Tech Soup

AUGUST 3, 2015

Wouldn't it be nice if you could donate some of those used electronic devices cluttering up your home or office and know exactly what they are worth for your tax deduction? At launch, the Sage BlueBook has 30 categories of electronics and 11 million items in its database. How Sage Knows What Your Electronics Are Worth.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 23, 2024

The remedy I like to recommend is the 5 C’s of good nonprofit communication. Are you asking for a donation, thanking them, or sharing an update? If you ask them to make a donation, volunteer, and contact their legislators in the same message, you run the risk of them not doing any of those. Is it Clear? What is your intention?

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DoJiggy

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Nonprofit organizations are constantly seeking innovative ways to engage with donors and streamline the fundraising process. By making donating as simple as a single touch or scan, digital wallets are transforming the way we support the causes that matter most to us. Our Mobile Payment Options Make Donating Swift, Secure, and Easy.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Thanking your donors should be a priority for your nonprofit organization. Thanking your donors is not just something you do after you receive a donation and then do nothing for a while. Your donors have the option to give to countless nonprofit organizations, but they chose yours. Electronic thank yous aren’t good enough.

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DoJiggy

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Data privacy is a critical issue for businesses and organizations of all sizes, including nonprofits. Donors trust nonprofits with their personal and financial information, and it is the responsibility of these organizations to protect that trust. Emails : Digital addresses used for electronic communication and newsletters.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

OCTOBER 4, 2023

It will hurt your chances of getting future donations. At the very least, your donors should get a letter, even if they’ve donated online. Make sure you’re ready to go when the donations come in. Make your donor’s day with a handwritten thank you note I love it when a nonprofit sends a handwritten thank you note.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

AUGUST 13, 2024

If you don’t do a good job of thanking your donors, as well as building relationships throughout the year, you’ll have a hard time getting people to people to donate again. It should make a person feel good about making a donation. This email thank you is more of a reassurance to let your donor know you received her donation.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2015

We are proud to announce two free charitable equipment donation services. One is for consumers interested in donating laptops and phones. The other is for businesses interested in donating PCs. How Individuals Can Donate Laptops and Phones. nonprofits, churches, and libraries at the lowest possible cost.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

OCTOBER 23, 2024

However, if you just send one fundraising letter and wait for the donations to come in, prepare to be disappointed. Some donors may respond to your direct mail piece but will donate online. You’ll have a lot of competition since you’re not the only organization seeking year-end donations. This is what I usually do.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 6, 2024

After all, donors are unlikely to feel valued if they receive the same AI-created email from every nonprofit they support. Thank-you emails are a staple of most nonprofits’ appreciation strategies, and you can elevate yours with eCards. Send eCards. When supporters give, send an eCard to thank them for their gift. Anniversaries.

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The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 7, 2025

Television advertising executives have launched AdGood, a Thousand Oaks, California, nonprofit intended to provide low-cost ads to charities via connected TV (CTV). The idea is to get unused ad space from CTV publishers to nonprofits. The announcement came during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

AUGUST 16, 2023

If you don’t do a good job of thanking your donors, as well as building relationships throughout the year, you’ll have a hard time getting people to people to donate again. It should make a person feel good about giving a donation. This email thank you is more of a reassurance to let your donor know you received her donation.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2025

Students can apply classroom knowledge in practical ways by handling money, calculating profits, and tracking donations. Everyone will jump at the chance to win a 50/50 prize or a basket of donated goods. Wishlists Donors love to give in-kind gifts because they know their donations will immediately impact your school.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

MARCH 14, 2024

I recently finished tallying last year’s donations for our taxes. Going through all the donation letters and emails triggered a few insights I’d like to share. Some organizations send two pages – one is a thank you letter and the other is a list of all the donations. Even though many monthly donations are $5.00

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Because what’s most important is to thank and report before you ask for another donation. Asking for donations is not all or nothing Many nonprofit organizations spend a lot of time asking and not that much on thanking and reporting. Your appeal should make people feel good about donating to your organization.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JANUARY 25, 2024

In this post, I’ll tell you why monthly giving is important for your nonprofit, how to start or grow your program, and how to nurture it going forward. Monthly giving helps you raise more money Monthly or recurring donations can help donors spread out their gifts and it’s easier on their bank accounts. The average is $25 a month.

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Center for Major Gifts

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

More and more nonprofits are monthly giving societies, clubs, and programs. By focusing on automatic electronic funds transfers (ETFs), your donors will provide you with a reliable income stream to help bolster your general operating fund. by nonprofit organizations, it’s important to do whatever you can to retain existing donors.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2013

We love to get donations, but what do you do when they’re junk? Donation Horror Stories on Facebook. — but sometimes their good intentions mean junk donations for your nonprofit. Every single machine was several years old when it was donated three to five years ago. It’s the holidays.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

OCTOBER 9, 2024

It will hurt your chances of getting future donations. At the very least, your donors should get a letter, even if they’ve donated online. Make sure you’re ready to go when the donations come in. Make sure you’re ready to go when the donations come in. You can’t do that. In fact, you can do one in just a few minutes.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Not that long ago, there were dozens of charity mobile phone donation programs vying for attention. In the world of electronics recycling, mobile phones are a problem. Examples include: Cell Phones for Soldiers , a nonprofit that collects mobile phone donations and sells to recycling and used phone reseller companies like Mobile Karma.

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Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

An estimated $557 billion was donated by individuals, foundations, and corporations to charities in the United States in 2023. Regardless of where those funds came from, one thing is certain: not-for-profit (NFP) organizations must maintain the publics trust if they wish to continue receiving donations.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 16, 2024

It may be quieter at your nonprofit, but you don’t want to be too quiet and ignore your donors. Make your donor’s day with a handwritten thank you card Nonprofit organizations don’t thank their donors enough. Communicating by mail is more effective than electronic communication. It’s summer! Just do it and do it often.

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Planned Giving

JANUARY 25, 2024

2023 was another tough year in the nonprofit industry. A few gloomy points to consider: Giving Tuesday donors dropped off by about 10 percent in 2023 (although total donations were up slightly). Nonprofits are still struggling to recover from 2022’s 10.5 percent drop in donations. The next best time is now.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JANUARY 18, 2024

Why does making a donation often feel like a transaction? Many nonprofits seem focused too much on meeting their revenue goals, which don’t get me wrong, is important. Nonprofit giving continues to decline. Sometimes I see the words “Transaction complete” after I make an online donation. The two go together.

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GrantNews

AUGUST 27, 2024

However, these services often need more than donations alone to stay funded. Opportunity for USA churches to support their charitable missions through donations of reusable electronics. In-kind book donations to USA faith-based organizations to provide underserved communities with reading material.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Building an organization from the ground up is a challenge, but with the right nonprofit tools, the heavy lifting gets easier. There are SO MANY nonprofit tools out there, all promising to make your work easier as you grow your new nonprofit. Joining TechSoup should be the first technology task for your new nonprofit.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2015

This isn't a comprehensive list of all our donor partners' environmental activities, but this time I'd like to talk about Cisco and Symantec and also about our Green Technology Product Donations. More than 99 percent of Cisco's electronics sent for processing are recycled. Cisco is a longtime TechSoup donor partner.

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Selfish Giving

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Radio Shack reminds me of a lot of the local, scrappy nonprofits I work with. For each badge earned, RadioShack will donate $1 to LIVESTRONG, the cancer charity founded by Radio Shack spokesman Lance Armstrong. Now Radio Shack really sounds like a lot of the nonprofits I work with! But how can this be?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

This year the award went to Nancy Jo Craig who runs the nonprofit Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council (CACRC) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A short time after she took over a small troubled computer refurbishment nonprofit - hurricane Katrina hit. All the equipment went out at no cost because of financial donations.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 18, 2022

Given the In difficult times, nonprofits provide life-changing support to people affected by financial hardship. substantial impact of nonprofit activity, many companies and people want to give back to their organization but don’t have the means to do so. The big question is, how much can your nonprofit spend on fundraising?

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Qgiv

AUGUST 6, 2024

Digital wallets are an easy, secure, and private way to pay online and in-app with mobile devices, making it as fast as possible to give donations. Organizations can also enable digital wallet donations for in-person events, so donors can give with just a tap of their smart device. What are digital wallets? In the U.S.,

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2014

Read up on "ingestible" electronic pills, cloud storage price wars, how the Star Trek Tricorder has come to life, and more. Electronic Pills: Coming Soon to a Stomach Near You. The ingestible sends an electronic signal to a band aid-like patch on the patient’s skin recording that the patient took the pill.

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GiveSmart

OCTOBER 17, 2024

On Tuesday, December 3, nonprofit organizations will come together for one common purpose—to celebrate and encourage giving. Video Storytelling Encourage supporters to donate on #GivingTuesday with compelling and powerful videos that feature your beneficiaries. This allows supporters to donate on their mobile devices easily.

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Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Many nonprofits struggle to maximize their data usage. In fact, when surveyed, 97% of nonprofit professionals expressed an interest in learning how to use their data more effectively, and only 5% reported using data in every decision they make. Understand individual patient health within the context of population health trends.

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Selfish Giving

MARCH 12, 2012

Point-of-sale programs are the backbone of cause marketing, raising the majority of consumer donations each year. When the customer buys one, the donation is added to their bill. This makes it much easier for cashiers to process the donation and for the business to report the donation to the nonprofit.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

I call it "humanitarian electronics recycling and refurbishment." Our product donations are well-known, as are our articles, blog posts and community organizing. Our product donations are well-known, as are our articles, blog posts and community organizing. nonprofits and libraries.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This is why it’s so important to get a second donation, also known as a golden donation. Once you get that golden donation, you’re more likely to have long-time donors who will stick with you. If someone donates online, it’s hard to tailor the thank you email specifically to new donors. We can and have to do better.

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