Greater Giving

DECEMBER 2, 2024

7 Must-Have Members of Your Nonprofit’s Fundraising Team With a dedicated nonprofit fundraising team, you’ll execute more effective strategies, plan impactful events, and attain more funding for your mission. That’s where this guide comes in—we’ll discuss the must-have members of your nonprofit’s fundraising team.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 23, 2025

Those who have discovered and leveraged it are successfully unlocking new opportunities by maximizing their complimentary ad budget to drive donor engagement, increase event attendance, and raise awareness of their programs and initiatives.

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Candid

JANUARY 28, 2025

NTENs Nonprofit Digital Investment Report notes 45% of nonprofits indicated they werent spending enough on technology, citing lack of budget (77%), lack of funder support (47%) and lack of donor support (38%). With small budgets come small staffs juggling multiple priorities. Seek out capacity-building opportunities.

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Big Fundraising Ideas

MARCH 18, 2025

How to Secure Sponsorships for Your School Fundraisers Blog Summary: School fundraisers are crucial for enhancing educational experiences. School fundraisers have always played a vital role in bringing communities together and supporting important educational initiatives.

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GiveSmart

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Managing your annual budget—and multiple budgets within it—is one of the most crucial components of running a nonprofit organization. Learn more about what a nonprofit fiscal year is and how you can arrange your budget to best meet your organization’s financial needs below. What is a Nonprofit Fiscal Year?

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

A very common “go-to” funding idea for small nonprofits is fundraising events. Some fundraising events are huge, drawing attendees and sponsors like moths to a flame. You can raise money with all kinds of fundraising events like parties, galas, sporting events, concerts… and the list goes on and on. BUT the flip side?

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Blackbaud

APRIL 4, 2024

Let’s face it—budget planning can cause a lot of stress and anxiety for nonprofits. Most organizations face frequent budget cuts, which creates organizational uncertainty and a scramble for new funding options. Analyzing your budget this way also allows you to understand the ROI of each program.

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Just Write Grants

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Grant writing is a critical component of nonprofit fundraising, but it often comes with its own set of challenges. Include metrics and success stories to back up your claims. Budgeting and Financials 5.1 Challenge Creating a detailed and accurate budget that aligns with the grant’s requirements can be complex.

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Allied Grant Writers

MARCH 17, 2025

Traditionally, funding for these institutions has come from tithes, donations, and local fundraising efforts. Churches that invest in research and development for new programswhether in youth ministry, senior outreach, or interfaith dialogueoften rely on grants to test new ideas without overextending their regular budgets.

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DoJiggy

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Enhanced User Experience Tech tools can elevate the attendee experience, making it seamless and engaging: Mobile Apps: Provide attendees with an event schedule, map, and event updates on your fundraising website. Digital Fundraising: Incorporate online auctions , merchandise sales, and virtual donation requests.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Before you begin any project involving data analysis, start by clearly outlining your goal so you know which metrics to analyze. Achievable: Assess your current resources such as staff, budget, and marketing channels to determine whether your goal is realistic. Understand donors’ giving behaviors. Monitor data and adjust your appeals.

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Think and Ink Grants

JANUARY 13, 2025

Doing More with Less Budget constraints and economic pressures are forcing organizations to stretch their resources. This begins with defining your metrics of success before the project even starts. Invest in Relationships with Funders At the core of successful fundraising is trust and connection. Let's chat here.

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GrantNews

JANUARY 2, 2025

Social fundraising is when a nonprofit showcases a social cause it is missioned to address. In truth, tracking metrics like donor retention, return per acquisition, and volunteer engagement helps teams increases productivity, optimize their marketing budget and more. For example, A/B testing collects valuable data.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2022

To get started, let’s go over some of the types of metrics your nonprofits can track: Types of Data Analytics for Nonprofits. Fundraising Metrics. One of the most crucial data sets to keep an eye on are your fundraising metrics. Social Media Metrics. Fundraising Event Metrics.

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Center for Major Gifts

JANUARY 22, 2025

Organizations that use data analytics in fundraising report significantly higher major gifts and donor retention rates than those that rely on guesswork. This article aims to show how nonprofits can leverage wealth screening, engagement metrics, and analytical tools to identify and qualify top prospects.

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The Fundraising Coach

JUNE 15, 2021

He's been on all sides of a nonprofit - running the fundraising, analyzing nonprofit databases, and consulting to nonprofits. Here, he shares the basics of creating an effective nonprofit fundraising plan. You can see his tweets about nonprofit fundraising, and about Labrador retrievers, by following him on Twitter @TClayBuck.

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amplifi

JANUARY 30, 2025

Successful fundraising campaigns involve prioritizing donors to reach the right supporters with the right message that inspires someone to make a difference. At amplifi, we use the 12-month metric but feel free to choose what works best for your audience. This metric can be a little trickier to track. Its no secret. Engagement.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

Need to create your 2021 fundraising plan? Register for the course, “How To Create A Fundraising Plan For 2021” for only $115. “If And as far as fundraising planning goes, your fundraising plans were thrown off. Creating a Fundraising Plan. Creating a fundraising plan may seem daunting.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Does a nonprofit’s mission statement influence its fundraising efforts? New research conducted using data from Candid suggests that understanding this relationship can boost your nonprofit’s fundraising success. from 2016–2018 and added a number of financial metrics to the spreadsheet. For our first project,?

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

As your nonprofit organization continues to grow, it’s time to consider investing in an effective fundraising platform that truly accommodates your nonprofit’s size, financial needs, and developing fundraising strategies. Why is fundraising important for nonprofits? Leverage Nonprofit Fundraising Best Practices.

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CauseVox

MARCH 30, 2022

Meat Fight is a nonprofit dedicated to “funlanthropy” who has used CauseVox to set records in their digital fundraising. Meat Fight uses CauseVox for their peer to peer fundraising , crowdfunding pages , and donation pages. Peer to Peer Fundraising. Benefit: Fundraising On Autopilot. Pro Fundraising Tip.

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Just Write Grants

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Offering volunteer opportunities, corporate matching gift programs, or employee-driven fundraising campaigns can strengthen your partnership. Use metrics to show how their investment will make a difference in the community. If your nonprofit provides opportunities for employee engagement, highlight these in your grant proposal.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Silent auctions are a classic go-to fundraising event, and for good reason. From large in-person events to casual virtual gatherings, fundraising silent auctions can generate much-needed revenue and strengthen donor relationships. To determine these target metrics, review past event results. Determining the auction budget.

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The Fundraising Coach

MARCH 6, 2024

These interactions can be anything from attending a fundraising event to donating online. In this guide, we’ll explore three ways your nonprofit can inspire these positive feelings among donors through online fundraising. Let’s get started with the most important part of the conversation: choosing effective technology.

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Center for Major Gifts

JANUARY 25, 2025

A defined moves management framework makes your fundraising efforts more efficient and fosters genuine, long-term connections with donors. Remove duplicates, verify contact details, and capture crucial data points like donation history, event attendance, and engagement metrics (e.g., email opens).

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

This involves strategic budgeting and financial planning, as well as implementing thorough reporting and accountability measures. Budgeting and Financial Planning Creating a well-defined budget is essential when applying for local grants. Establish a system to track metrics and achievements linked to grant-funded initiatives.

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DoJiggy

JULY 29, 2024

PPC, or pay-per-click advertising, is a powerful tool that charitable organizations can leverage to drive fundraising success. It allows them to target specific audiences, track performance metrics, and optimize campaigns for maximum impact. In fact, the most favorable return on investment (ROI) was $4.78

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Just Write Grants

JUNE 30, 2023

Most nonprofit professionals would agree that's child's play compared to managing a nonprofit's grant budget. I'm sharing seven practical and actionable strategies to maximize your grant budget, ensuring each dollar works towards fostering positive transformation. Establish clear metrics and benchmarks to gauge progress and impact.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

APRIL 14, 2023

That is exactly how I felt when Julie Boll joined the Fundraising HayDay podcast. You can hear everything Kimberly and I discussed with Julie here: Leadership Isn’t Perfection | Fundraising HayDay (podbean.com). The officer asked to revert to our original budget (equipment issues). I thought we were back on track.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 30, 2024

As you navigate the world of fundraising, donor relationships, and program management, you’re bound to make a few mistakes—and that’s not a bad thing! We’ll walk through the process using the example of a capital campaign fundraising event —an important fundraising event for any nonprofit looking to grow its long-term fundraising capacity.

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Blackbaud

JULY 24, 2024

Analyzing budgets. Your accountant will use your recorded financial data to review your nonprofit’s annual operating budget and suggest revisions before it goes to your board for final approval. They’ll also perform budget vs. actual comparisons throughout the year to help keep your organization’s spending and fundraising on track.

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The Fundraising Coach

APRIL 12, 2023

Fundraising is essential to your nonprofit’s strategy. Therefore, it’s important that you do everything you can to make sure the fundraising campaigns you host are as impactful and productive as possible. Even if you run a successful fundraising campaign and have incredibly generous donors , things can still go wrong!

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 17, 2024

Now that you understand how podcasts benefit your brand and your budget, let’s get into how to establish your podcast’s identity. For example, established donors might like to hear about how your fundraising initiatives are going, whereas people who are encountering your nonprofit for the first time might be more interested in your backstory.

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Joe Garecht Fundraising

JANUARY 10, 2022

For most fundraisers, nonprofit grant writing is incredibly frustrating: in many cases, it seems like a roll of the dice. Here they are, in no particular order: #1: Systemize Your Grant Fundraising Program. The best way to do this is to systemize your grant fundraising program. 2: Do Grant Research on a Regular Basis.

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Nonprofit Support Centers Local organizations that provide resources and support for fundraising efforts. Budget A clear, itemized budget outlining how funds will be used efficiently. Be Realistic : Set achievable goals and present a realistic budget.

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Big Fundraising Ideas

DECEMBER 10, 2024

How Can We Use Data Analytics to Improve Our Fundraising Strategies? Blog Summary: In todays competitive landscape, nonprofits, schools, and community groups can significantly enhance their fundraising efforts by leveraging data analytics. Understanding Data Analytics in Fundraising What Is Data Analytics?

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CauseVox

JANUARY 12, 2022

As nonprofit fundraisers, we’re always thinking about our donors first. But donors aren’t the only people who make your fundraising events and campaigns successful, and they aren’t the only people whose needs you should be considering. Fundraising campaign promotion to their audience. ” tweet this. Gift match agreement.

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