Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

What you might not know is that the right fundraising plan template can make the job much easier. What this means is that over time, your fundraising approach should change to meet the needs of your growing organization. What Fundraising Plan Template is Right For YOU? And no two fundraising plans should be exactly alike either.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 22, 2024

Promote your event with fundraising invitation ideas! When it comes to planning a fundraising event, the success of your event often hinges on how well you can get the word out. Your fundraising invitations often serve as an important touchpoint for potential attendees.

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Pamela Grow

JULY 24, 2024

Auctions are among the most engaging and lucrative fundraising events your nonprofit could host. However, successful auctions require careful planning—even more than most other fundraisers. Your team will need to manage many moving parts, budget carefully, and stay organized to achieve your event fundraising goal.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

Drafting a fundraising plan can be intimidating, especially if it’s your first time and you have no fundraising plan structure. You see, a good fundraising plan isn’t something you knock out in an afternoon. Your answers will give your fundraising plan structure and allow you to move forward with this important task.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 21, 2021

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. 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.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Those are the two main questions that an annual fundraising plan must answer to help you become more successful. This blog post explores how to create an annual fundraising plan and even provides a helpful annual fundraising plan template to help putting together your fundraising plan easier. Here you go!

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Candid

JULY 26, 2022

Overhead ratio essentially refers to the amount of a nonprofit’s budget that’s dedicated to overhead costs (i.e. keeping the lights on”), and invest in fundraising innovations that can result in raising more funding toward the mission. How can you maintain fundraising transparency and convey the importance of overhead spending?

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The Fundraising Coach

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

With 4 weeks left in the calendar year, staying focused is more important than ever. Rather than feeling like you're living out a well planned fundraising year, these last four weeks can often feel like you're missing out on everything. The 2 Things To Avoid In Year End Fundraising. That you're falling short everywhere.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

We hear from folks all the time who are looking for new fundraising ideas for nonprofits, especially fundraising ideas for a new nonprofit. It’s not easy to figure out what works in fundraising when you have little to no experience raising big bucks. So, you found yourself sidelined while you tried to figure out fundraising.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

If you’re wondering how you should adapt your fundraising strategy to the new landscape, then look no further. Our Year-End Fundraising Resource Package has everything you need to craft a winning year-end campaign that is optimized for online fundraising. Download Our Free 2021 Year-End Fundraising Calendar.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

AI for nonprofits can be a real game changer in the fundraising landscape. From navigating donor data to finding the most effective ways to communicate, AI for fundraising can be applied to many aspects of your organization to help lift some of the burden of changing the world. How do you use AI for fundraising? What is AI?

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DoJiggy

JANUARY 23, 2024

Photo fundraisers are stepping into the limelight as a dynamic and engaging way to support worthy causes. Whether you’re a nonprofit, school, or community group, hosting a photography fundraiser can be a fun and creative way to generate revenue. What We’ll Cover: What is a Photo Fundraiser?

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GiveSmart

JULY 2, 2024

If you have a fundraising event on the horizon, or you're about to launch a new campaign, you need to get the word out. An effective marketing plan for nonprofit fundraising can help boost attendance and donations without breaking the bank. Send emails after certain activities, like signing up for your fundraiser or making a donation.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Raising the money you need to fully fund your budget doesn’t happen by accident. You need a plan for fundraising success. Actually, you need both short-term plans, like those to manage your fundraising activities through the holidays, and longer-term plans that will carry you through all of next year. Focus on donors, not money.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

If you are trying to fundraise without an annual fundraising plan, you are trying to bake a pie with a lot of ingredients but no recipe. Do you really want to make fundraising so hard? Do you really want to make fundraising so hard? Can you do it? But… that either requires a good memory or a lot of guesswork.

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The Fundraising Coach

JUNE 9, 2023

Nonprofit professionals know the best fundraising events are fun, interactive, and accessible. There’s one type of fundraising event that’s traditional but modern, competitive but fun, keeps people coming back but attracts new donors: a charity golf tournament. He lives and golfs in Lincoln, Nebraska with his wife and three sons.

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Blackbaud

JULY 17, 2024

Then mark your calendars for bbcon 2024, happening September 24–26 in Seattle, Washington. Sharpen your budgeting skills or learn how to organize your donors based on their behaviors and characteristics to boost fundraising efforts. Calling all K–12 educators and administrators! Explore how to leverage AI and automation.

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Just Write Grants

JUNE 26, 2024

Budget Brackets: Grants come in various sizes. Utilize budget filters to find grants that match your program's funding needs, maximizing your chances of success. Budget Transparency and Sustainability: Break down your budget clearly, outlining how funds will be used for each program component.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

As a nonprofit professional, you understand the importance of a well-crafted fundraising development plan. Whether you’re creating a new plan or adapting an existing one to address new trends and unprecedented events – a common occurrence in recent years – it’s important to remember that fundraising plans are dynamic.

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GiveSmart

OCTOBER 11, 2023

As your finance team is preparing for year-end, with prepping reports and making sure your budget is on track, your donor development and fundraising teams are hard at work, too. The end-of-year fundraising drive is a crucial chance to connect with supporters and secure vital fundraising dollars.

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Candid

APRIL 11, 2023

As a nonprofit professional, you understand how much time, resources, and planning goes into running a successful fundraising event. Successfully securing corporate sponsors for your fundraising event can not only give your budget and staff’s bandwidth a boost. This is where corporate sponsors can help.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 27, 2022

When you’re halfway through the year, it’s a good time to conduct a midyear fundraising evaluation. Because wherever you are with your fundraising, no matter how far behind you think you are, with six months remaining in the year, you have plenty of time to make changes and raise more money. Or if you aren’t a numbers person.

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NextAfter

MARCH 11, 2022

Whether you’re using an agency to send your direct mail fundraising appeals, or you’re sending them on your own – there are 5 essential roles that you need to have covered. If any of these direct mail fundraising roles aren’t covered, you run the risk of your campaign getting derailed. They are the hub of the wheel.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

At Candid, we recognize that nonprofit leaders and fundraising professionals, particularly those working at small or under-resourced organizations, need access to the nonprofit training and resources that equip them to do good. Creating a Sound Proposal Budget.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

There are many ways you can use text-to-give to improve your fundraising strategy. Use Text-to-Give in Fundraising Events. Incorporate Text-to-Give in Ambassador Fundraising. For example, if you’re running a virtual fundraising event for shelter animals, you could make your keyword SAVEDOGS.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JANUARY 6, 2023

Part of that education is teaching them about a carefully crafted grant calendar that only includes grants you are (1) eligible to apply for and (2) competitive enough to be considered for selection. This is how a curated calendar helps – you have a game plan for the year. Do we have a need that meets the grant? If yes, then….

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The Fundraiser Coach

AUGUST 8, 2023

One of the great joys I have, being a fundraiser, is meeting donors who are true fans of our mission. Looking at the calendar, I know it isn't long now before we all will be in the "fast and furious" of year-end giving. We'll have so much to do with the fundraising, budgets, event planning, or that board thing.

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OneCause

MARCH 14, 2023

As those in the nonprofit world realize, few things are as effective—or as time consuming—as fundraising events. It’s important to have an effective event fundraising marketing plan to save time and execute flawless fundraisers. What should my team consider when developing an event fundraising marketing plan?

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Qgiv

JUNE 14, 2021

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. Create a fundraising calendar for your nonprofit’s development plan.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Your organization may also bring in revenue from fundraising events, service fees, and grants. The categories that operating expenses are divided into, such as employee salaries and fundraising event costs, will be similar across most organizations.

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DoJiggy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

24/7 Fundraising: Physical fundraisers are time-bound. 24/7 Fundraising: Physical fundraisers are time-bound. In contrast, an online store keeps your fundraiser alive round the clock, ensuring you don’t miss out on potential donors across different time zones.

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Qgiv

JUNE 6, 2023

To optimize your advertising budget, create a marketing strategy to establish the best time for your organization to use ads. Include your ad campaigns in your content calendar to maximize their return on investment. Use ads to promote major fundraising campaigns, events, or cause awareness days.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 16, 2024

Budgeting Your nonprofit’s annual budget is a key financial planning document that guides your organization’s spending and fundraising efforts. Most nonprofits break down the revenue side of their budget by source. These categories may include: Individual donations of all sizes and varieties.

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Qgiv

JULY 8, 2021

What is meant to be always finds a way, and that proved to be the case with Brother Wolf Animal Rescue’s annual Puppygram fundraiser! With the various pandemic safety precautions, there was no chance their popular Puppygram fundraiser could take place in person. Moral of the Story. “It Schedule your free one-on-one demo today!

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

An important part of being an effective fundraiser is staying up to date on current fundraising trends , industry best practices, and donor preferences. In addition to the info-packed sessions and workshops, these conferences provide invaluable opportunities to connect with other fundraisers, share ideas, and encourage each other.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 17, 2024

This allows you to tailor your content calendar to your audience’s or guest’s preferences. Now that you understand how podcasts benefit your brand and your budget, let’s get into how to establish your podcast’s identity. Connect with nonprofit professionals. Who is our target audience and why would they listen? Mission-driven.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 15, 2021

Fundraising becomes much more high-stakes. Going From Volunteer to Paid Employee To get an idea of when you can start earning a nonprofit salary, you need to examine your budget and revenue forecasts. If you don’t have a budget, well, that’s your first assignment. Examine the revenue side of your budget.

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