Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Marketing-qualified leads are individuals who have engaged with your nonprofits marketing materials in some way but arent yet ready to donate. On the other hand, fundraising-qualified leads have been closely involved with your organization and demonstrated their interest in donating. Streamline your online donation form.

Nonprofit

CauseVox

JANUARY 20, 2025

We made it through 2024, and with it the final push for year-end donations. You might be asking why you need to put a ton of time and energy into bringing your donors back for a second donation. This is the first interaction your donor will have with the organization after they make their donation.

Retainer

Blackbaud

JULY 31, 2025

Annual giving is the collection of donations throughout the year to support an organization’s day-to-day operations and programs. Major donations and planned gifts often get the limelight, but without annual gifts, the day-to-day functions of your nonprofit could come to a halt. This is where annual giving comes in.

Donation

Bonterra

JULY 9, 2025

Advocacy includes a wide range of activities that raise awareness or encourage people to act, from writing blog posts and mobilizing volunteers to educating lawmakers. Rallies, info sessions, appreciation nights, and peer-to-peer fundraisers are all powerful ways to educate, inspire, and activate.

Lobbying

CauseVox

JULY 28, 2025

A CRM for nonprofits makes it simple by pulling gift history, email engagement, event attendance, and more into one place so you can spot when someone is slipping and jump in early–for their sake and yours! Now, here’s where your CRM can do the heavy lifting. Use your CRM filters to weed out bounced emails and unsubscribed contacts.

CRM

CauseVox

APRIL 28, 2025

You know the feelingyouve sent the thank-you notes, optimized your donation page, and run a successful campaign or two. A successful peer-to-peer campaign hosted on CauseVox that received donations from over 500 individual donors! Dont forget to educate your donors, too. Test different versions of your donation page.

Nonprofit

CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2025

When donors are thanked within 48 hours of making a gift, they’re 4x more likely to donate again. Immediately after receiving a donation, be sure to send an email confirmation that includes a donor “thank you”. But don’t let an automatic thank you after receiving a donation be the only time you reach out to your donors.

CRM

CauseVox

JUNE 24, 2025

How much they give : A person who donates $25 and someone who gives $2,500 shouldn’t get the exact same message. How they’re involved : Donors who attend events, volunteer, or raise money for you likely feel more connected than someone who just donates quietly online. It’s smart to match your tone and content to the size of the gift.

IT

CauseVox

APRIL 18, 2025

Whether youre refining an existing program or just beginning to play around with the idea of recurring donations, this guide is designed for you. Optimize Your Sign-Up Process As a fundraiser, you know that its vital to make the donation process as accessible and intuitive as possible.

Donation

Get Fully Funded

JULY 30, 2025

In an evolving financial landscape, the smartest organizations are expanding beyond traditional donations. Promote the option, add a DAF widget to your donation page, and provide information and consistent reminders about how donor-advisors can request grants to make the most of this fundraising source.

Funding

CauseVox

JUNE 23, 2025

How much they give : A person who donates $25 and someone who gives $2,500 shouldn’t get the exact same message. How they’re involved : Donors who attend events, volunteer, or raise money for you likely feel more connected than someone who just donates quietly online. It’s smart to match your tone and content to the size of the gift.

IT

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This might mean inspiring individuals to donate , volunteer, advocate, become a peer-to-peer fundraiser, or otherwise support your cause. Use CTAs to encourage supporters to take actions that align with your goals, such as donating, volunteering, or joining your grassroots advocacy campaign. Thats where calls to action (CTAs) come in.

CRM

Blackbaud

JANUARY 10, 2025

But many nonprofits that earn organization-changing donations scramble to build the infrastructure to manage the funds effectively. Provide Guidance on Board Responsibilities Larger, more established grantees may have a regular cadence of education for their Board, but that might not be true for smaller or newer organizations.

Award

Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Audiences can be categorized into different segments based on their demographic information and donation behavior. Leverage CRM Data for Personalization By using data from your Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, you can tailor your impact report to appeal to each of the audience segments you identify.

CRM

Blackbaud

JULY 16, 2025

Research tools and the native capabilities of your fundraising CRM can help you understand the giving patterns of all your supporters and prospects, not just those considered for major gifts. Also consider giving patterns at all levels—recurring monthly gifts, participation in fundraising events, or smaller but consistent donations.

Fundraising

Fundly

JANUARY 20, 2025

Top Features of Fundly vs. GoFundMe Successful fundraising requires more than putting up a donation page and waiting for donations to come in. Encourage more donations by creating multiple giving levels with custom incentives. Access real-time data on campaign updates, page views, donations received, and other key metrics.

Funding

Community Boost

APRIL 17, 2025

When nonprofits do engagement right, they build trust and garner support well beyond a single donation. When people feel seen and heard, they not only donate or volunteer, theyll also advocate and bring others along, which in turn creates a ripple effect that builds momentum. What is Community Engagement?

Nonprofit

Blackbaud

JUNE 16, 2025

Finance and fundraising teams must collaborate closely to ensure data pulled from the CRM aligns with financial records. First-person testimonials from beneficiaries help connect donations to a face and personal story. Integrated fund accounting and fundraising systems also improve accuracy.

Finance

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

To run a silent auction, you’ll need to plan many logistics, such as how guests will bid on items, what items you’re procuring, and how you’ll process donations. If you need to budget more conservatively, recruit more volunteers to support the event or gather more in-kind donations rather than purchasing auction items yourself.

Procurement

DoJiggy

APRIL 1, 2025

However, keeping these programs running requires funding for supplies, special events, and educational opportunities. In this guide, well explore the top 4H fundraising ideas to raise money and align with 4Hs mission of education, sustainability, and community involvement. Creates an interactive, educational experience.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

JUNE 18, 2025

GivingTuesday is a global movement that inspires millions of people to give back through donations, volunteering, and acts of kindness on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. In the United States alone, donations jumped from $400 million in 2018 to over $3.6 The numbers show its incredible growth.

Software

Bonterra

JULY 3, 2025

Plus, it can help you increase engagement, interest, attendees, and donations. Bonterra EveryAction Best for: All-in-one nonprofit CRM Bonterra EveryAction is an all-in-one nonprofit CRM that combines AI and automation to streamline events end to end. Reviews Ease of use 4.2 Customer service 4.6

Software

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.” Gratitude opens doors.

Policy

Planned Giving

APRIL 17, 2025

39 We just need a better CRM. CRMs dont fix bad habits. You are if you want donations. Right after they finish donating to people who asked first. 80 Were not fundraisingjust educating. And they dont need your donation. Delusion No. 37 Well get to that next quarter. Delusion No. 38 We already thanked them.

SAM

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 19, 2025

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AI

The Fundraising Coach

MAY 30, 2025

When your nonprofit aims to maximize donor outreach , you’re likely hoping to reach new supporters or secure recurring donations. Understanding Planned Gifts Let’s begin by understanding precisely what planned gifts are and how they differ from other types of donations. Do you have a strong base of long-term supporters you can tap?

CRM

Blackbaud

JULY 2, 2025

The Value of Nonprofit Accounting Automation in Your Finance Office Whether you work at a nonprofit, foundation, or educational institution, accounting automation can help you work smarter and get insights faster, so you can get back to the strategic work that helps your organization drive impact.

Finance

Bonterra

JULY 28, 2025

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Grant Management Software

NonProfit PRO

JULY 24, 2025

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Retail

Bonterra

JUNE 27, 2025

Nonprofit vs. not-for-profit organizations Where nonprofits serve a broad purpose for the public good with funding from donations and grants , not-for-profit organizations serve a smaller community or member base and are primarily funded by membership dues and fees. What is a not-for-profit organization? What is a for-profit organization?

Nonprofit

Ann Green's Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2023

By Mike Snusz In order for your nonprofit to effectively reach supporters via a text donation campaign, you will need to simulate an authentic, one-on-one communication experience. The best way to personalize your messages and create highly tailored donation appeals is to leverage donor data. Do they give on a recurring basis ?

Donation

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 6, 2025

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Software

Pamela Grow

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Thankfully, your nonprofit constituent relationship management (CRM) system can help keep donor data safe. Invest in secure software First and foremost, the CRM itself must be secure. Your nonprofit must know the right safety features to look for when evaluating your CRM or looking for a new one.

CRM

Double the Donation

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

PatronManager – Patron Technology’s powerful ticketing and CRM solution – and Double the Donation are proud to launch a matching gift integration between PatronManager donation forms and 360MatchPro, the leading matching gifts automation provider by Double the Donation.

Donation

Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

For example, to promote recurring giving, Double the Donation recommends segmenting your audience based on factors like: Interests and affinities. Then, group them accordingly in your constituent relationship management system (CRM), and use the channels they indicate to promote recurring giving. Select segmentation criteria.

Demographics

Blackbaud

MAY 1, 2024

It should encompass friction-free and on-brand donation forms, personalized and automated communications, and integration of internal systems. Convert More Donors with a Better Donation Form The goal for nonprofit organizations and higher education advancement teams is always to raise more money online.

CRM

Qgiv

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Your nonprofit donation page is a crucial tool for gaining and keeping new donors for your organization. Online donating is far and away donors’ favorite method, with 63% of donors saying they prefer to give online with a credit or debit card. Learn how to set up a donation page with our preferred solution, Qgiv by Bloomerang.

Donation