Candid

JANUARY 29, 2025

In this article, well outline a three-step process adapted from our report Finding Your Funding Strategy: Benchmarking 101 , tailored to U.S.-based Define your funding strategy peer set First, identify five to 15 organizations that resemble yours in mission, size, and geographic scope. based nonprofits. How did you arrive at that mix?

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

A donation page is like your nonprofits digital giving hubits the place where supporters can easily contribute and feel connected to your mission. Having a dedicated donation page ensures that giving is simple, accessible, and distraction-free. Clean Water For The Worlds optimized donation page hosted on their website with CauseVox.

Donation

Blackbaud

MAY 23, 2025

Creating an effective donation form is crucial for maximizing contributions and ensuring a seamless donor experience. As a result, optimizing your donation form can significantly impact your fundraising success. What makes a donation form accessible? Perceivable: Is your donation form easy to locate on your website?

Donation

CauseVox

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

That’s why we’ve put together a list of fundraising tools that can help you boost donations, streamline your processes, and engage your supporters in new and exciting ways. Donation Counter One of the best ways to create excitement during your campaign is with a donation counter.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Quick Definition Online fundraising is the process of raising donations for a cause, project, or organization through digital platforms such as websites, social media apps, and email campaigns. How Do Organizations Collect Donations Online? And a well-designed donation page is key.

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GrantNews

DECEMBER 17, 2024

However, research shows that donors expect their philanthropic donations to go directly to the cause rather than overhead. Sadly, even with this outreach funding can still be challenging for nonprofits. Sadly, even with this outreach funding can still be challenging for nonprofits. Grant funding supports operating costs.

Grant

GrantNews

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Have you ever wondered where grant funding actually comes from? The “funding source” or “grant maker” is the organization providing the funds. No matter the source, finding the right grant can be challenging, but GrantWatch makes the search easier by listing grants from all funding sources in one place.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JANUARY 27, 2025

Monthly giving helps you raise more money Monthly or recurring donations can help donors spread out their gifts and its easier on their bank accounts. Monthly gifts are smaller, but you can raise a lot of money with lots of small donations. It should be an easy option on your donation page. The average is around $25 a month.

Donation

Get Fully Funded

JULY 30, 2025

In an evolving financial landscape, the smartest organizations are expanding beyond traditional donations. In this guide, we’ll explore six alternative funding ideas that nonprofits of all sizes should consider to complement their existing fundraising strategies. These funds hold vast potential: recent data shows that over 1.7

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JANUARY 20, 2025

Why does making a donation often feel like a transaction? Sometimes I see the words Transaction complete after I make an online donation. Your recurring donation has been processed Donation tax receipt Transaction Receipt from for $… This again emphasizes the transaction. Generally, it happens way too often.

Donation

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The data speaks for itselfaccording to the M+R Benchmarks 2024 report : Of desktop users who made their way to a nonprofits main donation page, only 16% completed a gift. For mobile users, the primary donation page conversion rate was just 10%. Make it easy for supporters to complete their donations. Optimize the submit button.

Donation

Ann Green's Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2025

You could put a donation envelope in your newsletter to raise some additional revenue, but do not put one in a thank you or holiday card. This is important during this time of economic uncertainty and funding cuts. You could also look into additional sources of unrestricted funding. a month (hopefully more).

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GrantNews

DECEMBER 2, 2024

While donations are important, they often fall short of covering all costs. With GrantWatch, finding funding opportunities to sustain and expand these impactful programs has never been easier. With GrantWatch, finding funding opportunities to sustain and expand these impactful programs has never been easier.

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GrantNews

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Funding supports general operations, as well as specific programs and services. Funding is to address the needs of underserved populations by utilizing innovation to achieve results. Funding supports restoration, preservation, development, and acquisition projects. Funding for Capacity-Building Projects/Activities !

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Before we officially wrap up the year, lets dive into the top articles of the year on the Get Fully Funded blog. short, when you know the reasons people support your cause, you have an edge in asking for and getting donations. What Should You Say to Get People to Donate?: Thats how youll get people to donate.

Fundraising

Future Fundraising Now

MAY 13, 2025

You are probably losing a lot of donations from people who clicked onto your landing (donation) pages, then left without completing them. Most donations pages could be better, and heres help from the Hubspot Marketing Blog, at 8 Must-Have Tips for Writing Landing Page Copy That Converts : Spend time writing a killer headline.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Let’s face it—keeping up with donation matches can feel like a race against the clock. Picture this: as donations roll in, a progress bar fills up automatically, showing exactly how close you are to hitting your matching goal. Donors can see in real time how their donation was matched. That’s where automated matching comes in.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

MARCH 17, 2025

Right now were dealing with cuts in federal funding, tariffs, a plunging stock market, etc, which are creating constant chaos for us. That second donation is known as the golden donation. Pay attention to your lapsed donors A lapsed donor is someone who hasnt donated for at least a year. Obviously, we can do better.

CRM

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 27, 2025

Its no secret that effective fundraising fuels your nonprofits workbut not all of the donations that may be useful to your nonprofit are necessarily monetary. In-kind donations (i.e., In-kind donations (i.e., Knowing this amount is important for accurately tracking your nonprofits donation revenue in your financial records.

Donation

GrantNews

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Many of these organizations utilize funding mechanisms, like fundraising events and donation campaigns. However the need often outspends available funds. Additional funding is almost always required. But first, we want to share some key statistics that are critical for understanding why this grant funding is so necessary.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 15, 2025

Will certain policies or funding cuts affect your organization? Share ways your donors can help – perhaps by contacting their legislators, volunteering, or making a donation. When all levels of government make funding cuts or policy changes, the need in the community grows, which puts more burden on nonprofit organizations.

Policy

Blackbaud

JULY 7, 2025

Your donation form is where inspiration becomes action. Whether you’re feeding families, protecting wildlife, or funding research, this is the moment when a supporter decides to take part in your mission. But with most visitors leaving a form before completing a gift, how do you turn interest into meaningful support?

Donation

GrantNews

DECEMBER 12, 2024

While educators and administrators work to create inclusive and supportive environments for each student, funding still presents a large challenge. The goal of these funding opportunities is to empower students with special needs and transform their learning experiences so they might thrive and reach their full potential.

Education

GrantNews

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Some funders require grant seekers to raise a portion of the needed funding. The applicant organization must show evidence of need and a commitment to raising matching funds. Funding will be for upgrading facilities and operations, lowering costs, and greater focus on more efficient use of resources.

Grant

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

GrantNews

DECEMBER 6, 2024

While nonprofit fundraising takes many forms like hosting events, corporate sponsorships, membership programs, and even knocking door to door, grants are the tried-and-true funding staples. Some nonprofit organizations miss the opportunity to cultivate a healthy working relationship with donors as a means of maximize donations.

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The Fundraiser Coach

MARCH 17, 2025

In 2022, he donated his carefully curated collection to his alma mater : a seven-figure gift of cash and gifts-in-kind. It was a significant gift, so of course we'd been in ongoing discussions for the last three years, including about the upcoming donation of his Pacific Northwest and British Columbia library of 1,200 volumes.

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Blackbaud

JUNE 12, 2025

If online giving is part of your organization’s fundraising strategy, user-friendly donation forms are essential for maximizing donor engagement, conversion rates, and donation amounts. Let’s explore the impact of well-designed donation forms and best practices to help you leverage these tools for greater fundraising success.

Donation

GrantNews

JUNE 12, 2025

Funding for nonprofits is always a concern, and in today’s financial landscape, securing funding can be daunting. With the help of GrantWatch and strategic financial planning, nonprofits maximize their impact, attract new funding, and grow with confidence. In truth, every decision you make affects the impact of your group.

Funding

GrantNews

OCTOBER 31, 2024

A Definitive Guide Grant Research Strategies : How to Locate Funding Opportunities Did you know? For example, a 990 report helps grant-seekers determine how much funding to request. Grant Funding & Services to Nonprofits for Clean-Up Events – Grants of $1,000 and in-kind donations to nonprofits for community clean-up events.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Professional fundraising firms retained 17% of donations raised in New York State during 2023, the lowest amount during the past five years. The data shows that 46% of the time charities received less than 50% of funds raised and 16% of campaigns had expenses that exceeded revenue to the tune of $26 million during 2023.

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Fundly

JANUARY 20, 2025

Whether youre raising money to fund a nonprofit initiative, support students at your school, or cover a personal expense, an online fundraiser can be an effective way to reach your goal. Top Features of Fundly vs. GoFundMe Successful fundraising requires more than putting up a donation page and waiting for donations to come in.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 4, 2024

billion was donated in the United States on GivingTuesday, a 16% increase from 2023’s total of $3.1 The donations came from more than 27,000 funders who answered the call of more than 17,000 teachers. Data released by the platform Bloomerang, showed 89,011 donations and 8,447 organizations participating. An estimated $3.6

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Allied Grant Writers

MARCH 17, 2025

In an ever-evolving social and economic landscape, churches and religious organizations increasingly seek alternative funding sources, such as church grants, to sustain operations, expand ministry services, and engage in community outreach. Generally, grants for churches fall into several broad categories: 1.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

With the help of generous donors, youve secured funding, rented retail space, and sourced inventory. Donation tax receipts allow you to confirm that youve processed and implemented a charitable contribution while expressing appreciation for donors gifts. or Sara, thank you for your donation! Acknowledging donation history.

Donation

Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2025

According to school fundraising studies , only 64% of parents, teachers, and administrators believe their school is well-funded. Students can apply classroom knowledge in practical ways by handling money, calculating profits, and tracking donations. Spirit days Promoting school spirit through themed attire can boost morale and funds.

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Planned Giving

APRIL 1, 2025

Too many nonprofits are missing opportunities to remind donors of their legacy giving options in their annual fund communications. As you know, annual fund communications focus on securing donations to support your immediate goals. Here are four simple ways you can highlight legacy giving in your annual fund communications: 1.

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