Blackbaud

JULY 31, 2025

This means the organization has the flexibility to use the funds where they are most needed to fulfill its mission, cover operational costs (salaries, rent, utilities), and respond to emerging opportunities or crises. Unrestricted funds: A defining characteristic is that annual gifts are typically unrestricted.

Donation

Big Fundraising Ideas

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Cost efficiency: Analyze the return on investment (ROI) by dividing net profit by total expenses, which helps determine how effectively funds were utilized. Proper documentation helps improve future fundraisers and retains knowledge even as teams or personnel change. contributed most significantly to the totalrevenue.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

JULY 16, 2025

Can becoming more intentional in your relationship-building strategies help your organization retain more donors? Utilize prospect research tools : Invest in tools that can screen large lists for wealth indicators and philanthropic history. Make sure you don’t overlook those who have made modest contributions in the past.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

APRIL 28, 2025

Higher education institutions today face mounting pressures to attract and retain students in an increasingly competitive landscape. Use your award management software to help monitor fund utilization and scholarship impact, refine strategies, and ensure funds are used effectively.

Award

The Fundraising Coach

MAY 30, 2025

After the donor passes away, the nonprofit retains the remaining value. Utilize this tool to identify prospects and craft direct appeals that will resonate with them. Charitable gift annuities (CGAs): CGAs are contracts between a donor and a nonprofit. Start Conversations Early Planned gifts don’t usually happen after one conversation.

CRM

NonProfit PRO

JULY 25, 2025

How do they hire, train, and retain people? Utilize your network. Professional development. Appreciation days and casual dress codes. Small gestures, like snacks or Friday half-days. Then study successful nonprofits. What does their internal culture look like? Offer opportunities for people to participate.

Retail

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

“We had Amendment Four on the ballot [the November election proposal to codify abortion access into law], and if you’re an organization that deals with women’s reproductive health in Florida, it would be a missed opportunity to not utilize GivingTuesday to get more capital for your organization to continue to do that work,” Perwaiz said.

Pass-Through

NonProfit PRO

JULY 16, 2025

Blackbaud customers can easily import constituent lists, update subscription preferences to comply with supporter consent, and retain selected fields from Raisers Edge NXT in their Constant Contact accounts. This simplifies automation and personalization of outreach based on supporter interactions and characteristics.

AI

GrantNews

MAY 1, 2025

Read on as we dive into the fascinating world of volunteering, along with a short list of sample grants designed to help nonprofits attract, train, and retain volunteers! For nonprofits, if you have been waiting for a sign to start offering more volunteering opportunities. Here it is!! Without them, nonprofits would have minimal impact.

Grant

The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 9, 2024

When you know more about the user than a searching utility, you can create a unique link that makes people come to you. For example, you say people experiencing homelessness rather than the homeless to make sure people retain their personhood and arent defined by an often temporary condition. Personalize. But dont forget who you are.

Engineering

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It’s imperative that you recruit a strong volunteer base and, more important, retain volunteers by valuing their time, effort, and skills. If you’re ready to make a plan to retain your volunteers, start with these six tips. Utilize Their Strengths Volunteers feel valued when they can use their expertise for a good cause.

Retainer

NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 19, 2021

For New York City-based Smile Train, the largest cleft organization in the world, its year-end efforts last year presented challenges, yet valuable lessons learned that it will utilize as it moves forward. The COVID-19 pandemic halted its work around the world, but it soon found its voice, urging supporters that its work is still needed.

Retainer

GrantNews

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The Value of Your Volunteer Time To recruit and retain valuable volunteers you must build trust by providing the correct tools for a productive and joyful work environment for your volunteers. A Volunteer Management Guide is used to utilize volunteer time, skillsets, and talents.

Retainer

CauseVox

MARCH 24, 2022

You’re struggling to connect with your target audience and gain or retain their support. Filmmaker and storytelling expert, Rain Bennett, will walk you through how to utilize the power of storytelling via video as a key marketing technique to help hook your audience fast, while keeping them engaged for the long haul.

Retainer

Qgiv

AUGUST 21, 2023

Take advantage of ChatGPT and AI With the rise of AI like ChatGPT , you can utilize these new technologies to increase your organization’s efficiency. Offer recurring giving plans While acquiring new donors is important, GivingTuesday can help you retain donors as well. Use these 10 tips to kickstart your GivingTuesday prep!

ChatGPT

GiveSmart

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The best way to retain your donors is to make them feel welcome and follow up with efficient communication on ways they can stay involved with your nonprofit. To help inspire creative ideas, you can utilize campaign management software to access analytics and data that help you come up with unique themes.

Software

CauseVox

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

With in-person events impossible, Mentor New York utilized CauseVox to set up its annual signature event as a virtual fundraising event that relied primarily on peer-to-peer fundraising and creative ticketing. Overall, with their transition from an in-person event to virtual, they were able to retain 99% of revenue.

Mentor

Pamela Grow

JANUARY 11, 2024

Your organization’s donor communications program — consisting of solid Ask+Thank+Report+Repeat systems — utilizes neuroscience, consistency, and proof of impact to deliver trust in a nutshell.

AI

Qgiv

AUGUST 4, 2023

Learn more about how volunteer management and retention can help your organization: What is volunteer management How to manage volunteers Why is volunteer retention important How to retain volunteers What is volunteer management? Volunteers save your organization time and money when utilized correctly with a volunteer management process.

Management

GrantNews

AUGUST 20, 2024

Jobs: Locally owned businesses employ more people per unit of sales and retain more employees during economic downturns. Funding will be for operating expenses, including utilities, rent, supplies and materials, food and beverage inventory, and supplier costs. There are grants of $10,000 to restaurants for disaster relief.

Retail

Grant Writer Team

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In fact, utilizing proper grant terminology is vital to the success of any grant proposal. Funding Period: The period of time during which a grant funding award is available for the recipient to utilize. Quota: A goal; most likely a goal required in order to retain some or all of the grant award. Yes, yes it does.

Grant

NonProfit PRO

MARCH 3, 2022

Foundant’s NonprofitCore helps utilize your staff, time, money, and other resources more effectively with streamlined and automatic workflows and reporting. With all your data in one intuitive, easy-to-use system, you’ll have more time to focus your energy on stewarding and retaining donors.

CRM

Blackbaud

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Improving the Employee Experience   One of the most pressing concerns for nonprofits is avoiding burnout and attracting and retaining employees. Nonprofits that build change management capacity or utilize change management services will get to their desired future state while reducing costs along the way.  

Finance

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 10, 2014

So — given your teeny amount of available time and your equally tiny budget — here are seven easy-to-implement recommendations that will help your audience retain that 10 percent and keep them from sleeping while you speak: 1. Well-utilized images can enhance and reinforce your messages like they do in this example.

Retainer

amplifi

JULY 25, 2024

Varying your outreach is critical to growing relationships with donors and retaining them over time. A donor survey is another under-utilized and powerful outreach tool. READ MORE: Why are you struggling to retain donors? And if donors reach out with questions, make sure you respond as soon as you can!

Fundraising

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

This structured approach helps you effectively engage and retain supporters over time. Utilize multiple marketing channels Reaching donors through various marketing channels helps you connect with them in ways that suit their individual preferences and habits. Use these 6 steps to steward donors into lifelong supporters!

Demographics

Greater Giving

AUGUST 13, 2024

While many challenges arise, one stands out as the most significant: recruiting, training, and retaining volunteers. Leverage Parent Expertise : Identify ways to utilize parents’ professional skills to benefit the school. What challenges have you faced when recruiting, training, or retaining volunteers for your school?

Fundraising

RBW Strategy

JUNE 11, 2024

To increase the accessibility, equity, flexibility, and utility of Federal funding and support programs for Tribal Nations, Federal agencies are directed to support these entities further. Tribal Government Inclusion (OMB Memo M-24-11) : Many Tribal government entities are removed from the Federal grant application process.

UEI

Just Write Grants

JULY 10, 2024

This blog will guide you through practical strategies to attract, engage, and retain enthusiastic volunteers who contribute significantly to your organization's mission. Here are some key strategies to help you attract, engage, and retain enthusiastic volunteers who will make a significant difference in your mission.

Retainer

Qgiv

MARCH 14, 2023

Despite organizations utilizing fundraising best practices , many challenges for nonprofits remain. The organizations that can do the best job of retaining donors in 2023 will be most successful—not just in this year, but for years to come. drop in donor retention in Q3 of 2022. This problem is not going away.

Nonprofit

CauseVox

JULY 31, 2023

With this, set a goal for the number of donors you hope to engage and retain from Giving Day. This is a great time to utilize peer-to-peer fundraising. Push your organization outside its comfort zone but be realistic about your financial needs and the potential generosity of donors.

Nonprofit

GiveSmart

AUGUST 12, 2024

Both want to attract and retain donors to further their nonprofit's cause. Attract more donors You can attract and retain more donors by using customer-centric solutions and joining marketing and technology teams to safeguard it. When your marketing teams require advanced software to attract and retain donors, partner with GiveSmart.

Retainer

Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2014

of nonprofit organizations in America utilize volunteers. in their approach to volunteer coordination by better attracting, managing, and retaining volunteers. Community Involvement and the UPS Foundation, indicates that 81 percent. findings combine to suggest that there has been a large increase in the. Organizations must be smarter.

Mentor

Greater Giving

APRIL 1, 2024

The Power of 3 R’s: Building a Thriving Volunteer Program But how do we ensure a vibrant volunteer program that continues to attract and retain these dedicated individuals ? Utilize your website, social media, newsletters, local listings, and partnerships with community centers to reach potential volunteers.

Retainer

Greater Giving

AUGUST 8, 2024

Based on our survey results from schools , we’ve identified the top three challenges you face: recruiting and retaining volunteers, building strong fundraising committees, and securing donations. While your passion is undeniable, there are inevitably fundraising challenges and roadblocks on the path to achieving your fundraising goals.

Fundraising

Qgiv

MARCH 27, 2023

ChatGPT can help you retain donors by writing donor thank-yous and thank-you receipts Appeals aren’t the only way to merge ChatGPT and fundraising. Utilize ChatGPT when planning your event to start your research and speed up the first steps to hosting a fantastic fundraiser.

ChatGPT

GiveSmart

APRIL 24, 2024

Both want to attract and retain donors to further their nonprofit’s cause. Attract more donors You can attract and retain more donors by using customer-centric solutions and joining marketing and technology teams to safeguard it. Nonprofit development and marketing teams share similar goals in an organization.

Retainer