Clairification

AUGUST 24, 2023

As you’re planning ahead, and readying your year-end fundraising initiatives, take a little time to think about your communication delivery mediums. Clairity Click-it, Your Nonprofit Ticket to… The post Getting Ready Clairity Click-it: Nonprofit Links + Free Resources appeared first on Clairification.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 18, 2024

Free Guide to Accelerating Your Nonprofit Audit with Audit-Ready Financials A guide to achieving an expedient and cost-effective audit

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GrantNews

MAY 7, 2024

Question: Is your nonprofit ready for a rebrand? The post Is Your Nonprofit Ready for a Rebrand? Occasional rebranding is important to consider in today’s fast-changing world. Everything moves so fast and attention spans certainly aren’t getting any longer. appeared first on GrantNews.

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Gail Perry Group

AUGUST 29, 2024

Ready to turn your campaign goals into reality? You are not ready. I hope you are enjoying our Capital Campaign Readiness blog series. Add Power and Influence Is Your Board Ready to Lead Your Capital Campaign Is Your Nonprofit Ready to Launch a Capital Campaign? Don’t navigate the complexities alone. But not yet!

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GrantNews

AUGUST 22, 2024

The post Ready to Sign Up for a GrantWatch Library License? Grants to nonprofit organizations and government agencies to improve libraries and library services all over the country. As you can see, the GrantWatch Library License grant search database is an important tool for both libraries and their patrons. appeared first on GrantNews.

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Capital Campaign Pro

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Season 4, Episode 4 In this episode, Amy Eisenstein and Andrea Kihlstedt dive deep into one of the most critical questions facing nonprofit leaders: “How do you know if your organization is ready for a capital campaign?” Indicators of Success and Common Pitfalls appeared first on Capital Campaign Pro.

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Capital Campaign Pro

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

From lacking a clear vision to insufficient fundraising staff and history, they outline five telltale signs that necessitate strategic planning and preparation before embarking on such […] The post Podcast: Five Signs Your Organization Isn’t Ready for a Capital Campaign Yet appeared first on Capital Campaign Pro.

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Clairification

AUGUST 12, 2024

The post Top 5 Strategies to Prepare for Fall Fundraising NOW appeared first on Clairification.

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Gail Perry Group

AUGUST 15, 2024

We want to guide you to gauge your volunteer leadership readiness and set you on the path to a super successful campaign. Keep following this series for the Capital Campaign Readiness Checklist. This resource will help you take a good look at who you have to work with, and help you to get ready to make some fundraising magic happen!

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Clairification

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

If you’re ready to go, take a moment to check your plan against these tips. To boost your year-end fundraising success, you need to craft an email offer your donor can’t refuse. 4 Top Strategies to Clearly Convey Your Offer If you’ve not yet planned your campaign, start here — and now.

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Gail Perry Group

JULY 31, 2024

These six articles will guide you and your team through an essential readiness assessment that every nonprofit needs before taking the leap. Then download our free Capital Campaign Readiness Checklist to get started on your assessment. The post Is Your Nonprofit Ready to Launch a Capital Campaign? Would you like more?

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Veteran fundraisers recommend nonprofits set specific goals, enlist their volunteers, encourage donors to give early, and more. By Rasheeda Childress Giving Tuesday Employees at the Charities Aid Foundation participate in a GivingTuesday event.

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Gail Perry Group

AUGUST 15, 2024

We want to guide you to gauge your volunteer leadership readiness and set you on the path to a super successful campaign. Keep following this series for the Capital Campaign Readiness Checklist. This resource will help you take a good look at who you have to work with, and help you to get ready to make some fundraising magic happen!

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Hands-On Fundraising

APRIL 5, 2022

So you’re ready to write a fundraising appeal. Before you even begin to write your appeal, there are some things you should think about. What’s the ONE thing you’ll ask a reader to do? Too often, we use a fundraising appeal as a catch-all for everything we want to tell people. This is […].

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The post When Grant Documents Are Ready for a Critique – Copy Editing or Mock Review? *Click to enlarge the image Did you know : DH Leonard Consulting and Grant Writing Services provides experienced professionals to fill both needs for you, as well as a Mock Review toolkit download to guide you in that particular critique.

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Blackbaud

MAY 23, 2024

A Primer for Pre- and Post-Award Grant Readiness. A Primer for Pre- and Post-Award Grant Readiness first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog. Want more information on creating a plan of action for your organization to manage your federal grants? Check out the webinar I Signed Up for What?

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Blackbaud

JUNE 3, 2024

Although not ready or able yet to make a monetary donation, many 20-somethings are eager to support your cause through advocacy, social influence, and volunteering. Planning Your Board Engagement Pipeline If you’re thinking, “Gen Zers are not quite ready to serve on my board of directors,” you make a fair point.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 26, 2020

Are you wondering whether your organization is ready to re-open the office as the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions are slowly being lifted? Use these questions to help you decide.

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Capital Campaign Pro

DECEMBER 16, 2024

They help shape a plan for the future […] The post How to Get Your Board Ready for a Capital Campaign appeared first on Capital Campaign Pro. FACT — Board members care deeply about your organization. They dutifully come to meetings and review reports and vote on the budget.

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Clairification

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

By now you may be thinking: Sounds good, but how do we stand out? There must be some specific strategies that incline donors towards giving again, but what are they? Today I share my top secrets with you. They’re simple and foolproof. The post 13 Top Secrets of Donor Thank You Letters Revealed appeared first on Clairification.

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Clairification

MARCH 13, 2023

When starting out, don’t worry about charitable trusts, pooled income funds, life estates, gift annuities, or anything else that makes you feel not quite ready for prime time. No, you don’t!

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Clairification

AUGUST 15, 2024

The post 5 More Top Strategies to Prepare for Fall Fundraising appeared first on Clairification.

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Clairification

JANUARY 4, 2024

By now you may be thinking: Sounds good, but how do we stand out? There must be some specific strategies that incline donors towards giving again, but what are they? Today I share my top secrets with you. They’re simple and foolproof. The post 13 Top Secrets of Donor Thank You Letters Revealed appeared first on Clairification.

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Clairification

DECEMBER 18, 2023

You didn’t engage with them the rest of the year, except when you were ready to ask for another gift. It may be pure neglect on your part. They gave, you sent a thank you letter, and then that was the end of it. They may have felt their gift didn’t mean that much to you. This didn’t make them feel good about their giving.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

OCTOBER 19, 2023

When you’re ready to launch your campaign, include a blurb on your homepage that says your year-end campaign is underway. Your donors are going to be busy getting ready for turkey day and may not have time to donate that week, but would appreciate a heartfelt thank you from you. Test all links in email messages and social media posts.

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RBW Strategy

JUNE 3, 2024

Outcome Maryland Nonprofits contracted with RBW Strategy starting in 2020, and our organization has provided extensive support, including strategic readiness, prospect research, and grant writing. Over the years, Maryland Nonprofits has targeted its approach and requested support from RBW Strategy to help them and their member entities.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Nonprofits are doing scenario planning to make sure they're ready no matter who wins in November. By Ben Gose Getty Images Nonprofits are doing scenario planning to make sure they're ready no matter who wins in November.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

AUGUST 6, 2024

It’s so important to thank your donors and thank them well as soon as you receive their gifts, so have a thank you letter/note ready to go. You’ll want to put together a welcome plan for your new donors and that also needs to be ready to roll after the donations come in. Don’t treat thanking your donors as an afterthought.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

AUGUST 13, 2024

Make sure to get your team together well before your next fundraising campaign so you’re ready to roll when the donations come in. Make sure they’re ready to go as soon as the donations come in. Instead of sending the usual generic thank you letter, mail a handwritten card or call your donors. Use stamps, if you can.

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Clairification

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Ready to learn what I think thus far, and also see what else we’re working with? Some identifying information has been removed for purposes of confidentiality. I’m not here to shame. Just to teach. Would you open this letter? If yes, why? If no, why? I’ll wait… Have your answers? Let’s begin!

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Explore the benefits of gathering feedback and ready-to-us examples to help you create a meaningful survey to enhance member experience and drive improvements. Identify the needs of your members and how to best meet them.

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Clairification

MAY 9, 2024

Hopefully you read the previous article, determined an event was your best strategic option to reach your primary end goal, and now you’re ready to get to work! Once you settle on a direction, then you’re able to pick the best road to take you there. 4 Top Planning Tips to Invite and Ignite 1. First you want people to come.

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Clairification

MAY 1, 2023

It’s always a great time to review what you can do to get yourself and your solicitors (staff and volunteers) ready to make win/win matches between your organization and your prospective major donor/investors. Ready for some A, B, C’s? A plan to secure BIG gifts for you BIG mission.

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Clairification

MAY 2, 2024

It means that by the time you get to 20 people (out of 1,000) who are ready to become committed fans, each of these people is worth fifty times as much effort as you’d put into getting one new stranger to be aware of what you do. Don’t send a poorly-written mail merge to your best prospects.

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Clairification

JUNE 3, 2024

As you get ready or when you are driving over think about what kind of people you want to meet and what kind of interactions you want to have. . “The most important thing to do for giving a good impression is to set your intention. ” Sounds obvious, right?

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The Fundraising Coach

OCTOBER 18, 2022

It’s our job to keep in front of them and be ready for the people who are ready to give now. Or until year-end. Every time of the year has people who’ll give. Don’t grow weary in doing the right things. It’s our job to continue to be pleasantly persistent. Sometimes it’s boring.

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Lightning Fast Grant Writing

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

As I like to say, if you can’t get hold of a document in 10 seconds, it is useless to you.

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