Greater Giving

JUNE 26, 2024

Have you ever witnessed the energy in a room soar during a well-executed Fund-a-Need appeal (also known as a Paddle Raise)? We surveyed fundraising professionals to uncover the secrets behind impactful Fund-a-Need campaigns. What is a Fund-a-Need aka Paddle Raise Appeal? Ready to take your Fund-a-Need to the next level?

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

When it comes to maximizing donations for your nonprofit, matching gift programs are one of the most effective strategies available. By encouraging donors to take advantage of their employer’s matching gifts, you can significantly increase the funds raised without asking them to contribute more directly. Why Choose Double the Donation?

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GrantNews

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Your nonprofit can maximize donations by integrating donor-centric practices. While the return on investment for a nonprofit is measured in impact and not profit, funding for operation is still essential. After all, successful nonprofits implement donor-centric policies into their core structure to effectively maximize donations.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

You’ll create strategic plans, brainstorm new projects and programs, and organize campaigns to raise the necessary funds to execute your ideas. To build capacity, you not only need to fundraise efficiently but also track and allocate funds to sustain your organization’s operations as it grows. Let’s get started!

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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. And current donors and supporters may visit your website for the convenience of making their donation online. First things first!

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Blackbaud

APRIL 10, 2024

You know how important it is to manage your funds according to their purpose and source. That includes ensuring that you use restricted donations, grants, and other revenues in accordance with your donors’ and funders’ wishes. If this mess of circumvention sounds familiar, you are not alone.

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Planned Giving

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Hint: You Can’t Spend ‘Likes’ Those gleaming little thumbs-up don’t pay the rent or fund your next project. Then comes the kicker – by the end of the month, the donation tin is only jingling enough for a pack of gum. The noise of digital adoration doesn’t equate to funds unless you give your public something to act upon their emotions.

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Think and Ink Grants

MAY 4, 2024

If you drop the ball on your reporting, that funder may never fund you again. Those that require a match do spell out the match requirements in the RFP or funding opportunity. Proof can be a letter from the organization that matches donations, the value of donated items, and other information.

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Greater Giving

MAY 21, 2024

Conquering Donation Procurement: Track, Thank, and Triumph at Your Next Fundraising Event As fundraising professionals, we know the magic of a well-stocked fundraising event. Fundraising procurement of donated items fuels excitement,drives bids, and ultimately, raises crucial funds for your cause.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Every nonprofit fundraiser loves unrestricted donations. But how do you handle restricted gifts on your online donation forms? The key to building a good online donation form is making it easy to use. Remember, donors who land on your donation form are there because they’ve had an emotional response to an appeal.

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Blackbaud

JULY 16, 2024

Annual funds are crucial to the success of a nonprofit. They’re an incredible pool of unrestricted funds that can support your mission, keep the lights on, and pay your staff. Attracting and retaining new donors is a goal of every nonprofit since unrestricted funds are essential to our operations.

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Just Write Grants

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Giving Tuesday is a pivotal day for nonprofits, offering a prime opportunity to boost donations and engage with supporters. In this blog post, we’ll explore actionable tips and strategies to help your nonprofit maximize donations and achieve your fundraising goals this Giving Tuesday. Optimize Your Donation Process 4.1

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Grant Writing Made Easy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The need for nonprofit start-up funding is huge, and today’s post is your guide to finding it. So today, I’d like to share some advice and best practices for finding funds to start a new nonprofit, as well as some tips for setting yourself up for long-term financial stability. Note the dollar value of in-kind donations.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Let’s face it—keeping up with donation matches can feel like a race against the clock. Picture this: as donations roll in, a progress bar fills up automatically, showing exactly how close you are to hitting your matching goal. Donors can see in real time how their donation was matched. That’s where automated matching comes in.

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Double the Donation

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

PatronManager – Patron Technology’s powerful ticketing and CRM solution – and Double the Donation are proud to launch a matching gift integration between PatronManager donation forms and 360MatchPro, the leading matching gifts automation provider by Double the Donation.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. In short, great storytelling tugs heartstrings and that’s step 1 if you want a donation. Your donation of $7.32 EVERY nonprofit has stories to tell!

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Building a culture of giving is paramount, and one way to achieve this is by providing donors with opportunities to honor someone special through a tribute donation. Encouraging tribute donations on Giving Tuesday and through the giving season isn’t just a good idea; it’s a game-changing strategy.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Save money and a ton of time this year end giving season—just create your donation page to start accepting contributions online, and automatically handle recurring donations to encourage repeat donors. Take online donations now with built-in Year End Giving tools. Why is online giving so critical to year-end fundraising?

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

Nonprofit storytelling is effective for increasing funding and engagement for several reasons. It may inspire them to donate more and get more involved with your cause. Did her donation of time or money help someone? Is someone better off today because of the donation the donor made? It connects with the emotions.

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Double the Donation

JUNE 15, 2021

Double the Donation and FlexFormz are thrilled to debut their technical integration partnership. Employer matching gifts can make a real impact on nonprofits, and we wanted to provide our clients with the best possible avenue to capture these funds,” said Rebecca Vanderwerf, President of FlexFormz.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 25, 2022

Once you have your message and your elevator pitch honed and ready to go, you’ll feel confident that you have the tools to convince people to give. In short, a strong message for fundraising gets you donations. . Choose each word carefully to get the result you want: donations. Here’s more about that…. Easy to understand.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

Making donation appeals over the phone is an interesting middle ground between asking for donations in person and making appeals through more anonymous methods like email or on your website. This makes asking for donations over the phone somewhat tricky. Make the case during your donation request. Let’s get started!

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GiveSmart

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Many people are inclined to feel the warm and fuzzy emotions that come with helping others and choose to make charitable donations during this time. One poll found that 70% of Americans find the holiday season the best time to give back to others, and 65% of respondents are making it a personal goal to donate more.

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Pamela Grow

JULY 10, 2024

Individual donations dropped by 2.4%, with their share of total giving slightly decreasing from 67.4% In contrast, the Giving USA Foundation’s annual report highlights that donations rose to $557.16 Donation Sources: Individuals: Donated $374.4 Corporations: Donated $36.55 Charitable giving in the U.S.

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CauseVox

JULY 13, 2021

You’ve probably heard of a donation pledge if you’ve been in fundraising for any amount of time. A donation pledge is when a supporter promises to give a certain amount of money in a set time frame. Why Ask For Donation Pledges? So what is the benefit of a pledge over a donation? Increase Gift Sizes. It’s All Automatic.

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Gail Perry Group

JULY 18, 2024

An Effective Annual Fund An effective annual fund is far more than the tactics you use to reach donors. This vital task of raising important, sustaining funds can just fade into the background. You shall make thy website’s donation page easy to use. Update your website and make your donation page easy to understand.

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Pamela Grow

MAY 2, 2024

Keeping thorough, accurate records of your organization’s finances allows you to know how much funding you have on hand and effectively allocate it to further your mission. You can manage a cash accounting system in a basic spreadsheet, which is helpful if your nonprofit isn’t ready to invest in specialized accounting software yet.

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GrantNews

AUGUST 16, 2024

When preparing for a successful grant interview, it can feel nearly impossible to anticipate every question a funding source might ask. That’s why we’re sharing six valuable tips to help your nonprofit get ready for a successful grant interview! Conduct as much research on the organization as possible.

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Gail Perry Group

JULY 18, 2024

An Effective Annual Fund An effective annual fund is far more than the tactics you use to reach donors. This vital task of raising important, sustaining funds can just fade into the background. You shall make thy website’s donation page easy to use. Update your website and make your donation page easy to understand.

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Sharpshooter Communications

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Are you grant ready? There are some specific reasons and I break them into two main categories: Grant Readiness and Grant Strategy. Here’s what it means to be “Grant Ready.” I created the Grant Readiness Assessment (a free tool available here) to guide nonprofits that want to begin or expand their grant-seeking.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 18, 2022

Moreover, it’s incredibly frustrating for your nonprofit if you’re in danger of not reaching your fundraising goals , and there are people willing and ready to help who cannot contribute financially. In order to maximize their donation potential, nonprofits could embrace creative, diverse fundraising alternatives to monetary contributions.

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The Fundraising Coach

MAY 25, 2023

Organizations of all sizes are increasingly devoting more time and energy to forms of giving beyond straightforward one-time or pledged cash donations, like non-cash gifts of securities and appreciated assets or more complex planned gifts. The stock of publicly traded companies is most commonly donated to nonprofit organizations.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

These nonprofits rely on disaster relief donations to purchase crucial supplies, train volunteers, and mobilize their disaster response teams when crisis strikes. Donate funds. One of the best ways that you can help your favorite disaster relief organization continue to provide its services is by donating to them.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

APRIL 17, 2023

By Maria Di Mento Plus, Harvard received $300 million from hedge-fund manager Kenneth Griffin, Robert Smith donated $15 million for career-readiness programs for underserved high-school students, and Kathryn and Kenneth Chenault gave Bowdoin $2 million to honor a civil-rights leader.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

As we all begin planning for 2023, I want you to pause for a moment and consider how more grant funding could change your day-to-day nonprofit operations. And I’m talking about more funding. More funding makes a lot possible for organizations. What could you accomplish with more grant funding? This makes sense.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

That’s why we’ve put together a list of fundraising tools that can help you boost donations, streamline your processes, and engage your supporters in new and exciting ways. Donation Counter One of the best ways to create excitement during your campaign is with a donation counter.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

APRIL 3, 2024

Government agencies offer many federal grants that fund a wide range of work to a wide range of organizations. These funding opportunities often promise much larger awards than private grants. Simply applying for federal grants that are a good fit for your organization will increase your chances of winning this funding.

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