Sample Fundraising Letter for Your GivingTuesday Appeal

Following is a sample donation request letter (ideal for email) for raising funds on GivingTuesday. Feel free to copy it and modify it for your fundraising needs. For any other use, please contact us. (More fundraising letters and templates…) This sample fundraising request is for ...

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What You Need to Know about GivingTuesday

GivingTuesday is now the largest single day of philanthropy on the planet. Did you know though, that it only began in 2012? And that its goals include not just giving money, but also giving time and support for charity in general? What exactly is GivingTuesday? ...

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Sample Fundraising Letter for Medical Expenses

Following is a sample fundraising letter to be used for raising funds for medical expenses. You can use this appeal for direct or email requests, but also for any of the online fundraising sites. (See most popular fundraising sites and services here.) Feel free to ...

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Cause Awareness Days, Months and Weeks for 2020

Are you ready to plan for the upcoming fundraising year? Check out the list of awareness dates and holidays to make sure you don’t miss any fundraising opportunities! Most global cause awareness days and months stay the same in 2020, as they were in 2019. ...

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Streamline Your Volunteer Management: 7 Registration Tips

Volunteer management comes with several challenges. You need to keep track of which volunteers are accomplishing which tasks, assign appropriate projects to the right people, and coordinate schedules, all while monitoring a variety of other moving parts to the program. You’ll also need to align ...

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Top 4 Traits to Look for When Hiring a Fundraiser

Hiring a fundraiser is hard work. It’s probably the most difficult position to fill in your organization, even more than a Director sometimes! Good fundraisers have similar traits, however. The subject has been researched by a number of scholars and professionals. As a fundraiser myself, ...

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Where to Look for Fundraiser Professional Support

Fundraising professionals are generally the most in need of professional support within the nonprofit team. But, with hard pressed budgets and pushes from donors to spend their money directly on programs, they are often the least likely to get support. If you are a nonprofit ...

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6 Tricks to Find the Right Donor Prospects for Your Cause

Finding the right donor prospects is probably harder than actually asking for donations! You have a wonderful, unique project. Everyone else in your field is getting grants and donations (it seems). But you have searched and searched, and you just cannot find the right donors ...

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6 Key Features for Your Volunteer Program’s Liability Waiver

Your volunteers allow your nonprofit to accomplish a variety of important projects, from working on your program initiatives to helping out with fundraising campaigns. Of course, before your volunteers can get to work, they’ll need to complete your volunteer registration process, which might include a ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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. ...

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