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14 Donor Retention Strategies to Show Your Donors Some Love
Valentine’s Day is not just for couples. It’s a
Create a Fundraising Plan that Plays to Your Fundraising Strengths
When mapping out your fundraising plan, it's best to
Pandemic Lessons Learned: 4 Tips for School Fundraising
Many schools rely heavily on donations from generous families,
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Make Sure Your List is Ready to Be Asked Before You Send a Fundraising Email
Make sure your list is ready before you send a
Space Out Your Asks With the 3:1 Ratio
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Tips for writing an emergency fundraising appeal
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Resources
Start with these free resources. We’re here to build your skills, support your questions and grow your nonprofit. We might even become your biggest cheerleaders along the way!
Nonprofit Fundraising Success Path
Before you can begin your fundraising journey, you need to know where you’re starting from. After working with hundreds of nonprofits and having gone through this myself, I’ve discovered 4 distinct stages of growth that you’ll move through as you get better at fundraising.
Fundraising Accelerator Free Webinar
What if you could raise a lot of money to cover all your small nonprofit’s expenses and do it without feeling like you’re twisting someone’s arm? Join us for this webinar and learn the 4 simple steps to fully funding your work so you can change more lives and do it with less stress and more fun.
Handy Checklists
A good checklist can save you time and help you avoid mistakes. Grab one, two, or all of these handy checklists to help you understand your donors, thank them well, and become a better Fundraiser!
The A to Z Guide to Understanding Your Donor
Taking the time to understand your donor is a great investment of your resources and will pay off big later. After all, the more you know about what your donors want from you, the easier it is to give it to them. And donors who get what they want are happy donors. They also tend to give more and stick around longer.
Thank Donors Well Checklist
Thanking donors well is the right thing to do – it’s polite, it assures the donor that she made a good giving choice, and it closes the cycle of giving which clears the path for the next donation. But there’s a big difference between a mediocre acknowledgement and one that knocks her socks off! Which one are YOU delivering?