Hands-On Fundraising

MAY 13, 2025

Measure your fundraising to succeed. Nonprofits often follow rules regarding fundraising appeals to maximize their success. However, the most reliable source of information about what works for your […] The post 10 Metrics to Track Your Fundraising Campaign Success appeared first on Hands-On Fundraising.

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Clairification

JUNE 30, 2025

You Can Do Better Than Franken-Fundraising Here’s the truth: I know better now. The post Are These Fundraising Appeal Best Practices Holding You Back? It becomes less of a cohesive narrative and more of a checklist — a stitched-together collection of tactics. appeared first on Clairification.

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Clairification

APRIL 10, 2025

Survival Depends on Collective Commitment and Deep Support Too often, fundraising is relegated to an administrative function rather than a mission-central function. Others dont necessarily feel a need to cooperate or support the fundraising effort. Others dont necessarily feel a need to cooperate or support the fundraising effort.

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Pamela Grow

MAY 29, 2025

Every week, I receive an email or a DM from someone whos decided to walk away from nonprofit fundraising. Talented fundraisers are leaving the sector in droves, often for consulting, or simply for industries that better support their well-being and respect their expertise. Why Are Fundraisers Really Leaving? Shes not alone.

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Bonterra

JULY 7, 2025

Discover how to transform your board into confident fundraising ambassadors. Fundraising isn’t just for development staff. With the right tools, structure, and mindset, your board can be one of your most valuable fundraising assets. Jayme finds her greatest fulfillment in empowering organizations to grow their impact and thrive.

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Clairification

JULY 17, 2025

Because if you work in fundraising — particularly in a small or mid-sized nonprofit — you’re probably feeling this tension too. The post The Last Luxury: Why Real Human Connection Still Matters in Fundraising appeared first on Clairification. The connection. The experience you hoped to share. They want to be seen.

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Bonterra

JUNE 19, 2025

Fundraising is no longer just about transactions. At Bonterra, we believe strong relationships lead to stronger fundraising. Our fundraising and engagement solutions are designed to help organizations create high-impact, personalized supporter experiences across every touchpoint. That is not just fundraising.

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Hands-On Fundraising

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Fundraising is about using your heart as well as your head. And maybe fundraising isnt really about money at all. In the long run, successful fundraising focuses on relationships. And good fundraisers use their hearts as much as their heads.

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Clairification

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Year-end fundraising is not chopped chicken liver! While you absolutely should be using multiple fundraising channels to get best results, right now whatever you’ve got planned for offline is pretty much cooked. To boost your year-end fundraising success, you need to craft an email offer your donor can’t refuse.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 10, 2025

Online fundraising is a cornerstone of nonprofit success. Your digital marketing strategy determines whether donors will actually donate to your fundraiser. Your digital marketing strategy determines whether donors will actually donate to your fundraiser. Promote Your Fundraiser with Google Ads.

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The Fundraising Coach

JUNE 23, 2025

Here’s something that might surprise you: The most effective fundraising conversations sound nothing like what most people think fundraising should sound like. The Counter-Intuitive Truth About Fundraising When I train nonprofit leaders on making asks, I often hear the same concerns: “I don’t know what to say.”

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Future Fundraising Now

JUNE 19, 2025

The right photo can propel you to fundraising success. But that same power can sink your fundraising. All that power — pushing in the wrong direction — can make sure your fundraising doesn’t work as it should. It can say more, more powerfully than the best-written copy ever could.

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Clairification

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Are you a philanthropy facilitator or a fundraiser? Philanthropy Facilitators Make it Easy for People to Give You may think you’re doing a great job as a fundraiser. How Fundraisers Make Giving Hard When you treat donors like ATMs, you’re thinking about their wallet. This is where I ask you how you view your role.

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The Fundraiser Coach

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

One of the biggest challenges we face as major gift fundraisers is balancing two distinct ways of thinking: our internal, metrics-driven mindset versus the donor-focused approach that builds relationships. The most successful fundraisers understand that thinking like a donor is key to closing transformational gifts.

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Clairification

JUNE 5, 2025

These decision-making triggers can be incredibly useful to fundraisers. Ever hear fundraising is both art and science? In fundraising, this often translates as giving back. The post The Psychology of Yes: What Every Fundraiser Needs to Master appeared first on Clairification. million in the U.S. With intention.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In theory, that sounds nice, but in reality, it’s a day when nonprofit organizations unleash an onslaught of transactional fundraising appeals by email, text, and social media. Before and after Giving Tuesday, use this opportunity to stand out by keeping your fundraising campaign focused on gratitude and relationship building.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JANUARY 20, 2025

The concept of relationship fundraising has been around for a while, even though its not always implemented. That includes fundraising appeals. If your giving is declining, you should have more success if you can move away from transactional fundraising and focus on building relationships. Generally, it happens way too often.

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Tony Martignetti

JUNE 16, 2025

Matt Nash: Donor Advised Fund (DAF) Fundraising You shouldn’t need much encouragement, or any, to incorporate DAFs into your fundraising mix. Then he explains how to overcome challenges, like anonymous donors; strategies for marketing and promotion; and tips on converting from transactional to relational fundraising.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JANUARY 6, 2025

Your donors want to hear from you and dont just want to be blasted with fundraising appeals. Youll often use several different channels when you send a fundraising appeal or promote an event. Fundraising and recruitment Be sure to add your fundraising campaigns to your communications calendar.

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Soapbox Exchange

JULY 14, 2025

Issue 259 Happy Tuesday, Fundraisers! Keep scrolling for great fundraising content related to major gifts, peer-to-peer fundraising, and donor data! You can receive the Fundraising Weekly newsletter each Tuesday by subscribing today ! Find more details and the registration link here.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JUNE 30, 2025

The midpoint of the year is a good time to see if you’re meeting your fundraising and communications goals. Your fundraising revenue may be down. Yes, we’re in an uncertain economy, but that doesn’t mean you should stop fundraising. Never stop fundraising! Donors will give if they can. There are many reasons for that.

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Clairification

MAY 26, 2025

Remember, behind all your work there are people. Its your job to learn more about them. One of your best tools is curiosity. One study published in Harvard Business Review ,found curiosity builds trust and improves relationships in the workplace. It also builds trust between you and donors. Jon Simons, Executive V.P.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 7, 2025

Others, however, discover they can generate significantly more impact by becoming fundraisers themselves. But how do you inspire them to start fundraising, and how much hands-on support should you provide? Let’s get started! Taking a challenge-based approach adds fun, urgency, and motivation to the traditional P2P format.

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Bonterra

JULY 14, 2025

Whether you’re looking to streamline and personalize your donor engagement, level up your fundraising strategy using predictive analytics and AI, or simply grab a great cup of coffee, we’re here to help. Meet your AI Fundraising Coach. Join Bonterra at Bridge 2025 in National Harbor, MD, July 30 through Aug. Data-driven.

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Clairification

APRIL 21, 2025

If you want to learn, please sign up for an upcoming cohort of the Certification Course for Major Gift Fundraisers. Over my40 years in fundraising, 30 of them working in the trenches as a director of development for organizations with budgets ranging from $1 – $40 million, I have asked for a lot of major gifts.

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Lightning Fast Grant Writing

MAY 8, 2025

unrelated fundraising, event planning). Clarify Expectations Early Meet with leadership to define realistic goals: How many grants per quarter? What types of funders? Set boundaries around what isn’t your responsibility (e.g., Dont waste energy chasing every small or low-probability grant.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

MARCH 17, 2025

Pay attention to your donor relationships One of the most important components of fundraising is building relationships with your donors. According to fundraising expert Penelope Burk, 93% of donors are more likely to give again when they feel appreciated and the organization lets them know the impact of their gifts.

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Pamela Grow

MAY 1, 2025

But gratitude builds roots that hold.

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DoJiggy

JUNE 24, 2025

Whether you’re a seasoned club leader or a new member looking for creative ways to raise money, this guide offers a wide variety of fundraising ideas for Kiwanis Clubs to engage your community and support your cause. Kiwanis clubs conduct fundraising campaigns to support these service projects.

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Clairification

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

During the 2008-09 worldwide recession, many charities cut back on fundraising and marketing. Research collected from donors in response to the coronavirus pandemic showed: Giving, and fundraising, was increasingly seen as good. We know from past experience this won’t end well. Some of them still haven’t recovered.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JANUARY 27, 2025

Monthly giving is one of the few types of fundraising that does well. Whether youre a big or a smaller organization or your fundraising went well last year or it didnt, monthly giving makes so much sense (or cents). You most certainly should send fundraising appeals to monthly donors, but not the same ones you send to other donors.

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DoJiggy

JULY 1, 2025

Peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising has become a game-changer for nonprofits, schools, and community groups seeking to raise money through the power of their supporters. But how do you decide on the best peer-to-peer fundraising platform with so many options available? and robust fundraising tools.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 15, 2025

Continuing to stay in touch with your donors will help you when you launch your fall fundraising campaign. You could try a summer campaign if you’ve experienced a big cut in funding, although summer generally isn’t the best time for a fundraising campaign. Don’t make the mistake of taking a vacation from your donor communication.

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DoJiggy

JUNE 16, 2025

DoJiggy proudly introduces Donor Profiles—a powerful new feature of our free fundraising platform , designed to help your organization understand, connect with, and nurture its supporters more effectively than ever before. So, how can you use these donor profiles to enhance your fundraising efforts?

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Blackbaud

JULY 16, 2025

According to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project , only 8% of first-time donors make a repeat gift. Research tools and the native capabilities of your fundraising CRM can help you understand the giving patterns of all your supporters and prospects, not just those considered for major gifts.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

APRIL 21, 2025

Some of the PACs send emails that are so obnoxious they give fundraising a bad name. This is very common for fundraising campaigns and inviting people to events, as well as including a link to your email newsletter on your social media platforms. Youll also want to send regular reminders for fundraising appeals and event invitations.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 18, 2025

Fundraisers' experiences in places where many donors have lost jobs may offer a preview of what to expect elsewhere if the country slides into a recession. Fundraisers' experiences in those cities might be a preview of what nonprofits elsewhere will face if the country slides into a recession.

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