DoJiggy

DECEMBER 3, 2024

To help you navigate this topic, this article delves into the importance of data privacy in nonprofit fundraising. Emails : Digital addresses used for electronic communication and newsletters. Donation amounts and interests : Financial contributions and areas of interest that help tailor fundraising campaigns.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

APRIL 22, 2024

You can see how easy it is for your electronic messages to get lost in the shuffle. While you’ll likely use electronic communication pretty regularly, don’t discount direct mail. We get far less postal mail than electronic communication. Don’t count on that happening with any type of electronic communication.

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Big Fundraising Ideas

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Primary School Fundraising Ideas: A Seasonal and Year-Round Guide Blog Summary: Looking for fun ways to raise money for your primary school throughout the year? Youll get practical tips, references to helpful resources, and fresh ideas to maximize your primary school fundraising ideas.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

MAY 20, 2024

Direct mail is more personal and your donors are more likely to see something they receive in the mail, as opposed to any type of electronic message you send. Electronic communication is good, but communicating by mail is better. You can also use a postcard for fundraising.

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GrantNews

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Enhance the Lives of Children : Grants to nonprofits to support fundraising events for programs that will improve the lives of youth and children. Enrich Local Communities In-kind grants: Up to $500 electronic gift cards to nonprofits and accredited schools.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

AUGUST 13, 2024

Thanking your donors is just as important, if not more important than fundraising. Yet many organizations spend a lot of time putting together a fundraising campaign and then treat thanking their donors as an afterthought. It’s not only important when you’re running a fundraising campaign, but also during the “between times.”

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Big Fundraising Ideas

MARCH 4, 2025

Easter Fundraising Ideas for Schools: Inspiring Your Springtime GivingSpirit Blog Summary: This post highlights various Easter fundraising ideas for schools, from egg hunts and bake sales to evening movie nights and talent shows. With Easter just approaching, planning a memorable and successful fundraiser is the perfect moment.

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GiveSmart

OCTOBER 17, 2024

From fundraising to volunteering, #GivingTuesday is a great way to engage your community of supporters and become part of a larger, worldwide movement that promotes generosity. This year, expand your fundraising efforts with online giving, making it even easier for your donors to give on any device.

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Blackbaud

JULY 17, 2024

With such an array of options—and donor preferences—it’s essential for your organization to employ diverse strategies to reach the widest audience with your online fundraising campaigns. Here are seven tips for optimizing your donation page to boost your online fundraising success. You know your donors.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 23, 2024

Keep these in mind when you’re writing a fundraising appeal, thank you letter, update, or any type of donor communication. Plain and simple, your fundraising appeal should entice someone to donate. Also, most people skim , so use short paragraphs and lots of white space, especially for electronic communication. Is it Clear?

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Year-end fundraising season is underway. Remember, even though your online donors will get an electronic acknowledgment, they should still get thanked by mail or phone. We may be looking at another tough fundraising season. You may have started working on your appeal, which is great. But don’t stop there.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 6, 2024

eCards are electronic greeting cards that include fun, attention-grabbing visuals and a personalized message. In this guide, we’ll share seven unique, memorable, and meaningful ways you can appreciate your donors. Send eCards. Thank-you emails are a staple of most nonprofits’ appreciation strategies, and you can elevate yours with eCards.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 9, 2024

Fundraising numbers are down. In your fundraising appeals, don’t bury your ask. Use short paragraphs, especially for electronic communication, and include lots of white space. You want enough information to know what’s going on, but not too much so it’s overwhelming. Also, it’s not good for your brain to multitask.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

AUGUST 16, 2023

Thanking your donors is just as important, if not more important than fundraising. Yet many organizations spend a lot of time putting together a fundraising campaign and treat thanking their donors as an afterthought. It’s not only important when you’re running a fundraising campaign, but also during the “between times.”

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2010

It’s simply fundraising using the internet as a tool. To make it really easy, I’ve got 7 simple steps you can take to get started or crank up your online fundraising efforts. Thank donors electronically. Tags: Social Media Website/Internet online fundraising. Actually, it’s not anything magical at all.

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Greater Giving

JULY 9, 2024

Raffles are a staple at fundraising events, offering a fun way to engage attendees and raise additional donations. Here are some top raffle ideas to cater to different interests: Tech Lovers: Raffle off the latest gadgets or gift cards to electronics stores. But with so many events happening, how do you make your raffle stand out?

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GiveSmart

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Looking to spice things up for your next live fundraising campaign or virtual event? Some friendly competition may also increase your fundraising potential as donor competition fuels fundraising. Most importantly, make sure your creative fundraiser is fun!

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

AUGUST 23, 2023

In a fundraising appeal (all appeals should start with a story), you want to highlight a problem or need. Use photos everywhere – fundraising appeals, thank you letters/cards, newsletters, impact reports, updates, your website, and social media. Good visuals will enhance both your print and electronic communication.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

You may be familiar with the Ask, Thank, Report, Repeat formula in fundraising. Going a step further, fundraising expert Penelope Burk recommends seven touches before asking for another gift. A good fundraising appeal starts with a story followed by a clear, prominent ask. The Better Fundraising Co. If not, you should be.

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GrantNews

MARCH 24, 2025

Enhance the Lives of Children : Grants to nonprofits to support fundraising events for programs that will improve the lives of youth and children. Enrich Local Communities In-kind grants: Up to $500 electronic gift cards to nonprofits and accredited schools.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JANUARY 18, 2024

The concept of relationship fundraising has been around for a while, even though it’s not always put into practice. That includes fundraising appeals. If that’s the case for your organization, you’ll have more success if you can move away from transactional fundraising and focus on building relationships. The two go together.

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Blackbaud

MARCH 3, 2025

Some nonprofits had to drive printed checks around town collecting signatures, while others had already transitioned most of their vendors to electronic and automatic payments. If your new fund accounting software integrates with your fundraising system , your development team could have more transparency into how funds were spent.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2010

It’s simply fundraising using the internet as a tool. To make it really easy, I’ve got 7 simple steps you can take to get started or crank up your online fundraising efforts. Thank donors electronically. Tags: Social Media Website/Internet online fundraising. Actually, it’s not anything magical at all.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

MARCH 14, 2024

Try to mail something besides fundraising appeals at least three or four times a year. Unfortunately, a lot of electronic communication is not inspiring. Good communication also includes content that focuses on how your donors helped you make a difference and not on your organization.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

AUGUST 20, 2024

In a fundraising appeal (all appeals should start with a story), you want to highlight a problem or need. Use photos everywhere – fundraising appeals, thank you letters/cards, newsletters, impact reports, updates, your website, and social media. Good visuals will enhance both your print and electronic communication.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 16, 2024

Continuing to stay in touch with your donors will help you when you launch your fall fundraising campaign. Communicating by mail is more effective than electronic communication. You should communicate with your donors at least once a month and that includes the summer months. Postcards are a great way to connect with your donors.

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Center for Major Gifts

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

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. There are several reasons why. Let’s take a look at why a monthly giving program might be right for your organization. A monthly giving program generates predictable revenue.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JANUARY 25, 2024

Monthly giving is one of the few types of fundraising that did well last year. Whether you’re a big or a smaller organization or you had a good fundraising year or you didn’t, monthly giving makes so much sense (or cents). You could encourage donors to give via an electronic funds transfer from their bank account instead.

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Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

With an ever-changing landscape of fundraising, economic conditions, and tactics for expanding mission-related programming, finding time for IRS tax reporting and filing 990 Series returns can be beyond challenging. The IRS’s efficient processing of electronic returns further enhances financial transparency in the nonprofit sector.

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Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Personal information of staff, donors, and volunteers, including payment information received via credit card, donation form, or a physical check, must be properly secured in both physical and electronic environments.

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DoJiggy

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Here are 20 creative fundraising ideas for wrestling teams that combine traditional sales fundraising with our powerful platform to help your team thrive. Offer Team Sponsorship Packages Securing team sponsorships from local businesses can significantly boost your wrestling fundraising efforts.

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2010

Have you successfully moved from paper-based direct mail fundraising to digital tools (email, websites, video, social media, widgets, and/or mobile)? The Paperless Choice Challenge is rewarding successful, creative, replicable campaigns that use electronic fundraising tools by giving away eight prizes totalling over $20,000.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

OCTOBER 9, 2024

I imagine many of you are working on your year-end fundraising campaign. Remember, even though your online donors will get an electronic acknowledgment, they should still get thanked by mail or phone. Maybe not that much. These often come across as transactional.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Year-end fundraising is underway. Start with a special thank you According to fundraising expert, Dr. Adrian Sargeant, “The thank you is the single most important piece of communication that your donors get. Another question to ask is whether your donors prefer print or electronic communication.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 11, 2022

Corporate sponsors are the best way to add lots of money to the bottom line of your fundraising event. A sponsor for a fundraising event : Is usually a business or corporation giving money in exchange for publicity and good will. Sponsors can quickly increase the total revenue generated by your fundraising event. Click To Tweet.

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Big Fundraising Ideas

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

3 Top Fundraising Ideas for Environmentally-Focused Schools Drive home the importance of demonstrating sustainability through your school fundraisers. While you can teach environmental conservation through lessons, drive home the importance of these lessons by demonstrating sustainability through your school fundraisers.

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Big Fundraising Ideas

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Navigating Liability: Top Digital Waiver Tips for Schools Fundraising is necessary for the vast majority of schools-but that doesn’t mean that it can’t be fun and exciting. Fundraising events are one of the most engaging ways to raise money for your school, as they draw in both old and new supporters. Gather feedback.

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