CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Even if you don’t follow a definitive fundraising calendar , it’s still vital to come up with a year-end fundraising plan —and stick to it. Year-End Fundraising Campaign Goals Here’s an example of what a year-end fundraising communications calendar can look like before Dec 1: Want this template to create your own year-end fundraising plan?

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

Fundraising Calendar for 2021. That’s why we created this 2021 fundraising calendar worksheet and template to help you map out the best possible plan. That’s why we created this 2021 fundraising calendar worksheet and template. Download your fundraising calendar + goals template below: Fundraising Plan & Goals Worksheet.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Create an event calendar to plan the timing of each fundraiser, including time before and after for event planning and follow-up. Diverse revenue streams provide a sustainable financial foundation for nonprofits. Explore revenue streams your nonprofit should pursue in this guide. Its important for you to diversify your revenue sources.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 9, 2024

Keep it simple by planning ahead If communicating regularly with your donors sounds overwhelming, plan ahead by using a communications calendar. Fill your calendar with different ways to do that and update it as needed. Over the years I’ve realized the importance of keeping things simple. Otherwise, aim for once a month.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Read our article here to learn more. What does a grant consultant cost? The average cost of hiring a full-time grant writer can be upwards of $90,000 including salary and benefits. A grant consultant often costs just a fraction of this large price tag. Bringing in a new team member should take work off your platenot add to it.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Aside from the normal holiday hullabaloo, you’re also busy planning fundraisers and engagement opportunities to round out your organization’s calendar year. We’ve got all kinds of challenge ideas and more in our 200+ Fundraising Ideas article ! This year-end, spice it up with a phone-a-thon. First, analyze your donor base.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 12, 2024

A fundraising calendar can help you streamline this process so you can raise more with less effort. This is where a fundraising calendar comes in handy. Every organization that relies on fundraising to operate should consider incorporating a fundraising calendar into their yearly plan. Always focus on what works best for you.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 20, 2025

But heres the good news: 2025 can be the perfect year to strengthen your donor retention with clear goals , a well-thought-out fundraising calendar , a killer fundraising campaign and a refined donor retention strategy to help you keep your supporters year-round. Its officially 2025! Youre saving money by improving your donor retention.

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Candid

MAY 2, 2022

To achieve this, the Center’s team put together an outline of messaging that would complement their programming, fitting pieces into their monthly member newsletters and social media calendar. They shared quite a bit from Candid’s articles, social posts, and training. Turns out, it was a very reasonable process. .

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Millionaire Grant Lady

JULY 24, 2024

Read our article here about our 2023 successes. Read this article to see: Mistake #5: Grant writers continuously adjusting data when writing grants How can I know if a funder requires really up-to-date data in a grant application? All of these questions indicate a need for data. We all know that nonprofit work is ever-changing.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

DECEMBER 6, 2024

This is why its important to create a grant calendar that pre-plans each grants application deadline, reporting schedule, required documentation, and any contingencies. Your calendar should lay out activities, costs, expected income, deadlines, and other notable events month-by-month.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 2, 2024

By now, GivingTuesday has become a fixture on nonprofit calendars, inspiring generosity worldwide. 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. Here’s how to do it. Consistency is key.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Start with a Social Media Editorial Calendar In order to plan out your social media, you first need to create an editorial calendar. An editorial calendar is basically just a content map or a guide that helps you map out your nonprofit’s content (including social media) for the year. But, don’t be fooled! Saving bears?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2009

This week, we decided to revisit an older article, Free, Easy Ways to Add a Calendar to Your Website. This is one of TechSoup's most popular articles (thanks in no small part to Google ), but some parts had gotten a little dated and it was well in need of an update.

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Clairification

JULY 3, 2023

The reason I began this article with a list of overload symptoms is to help you become aware of the signs before, bit by bit, they gradually take over your life. And #4 is a really good project to put on your calendar this week for some date in the coming month, making a commitment to decluttering. Third, begin to address the symptoms.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Find space in your email calendar, swap social media accounts for a day, and line up media interviews. This efficacy is why we encourage nonprofits to think about utilizing GivingTuesday partnerships in their campaign. They have all realized that giving back is so much more effective – and fun – when you do it with others.

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Blackbaud

MARCH 6, 2024

You just signed a multi-year contract for a new student information and learning management system (SIS/LMS) that does everything you want it to do. It provides the ultimate tool to bring all your school software into one system and allows everything to talk to each other. This is the dream. Give yourself a pat on the back! You did it!

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Strategic Grants

APRIL 18, 2024

Following on from the theme of reframing overheads, comes this article by the Stanford Social Innovation review. The final paragraph in this article says it all “So what are funders waiting for? This article delves into this growing movement in Aotearoa New Zealand. They know how to use the money. And they need it now.”

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Strategic Grants

MARCH 14, 2024

Latest sector news NFPs need to work together to survive 2024 and beyond There are quite a few great examples given in this article to help Not-for-Profits (NFPS) think of new strategies for 2024. Catch up on what’s happening across the world of funding, philanthropy, and research with the latest updates from Team SG’s busy research team.

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Qgiv

JUNE 14, 2021

Create a fundraising calendar for your nonprofit’s development plan. That’s why you have to develop a fundraising strategy for your nonprofit that consists of a variety of different approaches, reflects elements like campaign strategies and budget planning , and helps your organization meet its goals.

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Cain Nonprofit Solutions

MARCH 4, 2021

In a minute I’ll go over how to know whether or not you’re ready and for those of you who conclude that you aren’t quite there yet, I recommend reading this article anyway and using the information as a way to prepare and inform yourself. Or at least bookmark this article for later!) What kinds of NEA grants are out there?

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 4, 2024

Every year when the calendar rolls over into the new year, leaders are presented with a fresh set of challenges. No matter what calendar your organization uses (academic, recruitment, fiscal, non-traditional), the fact remains that our personal calendars all start anew January 1 st. This year, I am asking you to think… GRAY!

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Cain Nonprofit Solutions

JANUARY 14, 2021

CNPS - HR133 Overview - PPP and SoS Emergency Funding Summary __ I hope you have found this article helpful. Please feel free to print the chart, the funding summary, share this article with colleagues, and leave questions in the comments section! I will also update this article once deadlines and links have been released.

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Strategic Grants

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

There have been many articles written by attendees and speakers from the event. Read the article: [link] Charitable Sector Insights – An introduction to social return on investment across Aotearoa NZ This report investigates social value and social return on investment in the New Zealand charitable sector.

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Strategic Grants

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Read more here: [link] Reflections about medical research: Philanthropy’s role A theme we have come across recently is spoken about again in this article: Unrestricted funding provides the flexibility and speed needed when working on breakthroughs and innovation. They received $2.35 billion in donations in the 2020–21 year and distributed $1.14

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

In this article, we highlight key insights from our report, Dollars and Change: A Look at Individual and Institutional Giving Across the United States From 2015 to 2022 , which combines data from Candid, GivingTuesday, and Network for Good. This suggests that certain areas, despite having smaller populations, have a thriving nonprofit sector.

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Candid

JULY 26, 2022

With that in mind, let’s dive into the article, starting with a quick definition of the overhead myth itself. 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. Why is the overhead myth so damaging?

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 2, 2023

Time-block your week with an online calendar. Using an online calendar like Google Calendar can be great for planning out your time because you can see your day, week, or month at a glance, and access it from either your desktop or mobile device. The truth is that there will never be enough time to get everything done in a day.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 3, 2025

Download Our Free Fundraising Plan & Calendar Template: Why Do You Need a Fundraising Strategy? A nonprofit fundraising plan is a road map designed to help you raise the money you need to achieve your goals. It breaks down your organizations vision into actionable, highly-specific steps for success. What is a Nonprofit Fundraising Plan?

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Strategic Grants

OCTOBER 7, 2024

We also share relevant articles with the rest of Team SG as our commitment to keeping up-to-date with what’s happening across the sector here at home in Australia and New Zealand, and across the globe. This article delves into this growing movement in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Joe Garecht Fundraising

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

In this article, I’m going to give you some simple guidelines to help you answer that question. The Fundraising Ask Calendar. We’ve developed what I call “The Fundraising Ask Calendar” to use when working with non-profits to figure out the right cadence for making asks. This means 5 honest-to-goodness “hard asks” each year.

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Big Fundraising Ideas

JANUARY 21, 2025

Winning Online Fundraising Strategies for High School Basketball Teams Blog Summary: The article highlights online fundraising strategies for high school basketball teams, focusing on social media campaigns, crowdfunding, virtual events, and selling digital products.

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Candid

DECEMBER 8, 2022

I’ve also reviewed dozens of articles and collaborated on several research projects related to the term. i There’s calendar year, fiscal year, form year, circa year, and report year…but that’s a topic for another blog. During this time, I’ve come to appreciate that defining BIPOC-led is not at all straightforward, even among experts.

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Strategic Grants

JUNE 2, 2024

We also share relevant articles with the rest of Team SG as our commitment to keeping up-to-date with what’s happening across the sector here at home in Australia and New Zealand, and across the globe. A list that is read by many to see who has donated the most funds in the last 12 months.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 8, 2023

Systems to put in place. A website to build. Money to raise. Social media to manage. And about a hundred other things necessary to get your fledgling nonprofit up and running. It can be tough when it’s just you to get it all done. Until you can surround yourself with people who want to help, you’re going to be a team of one. But take heart!

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

Has the blog been updated recently with a new article? Detailed activity calendar. Sometimes we get one tool – one skill, one talent – and out of habit, we stick with it, never thinking about other tools we might need. If you want to raise enough money to fully fund your programs, you need to use more than one tool.

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Strategic Grants

AUGUST 22, 2024

We also share relevant articles with the rest of Team SG as our commitment to keeping up-to-date with what’s happening across the sector here at home in Australia and New Zealand, and across the globe. Philanthropy Australia conference – Adelaide, August 2024 Team SG’s Geoff and Jo were two of the over 1,000 delegates.

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