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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The Fundraising Coach

DECEMBER 31, 2023

One Leader’s Approach to Annual Team Planning “Coffee, Calendars, and Sticky Notes: These are a few of my favorite things!” Yes, even though my daily schedule is electronic, I still LOVE a good paper planner! This day is filled with a lot of coffee, our calendars, and sticky notes of every color.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 9, 2024

Fundraising numbers are down. Keep it simple by planning ahead If communicating regularly with your donors sounds overwhelming, plan ahead by using a communications calendar. Fill your calendar with different ways to do that and update it as needed. In your fundraising appeals, don’t bury your ask. Recognize your reader.

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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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Pamela Grow

JUNE 6, 2024

eCards are electronic greeting cards that include fun, attention-grabbing visuals and a personalized message. Kwala’s donor gifts guide recommends a few easy gifts for nonprofits: T-Shirts Thermoses Tote bags Calendars Journals For major donors, take the gifts up a notch with appreciation events and donor walls. Send eCards.

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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. A communications calendar can help you with this.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

AUGUST 20, 2024

You can also create a story calendar to help you consistently share stories throughout the year. In a fundraising appeal (all appeals should start with a story), you want to highlight a problem or need. If you’re writing a fundraising appeal about children who aren’t getting enough to eat every day, don’t use a picture of happy kids.

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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). Create a special section in your communications calendar specifically for monthly donors to help you with this.

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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. For organizations operating on a calendar year, this deadline will be May 15th. and others.

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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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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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Selfish Giving

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

A FREE electronic version of my last book Fundraising with Businesses. A top reference guide with all my best fundraising ideas for working with businesses! Here are 105 ideas for your editorial calendar. Senior Director, Philanthropy & Corporate Fundraising, Reading is Fundamental (Washington, DC) 2.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 23, 2014

In the rat race to do all the things we do to close out the financial calendar, here are some fun one liner horror stories to lighten your spirits from TechSoup’s Facebook page and the When You Work At A Nonprofit Tumblr , which was started by Leah Neaderthal and Leanne Pittsford, the founders of the nonprofit, Lean Impact.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

With Google Workspace you get: Gmail, Chat, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms, and many more tools, all for just $6 a month. With a scheduler, you can plan and execute your social media calendar and use the product’s analytics tools to track engagement. For content creation, you won’t find a more fun tool than Canva.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Designed by Jony Ive (or as they fondly call him in his native England, Sir Jonathan Paul Ive), the Apple Watch does many of the things other smartwatches do, such as message and calendar alerts. mobile apps nonprofit mobile phone fundraising nonprofits apple nptech mobile phones online fundraising news'

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Fundly

JULY 16, 2020

A recent push has been largely due to the COVID-19 outbreak and the subsequent social distancing practices, though many organizations have been transitioning to virtual or hybrid fundraising models for years. Luckily, there’s no shortage of virtual fundraising ideas to choose from! Take a look and find one that suits you best.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 16, 2024

When you start planning your fundraising events, you want to make registration and management as easy as possible for both you and your donors. With the right event management software for nonprofits, you can run your fundraising events more efficiently, helping you raise more money for your cause.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2021

While an astounding 69 percent of American adults say they use Facebook , a study found that more than two-thirds say email, not Facebook, is the electronic media they check first in the morning. Another organization offered a beautiful digital calendar image on the first day of every month. Email can be personalized. Get creative.

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