GiveSmart

JANUARY 23, 2025

There are pockets of opportunity to better engage donors, invest in technology, and better strategize fundraising efforts. What can you and your team expect in the fundraising event, donor relationship, and nonprofit marketing landscapes? However, its important to remember: AI is not a replacement for a qualified fundraiser.

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NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Here are five that can help guide your fundraising strategy. It’s crucial to stay up to date with trends in philanthropy.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 31, 2025

Learn practical techniques for leveraging geographic information system (GIS) technology to pinpoint donor demographics, tailor outreach campaigns, and maximize fundraising impact through targeted engagement. Sign up to watch the webinar.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JUNE 25, 2024

By Gabrielle Perham With so much information available at their fingertips, it can be overwhelming and difficult for your supporters to fully absorb it all. Demographics One of the simplest ways to segment your donors is by demographics. Check out these donor segmentation strategies.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 30, 2024

Whether you’re future-proofing your fundraisers by focusing on future giving initiatives or leveraging low-cost digital channels to acquire donors , your nonprofit can still inspire enough support to keep its operations going strong. However, you’ll need to consider the ethics of collecting this information. Charitable giving saw a 2.1%

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 15, 2024

For many nonprofits, a live or silent auction is the pinnacle of their fundraising event calendar. Collect Data on Auction Item Sales Like with most fundraisers, referencing past data in the planning process can greatly boost your auction’s success. Happy fundraising!

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Candid

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Fundraising and AI Nonprofit fundraising in an election year is especially tough. What can fundraisers do? Not surprisingly, the Candid insights article with the most pageviews brings together two hot topics, one cyclical and one perennial: elections and nonprofit fundraising. by Chris Maddocks, Blue State.

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The Fundraising Coach

MAY 30, 2024

One of the best ways to identify your most enthusiastic donors is by looking closely at demographics. Demographics are key to understanding your audience, which will help you create informed campaign strategies and personalized messaging for top donors. Then, tailor your outreach based on generation.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 10, 2024

So, if you’re considering launching a GivingTuesday fundraising campaign , having a strong presence on social media is a no-brainer for success. Free Download: Year-End & GivingTuesday Fundraising Toolkit 1. An example of storytelling in a Raising Hope Dogs GivingTuesday social media fundraising campaign.

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Big Fundraising Ideas

APRIL 22, 2025

Beyond Fundraising: Building Community Through SchoolEvents Blog Summary: School fundraising is more than just collecting donations-its an opportunity to bring together students, parents, teachers, and local businesses to create lasting memories and a sense of belonging. But fundraising isnt just about meeting monetary goals.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 10, 2024

By personalizing your donation letters, your nonprofit can increase fundraising revenue and develop long-lasting supporter relationships. These letters are particularly impactful during nonprofit giving days like GivingTuesday and targeted fundraising campaigns, providing a personal touch that can resonate with recipients. Key steps 1.

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Blackbaud

MARCH 20, 2025

That translates into increased donations and fundraising success, she said. Here are the top 5 CRM tech trends Leggett says enterprise fundraising organizations should pay close attention to in the coming year. Migrating to a Cloud-Based CRM Moving to a cloud-based CRM platform is a trend thats gaining momentum.

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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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Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Audiences can be categorized into different segments based on their demographic information and donation behavior. Infographics, charts, and visuals can also help make complex information more digestible and showcase the difference your organization makes.

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GiveSmart

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The end of the calendar year is around the corner—the single biggest fundraising opportunity of the year! This guide will show you how to create a year-end fundraising campaign that will effectively reach the hearts and wallets of donors during this spike in end-of-year donations.

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Candid

JULY 26, 2022

Donors and grant funders are able to see a high-level overview of this information in an organization’s IRS Form 990, which shows how much the organization has made and how much it has dedicated to various costs both overhead-related and programmatic. Our first tip is to set your organization up for overall fundraising stability.

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Candid

MARCH 28, 2024

Candid began collecting demographic data from nonprofit organizations in July 2019, encouraging them to share information on their leadership, staff, and board members on their nonprofit profiles. Among organizations that did not share demographic data, 65% were unaware that this section of their profile was incomplete.

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Blackbaud

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Too often, we overlook informal methods of giving—such as mutual aid networks, crowdfunding, or even peer-to-peer fundraising—because they aren’t being tracked in traditional ways. This approach ensures that organizations are not just informed but equipped to implement best practices effectively.

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Pamela Grow

AUGUST 15, 2023

When you’ve successfully embraced permission-based marketing, you convert your fundraising systems into donor attraction systems. So, before you embark on integrating texting into your organization’s fundraising program, be very intentional about having explicit permission from your supporters to text them.

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Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

After many organizations received a fundraising boost during the pandemic, direct response professionals once again seem to be bracing for a decline. Even so, direct-response fundraising remains critically important—both as a source of sustainable annual revenue and as a funnel for the cultivation of higher-level donors. Young or old?

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Candid

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Armando Ehrenzweig, Get in Motion’s Founder and CEO, attended a fundraising workshop last year presented by the Fundraising Academy for Grassroots Organizations and AcademyGO , a member of Candid’s Funding Information Network. Seizing the moment .

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Greater Giving

MARCH 25, 2024

How to make sure you have the right fundraising auction item descriptions to entice your guests to bid on them. Auctions are a popular event for nonprofits to put on their fundraising calendars , whether hosted as a standalone affair or part of a larger function, such as a charity gala. But how do you write a great description?

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Candid

AUGUST 12, 2024

nonprofit sector report, released in May, analyzes the demographic composition of nonprofit staff, leaders, and board members in terms of race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and disability status. What does the information shared by 59,550 U.S. Another reason may be that boards tend to focus on fundraising.

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Greater Giving

MAY 17, 2024

It’s official, National Wine Day is May, 25th , but fundraising with wine can take place year round. Some fun event themes/ideas include: Host an Intimate Tasting Event Partner with a local winemaker(s) or retail shops to host an intimate tasting event for your top supporters, or as an avenue to reach a new demographic.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This involves practices like frequently recognizing and showing gratitude to donors, creating multichannel fundraising and marketing campaigns , and improving the overall donor experience. Your nonprofit may use waivers for its volunteer opportunities or before fundraising events. Offer accessible, convenient waivers.

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Candid

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Why it doesn’t work In nonprofits, marketing, communications, and fundraising functions often overlap. It’s natural then that the traditional approach to launching a fundraising campaign or marketing initiative would seep into communications. To start, we were applying marketing and fundraising launch best practice to communications.

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The Fundraising Coach

JUNE 9, 2023

Nonprofit professionals know the best fundraising events are fun, interactive, and accessible. There’s one type of fundraising event that’s traditional but modern, competitive but fun, keeps people coming back but attracts new donors: a charity golf tournament. Online registration and donations with secure payment processing.

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Candid

MAY 2, 2022

As our social sector continues to become more data-driven, relevant, and responsive, we need better information on which we can all rely. So, when Candid first approached the Center about its initiative to encourage more organizations to earn a Gold Seal, in turn providing richer information on the sector, the Center's team was intrigued. .

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Candid

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

While GlassPockets has served to steadily motivate participating funders to share more information publicly, with only 112 participating foundations, the reality is that most funders opted not to participate. Demographic data is another area where participating foundations have made gains, growing from 16% three years ago, to 22% today.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 8, 2024

With this year’s GivingTuesday quickly approaching on Dec 3, 2024 , choosing the right fundraising platform is more important than ever. In this article, we’ll cover the must-have features to look for your GivingTuesday fundraising platform, so you’re set up for success. Minimal Fields: Only ask for what you absolutely need.

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Strategic Grants

JANUARY 29, 2025

Clear signage, efficient entry points, and helpful staff ensured that attendees felt welcomed and informed. For-Purpose approach: When planning any events such as fundraisers, tours of facilities, or workshops, ensure a seamless experience for your attendees.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MARCH 17, 2023

Census Bureau website ( www.census.gov ) has thousands of tables full of social, economic, housing, and demographic data. Census Bureau joined the Fundraising HayDay podcast to talk and share resources galore. Each specific table ID shares incredibly unique information. Using the data, you can build customized maps.

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Candid

MARCH 6, 2024

Here we share how, in undergoing this shift, we managed to exceed our fundraising targets while gaining more flexibility to do our core work. To make this shift, we began by fundraising around existing initiatives that could deliver the greatest impact to create a win-win scenario. It was also the most downloaded Candid report in 2023.

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Candid

AUGUST 30, 2023

I’m often invited to speak with organizations about the latest fundraising and nonprofit trends. The first is to share my view on some of the latest fundraising and nonprofit trends. Where to learn more: George Mason University’s Nonprofit Employment Data Project and Blue Avocado are two great places to find the latest information.

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Candid

APRIL 11, 2023

As a nonprofit professional, you understand how much time, resources, and planning goes into running a successful fundraising event. Successfully securing corporate sponsors for your fundraising event can not only give your budget and staff’s bandwidth a boost. This is where corporate sponsors can help.

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The Fundraising Coach

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Each generation is as different as the next, meaning your organization requires a strategic fundraising approach to effectively engage with supporters from all demographics. It’s not enough to create a one-size-fits-all fundraising and marketing strategy to use for all supporters. Research your target demographics.

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OneCause

APRIL 28, 2025

Peer-to-peer fundraising is a powerful approach for nonprofits. And peer-to-peer fundraising programs are doing well these days. According to the 2024 Top 30 and P2P Benchmarking Survey , 18 of the top 30 peer-to-peer fundraising programs in the U.S. And peer-to-peer fundraising programs are doing well these days.

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