The Fundraising Coach

JANUARY 17, 2025

Often, nonprofits are forced to cut corners or rely heavily on donations, which can add uncertainty to the planning process. In-kind donations, such as catering or printing services, can significantly reduce costs while building community relationships. Crowdfunding platforms can also help you raise funds in advance.

Budget

Blackbaud

JANUARY 10, 2025

But many nonprofits that earn organization-changing donations scramble to build the infrastructure to manage the funds effectively. Provide templates to help them create an IPS and Spending Policy that encompasses the broad categories of funds they expect to have.

Award

Blackbaud

JULY 15, 2025

Think of GivingTuesday like a grant application: Focusing on a specific need will make it easier for supporters to understand how their donation will make a difference for your mission. As your supporters learn more about your GivingTuesday initiative, they’ll know their donation will go a long way and feel motivated to give.

Goals

Big Fundraising Ideas

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Breakdown of revenue sources: Identify which aspects of the fundraiser (ticket sales, donations, auctions, etc.) Conversion rates: Calculate how many people responded to the marketing by attending or donating to the fundraiser. contributed most significantly to the totalrevenue.

Fundraising

Planned Giving

MAY 12, 2025

These gifts are often the largest and most impactful contributions a donor will ever makewith the average planned gift ranging from 200-300 times larger than a typical annual donation. ” Appreciated Securities : “Donating stocks or bonds that have increased in value since you acquired them.” Who did I forget to thank?

Policy

Bonterra

JULY 3, 2025

Plus, it can help you increase engagement, interest, attendees, and donations. Not only can you use the software to plan, promote, and manage events, but you can also track (and increase) donations and engagement, automate and optimize communication, and boost the results of your fundraising efforts.

Software

Wild Apricot

JUNE 24, 2025

Once set up, these actions happen based on triggers like someone joining your list, clicking a link or making a donation. For example, someone who donates regularly might get a thank-you message and an invite to join a donor circle, while a first-time volunteer might get details about training or upcoming shifts. That time adds up.

CRM

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

For example, this template highlights the four stages of the volunteer lifecycle, along with your nonprofit’s objectives at each stage and strategies for improving the volunteer experience. You can also create a volunteer management calendar to help you stay organized. What is a volunteer management plan?

Management

CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

Fundraising Calendar for 2021. That’s why we created this 2021 fundraising calendar worksheet and template to help you map out the best possible plan. These templates come with a number of tips that we’ve pulled together to help you through the process of planning. Use these tools to streamline your planning process.

Calendar

CauseVox

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Seasoned fundraisers are well aware that fundraising involves a lot more than simply asking for donations. A fundraising calendar can help you streamline this process so you can raise more with less effort. This is where a fundraising calendar comes in handy. Many nonprofits operate on a July 1st through June 30th calendar.

Calendar

CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Autumn definitely means “go time” in the life of a fundraiser, often because it signals the start of year-end , a period of time you may get upwards of 60% or more of your annual donations. Even if you don’t follow a definitive fundraising calendar , it’s still vital to come up with a year-end fundraising plan —and stick to it.

Calendar

Ann Green's Nonprofit

AUGUST 13, 2024

If you don’t do a good job of thanking your donors, as well as building relationships throughout the year, you’ll have a hard time getting people to people to donate again. It should make a person feel good about making a donation. This email thank you is more of a reassurance to let your donor know you received her donation.

Donation

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

What you might not know is that the right fundraising plan template can make the job much easier. The bottom line: you need a fundraising plan built on the right fundraising plan template — one that outlines goals, actions, and the specific results you want. What Fundraising Plan Template is Right For YOU? Are you ready??

Template

Clairification

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Because as we approach what I call the “Grateful for Blessings Holidays” (emotional trigger) and the end of the calendar year (financial/tax trigger), people naturally turn their thoughts toward generosity and philanthropic giving. This is the magic season for fundraising. I am deeply appreciative for your support!

IT

Ann Green's Nonprofit

AUGUST 16, 2023

If you don’t do a good job of thanking your donors, as well as building relationships throughout the year, you’ll have a hard time getting people to people to donate again. It should make a person feel good about giving a donation. This email thank you is more of a reassurance to let your donor know you received her donation.

Calendar

Clairification

DECEMBER 28, 2023

All those year-end donations you received? Approach this with a learning mindset, vowing to find at least one thing you’ll do a bit differently (if not today, then tomorrow; save the idea and put it on your calendar so you’re sure to revisit it at the appropriate time). They light a path on the way to better.

IT

Wild Apricot

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

To many, Wild Apricot is a great all-in-one solution for website hosting as well as managing members, events, invoices, newsletters, donations, and contacts. membership registration, event calendars, profiles,etc) into your existing website using Widgets! But what you might not know is that you can integrate these features (i.e.

Calendar

CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Create a proven communications calendar. Optimize your donation form to convert more donors. Customize first-draft appeals and emails with our communications templates. You can customize our communications templates and tailor them to your voice. Define your unique mission and impact. Set campaign goals and objectives.

Fundraising

CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

dip in donations. Create a proven communications calendar. Optimize your donation form to convert more donors. Customize first-draft appeals and emails with our communications templates. You can customize our communications templates and tailor them to your voice. Define your unique mission and impact.

Fundraising

Double the Donation

MAY 15, 2024

The end of the year is always a busy time for fundraising, and your nonprofit tries to start planning months in advance. But the planning phase may take longer than anticipated, leaving you scrambling in October and November to figure everything out in time. If your nonprofit relates to this situation, then you need an […]

Calendar

GiveSmart

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

While #GivingTuesday and end-of-year appeals might feel far away, the busiest time of the giving calendar is just around the corner. Now is the time to finalize your strategy, make your plans, and create your messaging templates. Donors are paying attention, and many are looking at their spending for the rest of the calendar year.

Calendar

CauseVox

JANUARY 3, 2025

Download Our Free Fundraising Plan & Calendar Template: Why Do You Need a Fundraising Strategy? Below is a SWOT analysis template, specifically for fundraising,with sample questions in each domain: Strengths Weaknesses – What fundraising strategies have been the most successful or lucrative? Thats because its so true!

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

These tools are affordable, easy to use, and have great templates you can customize for your nonprofit. Using a template from an email tool is ideal for your newsletter because these templates are made to be easily read online or on mobile (more about that in a minute). The right nonprofit email newsletter format.

Template

CauseVox

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Download Our Free 2021 Year-End Fundraising Calendar. Creating a comprehensive calendar will keep you organized this year-end so that you can focus on bringing in donations! Download the free 2021 Year-End Fundraising Calendar: 2. This approach makes relationships, not donations, the priority.

Fundraising

CauseVox

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Autumn definitely means “go time” in the life of a fundraiser, often because it signals the start of year-end , a period of time you may get upwards of 60% or more of your annual donations. Even if you don’t follow a definitive fundraising calendar, it’s still vital to come up with a year-end fundraising plan—and stick to it.

Fundraising

CauseVox

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Building Relationships With Donors Donors that feel seen – and see their donations making a tangible impact – give higher amounts and give more frequently. Transparency And Accountability In our CauseVox Giving Study we found that the #1 barrier for Gen Z donors is understanding where and how their donation will be used.

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

Good stories show a dramatic difference in the ‘before’ and ‘after,’ and move people to ask questions, make a donation, or get involved. Can a visitor make a donation on my website in 2 clicks? page after their donation is completed? Detailed activity calendar. Remember, facts tell, stories sell. Detailed budget.

Fundraising

Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

Sprout includes content approval tools, social media analytics, and a shared content calendar view. Creating a content calendar detailing what you’d like to post and when is a critical first step to using any scheduling software. Download our free Nonprofit Editorial Calendar to get started! Nonprofit Editorial Content Calendar.

Media

Qgiv

AUGUST 22, 2024

It not only helps generate buzz and excitement but also provides a compelling reason for individuals to mark their calendars. It needs to be easy to find for recipients to quickly mark their calendars. Price Be upfront about ticket prices or suggested donations. Use this fundraising event budget template to keep track of costs!

Template

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

With our peer-to-peer fundraising email templates and tips, keeping your supporters motivated is simple! Download our Sponsorship Cheat Sheet and Templates to make reaching out to potential partners a breeze! Create a communications calendar. Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Email Templates. Event Promotion.

Template

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

In other words, you have no format, no template, and no idea where to start. If you can find 10 good grant leads — we can usually find at least 10 hot leads when we do grant research for our clients—then you can fill your grant calendar and keep your grant pipeline full all year long. Create a calendar of Asks. I’ve been there.

Fundraising

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Instead, try using multi-channel marketing to earn more Giving Tuesday donations. How to Earn Giving Tuesday Donations with Multi-channel Marketing. Use these tips to put together a great multi-channel marketing campaign to earn more Giving Tuesday donations. Put together a master marketing calendar. Get The Templates.

Donation

Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Whether it’s your first year participating in this wildly successful global day of giving or your ninth year, follow these tips to spread awareness about your organization and maximize those donations. It always falls on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving— mark your calendars, because GivingTuesday for 2021 is November 30th. Start early.

Fundraising

CauseVox

MAY 16, 2022

This guide will walk you through a step-by-step process for planning a ticketed event with loads of great free tools and templates to make planning smoother. CauseVox offers tools and templates that will help you get started so that you don’t have to begin from scratch. Fundraising Calendar Template. The good news?

Fundraising

Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2012

New to TechSoup: 3G Windows Venue Pro smartphones (admin fee: $31) from the Dell donation program. Access your calendars and daily schedule on the road. Take donations by using your phone as a mobile credit card terminal. These donated phones include a Windows Mobile operating system, 4.1-inch

Donation

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 2, 2023

Things like conversations with coworkers that last longer than they need to, writing the same email over and over instead of using a template, and meetings that don’t start or end on time can steal time from your day that you can never get back. Time-block your week with an online calendar. Lazy time is not unproductive time.

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Start with a Social Media Editorial Calendar In order to plan out your social media, you first need to create an editorial calendar. An editorial calendar is basically just a content map or a guide that helps you map out your nonprofit’s content (including social media) for the year. Donate, join, volunteer, help.

Media