Your busiest giving season is right around the corner. Are you prepared? In this roundup, I compiled the best year-end fundraising advice from several nonprofit consultants in my network. Use these best practices to get a jumpstart on your year-end planning. 1. What is the biggest mistake you see nonprofits make at end of year? […]
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What to Consider When Picking Your Next Fundraising Event Theme
Many organizations are re-inventing themselves and their events after the COVID-19 pandemic. Because the whole world was tilted on its axis in the last year and a half, if there was ever a time to try something new, it’s now. This can be an exciting opportunity, but it can also be overwhelming if you don’t […]
Going Virtual is Not Enough: Reimagining Traditional P2P Walks for Fall 2020 and Beyond
In-person peer-to-peer (P2P) events have been one of the types of P2P campaigns most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The in-person to virtual paradigm of the Spring was very reactive in nature, propelled by uncertainty and fear. Moving into Fall 2020 and Spring 2021, we now understand more about the necessary precautions, such as the importance of […]
82 Fundraising and Social Media Stats for Nonprofits
Fundraising Stats The average online gift in 2018 was $96.40 USD (Blackbaud Luminate Online Report). 8.5% of overall fundraising in 2018 came from online giving (Charitable Giving Report). 54% of donors worldwide prefer to give via credit or debit card. 11% via direct mail/post. 10% via bank/wire transfer. 9% via PayPal. 4% via mobile app/wallet. […]
The Procrastinator’s Guide to End of Year Fundraising
Smart fundraisers start planning their end of year fundraising as early as July. Why? Many successful organizations raise as much as 30% of their individual gifts in December along, sometimes as much as 50%! Did you procrastinate? There’s still time for you to make end of year epic. You just have to pick and choose […]
Grant Seeking 101: Managing the Grant
Congratulations! You got the grant! It probably took you a long time to get here. The entire grants process—from writing the application to receiving the award—can take anywhere from six months to several years. But really, your work has just started. Now it’s time to do what you promised and manage the grant effectively. In this […]
7 Ways to Upgrade Your Nonprofit Donation Page [INFOGRAPHIC]
When website visitors arrive at your nonprofit donation page, you have seconds to turn that donor from a well-intentioned visitor to a donor. Whether donors arrive via email, social media, or your blog, your nonprofit donation page needs to be banging all 8 cylinders. Or at least 7. Elevation recently published this snazzy infographic running down 7 ways to […]
5 Things That Break My Fundraising Heart
Fundraising is the perfect job for hopeless romantics because being genuinely thoughtful and compassionate with your donors makes you a remarkably better fundraiser. Many of the charities I give to do an incredible job of making me feel appreciated. I reward them by making another gift and if I really love them, making my gift […]
11 Fail-Proof Ideas for Holiday Fundraisers
With the holidays just around the corner, spirits are high, our sense of community is strong and people are on the hunt for fun, festive activities—especially when they’re for a good cause. These holiday fundraisers are sure to help you spice up your year-end giving season! 1. Polar plunge challenge While the concept of giving […]
8 Creative Fundraising Ideas to Advance Your Mission
Fundraising for your cause is exciting, challenging and should be unique to your mission. Annual appeals, #GivingTuesday and end-of-year fundraising campaigns are imperative to sustaining your operating costs, however, stimulating a donor or member to give beyond those efforts can be challenging. By developing a creative giving platform, you can intensify donor momentum, increase funding and heighten […]
11 Fundraising Emails Best Practices to Drive High Response Rates
Fundraising emails provide a significant stream of income for many nonprofit and cause-based groups. However, this fundraising technique requires your recipients to take action not once, but twice. First, you need to get your recipients to open the email and then you need to get them to respond to your message. Do it right, and […]
Part 4: Phase Two – The Public Fundraising Campaign
Now it is time to go public with your fundraising campaign During the public phase of the campaign, it’s important to stay focussed and constantly update the public on your progress. A successful public campaign will: Use coordinated multi-channel campaign with the key messages developed for your campaign materials. Create a sense of urgency by […]