Strategic Grants

JANUARY 29, 2025

Build and maintain a collaborative culture within your teams and invest in professional development to retain skilled staff and volunteers. For-Purpose approach: Strong teamwork and strategic communication are vital. Find out more here.

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Tech Soup

MAY 10, 2017

This month, I'd like to provide some useful best practices for nonprofits to engage and retain donors. He works as a consultant and coach to nonprofits, foundations, and educators, with a focus on marketing and fundraising in a multichannel and multiscreen world. Find Michael Stein on Twitter at @mstein63.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

AUGUST 3, 2022

Other than Personnel (OTPS): All expenses outside of personnel costs and fringe benefits, including the following: Consultants Training Equipment Rental Supplies Meeting Expenses Travel. Remember that grantmakers want you to pay your staff and consultants a fair price, not an extravagant one. Step 1: Adhere to the requirements.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

He outlines questions nonprofit boards should ask to successfully recruit and retain members of color: how board diversity will affect the organizations work, whether theyre expanding their network of potential board candidates, and whether theyre building an inclusive and welcoming board culture.

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Blackbaud

JUNE 25, 2024

But like the rest of the nonprofit world, you face unique challenges when it comes to retaining employees, ranging from tight compensation budgets to work-balance issues. You may also choose to work with an HR consultant to design your Total Rewards strategy. This will set you up for a successful consulting experience.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

MARCH 12, 2024

Prediction 4: It will continue to be difficult for nonprofits to hire and retain key fundraising positions. Hiring a grant consultant to outsource tasks can help current fundraising staff avoid burnout and focus on other vital work. This is our fourth grant prediction for 2024.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 11, 2024

Staffing The National Council of Nonprofits reports that “nonprofits around the country are reporting significant challenges retaining staff and filling vacancies. A good consultant can build your Ask+Thank+Report+Repeat systems, allowing your staff the time for stewardship and data.

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Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Burk shows you what it takes to hire, train, and retain top people and build healthy fully functioning nonprofits. That doesn’t mean pulling in a consultant once a year for a pep talk at a board retreat. But how, exactly, do you get from point A to point Z? It doesn’t mean asking your board members to share a list of contacts.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2021

For the past 26 years, she has contributed organizational and individual value as a thought leader, manager, author, mentor, coach and consultant throughout the United States, and in selected projects in Africa and Central America. Set targets for acquiring and retaining more followers every year, starting right now. Emphasize those.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

This new discount program allows TechSoup member organizations to directly communicate with an HR expert by requesting two- or four-hour consultation packages. These consultation hours can be divided up and used across multiple sessions, with each session having a fifteen-minute minimum. HR Expert Guidance Across a Range of Expertise.

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Blackbaud

APRIL 1, 2024

How do we recruit and retain people, raise the level of engagement, and empower them to be their best? Can we spread this work beyond our departments and be catalysts for vibrant cultures of belonging? Join Blackbaud experts to learn how these secure integrations can extend your software’s capabilities.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

For example, if you hire a fundraising consultant but that consultant does not succeed in helping your organization raise more money, you will end up overspending on fundraising. Fees paid to fundraising consultants or outsourced help like a grant writer. If you’re outside the U.S.,

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Blackbaud

JULY 30, 2024

As you implement these tips into your nonprofit’s major donor prospecting efforts, you should periodically evaluate your results so you can improve your strategy over time.

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Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Funding Operations: Increasing general operating funding support is another approach that goes a long way toward reducing the administrative burden on grantees and enabling organizations to provide competitive compensation and attract and retain talented staff.

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Think and Ink Grants

AUGUST 19, 2024

At Think and Ink Grant Consulting, we’ve developed a proven approach to winning federal grants across various agencies. This approach helps ensure the information is retained. Shavonn About Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC Shavonn is the Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Focus on Acquiring and Retaining Donors. So, if you know you want to attract high-impact donors and retain them, turn to the data in your CRM. Focus on Acquiring and Retaining Donors. How can you best engage potential donors as they begin the giver’s journey and retain them after the gift? . Develop a Strategy.

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The NonProfit Times

JULY 17, 2024

To effectively retain and encourage top fundraisers, it is essential to understand the elements of retention and its effect on finances. Mountcastle, president and principal consultant, Health Giving The post The Contradiction Within Healthcare Fundraising appeared first on The NonProfit Times.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

When you find ways to personalize these types of outreach, you can more effectively capture donors’ attention and retain their support. Sharing major donors’ impact is crucial to retaining their long-term support. Encourage engagement beyond donating. Report on donors’ impact.

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amplifi

JULY 25, 2024

Varying your outreach is critical to growing relationships with donors and retaining them over time. READ MORE: Why are you struggling to retain donors? When donors are asked to give again and again without other meaningful interactions in between, they feel like ATMs. And then don’t let off the gas! You understate a donor’s impact.

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Qgiv

MARCH 14, 2023

The organizations that can do the best job of retaining donors in 2023 will be most successful—not just in this year, but for years to come. He has over 35 years of nonprofit leadership experience as a CEO, advancement professional, human resources professional, and consultant. drop in donor retention in Q3 of 2022.

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Candid

MAY 5, 2021

Also, after hiring an employee, you’ll want to retain them. You can hire training consultants for specific skills or find nonprofit learning courses from online sources. Keep in mind that to even get candidates to apply, you need to build the kind of environment in which your model employees would want to work.

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Center for Major Gifts

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Demonstrating impact is not just about retaining donorsits about fostering meaningful relationships that lead to sustained philanthropic investment. When donors feel like true partners in the mission, they are far more likely to continue their support, increase their giving, and even encourage others to get involved.

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GiveSmart

AUGUST 12, 2024

Both want to attract and retain donors to further their nonprofit's cause. Attract more donors You can attract and retain more donors by using customer-centric solutions and joining marketing and technology teams to safeguard it. When your marketing teams require advanced software to attract and retain donors, partner with GiveSmart.

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GiveSmart

APRIL 24, 2024

Both want to attract and retain donors to further their nonprofit’s cause. Attract more donors You can attract and retain more donors by using customer-centric solutions and joining marketing and technology teams to safeguard it. Nonprofit development and marketing teams share similar goals in an organization.

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Grants4Good

JUNE 24, 2024

In this session, we explore how Bloomerang’s donor management and fundraising software not only simplifies tracking donations and grants but also enhances your ability to engage and retain donors effectively. is Owner and CEO of Grants4Good LLC ®, a grant writing training and consulting company based in New York.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

As a result, you can grow your overall donor base, retain more long-term supporters, and get more dollars into your programming. However, an effective training process can mitigate these struggles by informing your team of fundraising strategy best practices and coordinated communications. Step 4: Reward success.

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GiveSmart

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Recent research from the Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) , a collaboration among fundraising data, providers, researchers, analysts, associations, and consultants to empower the sector to track and evaluate trends in giving, continues to show that nonprofit organizations are retaining fewer and fewer donors in the post-pandemic era.

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CauseVox

JUNE 23, 2022

Nathan Hill is the VP of Marketing at NextAfter , a fundraising consulting research lab and institute on a mission to unleash generosity. Attracting and retaining major donors is a top priority for all nonprofit organizations. Between website copy, social media, emails, and more, there are so many avenues for reaching out to donors.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Plus, by building relationships with advocacy leaders you can receive valuable referrals about top advocacy software solutions and fundraising consultants who can help take your campaign to the next level. Plus, encouraging volunteers to get along can help build a community around your nonprofit, increasing your ability to retain supporters.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

During the session “Crush Your Year-End Fundraising in the New Normal,” nonprofit consultant Pamela Grow provides a template for effectively running your year-end fundraising campaign. Every year, total donations during Q4 increase, so it’s essential that you retain your donors. Explore how Bloomerang can help you retain more donors.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The latest metrics from Fundraising Report Card’s Benchmarks show that: 19% of first-time donors are retained on average. 53% of repeat donors are retained on average. If you want more support, consider partnering with a fundraising consultant for tailored advice. Then, compare them to the average retention rates for nonprofits.

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Qgiv

MAY 14, 2021

He previously served as director of IT consulting at a fundraising event production company focused on nonprofits. Email continues to be an important tool in a nonprofit’s peer-to-peer fundraising toolkit. The post Send Targeted Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Emails for Better Results appeared first on Qgiv Blog.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 11, 2023

All it takes is telling your team (including contractors and volunteers) to acquire X number or percentage of new donors, retain Y percentage of existing donors, and upgrade Z percentage of existing donors to the next level. Setting up KPIs for donor acquisition, retention, and upgrading is a great place to start.

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Bonterra

MARCH 13, 2024

Streamline time and money spent on repetitive data hygiene activities and third-party consultants. With less Reduce staff burnout and turnover by adding critical capacity and expertise to your team.

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Qgiv

JUNE 7, 2021

He previously served as director of IT consulting at a fundraising event production company focused on nonprofits. Email continues to be an important tool in a nonprofit’s peer-to-peer fundraising toolkit. The post Send Targeted Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Emails for Better Results Copy appeared first on Qgiv Blog.

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Gail Perry Group

MAY 16, 2024

It’s your first step toward retaining this donor for the long run. Invariably, as fundraising consultants, we find that our clients are struggling with lame, tired sounding thank you notes. That’s why feelings are important. How would you rate your organization's thank you letters to donors? Are they warm and gracious?

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 16, 2023

As a nonprofit professional, you know how important hosting fundraising events is to both expanding your donor base and retaining existing donors. In these cases, you can consider adding a section about specific food allergies to your online waiver—just remember to consult your legal team about any additions you make to the waiver.

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