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4 Tips to Optimize Your Donor Database to Boost Engagement

Ann Green's Nonprofit

A robust donor database or constituent relationship management (CRM) system is one of the best tools you have at your disposal to boost engagement at your nonprofit. Create Thorough Donor Profiles Donor profiles are essential relationship-building tools that are built into nearly every nonprofit CRM. Lets dive in!

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6 Ways to Find New Donors for Your Nonprofit

CauseVox

Lean into storytelling , and remember to do it ethically. Tools like Google Analytics, your CRM ,email platform, surveys, and one-on-one conversations can give you tons of insight into whats resonatingand whats not. Thats the first step to turning someone from a stranger into a supporter. Focus on dignity, not pity.

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Stewardship Reporting Best Practices for Finance Teams: Tips for Showing Donor Impact 

Blackbaud

Finance and fundraising teams must collaborate closely to ensure data pulled from the CRM aligns with financial records. Effective stewardship reporting not only builds trust with donors but also ensures compliance with legal and ethical obligations. Compliance Requirements: What Is Essential to Include?

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Conflict of Interest Guidelines Every Grantmaker Should Follow

Blackbaud

When youve documented and implemented a strong conflict of interest policy, you protect your team, ensure ethical decision-making, and strengthen your reputation among grantees and stakeholders. I love in legal ethics this idea of avoiding even the appearance of impropriety, Adriana said.

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4 Tips for Uncovering Your Donors’ Giving Motivations

Ann Green's Nonprofit

Use ethical and organized data collection methods. However, you’ll need to consider the ethics of collecting this information. The three main ethics to keep in mind are consent, confidentiality, and communication. To enhance donor relations, NXUnite recommends conducting thorough research to learn as much as you can.

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AI in Action: Deploying Responsible, Effective, and Trustworthy AI

Blackbaud

. “At this stage, one of the barriers to widespread AI deployment is no longer the technology itself; rather, it’s a set of challenges that ironically are far more human: ethics, governance, and human values.”— For example, let’s say you’re building a CRM to track relationships with your donors. That’s rules-based programming.

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5 Steps to Strengthen Your Grantmaking Organization’s Data Governance

Blackbaud

For example, have your grant application automatically pull data into your CRM instead of having to manually enter or update contact records each grant cycle. Match organization names to a database like Candid so The Animal Shelter of Springfield doesn’t accidentally get a second entry under Springfield Animal Shelter.