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How to Recruit Volunteers for Your Animal-Related Nonprofit
As a nonprofit committed to caring for animals in need, you understand the importance of having volunteers who share your vision and are willing to work towards your goals. However, attracting people to your cause can be difficult, especially when you operate with limited resources. If you're struggling to recruit volunteers for your animal-related nonprofit, we have some tips that can help: Define Roles and Opportunities Leverage Multichannel Marketing Partner With Local [...]
Does Your Nonprofit Need a Website Revamp? How to Tell
Your nonprofit’s website is the center of your communications strategy. It’s a key tool for boosting engagement, donations, and awareness of your organization in your community. When you use a multi-channel marketing approach, you probably rely on other promotion channels like email, social media, and digital ads to point supporters back to various landing pages on your website. Keeping your website up-to-date and modern is essential to engage your [...]
Hosting Engaging Virtual Events: How to Boost Participation
Like any type of fundraising initiative, virtual events have their strengths and shortcomings. On one hand, they present great opportunities for interfacing with your nonprofit’s supporters and growing your community in a convenient, cost-effective way. But, on the other hand, they can sometimes lack the excitement and connection that in-person events offer. So, what can your nonprofit do to make sure you’re hosting engaging virtual events? In this short guide, we’ll walk [...]
Hosting a Creative Nonprofit Event: 4 Top Tips and Tricks
Every year, nonprofit professionals must fill their fundraising calendar with events that help them generate the revenue they need to fund their mission. But when hosting so many events, how can you make sure that each one is creative, engaging, and attractive to your supporters? It’s easy to fall into the trap of hosting the same tried-and-true event year after year. Instead, spice up your fundraising calendar by interspersing new, creative events [...]
Switching to E-Filing Nonprofit Taxes: An Ultimate Guide
As a nonprofit professional, you know that every dollar counts when it comes to pursuing your mission. Fortunately, the government empowers nonprofits to achieve their goals by exempting them from paying taxes. A lot of work goes into complying with IRS regulations and preserving your nonprofit’s tax-exempt status, namely filing your Form 990 or one of its variants. Gathering your physical documents and filling out your forms by hand adds an extra [...]
GivingTuesday for Nonprofits: FAQs + 5 Tips to Stand Out
The end of the calendar year is the most important time for fundraising. Research shows that about 30 percent of nonprofit donations take place in December, and the holiday season tends to create a spirit of generosity among nonprofit supporters. It’s critical for your organization to start developing your year-end fundraising strategy early to bring in as much funding during this time as possible. A great way to kick off the year-end giving season [...]
How to Plan a Successful School Fundraising Auction: 5 Tips
Your school needs a strong fundraising strategy to bring in extra revenue, engage your community members, and power your school’s mission. This is where a lively auction can help. Whether you’re hosting an auction in-person, virtually, or as a hybrid, you can rally supporters around your fundraising goals and engage students, parents, teachers, and community members alike. First, you need an auction fundraising plan. Taking the time to develop [...]
3 Strategic Tips to Enhance Your Fundraising Calendar
It can be intimidating to translate your fundraising goals into your calendar. You might feel there is not enough time to hit your target objectives. After all, there are only twelve months in a year. So, where should you start? Kick off your efforts by building a comprehensive fundraising calendar that represents your nonprofit's target dates. In this guide, we’ll review three big-picture, strategic tips to bolster your planning efforts: [...]
Creating a Consistent Brand Voice in Your Text Messages
Text-to-give is a great way for your organization to boost revenue and connect with supporters. However, if your messages don’t feel authentic and relevant to your target audience, you might struggle to convert subscribers into active donors of your cause. This is where creating a consistent brand voice can help. Your branding helps supporters understand who your organization is, what you stand for, and why your nonprofit is worthy of donors’ support. [...]
Nonprofit Financial Audits: 5 Frequently Asked Questions
One of the main benefits of registering as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit is that your organization is exempt from paying most taxes. With this provision, you can reinvest all of your revenue back into your organization to help further your mission. However, it might lead you to wonder whether your nonprofit is also exempt from audits. Although the answer to that question is no, nonprofit audits tend to work differently from audits of businesses’ [...]
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