Archive for the "Year-End Fundraising" Category
Give Your Year-End Giving a Boost (or 5)!
Happy Holidays from Front Range Source! The giving season is in full swing and we wanted to be sure you saw Mark Rovner’s great list of 5 things you can do online and by email to increase year-end contributions (see below).
But first, here’s our own top-5 list of last minute fundraising boosters:
Focus on renewals. Pull a list of your top 50 donors and see who hasn’t given. Try to reach them on the… Read the rest- 21 December 2025
- Category: Year-End Fundraising
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- Written by: Ann Goldman
Colorado Gives Day: A Mathematical Puzzle
I have to admit to being a little skeptical of Colorado Gives Day. I was worried that the focus on one day might diminish overall giving in November and December. I worried about a lower overall average gift. I thought it might turn donors off to get multiple appeals from several organizations to give on December 8th.
But, as far as the measure of giving is concerned, Colorado Gives Day broke the bank. Over 18,000… Read the rest- 16 December 2025
- Category: Donor Cultivation,Individual Giving,Nonprofit Capacity,Trends in Fundraising,Uncategorized,Year-End Fundraising
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- Written by: Leslie Allen
“Thanks” or “No Thanks”: A Cautionary Tale
In anticipation of all those acknowledgement letters you’ll be sending this season, we asked guest blogger Mary Kaiser, principal of Kaiser Group, Inc. to share this important cautionary tale:
I recently received an acknowledgement letter that was so bad I just had to write to the development director and let her know what I thought about it. As a fundraising and membership consultant, I often have an opinion, but I don’t usually go so far… Read the rest- 08 December 2025
- Category: Individual Giving,Uncategorized,Year-End Fundraising
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- Written by: Ann Goldman
Asking Online: No Time Like the Present
The other day I was chatting with my good friend and fellow consultant Melissa Wyers, President of Breakthrough Strategies, about year-end fundraising on the web. Melissa is such a great resource! She has worked for years with an array of nationally known organizations, helping many of them to get their online fundraising program started. So, I asked her, “What kinds of things should smaller and mid-sized programs keep in mind when they are trying to… Read the rest
- 16 November 2025
- Category: Donor Cultivation,Individual Giving,Internet Fundraising,Year-End Fundraising
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- Written by: Leslie Allen