date.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Levey GivingTuesday 2024 appears to be off to a solid start, aided by the push many charities began days before the actual GivingTuesday of December 3. during GivingTuesday 2024, donors had given nearly $1.8 The donations total came from 12,816 donors, with 9,444 public school teachers benefitting. million via 15,500 donations.

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Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Now that the votes for the 2024 election in the U.S. have been cast, nonprofit organizations should be prepared for a new wave of donations from voters whose candidate (or candidates) did not win. Regardless of whether they donated before the election or in response to it, don’t treat rage donors as one-and-done.

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GiveSmart

JUNE 25, 2024

We hosted the 2024 Nonprofit Research Study: The State of Fundraising, Technology, and Operations Impact on Mission Sustainability webinar on June 6, discussing the Community Brands 2024 Trends Report. Are the in-person fundraising events that are happening raising similar dollars to pre-COVID days?

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GiveSmart

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Our nonprofit software suite helps nonprofit finance and development teams collaborate more easily, track donations more efficiently, and tell their story more effectively.” For example, your development team will enter fundraising information, and the finance team will be able to easily reconcile that information into the accounting system.

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