Ann Green's Nonprofit

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Year-end fundraising season is here. However, if you just send one fundraising letter and wait for the donations to come in, prepare to be disappointed. However, if you just send one fundraising letter and wait for the donations to come in, prepare to be disappointed. Make sure you have a prominent Donate button.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

AUGUST 16, 2023

Thanking your donors is just as important, if not more important than fundraising. Yet many organizations spend a lot of time putting together a fundraising campaign and treat thanking their donors as an afterthought. It’s not only important when you’re running a fundraising campaign, but also during the “between times.”

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 9, 2024

Fundraising numbers are down. 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. Is it to ask for a donation, say thank you, or send an update?

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The Fundraising Coach

JANUARY 22, 2023

As the CEO, the leader of your nonprofit, how much time are you really giving to fundraising? You should be involving all your direct reports in some aspect of fundraising. And an easy way to do that is if they see that fundraising is important enough for you to give it time every week. You need to learn how fundraising works.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Seasoned fundraisers are well aware that fundraising involves a lot more than simply asking for donations. A fundraising calendar can help you streamline this process so you can raise more with less effort. Managing your fundraising efforts can be difficult, especially if you are working on a team.

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GiveSmart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Fall is in the air, and with it comes many opportunities to finish up this calendar year strong. What is your nonprofit doing to creatively expand your audience and steward your donors with your fall fundraising? Looking for ideas for what you can build your upcoming fall fundraiser around? Your fiscal goals are within reach.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 10, 2021

When done well, your print newsletter can be an additional source of revenue that can generate as much — if not more — than a fundraising appeal. And I’ve received nothing from hundreds of the organizations I’ve signed up with… until end-of-year fundraising rolls around. When that happens, your ask looks like spam in my inbox.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Evaluating Your 2024 Fundraising Events: What Worked and What Didnt? As 2024 wraps up, now is the perfect time for evaluating fundraising events. Refine Strategies Apply data to optimize your fundraising campaigns for 2025. Did sponsor contributions cover costs, enhance the event, or drive additional fundraising?

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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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Pamela Grow

JULY 24, 2024

When you combine the associated expenses with the costs of operating your organization day-to-day, you determine that you’ll need to add new fundraisers to your calendar to fund all of these initiatives. Fortunately, there is an answer—passive fundraising! What is passive fundraising? Let’s dive in! Thanking participants.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 24, 2024

I have been the primary fundraiser for our organization for the last 30 years. I have no training in marketing or fundraising. My goal in taking your classes was to be a better fundraiser for sure. And of course I wanted to increase our donations. But we do need to raise $350 – 400,000 in donations each year.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JUNE 18, 2024

Let’s examine some of the different aspects of fundraising and donor communication to see what kind of experience you’re giving your donors. The Fundraising Appeal Experience Your donor receives an appeal from you. You only have a few seconds to capture your donor’s attention and get her to make a donation.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

You may be familiar with the Ask, Thank, Report, Repeat formula in fundraising. Because what’s most important is to thank and report before you ask for another donation. Going a step further, fundraising expert Penelope Burk recommends seven touches before asking for another gift. Is this the first time someone has donated?

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 28, 2022

You can’t plan out your nonprofit’s impact this year without projecting your fundraising revenue. In fact, you must plan your programs first so you know what your fundraising goal is. And it’s really hard to tell donors how their donation will make a difference, because the truth is that you don’t know. Work from a plan instead.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2022

To fully fund your nonprofit, you need a diversified fundraising stream. Diversified fundraising revenue creates stability and keeps you from being dependent on one source of funding. Getting your funds from multiple sources is especially important when fundraising for a new nonprofit. No fundraising from individuals.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The nonprofit fundraising calendar tends to go through phases of ups and downs. The “up” months include the year-end giving season, where donors are inspired to make their last tax-deductible donations for the year. Incorporate these six elements into your website to see better fundraising results: 1.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 18, 2021

The best gift a nonprofit organization can receive is unrestricted cash, but an inkind donation of something your organization needs and would have otherwise purchased is also a high-value gift. Basically, it’s a non-cash donation made to a nonprofit organization. There’s more to inkind donations than you might think.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

dip in donations. The era of easy fundraising is over — it’s time to change the game, and we’ve got the Year-End and GivingTuesday playbook you need! We’ve created a comprehensive Year-End & GivingTuesday Fundraising Toolkit so you can plan your Year-End and GivingTuesday journey from start to finish.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 3, 2025

A nonprofit fundraising plan is a road map designed to help you raise the money you need to achieve your goals. It doesnt matter if you are running a multi-million dollar nonprofit organization or are a small start-up: the key to financial success is a well-thought-out fundraising plan. What is a Nonprofit Fundraising Plan?

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 6, 2024

eCardWidget’s guide to charity eCards provides examples of the different occasions nonprofits can send eCards to supporters to show they’re valued: After a donation. Thank-you emails are a staple of most nonprofits’ appreciation strategies, and you can elevate yours with eCards.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

Having the right tools in your fundraising toolkit makes your life easier. And your fundraising more productive! It takes an entrepreneurial heart to start a nonprofit, fundraising and marketing skills to grow it, and leadership skills to manage it. Can a visitor make a donation on my website in 2 clicks?

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JANUARY 25, 2024

Monthly giving is one of the few types of fundraising that did well last year. Whether you’re a big or a smaller organization or you had a good fundraising year or you didn’t, monthly giving makes so much sense (or cents). Monthly gifts are smaller, but you can raise a lot of money with lots of small donations.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The era of easy, traditional fundraising is over — it’s time to change the game, and we’ve got the Year-End and GivingTuesday 2024 playbook you need! We’ve created a comprehensive Year-End & GivingTuesday Fundraising Toolkit so you can plan your Year-End and GivingTuesday journey from start to finish. Check them out below!

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Increasing your nonprofit’s fundraising capacity is essential to compete in today’s fundraising environment. According to the 2024 Digital Fundraising Benchmark Report , new donors acquired online gave 19.4% This shows the value of dedicating more resources to growing your online fundraising efforts. Event fundraising.

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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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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As nonprofit professionals, we wait and hope all day that this is the year our campaign will go viral and bring in millions of dollars in donations. And then the following day, many small, new, or unknown (due to lack of social capital) nonprofits feel defeated because they didn’t get the donations they’d hoped for. Sound familiar?

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JANUARY 4, 2024

Have a plan in place You must have fundraising and communications/marketing plans. Take a look back at 2023 to see what worked and what didn’t in your fundraising and communications/marketing. Be sure your fundraising plan includes a diverse stream of revenue. A lot of small donations can add up! Even gifts of $5.00

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Fundraising season is upon us and it’s time to set some big year-end fundraising goals and go after them! We call it Fundraising Season and the key to maximizing your revenue potential during this special time of year is to have and execute a plan. So, what does an integrated year-end fundraising campaign look like?

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 2, 2023

Fundraising productivity is not just about how much you can get done to raise money. I doubt that’s what you want, so let’s look at 12 hacks that can keep you focused, save you time, and increase your fundraising productivity. 12 Fundraising Productivity Hacks 1. Time-block your week with an online calendar.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Whether it’s your first year participating in this wildly successful global day of giving or your ninth year, follow these tips to spread awareness about your organization and maximize those donations. It always falls on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving— mark your calendars, because GivingTuesday for 2021 is November 30th. And it works!

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Clairification

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

This is the magic season for fundraising. Because as we approach what I call the “Grateful for Blessings Holidays” (emotional trigger) and the end of the calendar year (financial/tax trigger), people naturally turn their thoughts toward generosity and philanthropic giving.

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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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OneCause

AUGUST 22, 2024

However, for nonprofits, fall also brings about a whole new array of seasonal fundraising opportunities! It’s time to start planning your fall fundraising calendar. To help you out, we’ve compiled a list of 20 fundraising ideas that are perfect for autumn. Either charge an admission fee or pass around a donation basket.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

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. But for most people, planning for fundraising isn’t easy. 13 Pre-Planning Best Practices for Fundraising 1.

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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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Candid

JULY 26, 2022

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? Our first tip is to set your organization up for overall fundraising stability. The result?

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Text-to-give is a powerful donation tool that offers donors a way to easily give to their favorite nonprofits right from their phones. Text-to-give tools streamline the donation process and can even encourage donors to give more (and more frequently!). There are many ways you can use text-to-give to improve your fundraising strategy.

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