Fundraising

Is Your Year-End Appeal Ready?

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The year is almost over! Do you have your year-end giving appeal strategy planned? Don’t panic, It’s not too late to get a jump on your holiday appeal. Here are seven steps that will lead you to a successful year-end campaign.

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Use Your Donor Management System to Take Fundraising to the Next Level

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With a donor management system, the days of tracking gifts in multiple spreadsheets, writing letters one-by-one, and trying to recall your last conversation with a donor are over! Your nonprofit may have a donor management system, but are you taking advantage of all its features? Learn how to use it for fundraising, grants, and so much more.

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5 Tips to Diversify Your Donor Base

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Many nonprofits are missing out on the chance to attract more donors while simultaneously losing major gift opportunities. One way to avoid that is by casting a wider net. Its very important to diversify your donor base so you get as many people involved in your mission as possible. If your nonprofit is looking to expand the scope of its fundraising, these are some helpful steps you can take.

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Break Through and Diversify Your Revenue Streams

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Is your nonprofit stuck at the same level of income and can’t seem to break through? Have you asked yourself, “What can I do to raise more?” The main thing to consider when you are really in a revenue rut is: Diversify your revenue streams. In other words, raise money from a variety of different avenues.

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The Benefits of AFP Membership

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I’ve just come back from Planet Philanthropy, and I’m all jazzed up. This is the annual conference for the Florida chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). The event…

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the Dance of Donor Cultivation

Podcast Highlight: The Cultivation Dance

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This month, the creators of IMPACTability®: The Nonprofit Leaders’ Podcast would like to spotlight one of their most popular episodes dedicated to fundraising: “The Cultivation Dance” with guest Christine Rahill,…

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Key Take-aways from AFP ICON 2022

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I just returned from the annual international conference of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, known as AFP ICON, and I want to share with you my biggest takeaways. First and…

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Solicitation in Nonprofit fundraising

Tips to Make “an Ask” Like a Fundraising Pro

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This is the time of year we celebrate Halloween, and in that spirit, we talked with fundraising expert Dr. Lou Traina, CFRM, about solicitation–because it is typically the scariest thing…

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The Magic of Major Gifts and the Fundraising Cycle

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All nonprofit organizations either have a major gifts program or hope to have one in the future, but what stops fundraisers from going after large donations today? Perhaps fundraisers don’t…

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The Key to a Powerful Case Statement

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Dr. Lou Traina and JoAnn Lawrence In this interview with fundraising expert, Dr. Lou Traina, we take a deep look at donor acquisition and major gifts. The following section of…

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