Greater Giving

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Evaluating Your 2024 Fundraising Events: What Worked and What Didnt? As 2024 wraps up, now is the perfect time for evaluating fundraising events. Refine Strategies Apply data to optimize your fundraising campaigns for 2025. Did sponsor contributions cover costs, enhance the event, or drive additional fundraising?

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 9, 2023

Get 12 months of fundraising tips, best practices, and nonprofit industry data that will keep you inspired all year long! Get your free 2023 Fundraising Calendar now!

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Embark on a year-round journey with our 2024 Annual Fundraising Calendar, capturing moments that matter. Each page highlights giving moments, holidays, and fundraising opportunities. Join GiveSmart in turning the pages of year-round success!

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Blackbaud

DECEMBER 5, 2024

You are in full fundraising swing! In preparation for this key time of giving, we asked seasoned fundraising professionals, “ What’s something you learned from last year that you are taking into this year?” Create a Master View of Your Fundraising Activities Timing is everything. Joseph Center Foundation, Inc.

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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.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

DonorPerfect's Fundraising Calendar empowers nonprofit heroes! Download the digital version or order your printed calendar now! Download the digital version or order your printed calendar now! Get 12 months of tailored inspiration, with practical tips, key dates, self-care, and customizable stickers.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

Need to create your 2021 fundraising plan? Register for the course, “How To Create A Fundraising Plan For 2021” for only $115. “If And as far as fundraising planning goes, your fundraising plans were thrown off. Creating a Fundraising Plan. Creating a fundraising plan may seem daunting.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Year-end fundraising season is starting to get underway. However, if you just send one fundraising letter and wait for the donations to come in, prepare to be disappointed. Your fundraising campaign will be more successful if you use a combination of mail, email, social media, and phone calls. That’s just as important.

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Millionaire Grant Lady

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Grant Writing Consultants Boost Your Fundraising Team’s Impact Many different staff positions fulfill fundraising duties. Each of these individuals serves a unique role on the fundraising and development team. Want to learn more about how Alex can support your fundraising team? What is a grant consultant?

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 4, 2024

DonorPerfect's Fundraising Calendar empowers nonprofit heroes! Download the digital version or order your printed calendar now! Download the digital version or order your printed calendar now! Get 12 months of tailored inspiration, with practical tips, key dates, self-care, and customizable stickers.

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CauseVox

MAY 12, 2021

It is no longer business as usual for nonprofit fundraisers. The answer is having a mapped out 2021 Nonprofit Social Media Marketing Calendar. Resources including a Content Calendar template and other materials. This is a platform-agnostic course, so you can use your existing fundraising and marketing tools.

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Clairification

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Which brings us to year-end fundraising – that crucial time of the calendar year when many nonprofits raise the lion’s share of their contributed income. Today, let’s just focus on your work in making the world smarter, kinder, more just, more caring, more peaceful and more joyful.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Master key strategies to elevate your GivingTuesday and year-end fundraising with social media, including profile optimization, engaging content, and video storytelling. As the end of the year approaches, nonprofits of all sizes gear up for their most critical fundraising period.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 2, 2024

By now, GivingTuesday has become a fixture on nonprofit calendars, inspiring generosity worldwide. It’s a day when donors, businesses, and communities come together to create positive change—and it’s also the perfect launchpad for your year-end fundraising efforts. Social media is a natural fit for keeping the GivingTuesday buzz alive.

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Hands-On Fundraising

JULY 25, 2023

Guest post from Sonia Urlando Virtual events are now normal additions to organizations’ calendars, and that’s great! This includes people who wouldn’t be able to attend if it was in […] The post 5 Reliable Ways to Improve Virtual Event Engagement appeared first on Hands-On Fundraising.

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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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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. Managing your fundraising efforts can be difficult, especially if you are working on a team.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Mobile Giving Campaigns The future of fundraising is mobile, with a growing number of donors using their smartphones to find new nonprofits, complete transactions, and tell their friends about their experiences. Thats what makes mobile giving campaigns so successfulthese fundraisers make contributing convenient for donors.

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Booster

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Planning out your school fundraisers for the entire year is an excellent way to ensure you have the time and resources to realistically reach your fundraising goals. But it can sometimes feel like a daunting task to start building a fundraising calendar.

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Lightning Fast Grant Writing

MAY 9, 2025

Create an annual grants calendar that shows: Priority funders Application deadlines Target ask amounts Estimated notification dates This transforms you from a grant chaser to a grants strategist. Pro Tip: Build this plan in December when other fundraising activities slow down.

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Does your nonprofit want to increase engagement with your marketing and fundraising efforts? This guide explores tips to increase both marketing and fundraising qualified lead generation. On the other hand, fundraising-qualified leads have been closely involved with your organization and demonstrated their interest in donating.

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Depending on the fundraising platform used during your event, these messages may be sent automatically! Send Regular Communications: Consider creating a donor stewardship calendar to map out regular touchpoints, such as newsletters, mission updates, and impact stories.

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

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Professional Grant Writers

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The post Develop a grants calendar to stay on top of deadlines appeared first on Professional Grant Writer. If you’ve written grants for a while, you’ve probably experienced it: that sinking feeling when you realize — or your employer tells you.

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Double the Donation

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Incorporating matching gifts into your nonprofit’s marketing strategy can unlock significant fundraising potential year-round. However, timing is everything when it comes to making a matching gift impact. By aligning your campaigns with key dates, seasons, and donor behaviors, you can ensure your message resonates at just the right moments.

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GrantNews

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

There are many ways to generate funding, like selling merchandise, silent auctions, charity events, fundraisers, and more. After you have located grants of interest, the next step is to organize your calendar. Grant-seekers can schedule grant applications by adding the grant of interest to their Grants Calendar.

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The Fundraiser Coach

MARCH 30, 2025

With major gift fundraising, it’s about understanding the person , not just knowing their giving history. The pressure to perform or “hit the number” can make major gift fundraisers speed past the very moments that build lasting trust. When you lead with connection, you become more than a fundraiser.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 3, 2023

Your nonprofit probably spends a great deal of time on fundraising. So, how can you raise more dollars without adding yet another campaign or event to the calendar? Let’s look at four effective ways to optimize your fundraising results.

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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!” As the leader of a small but mighty team of fundraising professionals, who end up wearing a lot of hats throughout the year, my paper planner is also used as a leadership tool.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 22, 2025

Fundraising has been showing troubling trends for a while now. Nonprofit organizations will need to be a whole lot more serious about fundraising particularly donor retention in 2025. Donor communications provide the very engine behind your fundraising program. Fundraising isnt wrong. Only 13.8% Only 13.8%

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Blackbaud

JUNE 6, 2025

If you’re a fundraiser, this might sound familiar: An experienced development team at a mid-sized university foundation is doing everything right to hit their goals for prospect meetings. The Changing Landscape of Donor Engagement The fundraising landscape has transformed dramatically over the past decade. What’s the problem?

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GiveSmart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Fall is in the air, and with it comes many opportunities to finish up this calendar year strong. What is your nonprofit doing to creatively expand your audience and steward your donors with your fall fundraising? Looking for ideas for what you can build your upcoming fall fundraiser around? Your fiscal goals are within reach.

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The Fundraising Coach

AUGUST 24, 2021

This issue of the weekly Fundraising Kick seems to have come at the perfect time for subscribers. Fundraising Kick coaching emails are written for busy nonprofit CEOs and my private coaching clients. Obviously, if your job is dedicated to fundraising, you'll be calling more people than that each week! Good morning, Kickers!

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re:Charity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Planning your nonprofit’s fundraising initiatives each year involves managing many moving parts. The post 4 Tips to Build an Annual Nonprofit Fundraising Calendar appeared first on re: charity. From diversifying your revenue streams for increased financial stability to keeping donors at all levels engaged in supporting.

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The Fundraising Coach

JANUARY 22, 2023

As the CEO, the leader of your nonprofit, how much time are you really giving to fundraising? You should be involving all your direct reports in some aspect of fundraising. And an easy way to do that is if they see that fundraising is important enough for you to give it time every week. You need to learn how fundraising works.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Year-end fundraising season is here. However, if you just send one fundraising letter and wait for the donations to come in, prepare to be disappointed. Your fundraising campaign will be more successful if you use a combination of mail, email, social media, texts, and phone calls. Here in the U.S.,

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amplifi

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

But have you considered using a monthly giving program to boost fundraising revenue from your current donors? Now, were not saying we can turn your worst fundraising month into your December, but a monthly giving program can provide you with a more consistent stream of revenue throughout the year. You didnt need us to tell you that.

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