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Will Your Year-End Fundraising Be Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing?

Clairification

Are you thinking “ It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Kaching! ?” Oh, dear. That’s akin to making the holidays all about the commercial aspects, and losing sight of the season’s wonder, awe, gratitude, love, and warmth of community. Yes, many nonprofits raise the lion’s share of their annual fundraising goal in the last few months of the year.

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Nonprofit Radio for December 12, 2022: Take Heart, Take Action

Tony Martignetti

Trathen Heckman: Take Heart, Take Action That’s Trathen Heckman’s book. He urges you to find and live your inspiration through reverence, ripples and relationships, which will lead you to resilience. He talks us through his thinking. Listen to the podcast Get Nonprofit Radio insider alerts! I love our sponsor! Turn Two Communications: … Continue reading Nonprofit Radio for December 12, 2022: Take Heart, Take Action → Trathen Heckman: Take Heart, Take Action That’s Trathen Heckman’s

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What’s in My Mailbox | Dr. Suess says “Thank You!”

Pamela Grow

Long-time reader Cindy Timmerman is in a very special fundraising league. She not only makes the time to learn, but she also does the work. And then she goes forth and implements! Who doesn’t love Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas ? Answering a call for great donor stewardship, Cindy, who is the Development Manager at St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf , sent over her thank you letter for this year’s EOY fundraising campaign.

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FedEx Founder Gives $65 Million to Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Maria Di Mento. Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Fred Smith’s gift to the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation will increase the number of scholarships the charity provides to the children of those who served in the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy. Plus, four universities and the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County landed big gifts.

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AI for Grant Writing: 20+ ChatGPT Prompts You Can Use

This prompt guide for ChatGPT contains 20+ tested ChatGPT prompts, along with tips on how to use this tool the best way. Nonprofits can engage with ChatGPT to brainstorm ideas, refine project plans, and craft compelling narratives for grant proposals.

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Year-End Clairity Click-it: Nonprofit Links + Free Resources

Clairification

Here’s something to bring into your conversations with family, friends, colleagues and supporters as you navigate what can be a stressful time of year. “In the Culture Code , Dan Coyle observes that good leaders learn how to listen in a specific way. Like a trampoline. Absorbing the message and then adding height and perspective to the conversation by asking questions, increasing our understanding.

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5 Tricks for Writing Better Fundraising Emails

Get Fully Funded

Wouldn’t life be easier if people opened and read your fundraising emails? And even better, RESPONDED to them by clicking the Donate Now button? It’s frustrating to spend precious time and effort drafting a request for support only to hear crickets. Maybe you check your open rate and see that only 25% of your audience bothered to open the email you spent hours writing. ( That’s average. ).

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How Nonprofits Can Better Engage Young People

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Alex Counts, Sejal Desai, and Jay Sehgal. Members of the India Philanthropy Alliance face an existential threat: They need to attract a new generation of supporters among second- and third-generation Indian Americans to replace a pool of aging supporters and secure the future of their nonprofits.

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Why You Need to Build a Partnership Between Direct Response and Major Gifts

Veritus Group

When Direct Response and Major Gifts work together, there is an incredible opportunity to deepen donor relationships and increase net revenue. The post Why You Need to Build a Partnership Between Direct Response and Major Gifts appeared first on Veritus Group.

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5 Things Every Fundraiser Needs to Do in the First Half of January

NonProfit PRO

I know it feels hard at the moment, but if I could go back and do one thing differently during this time of year, it would be to spend more time planning what I needed to do in the first two weeks of January.

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Welcoming Change, not just Dollars: What Every Grant Professional Wants Nonprofit Executives to Know

Blue Avocado

Article In Brief: The Problem: The work grant professionals do is often not understood or comes with unrealistic expectations. The gap creates a mismatch between agency and staff and leads to burnout and turnover, both costly for nonprofits. The Context: Grants are the lifeblood for many nonprofits. Understanding the professional standards and work of grant […].

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Foundations Still Relatively Slow to Hire Investment Firms Owned by Women and People of Color, Study Finds

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Sara Herschander. Only 18.1 percent of the assets that wealthy foundations ask outside managers to invest go to firms run by women or people of color, according to a report released Thursday, up from 16.6 percent in 2021.

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The Four Types of Donors to Consider When Building a YMAD

Veritus Group

Not every donor is moved by the same style of impact reporting. Knowing these four donor personality types can guide your "YMAD" reports. The post The Four Types of Donors to Consider When Building a YMAD appeared first on Veritus Group.

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Using Technology to Adapt to Modern Fundraising Challenges

NonProfit PRO

For your fundraising efforts to continue to be effective, your communications must reach the right people and stand out. The good news is that there is technology out there that can support your fundraising efforts in today’s challenging fundraising environment.

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Nonprofit explainer videos: 4 tips to inspire supporters

Candid

Picture yourself in a donor’s shoes. Let’s say you’ve been tasked with researching potential nonprofits to partner with on an upcoming funding initiative by doing some online research, using Google, Candid’s nonprofit profiles , or the like. So, you get to work and land on one text-heavy website and another website with a prominent video that describes a nonprofit’s work, mission, and impact.

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Charities That Curb Medical Debt for the Needy Are Growing Fast — and Innovating

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Kay Dervishi. Help from MacKenzie Scott and other donors large and small are allowing organizations to help millions of Americans. Now relief groups are putting more money into advocacy work to help avoid debts and work with nonprofit hospitals to ensure patients in need get subsidized care.

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5 Podcast Episodes to Add to Your Playlist

Veritus Group

Here are five episodes from our Nothing But Major Gifts podcast that we hope will inspire you and get you excited about next year. The post 5 Podcast Episodes to Add to Your Playlist appeared first on Veritus Group.

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How Building Genuine Relationships Helps You Raise Money

NonProfit PRO

Have you ever wondered why some nonprofits seem to raise money again and again while others struggle? Their success is based on relationships and donor-centric philanthropy. Here are some ways that your organization can build and utilize this type of communication.

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A Look Inside Testing & Optimization at charity: water

NextAfter

Our team caught an interesting experiment logged in WinstonKnows recently from our friends at charity: water. The experiment – ran on charity: water’s main donation page – tested a hero image and headline more focused on helping and supporting an individual child, versus a hero image focused on the general water crisis. For context, here are the two test versions: Megan Toscano, Director of Performance Marketing at charity: water, connected with me to provide more context to the test

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New MacKenzie Scott Website Details $14 Billion in Gifts

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By the Associated Press. Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP MacKenzie Scott says she plans to introduce an "open-call process" that allows nonprofits seeking donations from her to send information to her for evaluation. Scott plans to an "open-call" process so charities can send her information for evaluation. She will also post criteria for eligibility and name the panel evaluating applications.

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Last-Minute Tips for End-of-Year Fundraising

Tech Soup

The nonprofit sector sees a boost in giving towards the end of the calendar year, and increasing your fundraising efforts during this period can help you to benefit from that surge.

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Unsung Hero: Patricia Squires

NonProfit PRO

When a role is created with an employee in mind, you know they’ve made an impact on their organization. For Patricia Squires, that is her story. Over the course of a decade, she has been making deep connections with donors at Angela Hospice, resulting in her acclaim as Nonprofit PRO’s 2022 Unsung Hero.

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Donor Retention: Reasons to Keep Your Supporters Giving Year Round

Greater Giving

At this time of year, we assess our fundraising performance and make plans for next year. But as we kick off 2023 and look back at what worked well in 2022, an excellent tool for evaluating donor retention is to look at the donors that gave last year but unfortunately not this year (LYBUNT) and work on engaging them with new opportunities to give. We need to consider the quality and intensity of the relationship between donors and our organizations.

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MacKenzie Scott Giving Priorities Revealed in New Data: Education, Equity, and the South

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Drew Lindsay. An unusually large share of her giving is going to nonprofits in the South — a region that megaphilanthropy and particularly tech donors have long been criticized for ignoring.

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Nonprofit Annual Report: Creating Your Best One Yet! (+ 15 Examples!)

Wild Apricot

The post Nonprofit Annual Report: Creating Your Best One Yet! (+ 15 Examples!) appeared first on WildApricot.

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Fundraiser of the Year: Leah Garrett

NonProfit PRO

Leah Garrett, VP of development and communications for Community of Hope, has mastered fundraising and communications to improve health, end family homelessness, and make Washington, D.C., more equitable. Her accomplishments have earned her NonProfit PRO’s 2022 Fundraiser of the Year Award.

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Unlocking Community-Based Fundraising with Giving Apps

Tech Soup

Cultural, religious, and marginalized communities have a tremendous amount of fundraising potential that is waiting to be unlocked. But how can your nonprofit reach these groups and encourage them to give?

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Entrepreneur Gave $50 Million to His Alma Mater. Now He's Looking to Broaden His Giving

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Nicole Wallace. Austin McChord started Datto, a data backup and security company, when he was a student at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Its success has fueled his philanthropy.

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Surprises for New Nonprofit Leaders

The Fundraising Coach

At a recent “Exactly What To Say TM for Nonprofit Leaders” session at the Nonprofit Storytelling Conference, I asked attendees: When you took on a new leadership position, what surprised you most? While there were responses like “the great impact I get to make” and “how much I loved it,” the majority of the responses were phrases like: The lack of communication.

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2022 Rising Star: Katie Patrick

NonProfit PRO

Jumping into leadership at a nonprofit is no easy task, but Katie Patrick has a determination to help the poor and marginalized in her state of Nebraska and around the world.

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4 Ways to Use Google Analytics Every Day

Tech Soup

This post is adapted from a post by Cause Inspired. You can find the original version on the Cause Inspired site.

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As Philanthropy Ends a Challenging Year, Historic Lessons Show a Path Forward for an Increasingly Complex Field

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Leslie Lenkowsky. In 2022, the nonprofit world faced a multitude of problems, including high inflation, a likely decline in giving, and a scandal engulfing a leading proponent of effective altruism. But a report looking at the last 30 years of philanthropy spotlights a resilient and ever-evolving field.

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Digital Donor Engagement & The Future of Nonprofit Marketing

Greater Giving

As technology continues to evolve, your supporters are online more than ever. How do you keep up with the ever-increasing need for digital donor engagement ? In this guide, we’ll discuss how to use digital marketing strategies to update your organization’s nonprofit marketing and outreach plans both now and into the future. Remember that marketing for nonprofit organizations is not only about fundraising.

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The 2023 Fundraising Outlook

NonProfit PRO

In this year’s annual survey, findings from 890 fundraising professionals provided insights into where organizations found success in 2022, common challenges, and what they’re prioritizing in 2023 as they create their fundraising strategies. Arm your fundraising with data and download this report!