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Pledges vs. Donations: Understanding the Difference

Pamela Grow

Organizations that rely on donations to continue serving their communities or participants, whether they are nonprofits, schools, or sports teams, must focus on providing high-quality donor experiences. But how can you make sure the act of donating is both easy for donors and maximizes results for your organization?

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Nail Your Request for Donations During Economic Ups, Downs, and Crisis Times

Get Fully Funded

For most of us, fundraising isn’t something that comes naturally, especially a straight request for donations. We all grew up learning that it wasn’t polite to talk about money and it definitely wasn’t right to ask your friends and family for handouts. It takes much more than just opening your doors to get donations to come your way.

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Is Cause Marketing Really a Disaster After Disasters?

Selfish Giving

Let’s begin with the definition of cause marketing. Point of Sale - A chain mobilizes its storefronts to ask customers to donate to agencies that are helping quake victims. 100% of the money goes right to these nonprofits; the company is merely a pass through.

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Time Running Out To Comply With California Fundraising Law

The NonProfit Times

Passed in 2021 , it establishes a new statutory framework regulating online charitable fundraising platforms. The law establishes new registration and reporting requirements, mandating certain key donor disclosures, and enacting various requirements to safeguard charitable donations received over the internet, according to Karen I.

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How to Prevent Donor Fatigue in a Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

Regardless, it’s something to be concerned about BEFORE you see a decrease in your donations. Donor fatigue refers to the feeling someone gets when they’re tired of receiving donation requests. Donors may start to feel taken for granted and that definitely won’t motivate them to give. I’ll show you. What is Donor Fatigue?

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Shrinking Congregations, Smaller Donations

Planned Giving

An entire generation of older, more generous parishioners is passing. Shrinking Congregations, Smaller Donations Ignoring the Warnings Since the pandemic, “one in five U.S. Its primary fuel – donations – is drying up and disappearing. What happens when those parishioners pass away? So what’s a church to do?

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Stories from Donors in the 2021 Burk Donor Survey on Why They Give

Penelope Burk

A family was transitioning out of homelessness into their own home and a local agency reached out to the community to ask for donations to help the family get established. I donated towels and, when I dropped them off, I expected to do this anonymously. My deep gratitude, which I express through giving, continues to this day.