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Your Planned Giving Budget: A Simple Formula

Planned Giving

This quick guide outlines approximate numbers for budgeting planned giving efforts across organizations of various sizes, offering actionable benchmarks to help secure financial sustainability. Targeting higher education primarily, the strategies here also apply to nonprofits with operating budgets between $1 million and $60 million.

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Lessons learned: Using demographic data to move from intention to action 

Candid

As more funders seek to use demographic data to inform their grantmaking decision-making, 125 partners have now joined the Demographics via Candid movement. The process and timing of asking nonprofits for demographic data matters. The process and timing of asking nonprofits for demographic data matters.

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Demographics via Candid: A data-driven approach to encourage equitable funding practices

Candid

By better understanding the demographic profile of those organizations that are—and are not—receiving funding, we can more closely track if they are representative of the communities they serve and whether they are getting the support they need to deliver on their missions. Introducing Demographics via Candid.

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Lessons from MotivateMonday | Great Fundraising Organizations (and how to become one!)

Pamela Grow

Invest in the Long Term: Giles Pegram, a UK consultant, found that a $1 million investment in fundraising produced a 12x return over 14 years compared to traditional investments.But nonprofits often demand immediate results, tying fundraising to one-year or three-year budgets. Our day-to-day overwhelm here in the US is intense. Passive even.

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4 Proven Direct Mail Fundraising Strategies For Nonprofits

Pamela Grow

You can create targeted mailing lists based on giving history, demographics, and interests. The messages you send are more than fundraising appeals ; theyre opportunities to nurture relationships, share your story, and inspire action. It offers a personal touch that builds trust, evokes emotion, and drives meaningful engagement.

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5 Tips for Securing Appealing Nonprofit Auction Items

Greater Giving

To help you get started, this guide will discuss four proven tips for procuring auction prizes your audience will want to bid on while sticking to your event budget. Let’s dive in! But if you want to engage volunteers with young children, consider offering family-friendly prizes (amusement park tickets, popular toys, etc.)

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What it takes to be more data driven

Candid

Candid and the Center collaborated to encourage Center members to update their profiles with enough information to earn a Gold Seal, which requires organizations to share demographic information about their leadership. They also received a downloadable file of all the demographic data available in GuideStar. . Learn more here. .

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