Ann Green's Nonprofit

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Whatever you decide, DO NOT include a donation envelope or any other type of ask with your thank you message. Be ready to thank your donors as soon as you receive a donation Every single donor, no matter how much they’ve given or whether they donated online, gets a thank you card/letter mailed to them or receives a phone call.

Donation

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Get ready to dive into the wealth of knowledge from these 2024 fundraising articles. 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. And thats a good thing.It

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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

GrantNews

APRIL 29, 2025

While you can’t predict every question a funder might ask, solid preparation can help you feel confident, clear, and ready to shine. Be ready with accurate stats that show how your program delivers results. The post Ready, Set, Interview! It pays to Prep for Grant Success ! A well-informed applicant stands out.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2025

It serves as the foundation of your digital strategy by providing a place for any individual to find the information they seek about your nonprofit, whether thats your mission statement, impact on beneficiaries, how to donate, or volunteer sign-up forms. By Carl Diesing Your website is an essential tool in your online marketing kit.

Engineering

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.

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

This journey includes individuals who are almost ready to contribute and those who are still considering and may need more information before givingboth are considered leads. Marketing-qualified leads are individuals who have engaged with your nonprofits marketing materials in some way but arent yet ready to donate.

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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 a moment that makes you pause.

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Blackbaud

JULY 7, 2025

Your donation form is where inspiration becomes action. Organizations like Seed Savers Exchange and Washington’s National Park Fund are proving that by layering strategic, data-driven approaches with proven best practices, donation forms can convert more donors and inspire larger gifts. Some nonprofits are achieving remarkable results.

Donation

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 5, 2024

If you’re ready to move beyond grants, let’s get started! Grants are an integral lifeline for many nonprofits, providing the necessary funding to launch new initiatives, sustain critical programs, and ensure operational stability. For some organizations, a well-timed grant can be the spark that ignites growth.

Funding

Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Understanding how these donors select organizations to give to and what encourages them to donate again can help you make the most of the surge of first-time givers attracted by your GivingTuesday efforts. Make Giving Easy Streamlining the donation process can make all the difference in converting interested visitors into actual donors.

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CauseVox

MARCH 4, 2025

Thats where donation tiers come in. By using CauseVoxs free, easy to use fundraising platform you can set up customizable donation tiers , showing donors exactly what their gift accomplishes. Not sure how to define your donation tiers? We are going to dive into 5 types of donation tiers that engage donors and drive donations.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Instead, give yourself a solid 4-6 week time frame (pre-December) to hammer down your year-end fundraising details so you’re ready to go on kickoff day. Personally, I’m a big fan of asking those serving on the board of directors to not only donate first (which is a given) but to also volunteer with fundraising efforts.

Goals

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. You might be asking why you need to put a ton of time and energy into bringing your donors back for a second donation.

Retainer

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.

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Gail Perry Group

DECEMBER 11, 2024

While the TCJA didnt change charitable giving deduction limits - you could still deduct up to 60% of your adjusted gross income for cash donations - it reduced most tax rates and doubled the standard deduction to $12,000 for individual filers and $24,000 for couples. Plan Ahead Internally and Educate Yourself Get ready for 2025.

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

With your plan in place and your infrastructure built, you’re ready to start fundraising (so Stage 3). You have to get comfortable asking people for money – even if you think asking for money is the last thing you would ever feel comfortable doing. Then, draft a plan. Fundraising is a skilled profession.

Funding

Greater Giving

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Email marketing is a powerful tool that nonprofits can leverage to reach supporters and maximize donations. Plus, we’ve included a ready-to-use email template that’s also been preloaded into Greater Giving Fundraising Software to make your email campaign even easier! Encourage early donations! December 3 (Morning) : The big day!

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CauseVox

JANUARY 8, 2025

For nonprofits with limited resources, making the most of this page is critical to driving donations, engaging supporters, and amplifying your cause. Use Powerful Imagery High-quality images are worth more than a thousand words theyre worth donations. This ripple effect can lead to exponential growth in both awareness and donations.

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Bonterra

JULY 30, 2025

Innovative features that transform giving Unleashing the power of individual giving Individual donations are vital to nonprofit sustainability, but barriers like clunky forms, limited payment options, and inefficient donor journeys can significantly lower conversion rates. Smart data sync for smarter fundraising : Say goodbye to siloed data!

Fundraising

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! But as the dust settles, a nagging question pops up: How do we keep this momentum going?

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Candid

DECEMBER 3, 2024

They’re often giving by donating items, volunteering their time, and supporting fundraising (e.g., Offer NextGen donors volunteering opportunities as a gateway to donations Gen Z and Millennials’ charitable giving extends beyond financial donations, with 54% of survey respondents volunteering their time in the past year.

Fundraising

Candid

MARCH 31, 2025

And direct interactions through volunteering, donating, or participating in food drives, for example, is essential to building the public trust nonprofits need to do their work: 79% of respondents whod volunteered in recent years said it gave them a more favorable view of the sector, and 88% said they would volunteer again. in 2022-23.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 16, 2025

Whether your nonprofit is aiming to raise awareness locally or nationally, engage volunteers, or boost donations in your city or region, focusing your efforts on Facebook makes strategic sense. Include your website, email and donation link. stories, event updates, volunteer spotlights, donation appeals etc.) Consistency is key.

Media

CauseVox

MARCH 17, 2025

Picture this: a sunny day, a beautifully manicured golf course, and a group of enthusiastic golfers ready to tee offall while raising funds to support your nonprofit’s mission. Your event site is the hub where golfers register, sponsors get recognized, and donations roll in. Sounds pretty great, right? And the best part?

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Heres a tip: give two (or more) of your friends $10 and ask them to donate to your nonprofit online, via your website. Ensure youre making it easy to give by DAF with a “DAF widget, a small piece of code embedded on a website that allows donors to make donations directly from their Donor Advised Fund (DAF). Hey, it happens.

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Bonterra

JUNE 19, 2025

And when someone clicks a link in your email, that action translates to an average of $39 in donations. Engagement moments that matter most When moments of crisis or cultural significance arise, the most agile organizations are ready to act. EveryAction features like Optimized Ask increase dollars raised by 11% per donation form.

Fundraising

Planned Giving

JANUARY 25, 2025

Getting Ready to Implement Moves Management Set Clear Goals Before implementing moves management, establish well-defined revenue targetsboth short-term and long-term. Capture data points like donation history, event attendance, and engagement metrics (e.g., What is Moves Management? Verify contact details. email opens).

Management

Center for Major Gifts

JANUARY 25, 2025

Getting Ready to Implement a Moves Management System at Your Nonprofit Before implementing a moves management process, your organization must have well-defined short-term and long-term revenue targets. A defined moves management framework makes your fundraising efforts more efficient and fosters genuine, long-term connections with donors.

Management

GiveSmart

JANUARY 22, 2025

According to Double the Donation, eight out of 10 US donors regularly attend fundraising eventsfrom charity auctions and galas to run/walk/ride initiatives and more. A significant increase in response rate and a 51% increase in average donation amount when matching gifts are mentioned. Event season is quickly approaching. The result?

Fundraising

Community Boost

OCTOBER 30, 2024

From simple “Donate” buttons to advanced fundraising campaigns , Facebook’s tools enable nonprofits to creatively engage supporters and drive donations. Facebook Live with Donate Button: Add a Donate button to the bottom of your Facebook Live videos , enabling real-time donations during virtual events.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 14, 2025

You not only know your community, but you also know the people who care about it and donate to its most important causes. Engage with local officials: Along with your executive leadership team, share your organizations expertise, volunteer capabilities, and readiness to deploy assistance with local, regional, and state agencies.

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Grant Writer Team

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Expected Nonprofit Trends for 2025 Donor-Centric Management Grants Donor-centric management may increase donations by 20-30%. Because of this, you will see an increase in In-Kind Grant Support from funders who donate software, development services, training, and more to help nonprofits.

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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. Are you ready to make your monthly giving program a must-have for donors, much like their favorite streaming service? It’s 2025, and we’re fully living in a subscription culture.

Donation

Candid

MARCH 24, 2025

Based on my 25 years experience working in global development, here are five tips to help nonprofits be ready to respond to unforeseen challenges. Fortunately, recognizing the need for diversified funding years ago, we created the Childrens Emergency Fund with unrestricted donations from individual donors, corporate partners, and grantmakers.

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Blackbaud

JULY 29, 2025

Are you ready to make the most of it? Real End of Year Giving Campaign Examples Seed Savers Exchange makes giving easy with optimized donation forms. Using Blackbaud’s Optimized Donation Forms, they made giving easier and saw immediate results: a 10% increase in conversion rate and a 61% jump in average gift size. The takeaway?

Media

CauseVox

JUNE 3, 2025

From tracking every donation and interaction to segmenting audiences and automating outreach, a CRM gives you the visibility and control you need to deepen engagement and drive your mission forward. Although I know its their CRM at work, their organization remains at the top of my mind the next time I am ready to give.

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