Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach, also known as Charity Clairity. Today's question comes from a fundraiser who isn't sure who a thank you should come from. Dear Charity Clairity, We're a middle judicatory of our denomination [...]
Year-end giving presents an extraordinary time for nonprofits to raise more money from individual donors than any other point in the year. It is also a time when fundraisers get too creative arguably, on the wrong things – and consequently spend too little time on the right things. A quick [...]
Each quarter the Fundraising Effectiveness Project releases their latest findings from billions of dollars donated through the participating donor database companies providing anonymous data from the majority of their customers. This allows the philanthropy world to establish metrics in a similar fashion to all of the key industries within the [...]
December is around the corner and we want to share best tips for your year-end fundraising. Sit back with your eggnog, put your feet up and review our list of what you need to know so you can have the best giving season ever: 1. Share your metrics for your [...]
What if I told you there’s a teensy little digital year-end fundraising tweak that your nonprofit could use to skyrocket your fundraising results? Would that be of interest? Darn rootin’-tootin’! Okay. First let’s look at a typical Donation Landing Page with a call to action via some compelling text, maybe [...]
In this webinar, Sean Kosofsky will show you eight tips that will dramatically increase the number of dollars you raise on Facebook. Full Transcript: Steven: All right, Sean. Is it okay if I go ahead and get this party started officially? Sean: Sure. Let's get this party started. Steven: All [...]
In the fourth quarter of each year the National Philanthropic Trust releases their annual Donor Advised Funds Report. This is significant for every nonprofit engaged in fundraising to take notice because donor advised funds or DAFs for short, are truly changing the landscape of major gift fundraising and therefore [...]
In my last posts, I walked through the factors that should be considered to create your year-end fundraising goal, and followed-up with a practical strategy to level-up results by expanding your army of front-line fundraisers with volunteers. Now it’s time to consider message and channel – and who is going [...]
Here’s one little ‘trick’ to vastly improve your fundraising this year. You’re going to think I’m kidding, but I’m not. I could give you lots of tips and tools to improve your year-end fundraising success (and feel free to grab some here), but if you do nothing else but this [...]
Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach, also known as Charity Clairity. Today's question comes from a fundraiser who isn't sure what online giving button label will get the most clicks. Dear Charity Clairity, I’m wondering… is there [...]
Must every charity register to solicit funds from the public? How do online donations fit into the picture? Warren Harmon, account executive at Harbor Compliance, answers these questions and more in this webinar. Be sure to download their free white paper, where you'll find: Common forms of solicitation that may [...]
Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach, also known as Charity Clairity. Today's question comes from a fundraiser who needs help writing a subject line for their email appeal. Dear Charity Clairity, I’ve got a great email appeal, [...]