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7 Signs Your Organization Is Ready for an Enterprise-Scale CRM

Blackbaud

While you may be aware on a general level that your CRM platform is becoming a headwind to your organization achieving its fundraising goals, the prospect of migrating vast amounts of data, retraining staff, and committing the money and resources required for a successful upgrade can make it tempting to say, Lets make do for another year.

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

Blackbaud

We’ve all received cringe-worthy fundraising messages that just don’t feel quite human. 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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How Candid’s AI can uncover new funding opportunities

Candid

Every day, nonprofit fundraisers use our in-depth data to identify prospective funders to approach and requests for proposals (RFPs) to apply for. In the same way that apps suggest your next favorite video or song, our recommendation systems harness AI to analyze user behavior patterns and data characteristics to suggest funders and RFPs.

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Key Trends Shaping Major Gift Fundraising in 2025

Gail Perry Group

With economic changes, technological advancements, and evolving donor priorities, fundraisers need to adapt their strategies to thrive in this dynamic environment. Lets explore the most significant trends shaping major gift fundraising in 2025and how your organization can respond effectively. Ready to Take Action?

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Get Your Grant-Funded Nonprofit Started in Fundraising

Blackbaud

It may feel intimidating at first, but here’s the exciting part: today, more than ever, nonprofits have the tools and resources to make a smooth shift to the grants-plus-fundraising model. If you’re ready to move beyond grants, let’s get started! Also important: develop a clear fundraising plan.

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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. Fundraising has been showing troubling trends for a while now. Far too many nonprofits welcomed AI as a means of getting out of writing. A chilling notion. Only 13.8%

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The most read Candid insights articles in 2024: Fundraising, AI, and diversity 

Candid

Fundraising and AI Nonprofit fundraising in an election year is especially tough. What can fundraisers do? Not surprisingly, the Candid insights article with the most pageviews brings together two hot topics, one cyclical and one perennial: elections and nonprofit fundraising. by Chris Maddocks, Blue State.

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