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Designing an Effective New Member Onboarding Process: 7 Tips

Wild Apricot

You’ve designed a value-packed membership program that offers amazing benefits and gives your members access to highly sought-after resources. So how is it possible that your renewal rates keep declining? Why are members dropping off when they.

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What Can Your Nonprofit Do With Just $1?

NonProfit PRO

In her latest blog, Erica Waasdorp begs the question: What can you do with just $1? She points out that combining those dollars will help make the giver stand tall, and that microdonations will eventually make a huge difference.

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Five tips to get you ready for a social media giving day

Candid

July 15 is officially Social Media Giving Day. This ‘holiday’ began in 2013, when Givver.com promoted it as an opportunity to leverage social media platforms for donations. Since then, a lot has changed. Meta and TikTok have made donations even easier, giving potential donors the opportunity to donate without leaving the platform. Now, you can donate without interrupting your scrolling. .

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The Importance of Self-care as Self-defense to Nonprofits

Blue Avocado

Nonprofit organizations are givers: we recruit like-minded staff and volunteers who give and give until they are spent. All too often burnout leads to poor performance and high staff turnover. However, reframing self-care as self-defense can help us to prioritize our people and protect our organizations. What’s the best self-defense move? That’s our first question […].

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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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Giving USA 2022: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2021

Qgiv

Karen Rotko-Wynn, CFRE, Chief Business Enterprise Officer, Alford Group. Karen brings over 30 years of experience in the nonprofit community and has provided counsel to more than 70 organizations, offering her expertise in major gifts fundraising, feasibility studies, and capital campaigns. On Tuesday, June 21, Giving USA released The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2021.

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Why You Need To Keep Fundraising Technology Skills Current

Greater Giving

In the last two years, nonprofits have faced immeasurable challenges. Adapting to a tech-driven future has been one of the biggest. It wasn’t just learning how to use Zoom or work collaboratively from home that hindered nonprofits in pandemic times. In the absence of in-person events, fundraising was challenging, particularly engaging donors without face-to-face meetings and stewardship events.

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Foundation giving and payout: what changed in 2021?

Candid

Every January, Candid surveys large U.S. private and community foundations to understand recent giving trends and forecast where giving is headed. [ 1 ] This year, we asked funders about their giving in FYE (fiscal year end) 2020 and 2021, including funding designated for COVID-19 [ 2 ] and what trends they are paying attention to this year. Here are some highlights from what we learned, followed by more in-depth analysis: .

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20 Best Community Engagement Platforms for Nonprofits and Associations in 2022

Wild Apricot

Membership organizations thrive on the power of community. When members feel like they’re a part of something special, they’re much more likely to not only stick around, but encourage their friends and family to join. If you were a membership.

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How to Best Hire Your Next Nonprofit CEO

NonProfit PRO

As a board member of a nonprofit organization, the most important responsibility you are likely to ever undertake will be to hire your next CEO. Before you embark on this tremendous and most important responsibility, here are some best practices you can implement into the hiring process.

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The Complete Guide to Building Your Donation Page

CauseVox

It’s no secret that your donation page is a really big deal. With over 50% of donors preferring to give online, a high-functioning donation page isn’t just a nice-to-have, it’s key to raising more funds. If your donation page doesn’t deliver, you’re probably leaving money on the table. At CauseVox, we’re all about helping nonprofits reach their goals, which is why we’ve compiled a complete guide to building a donation page to raise the money you need to advance your mission.

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What to Do When Your Fundraising Methods Fall Flat

Get Fully Funded

It’s a horrible feeling when the tried-and-true fundraising methods that have worked in the past stop working. Maybe you’ve experienced this…. …your spring campaign that you thought would bring in $5,000 only brings in $1,200…. …or the fundraising letter you hoped would generate $7,000 barely nets $3,000…. …or your online fundraiser barely brings in $2,500 when you were counting on at least $4,000.

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Four Considerations for Secure Document Management

Tech Soup

All organizations need to put security measures in place to protect their data. This is particularly important for nonprofits that manage sensitive or personally identifiable information. Depending on your mission area, you might have names, addresses, and medical records on file, as well as Social Security information and financial data. This information has the potential to make you a target for cyberattacks and also raises the stakes in the event of accidental data loss.

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Follow This Simple Formula for Your Mission and Vision Statements

NonProfit PRO

Your nonprofit has its own identity, and it’s likely that you want to tell your whole story to your stakeholders. However, when nonprofits wrap everything that the organization is about into its mission and vision statements, a lot of the power and decision-making value is lost in these lofty and winding statements. .

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Donor Privacy: Protecting Your Revenue and Reputation Online

OneCause

Online giving continues to be a fast growing and dynamic revenue opportunity for nonprofits of all sizes. The Blackbaud Institute reports that in 2020, total online giving across the sector was up by 21% over 2019. When broken down by budget-size, the trends show impressive growth across the board: Medium-sized nonprofits with budgets of $1M – $10M were the largest growth leaders, notching a 25% year-over-year increase in their online giving revenue.

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Find More Grants By Rethinking Capital Campaigns

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Atlanta traffic is a stone-cold fact. Explosive population growth, aging roads over capacity, and an insufficient public transit system united to spawn snarls of bumper-to-bumper traffic that has spilled over from traditional rush hours. Getting mad at traffic between 2 and 6:30 p.m. is like getting angry at the heat and humidity here in the summertime.

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What every small nonprofit leader needs to know

Grant Writing Made Easy

Small nonprofit leaders, watch this video to find out: + The #1 piece of advice that I give to folks who want to work with me who have budgets under $50k (and which they sometimes don’t want to hear.). + Why scaling back a bit now is often the best thing you can do for the long-term health and sustainability of your nonprofit. + Why I recommend that leaders of small nonprofits spend 50% of their time learning to write grants and then writing grants.

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The Importance of Positive Nonprofit Office Culture

NonProfit PRO

Currently, the job world is upside down due to factors such as employees working from home, compressed or hybrid work schedules, salary constraints and new demands from employees who feel like they control the job market. Today’s nonprofit employees better understand the concept of workplace culture.

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4 Top Tips to Maximize Social Giving

OneCause

The post 4 Top Tips to Maximize Social Giving appeared first on OneCause.

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Animal Fundraising: 4 Top Ideas for Your Organization

Get Fully Funded

Fundraising for any nonprofit can be a challenging task. As an animal-related nonprofit, you often compete with other similar organizations, not to mention thousands of other deserving causes, for every donation. However, with a unique idea and thoughtful strategy, you can make your animal fundraising a roaring success. In this guide, we’ll dive into a list of the best animal-centric in-person and virtual fundraising ideas for increasing revenue for your animal-focused nonprofit: Partner with a

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How to Host a Giving Day: A Guide for Nonprofits

Qgiv

Giving day campaigns are an increasingly popular online fundraising option for nonprofits everywhere. While the most well-known giving day is Giving Tuesday, more and more organizations are looking to partake in other giving days to engage their community of donors and meet their fundraising goals. What is a giving day? Giving days are virtual 24-hour fundraising campaigns that nonprofits can use to raise money and awareness for their missions.

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The NonProfit Voice Ep 66: What the Giving USA Report Tells Us About Where Philanthropy Is Heading

NonProfit PRO

In this episode, Laura MacDonald, chair of the Giving USA Foundation, and Una Osili, philanthropy expert and researcher at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, provide an in-depth look at the report’s key takeaways, including what 2021’s giving source and sector breakdowns mean.

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Why I offer free grant writing training opportunities online

Grant Writing Made Easy

When I founded my grant writing consultancy back in 2015, I knew that I wanted to serve the small nonprofits that make a big impact in our communities. Since then, I’ve seen my clients and students doing the most important work there is. They’re embedded in their communities and giving everything they have to their cause. Often this is work that shouldn’t even have to be done.

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HubSpot 101: What Is HubSpot and Why Is It a Good Fit for Nonprofits?

Tech Soup

Nonprofits are experts in creating, nurturing, maintaining, and expanding relationships. Relationship building is to nonprofit organizations what sales are to businesses. Everything flows through your network of support from donations, to volunteerism, to mission advancement, to organizational growth, and more.

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Capital Campaign Tips

Fundraising HayDay

These days, grant professionals and fundraisers are often asked to tag team on capital campaigns. When raising a significant amount of money in a set time frame for a new building, large technology upgrade, an endowment, a fleet of new vehicles, or any other large-scaled project, it is typically all hands-on deck. We're offering a step-by-step process, highlighting how grants can and should play a role in the process.

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The Only Reason Your Nonprofit Should Be Worried About the Economy

NonProfit PRO

Inflation and a troubled economy should not affect giving, yet, that is the case for nonprofits without strong mid-level, major, and planned giving programs. Now is the time to get your development house in order and start investing in mid-level, major and planned giving.

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Global Billionaire Wealth Surges by Nearly 18%

NonProfit PRO

Altrata, a global leader in data-driven people intelligence, released the Billionaire Census 2022. Powered by Wealth-X data, the ninth edition of this report reveals the global billionaire population rose by 3.3% to 3,311 individuals in 2021, with total wealth surging by 17.8% to a record $11.8 trillion.

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DipJar Announces DipJar Online, Extending DipJar’s Leadership in Fundraising to Online

NonProfit PRO

DipJar, a giving technology platform, announced the Early Access release of DipJar Online, which will enable nonprofit organizations to create goal-driven, campaign-based fundraising initiatives that facilitate multi-channel donor engagement.

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Have You Received Charitable Donations From Russian Oligarchs?

NonProfit PRO

Over the past two decades, hundreds of U.S. nonprofits have received massive philanthropic support from Russian oligarchs. In light of the horrific war that has been unleashed on Ukraine, should your nonprofit continue to steward and receive their support?

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GolfStatus Launches Marketplace to Connect Charity Golf Tournaments With Trusted Vendors

NonProfit PRO

GolfStatus, a technology platform for charity golf tournament fundraisers, has launched a Marketplace to connect tournament organizers with third party vendors and enhance their event's experience.

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Bloomerang Launches New Dashboard and User Interface Updates

NonProfit PRO

Bloomerang, the complete donor management solution for thousands of small and medium-sized nonprofits, announced the availability of a new user-centric dashboard to improve fundraisers’ day-to-day productivity and monitor fundraising campaign performance and overall organizational health.