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How to Use AI for the Right Ask (Without Being Creepy)

Blackbaud

They’re vague, don’t explain the impact of the donation, and ask for an arbitrary amount of money. If an appeal feels like it was written by a robot, it likely was generated by AI. Such subpar messages may be the reason that 63% of fundraisers feel uncomfortable using AI for personalized donor communications.

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7 Emerging Trends for 2025: Is Your Nonprofit Prepared?

GrantNews

While it is no surprise that trends are leaning towards AI and tech tools, you may be surprised to see how nonprofits might use AI. For example, AI can help a team build new and creative ways to connect donors and ensure they feel appreciated. In effect, increasing volunteer involvement and donations.

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The 10 Most Popular ENGAGE Articles of 2024

Blackbaud

Trending topics included artificial intelligence (AI), fundraising strategies, and maintaining strong finances for nonprofits. Leveraging AI in Major Gift Fundraising: A Game-Changer in Philanthropy 2. 8 Common Donation Page Mistakes (and Simple Solutions!) 8 Common Donation Page Mistakes (and Simple Solutions!)

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Why you think that terrible AI-written fundraising appeal is great

Future Fundraising Now

They fed it a story from their work, along with some other prompts, and the AI took its usual 5 seconds or so to write an appeal. The AI appeal was terrible. There was only one direct address to the reader, asking (in an oddly vague way) for a donation. No P.S. It was a pretty typical example of AI appeal writing.

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Engaging ‘everyday’ donors with AI-powered relational fundraising 

Candid

The data collected in this model might include the time of day a donation request is sent, subject lines, length and language of the appeals, etc. Fewer individuals are giving, and even fewer are making recurring donations The first signal is that the percentage of U.S. of new donors gave again the next year.

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Go All In on Monthly Giving

Ann Green's Nonprofit

Monthly giving helps you raise more money Monthly or recurring donations can help donors spread out their gifts and its easier on their bank accounts. Monthly gifts are smaller, but you can raise a lot of money with lots of small donations. It should be an easy option on your donation page. The average is around $25 a month.

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Fasten Your Seat Belts! 2025 Will Be a Bumpy Ride…Here’s Help!

Pamela Grow

Theres a scene where Neo discovers that most of the population is asleep in pods where they are being used like a battery by the sentient AI that put them there. Far too many nonprofits welcomed AI as a means of getting out of writing. PayPal isneveran acceptable nonprofit donation page. A chilling notion. Not by a long shot.

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