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. Online giving is steadily growing , particularly with emerging nonprofits and schools, representing 13.4%

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 8, 2025

Keeping things simple is important for your nonprofit organization, too. Is it to ask for a donation, say thank you, or send an update? Suppose you send a message that includes requests for a donation, volunteers, and for people to contact their legislators. One of the most important parts of your website is your donation page.

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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. Youd need to handle design, coding, payment processing, and securityall on your own.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

APRIL 21, 2025

How does your nonprofit organization compete with all this? Are you asking for a donation? If you ask someone to make a donation, volunteer, and contact their legislators in the same message, they may not do any of that. Dont use something boring like April e-newsletter or Donation Received.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Partnerships between nonprofit organizations and for-profit companies to boost workplace volunteering and community impact can create significant value for both parties. Here are five takeaways from the 2024 Civic 50 Report that nonprofit leaders can leverage to expand or initiate successful corporate partnerships: 1.

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Does your nonprofit want to increase engagement with your marketing and fundraising efforts? You may have heard of lead generation in a business setting, but nonprofits can also effectively use this concept to drive engagement online and boost support for their missions. If so, you need a lead generation strategy.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 10, 2025

Nearly 8 out of 10 people who believe in your mission enough to make their first donation will never give again. The Real Reason Donors Stop Giving Most nonprofits assume donors stop giving because they’re overwhelmed with asks or they’ve lost interest in the cause. Let that sink in for a moment.

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GiveSmart

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

This guide will show you how to create a year-end fundraising campaign that will effectively reach the hearts and wallets of donors during this spike in end-of-year donations. Join us for our upcoming webinar, Year-End Best Practices Every Nonprofit Should Know. Appeal to these donors by keeping things simple and genuine.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Launching a new nonprofit is an exhilarating feeling. Here’s something to keep in mind, starting now: self-funding a nonprofit is not sustainable. Fortunately, I had some experience in marketing that gave me ideas about how to fundraise and help the nonprofit. But big goals cost big money.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JANUARY 27, 2025

In this post, Ill tell you why monthly giving is important for your nonprofit, how to start or grow your program, and how to nurture it going forward. 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. The average is around $25 a month.

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Blackbaud

MAY 6, 2025

In the competitive world of online fundraising, your donation form is your gateway to success. With countless nonprofits vying for donors’ contributions, it’s crucial to understand how your donation form stacks up against industry standards. Set a timeframe that makes sense for your organization (typically annually).

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Nonprofits have a conversion problem. 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%. Optimize the pages performance.

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Blackbaud

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Grants are an integral lifeline for many nonprofits, providing the necessary funding to launch new initiatives, sustain critical programs, and ensure operational stability. What if that major grant your nonprofit counts on suddenly disappears: How would you continue your mission?

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JANUARY 20, 2025

Why does making a donation often feel like a transaction? Many nonprofits seem to focus too much on meeting their revenue goals, which of course is important. Sometimes I see the words Transaction complete after I make an online donation. Holiday cards are also a good way to reach out, but dont put a donation envelope in one.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 22, 2024

GoFundMe and Meta announced new sharing features intended to drive more donations to nonprofits. Through the collaboration, donors and nonprofits might be able to more easily share the causes they care about with their social networks. The post GoFundMe, Meta Combine On Sharing Features appeared first on The NonProfit Times.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Optimize user experience (UX) and website design strengthening donor connections to boost online donations this GivingTuesday and year-end. Join us to lean about the role of user experience (UX) and website design in driving online donations.

Fundraising

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., However, some in-kind donations are easier to value than others. Your nonprofits network.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

MARCH 17, 2025

Donor retention is a perennial problem for nonprofit organizations. Both your nonprofit and your donors may be feeling financially strained. 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. Maybe they forgot.

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Grant Writer Team

JULY 17, 2025

Raising funds to boost your nonprofit donations in a fast-changing digital world requires more than the usual tactics—it takes innovation. If your nonprofit is looking for fresh ways to increase giving, you’re not alone. With donor fatigue and changing giving habits, organizations must get creative to keep donations flowing.

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Clairification

MAY 12, 2025

When Giving Falls, Hope Can’tWhat Your Nonprofit Needs to Do Now While the landscape may look bleak at first blush, Americans have a long philanthropic tradition. Per Erik Daubert, nonprofit management specialist at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University , people are inclined towards generosity.

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Community Boost

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Let’s dive into what Giving Tuesday is, its history, and how nonprofits can leverage this day to kickstart year-round fundraising efforts. For nonprofits, Giving Tuesday is more than just a single day of fundraising; it’s a launchpad for ongoing efforts throughout the year. billion donated in the United States alone.

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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. Whether you’re a small nonprofit or a large organization, these fundraising tools are designed to make your next campaign your best one yet!

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Candid

MARCH 10, 2025

Nonprofit organizations often collaborate with one another to share resources, seek grants, and scale public service delivery. At the same time, nonprofits also compete directly against one anotherfor attention, for funding, for clientsalthough this competition rarely gets acknowledged.

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DoJiggy

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Nonprofit organizations are constantly seeking innovative ways to engage with donors and streamline the fundraising process. By making donating as simple as a single touch or scan, digital wallets are transforming the way we support the causes that matter most to us. Our Mobile Payment Options Make Donating Swift, Secure, and Easy.

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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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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 29, 2024

short, when you know the reasons people support your cause, you have an edge in asking for and getting donations. 5 Places to Find Grants for Your Nonprofit for FREE!: What Should You Say to Get People to Donate?: Thats how youll get people to donate. Which Fundraising Events Bring in the Most Money for Nonprofits?

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 15, 2024

For many nonprofits, a live or silent auction is the pinnacle of their fundraising event calendar. However, the types of items that are best secured via nonprofit discounts or on consignment will often be your biggest-ticket auction prizes, so make sure you have room in your event budget for those purchases.

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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! Start with the basics: nonprofit SEO. And thats exactly where your nonprofit can shine.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

OCTOBER 30, 2024

This is appropriate since thanking your donors is part of the fundraising equation, even though many nonprofits don’t always realize this. A lot of nonprofits already do this. Whatever you decide, DO NOT include a donation envelope or any other type of ask with your thank you message. and the December holidays.

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Blackbaud

JUNE 4, 2025

Picture this: A nonprofit organization launches an ambitious new program, only to discover months later that inconsistent financial processes have led to overspending, duplicated payments, and critical delays. For nonprofits, which rely heavily on trust and accountability, these policies arent just helpfultheyre essential. Absolutely.

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GrantNews

DECEMBER 2, 2024

While donations are important, they often fall short of covering all costs. Charitable Missions in Exchange for Computer Donations : Opportunity for churches to support their charitable missions through donations of reusable electronics. That’s why many turn to GrantWatch.com, a trusted source for grant opportunities.

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Blackbaud

JULY 7, 2025

Your donation form is where inspiration becomes action. Some nonprofits are achieving remarkable results. Some nonprofits are achieving remarkable results. Strategic ask amounts drive larger gifts : Organizations report significant increases in average donation amounts when they implement a thoughtful ask ladder design.

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GrantNews

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Donors-Centric relationships are valued by smart nonprofits, the world over. 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. The same holds true for some small businesses.)

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Wild Apricot

JULY 15, 2025

Year over year, nonprofits find that email messaging is the most effective way to get the word out. But making sure your emails actually get opened and read by your supporters is something many nonprofit organizations struggle with. This was a valuable email to you, and you are a valuable subscriber for the nonprofit.

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GrantNews

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Nonprofits all over the globe make real-world impacts. Generally, covering overhead for nonprofits can be quite challenging. 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.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

DECEMBER 4, 2024

You may have or will see an increase in donations because of the recent U.S. This is why it’s so important to get a second donation, also known as a golden donation. Once you get that golden donation, you’re more likely to have long-time donors who will keep giving. Remember the golden donation, but don’t stop there.

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CauseVox

MARCH 24, 2025

If youre looking for a fresh, fun, and engaging way to raise money for your nonprofit, a challenge fundraiser might be just what you need. Challenge fundraisers often go hand-in-hand with peer-to-peer fundraising , where participants rally their friends and family to donate. How will this spread your nonprofits mission?

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