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AFP eWire January 22, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of January 20, 2014): Philanthropy Trends to Take Advantage of in 2014 Advocacy/Public Policy: Charitable Deduction Probably Safe for 2014, Say Experts... Volunteer Management: What do you talk about at your board meetings?... Donors: 29 ways to start a healthy 2014... |
AFP eWire August 28, 2013 |
Top Ten Things: September Is Boom Time for Donors, Google Says (August 28, 2013) Year-end Fundraising: Tips to Maximize Your End-of-Year Fundraising... Fundraising Strategy/Approach: Crowdfunding is the New Donation... Donors: How to keep new donors... |
AFP eWire January 5, 2015 |
Top Ten (Week of January 5, 2015): Beth Kanter's New Year's Ritual Top ideas for fundraising: Email tips... How different generations give... A donor's advice to nonprofits... etc. |
AFP eWire May 7, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of May 7, 2014): The Quickest Way to Lose a Donor Content and Curation for Nonprofits.. What If You Have No Major Gift Officer?... The Quickest Way To Lose A Donor... |
AFP eWire November 20, 2012 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (November 20, 2012) What Do Donors, Foundations Want to Know about Nonprofits?... Direct Mail -- The Exquisite Corpse... How High-Profile Causes Like `Movember' Push Less `Sexy' Ones Aside... |
AFP eWire January 12, 2015 |
Top Ten (Week of January 12, 2015): Making--and Keeping--Major Gifts and New Year's Resolutions Fundraising Research: Study: Corporate Giving Improves Employee Performance... NPQ's 11 Biggest Nonprofit Stories of 2014 and Their Implications for Our Future... Top 10 Major Donor Fundraising Trends... etc. |
AFP eWire July 3, 2013 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (July 10, 2013) Creative Ways to Give to Charity... Making Monthly Gifts the Norm... 21 Stupid Things You Can Stop Doing... |
AFP eWire July 3, 2013 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (July 3, 2013) Five Fundraising Approaches That Won't Frighten Your Board... How to Make Giving Feel Good... Is Your Nonprofit Ready to be Super Relevant?... |
AFP eWire March 17, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of March 17, 2014): When Will the Direct Mail Fundraising Era be Over? Donors: When Personalization Goes Too Far... Miscellaneous: The Science of `Paying It Forward'... Donors: How To: Legacies 101... |
AFP eWire |
54 Percent of Canadian Charitable Organizations Surveyed Say Contributions Rose in 2011 More than half of surveyed Canadian charitable organizations saw growth in charitable giving lase year. |
AFP eWire June 19, 2013 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (June 19, 2013) Crown Point students get an education in charitable giving... 5 Causes of Sloppy Fundraising... Tips for Getting More Appointments with Potential Donors... |
AFP eWire December 17, 2014 |
Charitable Giving, Donor Retention Levels Increasing, Reaching Near Pre-Recession Levels For the fourth consecutive year, charitable organizations across the U.S. saw growth in both the level of funds they raised, as well as how well they retained donors from year to year. |
AFP eWire September 29, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of September 29, 2014): How to Handle List Removal Requests 6 Ideas for Dealing with "Take Me Off Your List" Requests... Millennial Givers and a Movement Approach to Giving... The No. 1 Fundraising Skill Your Board Members Need to Master... |
AFP eWire November 13, 2012 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (November 13, 2012) Donor Stewardship: 8 Ways You're Probably Not Thanking Your Donors... Fundraising/Sector Data: Nonprofits and the Economy, Infographic Style... Social Media: #Sandy & Social: A Case Study... |
AFP eWire November 6, 2012 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (November 6, 2012) Work/Perspective: Fundraising: The F Word (Failure) (fundraising101)... Social Media/Marketing: 5 Ways Instagram Can Boost Your Marketing Plan... Volunteer Management: VIP Volunteer Opportunities... |
AFP eWire January 15, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of January 13, 2014): One Thing Most Nonprofits Stink at (Donor Retention) and How You Can Change It in 2014 Volunteer Management: What do you talk about at your board meetings?... Fundraising Strategy/Approach: Philanthropy Trends to Take Advantage of in 2014... Donors: 5 rules for thanking donors... |
AFP eWire December 11, 2012 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (December 11, 2012) Fundraising Trends/Data: Are We Approaching the Fundraising Cliff?... Corporate Philanthropy: How to turn corporate social responsibility into a corporate social opportunity... Year-End Fundraising: 6 Principles of Persuasion... |
AFP eWire July 2, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of July 2, 2014): Reinventing The Ask: Fundraising in the Digital Age Do You See What I See? 2 Steps to Prepare for Year-End Fundraising... The Blackbaud Index: Charitable Giving to Nonprofits Increased 0.9% in May... Millennials and the Social Sector: What's Next?... |
AFP eWire June 16, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of June 16, 2014): How Often Should You Thank Recurring Donors? Marijuana Event Brings Money and Attention to Colo. Symphony ... 4 Ways to Improve Your Fundraising Ask... How Often Should You Thank Recurring Donors?... |
AFP eWire November 10, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of November 10, 2014): The Two-Part Major Gift Conversation Why Your Brain Wants to Help 1 Child in Need But Not Millions... Why All Nonprofits Should Embrace #GivingTuesday... Key Facts on U.S. Foundations 2014... |
AFP eWire November 27, 2012 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (November 27, 2012) Donor Stewardship:10 More Ways to Show Donors Your Gratitude... Young Supporters: 5 Things Charities Do That Turn Off Young Donors Like Me... Donor Cultivation: Isn't it Better to Give and Receive?... |
AFP eWire December 18, 2013 |
Top Ten: 7 Tips for Nonprofits to Avoid Social Media Burnout in 2014 Donors: What `No' Means for Fundraisers... Donors: 7 Things You Need to Know About 2013 Online Donors... Fundraising Strategy/Approach: Oxfam Canada's `Threads of Change' Campaign... |
AFP eWire April 21, 2008 |
Integrating Fundraising Activities Key to Success, Survey Finds Using a variety of well-rounded and diverse programs and activities to develop strong connections with donors is the most effective way to raise funds, according to a new series of studies. |
AFP eWire |
53 Percent of U.S. Charitable Organizations Surveyed Say Contributions Rose in 2011 A new report shows first signs of increase in contributions in four years. |
AFP eWire March 31, 2009 |
Charitable Fundraising Hit New Low in 2008 Less than half of charities raised more money in 2008 than in 2007, and fundraising gains dropped significantly across the board. |
AFP eWire October 1, 2015 |
New Report: Less Than Half of Donors Give Again to Organizations That They Supported in the Previous Year Just 43 percent of donors who gave to participating survey organizations in 2013 gave to those same organizations in 2014. |
AFP eWire December 4, 2012 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (December 4, 2012) Planning/Strategy: The Eight-Word Mission Statement... Donor Psychology: Give Smart -- Conversations with Remarkable Donors ... Young Donors: Why You Should Engage Generation Y... |
AFP eWire |
Charitable Fundraising Takes Another Hit Just 43 percent of charities raised more money in 2009 than in 2008, marking it the worst year for charitable fundraising in a decade. |
AFP eWire March 15, 2004 |
AFP Fundraising Survey Shows Giving Rebounded in 2003 Nearly 73 percent of respondents to AFP's third annual State of Fundraising Survey indicated that their organizations raised the same amount of money or more in 2003 than they did in 2002. |
AFP eWire January 27, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of January 27, 2014): The 3 Principles to Acquire, Retain, and Upgrade Your Donors Fundraising Strategy/Approach: The 4 S's of the Modern Nonprofit... Donors: The 3 Principles to Acquire, Retain, and Upgrade Your Donors... Donors: Donor Engagement: Do Your Homework!... |
AFP eWire August 21, 2013 |
Top Ten Things: 25 Situations Only Nonprofit People Can Understand (August 21, 2013) Fundraising Research: Raising Money in a Changing World... Fundraising Strategy/Approach: You Have 6 Nonprofit Story Types to Tell... Donor Psychology: The Static State of Philanthropy... |
AFP eWire April 9, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of April 9, 2014): David Letterman Retiring, Jimmy Fallon on the Rise and Social Media Private Charity Can't Replace Government Social Programs... What Rights Do Your Donors Have?... If You Can't Support the Cause, Don't Take the Job... |
AFP eWire February 2, 2004 |
Donors Increasingly Give Online Donors are using the Internet to give online, and at the same time, many nonprofits are planning to increase online fundraising this year, according to two new surveys from Kintera Inc. |
AFP eWire April 29, 2015 |
Top Ten (Week of April 29, 2015): Crossfit, Human Rights, Shakespeare and the Zoo--How Making it Personal Makes all the Difference The Nonprofit Job Skills You'll Need by 2020... Nonprofits Work to Come to Terms with Minimum and Living Wage Standards... With Ice Bucket Challenge in the Rear View, What's Next for Fundraising?... |
AFP eWire October 22, 2014 Erik J. Daubert |
Get FIT and Improve Your Fundraising: The FEP's Fundraising Fitness Test Both the Fundraising Effectiveness Project and the Growth in Giving Initiative contain great secrets and insights into the issue of donor retention. |
AFP eWire February 5, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of February 5, 2014): 10 Must-Have Elements for Nonprofit Websites Volunteer Management: 5 Ways To Get Leadership Engaged In Your Employee Volunteer And Giving Program... Donors: Monthly Donors: Small is beautiful!... Technology: 6 Strategies To Sending Mobile Friendly Emails... |
AFP eWire January 15, 2013 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (January 15, 2013) Donor Acquisition through Webinars? Worth a Try?... The Importance of Donor Retention... Top 10 Blog Posts on Effective Grantmaking Practices of 2012... |
AFP eWire October 16, 2012 |
Charities' Fundraising Improves Slightly, But Still Not Retaining Donors While fundraising levels are improving slightly, charities continue to lose more donors than they gain and have a long way to go to recover from the impact of the 2007-9 recession. |
AFP eWire August 30, 2011 |
Nonprofits Retained More Donors in 2010, Report Shows Nonprofit organizations in the U.S. were better at retaining donors and shored up their net losses in donations in 2010, according to the latest report of the Fundraising Effectiveness Project. |
AFP eWire December 4, 2012 |
Fundraising Results Overall Stall Mid-Year In its semi-annual survey, the Nonprofit Research Collaborative finds that funds raised at organizations studied were largely unchanged from a year ago. |
AFP eWire |
Funds Raised Increased at 58 Percent of US and Canadian Charities in 2012 Nearly six in 10 charities surveyed (58 percent) raised more in 2012 than they did in 2011 from contributions, marking the first time since 2006 that significantly more than half showed such positive results. Last year at this time, 53 percent had raised more. |
AFP eWire January 22, 2013 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (January 22, 2013) 5 Smartphone Apps for Nonprofits... Ensure Sustained Giving by Planned Gift Donors... After the Yes: 12 Questions You Can Ask Donors Once They Say Yes... |
AFP eWire February 11, 2015 |
Blackbaud Report on Online Giving While not all online fundraising was quite as engaging as the Ice Bucket Challenge, buoyed by improving fundraising platforms, online fundraising as a whole saw significant growth in 2014. |
AFP eWire April 23, 2013 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (April 23, 2013) What Do Nonprofits Need More Than Funding?... 36 Fundraising Tips to Provoke Your Point of View, Sharpen Your Focus and Make You Laugh... Re-Imagining How To Decrease Donor Retention... |
AFP eWire June 23, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of June 23, 2014): Successful Fundraisers Will Have These Traits 12 Reasons Why You Should Gracefully Resign from a Nonprofit Board... Take Our Major Gift Fundraising Aptitude Quiz... Blackbaud Ranks Most Generous Online U.S. Cities for 2013... |
AFP eWire July 15, 2015 |
Top Ten (Week of July 15, 2015): Seven Things You Can Ask a First-Time Donor to Do Before Asking for More Money Harvesters Food Bank's Fundraising Strategy... How to Promote and Close Monthly Giving in Your Fundraising Appeal Letters... Beating the Summertime Fundraising Blues... |
AFP eWire August 18, 2008 |
Donor Retention Trumps Acquisition, Study Notes The Fundraising Effectiveness Project finds a steady trend in the amount of donors and donations lost for every new donor and donation gained. |
AFP eWire October 30, 2013 |
Top Ten: How To Replace Your Donors With Younger Donors (Oct. 30, 2013) Younger Donors/Gen Y/Millennials: How to replace your donors with younger donors... Fundraising Research: A Billion + Change Celebrates Pro Bono Week... Donors: Working the Room... |
AFP eWire November 20, 2013 |
Top Ten: A Playbook To Kickstart Your Nonprofit's #GivingTuesday Campaign (November 20, 2013) Fundraising Research: Why Women Thrive in Political Fundraising... Volunteer Management: Narrow the Focus... Donors: Why Asking and Thanking Donors is All Wrong... |
AFP eWire January 8, 2013 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (January 8, 2013) 6 Ways Brands Can Leverage Google Plus Communities... Show, Tell and Involve: Fundraising Fundamentals for a New Era of Philanthropy... 7 ways to increase your nonprofit's donations... |