OneCause

APRIL 28, 2025

Be sure to build and optimize your participant portal to help your participants recruit team members, access resources that help them fundraise, showcase their personal fundraising pages , ask for donations from their social networks, and track progress toward their fundraising goals. Embrace mobile tools and tactics.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

MAY 1, 2025

SMART Goals Setting SMART goalsmeaning goals that are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-boundprovides a clear structure for drafting successful objectives. Often, nonprofits overlook the importance of setting well-defined and realistic goals , which can hinder their progress.

Fundraising

Gail Perry Group

JUNE 5, 2025

As the end of your fiscal year approaches, theres one question on every CEO and board members mind: Will we hit our annual fund goal or fall short? If you have the right focus in this last month of the fiscal year, your team can not only meet your goal you may even exceed it. And all eyes are on the bottom line. on that list.

Goals

Bonterra

JUNE 19, 2025

The first gift isn’t the goal. of new donors are retained after their first gift. These tools help reduce friction, improve ROI, and make every interaction feel more intentional for your team and your supporters. It’s just the beginning. Acquiring donors is hard. Keeping them is even harder. It is better engagement.

Fundraising

Candid

MAY 5, 2025

In fact, its in eight of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals including eradicating poverty, ending hunger, and reducing inequality. It also helps retain liquidity within the local economy and reduces reliance on intermediaries that charge high fees.

Policy

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Many organizations are experts at driving traffic to their online donation forms, but plenty struggle to actually secure donations and reach their fundraising goals. Retaining donors is equally challengingthe average nonprofit donor retention rate is consistently around 45%. Make it easy for supporters to complete their donations.

Donation

CauseVox

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

With Giving Tuesday and year-end appeals on the horizon, leveraging social media effectively can make all the difference in reaching your fundraising goals. Key takeaways: Optimize Your Social Media Profiles for Fundraising: Learn how to enhance your social media presence to attract and retain donors.

Media

CauseVox

MARCH 17, 2025

Planning the Golf Tournament Fundraiser Set Clear Goals Before you hit the green, start by setting crystal-clear goals. Home Page The home page (as displayed in the Scouting for America example above) should showcase key details like date, location, and fundraising goals. And the best part? Evaluate the cost and amenities.

Fundraising

Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

Monthly retainers Organizations that need ongoing grant support benefit from monthly retainers. Monthly retainer costs range widely. Most retainer agreements last 6-12 months. Many consultants set minimum retainer amounts between $1,500 and $3,000 per month. This prohibition exists for several key reasons.

Grants

Center for Major Gifts

MARCH 22, 2025

The goal is to be conversational, not reciting a prepared speech. A quick, heartfelt phone call can be a game-changer when it comes to retaining donors and inspiring future giving. Setting Your Team Up for Success A successful thank-you call initiative starts with organizational commitment. Put This Strategy into Practice Today!

CRM

Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2025

Theyre an opportunity to showcase your schools achievements and build relationships that translate into broader community support for your educational goals. Engage with the community: Engaging school fundraisers strengthen your bond with school families and other community members. Bake sales A bake sale is a classic fundraiser for a reason.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

JULY 31, 2025

The Goal of an Annual Giving Campaign: Secure the Foundation The primary goal of an annual giving campaign is to raise unrestricted funds to support your nonprofit’s ongoing operational costs and core programs throughout the year. What this looks like depends on your organization’s type and the programs it funds.

Donation

Big Fundraising Ideas

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Fundraisers are vital to supporting school programs, but their impact can extend far beyond immediate monetary goals if post-event reviews are conducted effectively. These shouldinclude: Assessing overall success: Did the fundraiser meet its financial and non-financial goals? Why Conduct a Post-Fundraiser Review?

Fundraising

Blackbaud

JULY 16, 2025

Can becoming more intentional in your relationship-building strategies help your organization retain more donors? A donor cultivation cycle is a systematic process that helps nonprofits build lifelong relationships with their donors through five key stages: identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.

Fundraising

Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2024

A thoughtful thank you may inspire supporters to give once more, helping you reach your annual revenue goal before the clock strikes midnight on New Years. Charity marketing research emphasizes that viewers who watch a video retain 95% of the information they see, compared to 10% retention when reading that information as only text.

Template

Greater Giving

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Fundraising Manager Your nonprofit’s fundraising manager or director will oversee all fundraising activities, develop high-level strategies, and ensure that fundraising efforts align with organizational goals. Additionally, depending on your nonprofit’s size and needs, some of these roles may have overlapping responsibilities.

Fundraising

Community Boost

JUNE 27, 2025

That’s what leads to more retained donors , more giving, and less burnout for your team. Reporting isn’t the goal → relationships are At the end of the day, your mission isn’t to generate reports. Most donor management systems are great at reporting. Reporting is descriptive , but what nonprofits really need is prescriptive insight.

Burnout

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This committee will be responsible for: Setting goals for the auction. Set both revenue and performance goals. In fact, with the help of Qgiv + Bloomerang, one organization raised 130% of its gala fundraising goal after switching from Greater Giving! To determine these target metrics, review past event results.

Procurement

amplifi

DECEMBER 5, 2024

It gets them excited to engage with your organization and helps you retain them long-term. And remember, donors aren’t really interested in your nonprofit’s financial goals. So, focus your thank you’s on the impact they had in your story, not how they helped you reach a fundraising goal. Finish telling the story. Who’s it from?

Nonprofit

Big Fundraising Ideas

JANUARY 21, 2025

Setting clear goals and sharing compelling stories help teams secure resources for uniforms, travel, and tournaments. By leveraging digital platforms, teams can tap into a broader audience, simplify the donation process, and achieve their goals faster. Another significant benefit of online fundraising is the convenience it offers.

Fundraising

GrantNews

JANUARY 17, 2025

A workplace where colleagues share values, clear communication, and build a mutual respect guides behavior and helps everyone stay motivated and aligned toward common goals. Culture can help leaders achieve goals and objectives, but it can also create obstacles that prevent employees from doing their best work.

Grants

Blackbaud

APRIL 28, 2025

Higher education institutions today face mounting pressures to attract and retain students in an increasingly competitive landscape. With shrinking budgets and growing demands for accountability, schools must find innovative ways to support their students while achieving institutional goals.

Award

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Recognize Grantee Well-Being as Central to Mission Success Funders see grantee well-being not as a secondary or optional concern but as essential to the success of their mission and broader social change goals. Without strong roots, a tree withers and fails to reach its potential. Unfortunately, my experience is not unique.

Burnout

Blackbaud

JULY 31, 2025

When you receive a patient’s first annual fund gift, it often becomes important to do deeper prospect research, with the goal of assigning and cultivating the grateful patient for an appropriate major or transformational gift. Best practices for data management include: Minimization : Collect and retain only the necessary data.

Ethics

Gail Perry Group

JULY 17, 2025

Why the number of visits may not be enough P roblem: Quantity-based performance goals alone don’t tell the whole performance story What kind of metrics really drive results? Managers who align the right type of performance goals with donor readiness and relationship progress help gift officers focus their time - and close more major gifts.

Burnout

Big Fundraising Ideas

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Youll find practical tips on planning, organizing, and engaging the community, all designed to help your school meet its goals while keeping the excitement high. On the one hand, you want to spark enthusiasm, creativity, and community spirit; on the other, you have financial goals and deadlines to meet.

Fundraising

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The Salvation Army leaders set an aggressive goal of $3 million for GivingTuesday 2024. Count the Salvation Army among organizations where leaders are bullish on the day, despite the late date directly impacting one of its unique fundraising channels — the bell ringers who stand aside its trademark Red Kettles. “We million a day.

Pass-Through

Gail Perry Group

JANUARY 22, 2025

Revenue goals are ever-rising! The huge financial goals and the pressure on fundraisers and organizational leadership can be intense. We have a challenge retaining some of our most generous supporters." "We And can you guess whats on the minds of nonprofit CEOs and VPs of Advancement? We bet its on your mind, too.

Fundraising

Big Fundraising Ideas

APRIL 22, 2025

School fundraising is more than collecting donations or selling products to meet financial goals. But fundraising isnt just about meeting monetary goals. Or is the goal to enhance school spirit while supporting multiple initiatives? These funds support everything from new playground equipment to arts programs and sportsteams.

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

JULY 17, 2025

In this guide, we’ll explore four strategies for retaining your volunteers and cultivating loyal support for your mission. Acknowledging milestones is a prime opportunity to reflect back on all your volunteers have accomplished and specifically highlight the impact of volunteers who have supported your long-term goals.

Training

Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The goal is to raise $5 million! But what happened SCARED THE out of people - and rightfully so. People have asked: What can partnership teams do? Here's my three-point strategy. Ask companies to step up and support you NOW. Its the smart way to stay ahead of future challenges. I knowyoure in corporate partnerships, not individual giving.

Funding

Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 24, 2024

My goal in taking your classes was to be a better fundraiser for sure. We do really well at retaining donors. That’s how I was feeling the other day. I’d just heard some sad news, I’ve been administering chemo to Wally, the wonder pup, and this election has me on edge. Then Dawn’s email arrived. I am sending you so much gratitude.

Donation

Candid

MAY 21, 2025

A third of nonprofit knowledge workers say they could work faster if they had clearer goals Asked what would help them work faster, respondents were most likely to say if they had clearer goals (33%) and if all teams at my organization used the same processes to get work done (33%).

AI

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Retain more volunteers over time. Volunteer lifecycle stage The goal of this stage Strategies to use at this stage Recruitment Introduce your volunteer opportunities to new audience members and inspire them to sign up. Improve volunteer satisfaction. Train volunteers effectively.

Management

Blackbaud

JUNE 11, 2025

This trend is small, and many private schools still struggle to reach their enrollment goals, but it does create an environment ripe for admissions teams. According to EdWeek’s evaluation of U.S. Census data: from 2019 to 2020, the share of students attending private schools grew by 3.4 From 2020 to 2021, it grew by 5.9

Applicant

Selfish Giving

APRIL 9, 2025

This webinar will be bursting with practical ideas on celebrating, retaining, and expanding your corporate partnerships. User Testimonials: Highlight quotes from past or current corporate partners who share how your nonprofit helped them achieve business goals (e.g., Anheuser-Busch ends 30+ years of support for St. Louis PrideFest .

IT

Clairification

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

And a huge part of your goal with Giving Tuesday should be to strengthen your bonds with donors. Your goal with any fundraising strategy is to retain and, ultimately, upgrade these transactional donors. Your goal with any fundraising strategy is to retain and, ultimately, upgrade these transactional donors.

Retainer