GiveSmart

JANUARY 23, 2025

This on-demand webinar reviews what 2024 was like for nonprofits and offers fundraising, donor, and marketing strategies for 2025. Improving your nonprofits storytelling can help your organization retain donors and grow funding, grants, and corporate interest in 2025. You must segment your donors to better personalize.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 1, 2024

What are the top GivingTuesday best practices and fundraising ideas to make you stand out in 2024? Despite annual donations decreasing the 2023 CauseVox Giving Study found that individuals, especially the younger demographic, remain steadfast in their commitment to philanthropic endeavors. Financial: How much do you want to raise?

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Segmentation through demographics like age, location and interests are also helpful ways to understand your donors and create stories that will resonate with the different types of target audiences. From Boomers to Gen-Zers, people like to know where their funds are going and how they are being used.

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Center for Major Gifts

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Using Giving USA 2024 and IRS Statistics on Individual Tax Returns , I discovered a massive decline in individual donations that could have long-term consequences for fundraising. Budget and spending adjustments at federal and state levels may impact nonprofit funding. billion (inflation-adjusted). 2022: Donations dropped to $386.76

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Candid

JULY 15, 2024

Early evidence suggests that many funders have stayed the course, especially in the areas of grant reporting requirements, funding restrictions, and proposal processes. In February 2024 , 66% reported that their funders have either continued these changes to reduce grantee burden or made new commitments to implement them.

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Candid

AUGUST 26, 2024

So far in 2024, more than 123,000 users have accessed this rich body of shared knowledge through Issue Lab. Here are just a few of the most popular resources published in 2024. National Study on Donor Advised Funds by the DAF Research Collaborative (DAFRC). The state of diversity in the U.S. nonprofit sector by Candid.

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GiveSmart

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Let’s discuss some 2024 year-end giving campaign ideas to help your nonprofit stand out this holiday season. By having everything prepped ahead of time, you can continue to engage supporters throughout the rest of 2024. Understand Target Demographics In the U.S.,

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GiveSmart

AUGUST 2, 2024

Overall, integrating text-to-donate into your strategy will streamline your fundraising efforts, increase donor engagement, and tap into a demographic that values mobile ease, setting your organization up for success throughout the year. Over a year, this monthly gift totals $120, providing more funding.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Many grant reports also require an accompanying financial report that details what the funding was spent on. For example, general operating support grants fund the work of the organization as a whole. For general operating support grants, nonprofits must allocate funding to the year it is received.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2024

As we embark on another year of impactful endeavors, let’s delve into the top ways you can increase your fundraising efforts in 2024. In 2024, there are new, unique challenges and opportunities in the fundraising landscape that require nonprofits like yours to take a strategic and dynamic approach to maximize your fundraising efforts.

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Candid

AUGUST 22, 2024

Exponent Philanthropy’s 2024 report, Racial Equity in Lean Foundations, offers a snapshot of where nearly 300 of these foundations are today and how they can improve. Over five years of data, the demographics of a lean foundation’s board have been the most reliable indicator of how foundations see racial equity relating to their mission.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 8, 2023

What’s your plan for 2024? As we embark on the fundraising journey in 2024, the significance of a well-structured nonprofit annual development plan cannot be overstated. Move beyond basic demographics to understand motivations, interests, and communication preferences.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 16, 2024

Peer-to-peer event tools allow participants to create their own event pages to raise funds for the event. This platform also provides insights into attendee demographics and event performance. 100+ Fundraising Event Ideas to Try in 2024 and Beyond. Pricing Eventbrite placing plans start with a free plan for small events.

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Candid

JULY 8, 2024

Foundation program officers and government officials can unintentionally limit the impact of community-based organizations by funding them to serve only a specific demographic group and a narrow set of activities. At the Healthy Democracy Fund at the Tides Foundation, we focus our grantmaking on state and local groups.

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Candid

MARCH 27, 2024

If you’re inspired to update your nonprofit profile, you should know that the elements donors tend to review are programmatic and strategy details, charitable status, financial information, demographic data, and any available examples of how you are tracking your progress and measuring your results.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 8, 2024

With this year’s GivingTuesday quickly approaching on Dec 3, 2024 , choosing the right fundraising platform is more important than ever. A platform that has flexibility in how you raise funds can mean more ways to reach different segments of your audience. In 2023 alone, GivingTuesday raised $3.1 billion in the U.S.,

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Hopefully, you can take these lessons to heart and have fewer bumps along the way to fund your nonprofit. According to the Charitable Giving USA 2024 report , donations in 2023 surpassed an estimated $557 billion. Like having too much stock in one company, it’s always wise to have a diverse pie of funds to operate your nonprofit.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

According to a Chronicle of Philanthropy analysis , wealthy donors gave nearly $300 million more to nonprofits in the first five months of 2024 than they did over the same period last year. What are their demographics? Major giving is on the rise across the nonprofit sector. Why do they give to your cause? What are their giving goals?

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Greater Giving

MARCH 29, 2024

Cost-Effectiveness: Cost was the top priority when choosing a venue according to nonprofits in our 2024 Q1 Nonprofit Trends survey. This option can attract a new demographic of supporters who might not typically attend your events. Public parks or outdoor venues can be significantly cheaper than traditional event spaces.

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Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

JANUARY 29, 2024

Since 1993, S + A has written many funded economic development, community development, and redevelopment grants, mostly for cities. Put on sunscreen and wax your board, as it will be grant Surfin’ Safari right after the 2024 election, no matter who wins.

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Candid

JANUARY 16, 2024

Today, I’m still responsible for overseeing work to raise nearly $9 million in contributed revenue to fund Candid’s operations. Over the last decade, I’ve watched an increasing number of current and prospective funders require demographic data as part of their grant application processes. Let’s dig in to why.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 24, 2024

It’s a mutually beneficial relationship; you receive funding and extend your reach while your for-profit business partner gets to interact with your community in a meaningful way. You could say, “Let’s aim to increase our donor base by 10% over last year’s by the end of Q3 2024.”

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Candid

DECEMBER 24, 2024

To find out, at the start of the Giving Season we ran a LinkedIn poll , with three choicesmore unrestricted funding, less paperwork for grants, and to reduce burnoutplus a write-in option. The first of five best practices for fair funding outcomes? What do we know about recent trends in unrestricted funding?

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Candid

MARCH 19, 2025

Despite comprising the majority of the nonprofit workforce, women in the sector still face gender disparities and challenges, including unequal pay, lack of access to funding sources, and expectations to do more with less. nonprofit sector demographics. The power of small grants and deep listening to fund the unfundable.

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Candid

JANUARY 2, 2025

As of December 2024, you can search and download over 35,500 such resources about efforts to improve the lives of people in their communities and beyond. In 2024, more than 195,000 users accessed Issue Labs collection of shared knowledge. Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Implementation Guidebook (2024 update) by the W.K.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 16, 2025

Whether fundraising went as you desired in 2024 or veered off your ideal path, its crucial to recalibrate for the upcoming year. If youre responsible for bringing in the funds your organization needs to operate, you cant take any chances of failing. Calculate the Funding Gap: Subtract the guaranteed income from the total expenses.

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