The Fundraising Coach

JUNE 22, 2023

According to the Nonprofit Times article : “More troubling is when these numbers are paired with earlier research from the Lilly School that showed just 5.4% According to the Nonprofit Times article : “More troubling is when these numbers are paired with earlier research from the Lilly School that showed just 5.4%

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Before it officially wraps, let’s take a look at the top articles of the year on the Get Fully Funded blog. These fundraising articles have been a hit with our readers this year. So, we pack as much goodness as we can into our fundraising articles, bulleting out information so it’s easy to follow and easy to use.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

An optimized donation page is key to turning visitors into supporters, ensuring they have a smooth, impactful giving experience. With CauseVox, you can create a donation page that does more than collect contributions—it engages donors, reinforces your brand, and inspires confidence in your cause.

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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. Not surprisingly, the Candid insights article with the most pageviews brings together two hot topics, one cyclical and one perennial: elections and nonprofit fundraising. What can fundraisers do? by Chris Maddocks, Blue State.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 9, 2023

Your words matter when you’re trying to get people to donate. The right words are critical, especially when your goal is to get people to donate! People make the decision to donate with their heart, then justify it with their head. If you inspire people, you’ll get a gift. If you bore people or confuse them, you won’t.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

It’s crucial that your online donation forms and landing page match the story you’re telling. Add impactful images or videos and text to your donation form and landing page! Pet Resource Center of Kansas City added a banner with an image and text to highlight how each donation amount makes an impact.

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 12, 2018

In this article, I will provide an up-to-date overview of the 5 main ways you can leverage Facebook’s suite of free fundraising tools to drive donations to your nonprofit.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

Making donation appeals over the phone is an interesting middle ground between asking for donations in person and making appeals through more anonymous methods like email or on your website. This makes asking for donations over the phone somewhat tricky. Make the case during your donation request. Let’s get started!

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Blackbaud

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Hundreds of ENGAGE articles have been written by outstanding leaders and subject matter experts across the social good community in 2023. Check out the articles below to see what our community has been most interested in this year. The post The 10 Most Popular ENGAGE Articles in 2023 first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Writing an effective nonprofit donation receipt is important, but it doesn’t have to be stressful! But a well-crafted donation receipt has lots of other benefits. Why do donation receipts matter? That’s why you need to make sure your nonprofit donation receipts are scheduled to send as soon as a gift is made.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Ever wonder who donates to a specific organization? With just a little digging—using the tools and resources I will share in this blog—you will be able to get a picture of who donates to a particular nonprofit. The post Digging in: who donates to the nonprofits you care about? But don’t get discouraged. Have a question?

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

If you’re looking for a cost-effective and efficient way to ask for donations from your donors and prospects, look no further than a fundraising email! With email, you can send numerous donation asks out with the click of a button. Take a look at these top six best practices for asking for donations with emails.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 24, 2024

And of course I wanted to increase our donations. But we do need to raise $350 – 400,000 in donations each year. We also made our articles shorter and easier to read. Now, every single donation letter gets a personalized, hand written note by me on them. And already, many of them have donated a second time already.

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CauseVox

MAY 12, 2022

Here’s a surprising truth for a lot of nonprofit organizations: the donate button on your website is a really big deal! A good donation page is more than a pretty website: it can increase both your number of donors and the size of their donations. And it starts with your donate button. What Can A Donation Page Do?

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CauseVox

JUNE 26, 2023

That’s why adding a tribute donation option to your donation page is a small thing that can make a big difference. In this article, we will explore the benefits of incorporating a tribute donation feature to help your supporters donate in honor of someone. What Are Tribute Donations?

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

MARCH 28, 2024

You might also want to move some lapsed donors who haven’t donated for several years into an inactive file. Don’t do this until you’ve sent targeted, personalized appeals asking them to donate again. As you work on your weeding, this article on simplicity might be helpful. Then move on to major and legacy giving.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Leverage these cost-effective strategies to shape your website into a powerful marketing tool: Create event and campaign landing pages: Dedicated landing pages can help you dive deep into the details of your upcoming events and spotlight why it’s worth your audience’s time to register, donate, or take another relevant action.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 9, 2024

Is it to ask for a donation, say thank you, or send an update? Suppose you send a message that includes requests for a donation, volunteers, and for people to contact their legislators. Keep it simple by using conversational language I find it annoying when I read an appeal letter or newsletter article that sounds like a Ph.D.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

APRIL 4, 2024

The typical fundraising letter and newsletter article rambles on about accomplishments without explaining why something matters. Why should someone donate to your organization? Do your appeals focus on why it’s important to donate to your organization? There’s usually a lot of what and how, but not much why.

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Critical Fundraising

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Explores how the ‘traditional charity model’ is disintermediated by individuals, companies and other types of charity Each type of disintermediation raises its own ethical and regulatory issues, which have barely begun to be addressed Disintermediated giving is a lot more than just donating via crowdfunding platforms.

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Clairification

AUGUST 8, 2024

For a modest $100/year donation you get all my new blog articles, exclusive monthly tips, bonus e-guides, templates and worksheets, course and product discounts, and access to archived posts, webinars, and podcasts. I am deeply appreciative for your support!

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 6, 2023

You may have heard the buzz in the nonprofit sector around matching gifts, the corporate philanthropy program in which companies match donations that their employees make to nonprofits. 84% of surveyed donors said they’re more likely to donate if their gift can be matched. Knowing this, Annel donates immediately!

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Clairification

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

For a modest $100/year donation you get all my new blog articles, exclusive monthly tips, bonus e-guides, templates and worksheets, course and product discounts, and access to archived posts, webinars, and podcasts. I am deeply appreciative for your support!

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Pamela Grow

APRIL 7, 2021

Lots of great takeaways, including… Short, compelling headlines and article leads directing the reader to their website (for online, endeavor to keep your writing to a 5th-grade level or below. Straightforward calls to action include the donate button and social media links. Hemingwayapp can help!).

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Personally, I’m a big fan of asking those serving on the board of directors to not only donate first (which is a given) but to also volunteer with fundraising efforts. Corporate sponsors can provide financial support, in-kind donations, or even employee volunteers to help strengthen your campaign. First, analyze your donor base.

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Clairification

APRIL 17, 2023

SPECIAL TIP: You can apply much of the suggestions in this article to former staff as well. Places where I donated too, because I believed in the mission. Instead, look in the mirror and see what part you may be playing in their changed behavior.

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Joe Garecht Fundraising

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

In previous articles, we talked about how to write great fundraising e-mails and how to pick effective subject lines … in this article, I want to show you another strategy that can help boost your e-mail fundraising revenue. (To learn more about why that is, read The Most Important Thing to Understand for Online Fundraising ).

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Strategic Grants

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

There have been many articles written by attendees and speakers from the event. One that has been in the news of late is for the Australian Government to look at the ability of allowing donations from superannuation accounts once someone has passed away. billion per year by 2060. But how generous are the super-rich, really?

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Blue Avocado

JULY 12, 2021

“We nonprofits often put a great deal of time and effort into our annual reports, especially compared with how briefly most recipients will look at them,” begins the Blue Avocado article, The Secret to a High Impact Annual Report. Rather than slave and anguish over the parts almost no one will read anyway,” the author […].

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CauseVox

APRIL 20, 2021

An article from the New York Times warns “Precautions remain especially important as new variants of the virus emerge. Ease of use: when you’re running a virtual program, you have the option to add donations directly to your page so that donors and fundraisers never have to leave to make a donation. Raise more with less effort.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

APRIL 29, 2024

The three future-proof nonprofit fundraising strategies explained in this article: projectable revenue streams, non-cash giving, and mid-level donor stewardship. Donors may seek to offload unneeded tangible assets to secure tax benefits, and you never know who among your community may have something they’d like to donate.

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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. Who gives to what causes? According to 2023 IRS data, there are about 1.9 Source: Data from Candid.

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Cain Nonprofit Solutions

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Article by Robyn Zimmann I know, you’re thinking “Jeez Louise, I’m barely through with 2021’s giving season, can I please take a break?” The donations have been pouring in (hopefully!) PEOPLE donated an estimated $324 billion to the charities of their choice. No, you cannot take a break. Bequests brought forth $44.2

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Planned Giving

MAY 13, 2024

The good news is you can save a lot by donating stock held for more than one year. Based on the assumptions below, donating shares worth $9,000 could avoid $2,000 in capital gains tax and save $3,150 in income tax by itemizing the deduction. the original investment) in value created by donating stock. Per below, donating (vs.

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Fundly

APRIL 29, 2024

If you’re looking to fundraise and accept donations online, this means you can reach a wider audience than ever before. By collecting online donations, you can tap into the passion and generosity of a global community and raise more for your cause. According to the CAF World Giving Index , 4.2 Broader fundraising reach.

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NextAfter

JANUARY 4, 2023

A look at how listing out articles in an eBook impacted email acquisition rate. However, the treatment copy listed specific articles with notable authors of which the reader would actually be reading. But however there was an 18% decrease in donations. The Result and Learnings.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 9, 2024

It’s no secret social media has become a powerful tool for amplifying fundraising efforts and driving donations for organizations. Your organization can harness that potential by taking advantage of social media fundraising ideas designed to boost donations and enhance engagement. Identify what you’re raising funds for (e.g.,

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