RBW Strategy

JUNE 11, 2024

This has led to a more robust definitions section and ensures a lack of ambiguity. The National Council of Nonprofits wrote a great memo on this and the importance of this update for nonprofit organizations. This will mean less pushback from PTEs and more funding for impactful programs.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

AUGUST 16, 2023

If you’ve been using the same letter template for a while, take time to freshen it up. I would definitely send something by mail a few times a year. Sincerely, Lisa Barnes Board Member, Eastside Community Food Pantry If you can’t send handwritten cards or call all your donors, send them a personal and heartfelt letter.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Autumn definitely means “go time” in the life of a fundraiser, often because it signals the start of year-end , a period of time you may get upwards of 60% or more of your annual donations. Even if you don’t follow a definitive fundraising calendar , it’s still vital to come up with a year-end fundraising plan —and stick to it.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

A very common “go-to” funding idea for small nonprofits is fundraising events. Here are three kinds of fundraising events that work for most nonprofits and how to choose the right one for you. You already know that every dollar counts in your nonprofit. So, what’s the RIGHT event for your nonprofit?

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Autumn definitely means “go time” in the life of a fundraiser, often because it signals the start of year-end , a period of time you may get upwards of 60% or more of your annual donations. Even if you don’t follow a definitive fundraising calendar, it’s still vital to come up with a year-end fundraising plan—and stick to it.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

You see, your annual fundraising plan is a treasure map that leads you to the exact activities that will raise the most money for your nonprofit over the course of the coming year. Or the search for the perfect template. A nonprofit I work with has tried several different campaigns on Valentine’s Day, and they always fail to ignite.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 12, 2022

It’s definitely not as many as we would like. Think about it: If you receive three or four emails in a row from a nonprofit you support, a blogger you follow, or your favorite store and the content is boring or useless to you, how long before you stop opening them? Less is definitely more! Still, we all want better open rates.

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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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CauseVox

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Planning for GivingTuesday 2024 It’s no secret that you have the opportunity to capitalize on the momentum of GivingTuesday to fundraise for your nonprofit: the challenge is what GivingTuesday best practices and ideas will help your nonprofit capture attention? In fact, 57% of people who watch nonprofit videos go on to make a donation.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The holidays are coming soon and that means you need to be ready to make the most of it, starting with getting your nonprofit website spiffed up, donor friendly, and ready to receive donations. Here’s a list of 6 things you can do to get your nonprofit website ready for the holidays. That’s a problem. Spiff up your home page.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 30, 2023

Donors don’t love your nonprofit just because you want them to. If you need help, here’s a donor-focused newsletter template you can use. Donors love hearing from the leader of the nonprofit, especially when it’s a “thanks for your support” message. Relationships take time to develop. Plan your Asks.

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Cain Nonprofit Solutions

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Or an individual nonprofit staffer (like you) might have a goal to “gain a grant writing certification” or something similar. I’ve also included some short definitions and examples to keep you or other members of your team from getting confused on how to create great goals, objectives, and outcomes. Goals are typically broad in scope.

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

As the world begins to open again post-COVID, nonprofits are faced with a new kind of challenge: it’s been over a year since we’ve been running events the way we used to. To help you stretch a small team working on big goals, we have our favorite time-saving tricks for nonprofit fundraising events. Use Templates To Keep You On Track.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 22, 2024

T’was the night before GivingTuesday in the nonprofit sphere, When some organizations would try peer-to-peer. Your organization is vying for donor attention with thousands of other great nonprofits. They are almost definitely not thinking about it in September, or counting down the days. Apologies to Clement Clarke Moore).

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Blackbaud

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Nonprofits and grantmaking organizations are typically not known for being on the forefront of technology. According to a research report by Twilio, 58% of nonprofits are using AI as part of their communication, compared with 47% of B2C for-profit businesses. Encourage your staff members that AI should not be used as an endpoint.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

However, many nonprofits and libraries aren't using apps, for various reasons. The App It Up project is here to help, by identifying - and even creating - apps specifically for nonprofits and libraries. First, a quick definition. Some nonprofits and libraries are even creating their own apps. What Is an App?

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 6, 2022

If your fundraising plan doesn’t include a strategy for finding, cultivating, and asking major donors for a large donation, you’re missing out on some big gifts for your small nonprofit. But I learned a few tricks that worked beautifully and now I want to share them with you so you can get big gifts for your small nonprofit.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

This was the scenario for Mentor New York, a nonprofit that works with companies, schools and organizations to provide mentoring for organizations that serve more than 80,000 young people in New York. Like most nonprofits, Mentor New York had to pivot during the pandemic to virtual events and engagement for its supporters.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 25, 2022

You, your donors, and your volunteers all work together in harmony to deliver your nonprofit’s services to those who need it. When people are bored, they tune out and stop donating, leaving your nonprofit in the dust. We’re a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Share WHO your nonprofit serves. What does a bad message do?

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 9, 2021

How much does your nonprofit need to raise and how are you going to acquire those funds? This blog post explores how to create an annual fundraising plan and even provides a helpful annual fundraising plan template to help putting together your fundraising plan easier. Ready to download the template? Download Template.

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Peak Proposals

JANUARY 10, 2021

million nonprofits in the United States alone, and the largest nonprofits, those operating at the national or international level, are similar in structure to large for-profit companies. Despite their numbers, it’s fairly unusual to see software companies directly target the nonprofit sector in their marketing materials.

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CauseVox

APRIL 13, 2022

As virtual fundraisers have grown in importance and popularity over the past couple years, peer to peer fundraisers have emerged as a necessary tool for nonprofits looking to raise more with less effort. This should include templates for emails, texts, and social media posts as well as information about the campaign.

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Just Write Grants

APRIL 8, 2024

Does wrangling content for your nonprofit's newsletter feel most like: a) A walk in the park with a basket full of adorable puppies? If you answered B or C, you're definitely not alone. Countless nonprofit heroes like yourself struggle with crafting compelling content that resonates with your audience.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Here are some additional resources that include templates and examples of inventories, tech budget worksheets and other essentials: A really useful quick and easy, and also free tool to get started with is TechSoup Canada’s Tech Self-Assessment. It’s definitely tech planning made simple. Additional Resources.

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CauseVox

APRIL 22, 2022

To provide some background, Invest in Kids is a Denver-based nonprofit dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of young children and families across the state through a wide spectrum of services including prenatal care, social-emotional learning, and in-home family therapy.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

One of the best ways to keep your supporters up-to-date with your news and events is with a regular nonprofit newsletter from your organization. How can a newsletter help my nonprofit? Nonprofit Newsletter Template. Templates can be created that convert multi-column content into a single-column view for mobile devices.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

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. Nonprofits rely on donations and unless you are independently wealthy and able to self-fund your organization, you’ll need to share with folks a request for donations. It’s true.

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Tech Soup

JULY 2, 2012

SlideRocket also has drag-and-drop authoring tools and customizable presentation templates that allow users to create presentations from any web browser. An example is the nonprofit Hoshyar Foundation ’s beautiful presentation about educating girls in Pakistan that went viral and got 2,000 to 5,000 hits per day.

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Selfish Giving

APRIL 29, 2019

They include activities that are both common to the fundraising sector and unique to their nonprofit at the same time. It’s hard to come up with one single definition of what the word means, or create best practice tactics that work for everyone. Companies want nonprofits to communicate exactly how their dollars are impacting mission.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 23, 2022

billion to nonprofits on Giving Tuesday in 2021. On Giving Tuesday, donors who might normally give $25 may step up to give $100 and people who have never given at all may give to two or three nonprofits in a single day. Sadly, some nonprofits don’t see the opportunity. Donors gave an astounding $2.7 How do I get in on that? .

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 27, 2021

You’re undoubtedly familiar with donation forms for nonprofits. But they’re only one kind of form nonprofits use on their websites. In addition to raising money online , nonprofits use forms to build email lists, to recruit new volunteers, to onboard clients, and in lots of other applications. Let’s take a look! Conclusion.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 18, 2015

That's why government, the private sector, and nonprofits have all been increasingly adopting telework. With all those potential benefits, what's stopping nonprofits from allowing their staff and volunteers to work remotely? The Citrix free kit on How to Build Your Workshifting Strategy is definitely worth checking out.

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CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

Since 2012, thousands of nonprofits have run campaigns on CauseVox ’s fundraising platform. Catalogue for Philanthropy made use of Giving Tuesday Now (a national fundraising day to support nonprofits through COVID) to hype up their own one-day giving event online. Livestream Event. For a low-key event, make it a lunch and learn.

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Qgiv

MAY 3, 2023

Fundraising calendars help set your nonprofit up for success for the entire year. These calendars are designed to guide your organization to success, and while they may look a little different for each nonprofit, the benefits remain the same. Planning ahead ensures you’ll stay organized and keeps you on track with your goals.

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Strategic Grants

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Ideally this plan is based on a template you can tailor for each new funder, and is either complimentary to, or includes, your acquittal reporting plan. It is the quality and most definitely NOT the quantity of applications. A great way to keep on top of this is to create a stewardship plan as soon as a grant has been confirmed.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 19, 2023

To make fundraising a little easier for nonprofits, we put together this list of nonprofit fundraising best practices. Each of the items below is a best practice your nonprofit can use to raise crucial funds for your mission. How can you ensure you’ve found the right tools for your nonprofit? Read on to learn more!

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

Obviously you don’t want to include everyone who fits those definitions, so how do you choose? You’re looking for folks who: Are recognized and connected within the community Have experience in the nonprofit sphere Will work hard and contribute over the long haul Are not afraid to ask for a donation.

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