How to Write a Donation Request Letter for an Animal Charity

Sending out a donation request letter for your animal-focused nonprofit can be daunting. Letters asking for donations are constantly sent out by animal-focused charities and groups worldwide. So how can you meet your fundraising goals by making your donation request stand out in such a ...

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Create a Website For Your Cause: 5 Steps To Get Started

Whether you’re new to the world of fundraising or you’re a professional who’s been running campaigns for years, you know that there are a lot of options out there for raising money for your cause. Between the many online fundraising platforms to choose from and ...

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Rental Income for Nonprofits: A Viable Fundraising Option

Many nonprofits typically lean on more traditional fundraising methods like dues, raffles, and events to raise money. But there are other, less thought of methods of fundraising that involve leveraging physical assets; mainly, it involves earning rental income. Renting out owned space makes sense for ...

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5 Skills for Board Member Training + How To Teach Them

There are quite a few challenges that come with being a nonprofit board member. In recent studies, nonprofits report several “high or moderate” challenges, including internal resource constraints, changing technology, loss or decline of major revenue streams, and more. To prosper in their roles amid ...

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Improve Your Nonprofit’s Brand Image: 4 Questions to Ask

Your nonprofit’s brand is essentially the visual image that you put out into the community to remind your community members of who your organization is, your mission, and your general personality. It’s the core of your marketing strategy and helps develop your organization’s reputation. With more than 1.6 ...

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How to Navigate Workplace Giving: 5 Ways to Help Your Donors

Workplace giving programs are incredibly impactful forms of corporate philanthropy offered by thousands of businesses across the globe. These initiatives enable a company’s employees to have a direct say in their employers’ charitability—including the amount contributed overall and the specific organizations that receive funding⁠—through their ...

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11 Corporate Philanthropy Statistics Nonprofits Should Know

Corporate philanthropy is a powerful business practice that ultimately benefits nonprofits in significantly positive ways. Yet many organizations fail to realize the potential of these fundraising practices or even the extent to which they are available. That’s why we’ve put together this list of top ...

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How to Develop a Matching Gift Program: A Step-by-Step Guide

Matching gifts are one of the most popular types of corporate philanthropy for nonprofits, donors, and employers. Thousands of companies⁠—of all shapes and sizes⁠—offer corporate matching gift initiatives for their staff. If you run a business that’s developing a matching gift program (or are still ...

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5 Metrics That Point to Poor Volunteer Program Health

Even when a volunteer program seems to be running smoothly, there can be major issues bubbling under the surface. Over time, as these issues accumulate, they can cause significant damage to your nonprofit organization. The good news is that there’s plenty you can do now to avoid ...

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4 Ways That Tech Can Elevate Your Year-End Giving

Year-end fundraising in 2021 was unlike any other year that your nonprofit has encountered in the past. The nonprofit sector was still feeling the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, even as some efforts slowly returned to “normal.” As we leave year-end giving and you evaluate ...

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Our 11 Favorite Nonprofit CRMs to Help Double Donations

Are you looking to get set up with a donor database for the first time? Is your organization seeking to upgrade from a basic system to a comprehensive management solution? Are you comparing various nonprofit CRMs to determine which is right for you? If you ...

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13 Top Peer-to-Peer Platform Suggestions for Your Nonprofit

Peer-to-peer fundraising is a popular form of social fundraising in which nonprofits equip supporters to raise money on their behalf. This can be a particularly profitable fundraising strategy that also allows nonprofits to connect with new supporters that may be exposed to their efforts for ...

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Online Fundraising Sites: 15 Most Popular Platforms

Online fundraising is more important than ever before⁠—which means that the tools you choose to power your efforts should be chosen with care. Luckily, there are hundreds of online fundraising sites at your fingertips. We’ve combed the web and come up with a list of ...

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Crowdfunding vs. Traditional Fundraising: A Quick Guide

Crowdfunding vs. Traditional Fundraising: A Quick Guide How do you know if you’re choosing the right fundraising project for your nonprofit’s size, cause, and audience? It can be easy to stick with the same fundraising plans out of habit. However, if you don’t explore other ...

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How to Get Free Prizes for Your Charity Auction or Raffle

Raffles and auctions can be great fundraisers. They depend almost entirely on what prizes and other items you get to raffle or auction though! First and foremost, the items you raffle off should be free, low cost, or donated so you make a good profit. ...

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