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Perfecting Your Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Strategy: 3 Tips

Peer-to-peer fundraising is one of the most effective and engaging fundraising strategies out there. Your supporters can either donate or get involved with the campaign by creating their own fundraising page and encouraging others to give. Although your supporters help your nonprofit market the fundraising ...

Fundraising Anxiety: What It Is and How to Beat It

Fundraising anxiety affects nearly all nonprofits. Not meeting your fundraising goals translates to staff and programs being cut. Your colleagues may be out of a job, and critical social services are diminished, affecting people and communities in need. While similar to burnout, fundraising anxiety is ...

10 Books to Read to Become a Better Fundraiser

Regardless if you are just starting out, or have years of experience, understanding the current trends in fundraising, the current thinking toward philanthropy, and new ways to write communication materials or proposals, among other topics, is critical. Following are 10 books to read that will ...

6 Virtual Marathon Models for Your Charity to Race Away With!

Virtual marathons and races are the latest rage in online fundraising. While many models exist, the basic principle is to encourage grassroots, peer-to-peer fundraising in a flexible way. Like a traditional marathon or race/walk fundraiser, groups set a date (or a timeframe) for participants to ...

How To Use Email to Simplify Donor Retention – 3 Sample Emails

One of the best ways your nonprofit can use email is for donor retention. It’s simple, it’s fast, and it does not take a lot of time and planning. It also is perfect for donors that have already given to you, because it seems personal. ...

Sample Fundraising Appeal Letter for Veterans

Following is a sample donation request letter for veterans. Feel free to copy it and modify it for your fundraising needs. For any other use, please contact us. (More fundraising letters and templates…) There are more than 21 million veterans and active service men and women ...

3 Important Tips For Rare Disease Fundraising

With nearly 7,000 rare illnesses in the world today, an illness that only affects 3,000 people per year can often be overlooked. It is estimated that 25 – 30 million Americans are living with a rare disease today. With these facts and figures in mind, ...

7 Questions Answered About International Women’s Day

In March, countries and communities celebrate women all over the world. March is Women’s History Month in the United States. And millions celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) specifically toward a goal of promoting gender parity and celebrating the accomplishments and roles of women in our ...

How Nonprofits Can Use Peer-To-Peer Texting For Effective Fundraising

Personalization is extremely important when it comes to building relationships with donors. And it goes without saying, that if your nonprofit has a good relationship with your donors, they are much likelier to stay associated with your organization. So when it comes to laying the ...

2019 Cause Awareness Dates for Your Nonprofit Fundraising Calendar

Aligning fundraising and awareness events with broader “cause awareness” days and months can boost your nonprofit exposure. The first step is reviewing which days and months exist and when they fall on the calendar this year. Then you can pick those that align with your ...

What Are the Startup Costs for a New Nonprofit?

You have a wonderful cause that is helping your community and you want to become an official nonprofit charity. So your question is likely, “What are the typical startup costs for a nonprofit?” The answer is, “It depends!” It depends on where you are, how ...

Plan a Fundraising Calendar for Your Nonprofit: Step-by-Step

In fundraising, we spend a good amount of time talking about fundraising goals. But we often spend little to no time planning a calendar for how we are going to meet those goals. And, as French author Antoine de Saint- Exupéry coined: “A goal without ...

Tips For Simple Bookkeeping For Any Volunteer Fundraiser [Includes Ledger PDF]

Are you a volunteer tasked to sell candy bars or gift wrap for a sports team or class? You’re not alone! According to PTO Today, school groups raise more than $1.5 billion annually from informal fundraisers. But while it might be super simple for you ...

21 Places To Get Free Airline And Game Tickets And Merchandise For Your Auction Or Raffle

Thousands of companies will donate items to raffle or auction to nonprofits, if you plan ahead and ask in advance. Here are 21 different ideas for sure to please donations, for your nonprofit or community project, nearly all of which you can ask for online! ...

Peer-to-Peer Fundraising – New Trends and What They Mean for Your Nonprofit

Peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising has been a staple of the American fundraising scene since the oldest charities formed. The model is simple – charities recruit volunteers to fundraise for them, from their peer groups. The United Way does it through workplace campaigns. Charities like March of ...

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