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The Undeniable Value of Nonprofits Working With Cross-Sector Partners

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It’s always been known that nonprofit organizations need cross-sector partners to successfully raise money for their causes. However, it hasn’t always been made aware of just how much nonprofits contribute to the success and positive culture of those corporations. The need for organizations to partner with nonprofits in pursuit of broad-reaching outcomes has increased substantially …

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Donor Retention— A Guide for Nonprofit Organizations

Leave a Comment / Authenticity, chatter, Coaching, consulting, courage, donors, Fundraising, Mindset & Habits, Non-profit, positive self talk, resources, self coaching methods, Self-doubt, Strategizing, tips, vulnerability / By Mallory Erickson

Nonprofit organizations across the world are struggling with donor retention, with the average retention rate hovering around 45%. Of course, donor retention benchmarks vary depending on many factors, including the type of nonprofit. Retaining donors is essential to the longevity of any nonprofit organization because those returning funders represent stability. Contributors who routinely invest in …

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Identify Your Limiting Beliefs and Understand Your Influence

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It’s no secret that being a fundraiser is a complex job with many emotional and social aspects that make it difficult. From anxieties about asking donors for money to formulating the perfect strategy to encourage more donations, it’s understandable why so many dread the act of fundraising if they haven’t done personal work around their …

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How to Effectively Present and Fundraise in a Virtual Setting

Leave a Comment / Fundraising, Mindset & Habits, Non-profit / By Mallory Erickson

In this day and age, the advancements in technology have pushed nonprofit organizations to have to get creative when it comes to fundraising. Especially with the recent COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the planet, organizations are moving towards a more virtual avenue for raising charity funds. Hosting fundraiser Zoom events has quickly become a great way for …

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What Nonprofit Fundraisers Can Learn From Political Fundraising And Organizing

Leave a Comment / Activism, Fundraising, Industry, Non-profit / By Mallory Erickson

What Nonprofit Fundraisers Can Learn From Political Fundraising And Organizing While you might not associate nonprofit fundraising with political fundraising, there are plenty of tools and techniques you can learn from political organizing when researching the best ways to fundraise. If you are wondering how to fundraise for your organization or campaign, we’re here to …

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Are coaching and consulting the same thing?

Leave a Comment / Coaching, consulting, Industry, Mindset & Habits, Self-Care / By Mallory Erickson

Coaching and consulting are nothing alike. You might be pretty surprised by the statement because often people say that they are a coach AND consultant. I am one of those people. But when I’m coaching and when I’m consulting it looks and sounds fundamentally different. This is why it’s so important that if you are …

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Volunteer: Recruit Volunteers successfully

The difference between your Volunteer Program and Your Major Gifts Program

Leave a Comment / Activism, community, Fundraising, gifted program, networking, Non-profit, political fundraising, resources, volunteer / By Mallory Erickson

Thoughts from my conversation with Breauna Dorelus at Connecting the Cause So what ARE the key difference between your volunteer program and your major gifts program? When you think about the skills that make your major gifts program successful they include building relationships, earning trust, having a deep understanding of the donors needs, and ensuring …

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How Philanthropy Can Reduce Anxiety

Leave a Comment / community, Fundraising, Mindset & Habits, Non-profit, Podcast, Self-Care, volunteer / By Mallory Erickson

They are everywhere. With millennials, who are currently ages 25-40, making up over 50% of the workforce – they are our coworkers, donors, and volunteers. The Pew Research Center says that there are 75 million millennials on the planet. These millennials are tech-savvy do-gooders and the largest generation of potential donors. Recent data also shows, …

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Who, How, and why to talk to donors about stock donations

Leave a Comment / Activism, community, Cross-Sector Partnerships, donors, Fundraising, Industry, Non-profit, resources, stock donations, volunteer / By Mallory Erickson

Stock donations; have you ever asked your donors to donate their stocks directly to your nonprofit? I know I never did when I was fundraising. I never even considered having donors donate their stock directly to me. Of course I know that many donors sell their stocks at year end to make donations that they …

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Why your nonprofit should accept stock donations

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Do you ever come across a solution to a problem you didn’t even know you had? This happened to me recently. I came across StockDonator.com – a company designed to help nonprofits accept donations of publicly traded stock. Then I posted on my instagram asking if accepting stock donations is something that my clients are …

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