Blackbaud

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Provide common definitions so everyone is grounded in what you are talking about. When using AI tools to help you draft an award letter, for example, have it put together a template that you can go back and add the grantee information. Encourage your staff members that AI should not be used as an endpoint.

Policy

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 12, 2022

It’s definitely not as many as we would like. We have trained our supporters to ignore us. . Less is definitely more! Here’s a template for writing a fundraising email that will keep you focused on your purpose. When you post on social media, you don’t know how many people actually see your content.

Fundraising

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JANUARY 17, 2022

Or the search for the perfect template. A child advocacy organization might aim to double the number of volunteers trained to protect children in the court system. I’ll walk you through these steps, plus you’ll go home with my color-coded, detailed annual fundraising plan template AND a sample plan! Or enough data.

Fundraising

Strategic Grants

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Ideally this plan is based on a template you can tailor for each new funder, and is either complimentary to, or includes, your acquittal reporting plan. It is the quality and most definitely NOT the quantity of applications. A great way to keep on top of this is to create a stewardship plan as soon as a grant has been confirmed.

Grant

Peak Proposals

JANUARY 10, 2021

Templates for meetings, white papers, and responses to common press inquiries Resource lists Staff contact lists Answers to frequently asked questions and how-tos Three Scenarios Where Your Nonprofit Could Leverage Slab Below are three scenarios where you could use Slab to facilitate staff training and share frequently referenced materials.

Management

Tech Soup

JANUARY 18, 2015

Yet even in the most optimal open work environments, certain tasks, meetings, trainings, and creative processes are either impossible or severely limited if employees can't meet face-to-face. The Citrix free kit on How to Build Your Workshifting Strategy is definitely worth checking out.

Management

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?

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

JULY 9, 2025

Lapsed Donor Renewal Template Here’s a swipeable format you can use in either a letter or email to renew your lapsed donors. A face-to-face request would be even better, because that shows the donor how important they are plus it’s harder to say “no” in person. Monthly givers that stop giving also need a phone call to renew.

Pass-Through

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AUGUST 8, 2022

We all grew up learning that it wasn’t polite to talk about money and it definitely wasn’t right to ask your friends and family for handouts. If you start talking, you just interrupted their train of thought. For most of us, fundraising isn’t something that comes naturally, especially a straight request for donations. So, just pause.

Donation

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 6, 2022

Use that number as your major gift definition. Start with your top 10 gifts over the past 12 months. What is the average size of these gifts? Is there a natural breakpoint? There usually is.) For example, if your top 10 donors last year all gave at least $1,000, then use $1,000 as your major gift threshold.

Nonprofit

Fundly

MAY 18, 2021

Nonprofit Training Courses Sometimes to raise more funds in the long-run, you need to invest in your own team. When you invest in nonprofit training for your staff, you can amplify your fundraising and learn to use funds more efficiently. To get started, craft a single email template which can be adjusted to each recipient.

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 2, 2023

Further research revealed that the organization does economic development work while training people in the community in entrepreneurship. Here is how I would state the mission for greater clarity: We train people in entrepreneurship and provide access to capital to open small businesses. Sounds good, but what do they actually do?

Nonprofit

Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2021

Use the SMART acronym to set a goal your organization can actually achieve: Specific: Create a definite goal. Download our template! Template: Download. remind volunteers about upcoming shifts or training, and promote donations throughout your campaign or specific event. Don’t try to do too many things at once.

Nonprofit

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JANUARY 14, 2024

But don’t write down things you wish you were good at or things you plan to get good at with training. For instance, if someone has “talking on the phone” in a category below the line, you definitely don’t want to ask them to call monthly donors to thank them. Stick with things you are good at right now. Your list shouldn’t be long.

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 24, 2022

But don’t write down things you wish you were good at or things you plan to get good at with training. For instance, if someone has “talking on the phone” in a category below the line, you definitely don’t want to ask them to call monthly donors to thank them. Stick with things you are good at right now. . Your list shouldn’t be long.

Fundraising