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Year-End Fundraising Appeal Templates
Messaging templates for fundraising success End-of-year giving can account for over 30% of annual giving. In the last few months of the year, use this messaging guide to copy, paste, and edit easy, pre-made messaging…
Recurring Giving Appeal Templates
Communication templates for fundraising success Recurring giving is a growing, year-round revenue stream option for nonprofits and schools. Did you know that recurring donors give, on average, $326 every year? Or that donors who set…
6 Stats to Diversify Revenue Streams
Data shows that organizations with diverse revenue streams tend to be more resilient to economic change. With ever-changing economic conditions, take the opportunity to review this infographic and inform your nonprofit or school’s revenue stream…
Hybrid Fundraising Events Guide
Ensure your audiences are engaged and ready to give Fundraising events—galas, golf outings, cocktail parties, and more—look different than they did pre-pandemic. Instead of strictly virtual or in-person fundraisers, organizations are increasingly turning to hybrid fundraising events. …
5 Stats to Boost Year-End Appeals
Approximately $48 billion is donated to nonprofit organizations every year between November and December. Your year-end giving campaigns have the potential to bring in a significant amount of money for your mission. As you close…
Fundraising Guide: Local Institutions
Millions of people visit their local museums, theaters, aquariums, and other institutions every year. They go for culture, education, community, and entertainment. And while your local institution may charge admission, it rarely covers all costs….
5 Stats for #GivingTuesday Growth
Take your fundraising success to the next level this #GivingTuesday. With this infographic, you’ll have insights into data including donor trends, giving trends, popular traffic channels, and more that will help you make more informed…
#GivingTuesday Communication Templates
With #GivingTuesday around the corner, your communication plans need to be established and ready to go across all of your channels. This includes e-mail, social media, and text messaging. Use this #GivingTuesday messaging guide to…
Fundraising Guide: Creating Your Perfect Peer-to-Peer Campaign
Peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising involves volunteer fundraising ambassadors, usually families, supporters, community partners, and volunteers who raise money for your organization through personal outreach for donations. Funds raised from P2P campaigns can support programs that directly…
End of Year Fundraising Plan: A Quick Reference Checklist
From September to December, this guide is aimed to help you plan, act on, and exceed your goals year after year. Donors tend to donate generously to nonprofits and schools between Thanksgiving and New Year’s,…
Fundraising Guide: Food and Food Banks
Did you know that food banks feed some 46.5 million people in need across the U.S. alone, including 12 million kids and 7 million seniors? Food banks are squeezed between short supplies and surging demand…
4 Strategies to Help Attract New Donors
In this infographic, you will dive into stats to help you improve your donor acquisition strategy. How and where are donors influenced to follow and give? How can you make sure your fundraising channels are…