Soapbox Engage Blog

Issue 115

Happy Tuesday, Fundraisers! I hope this quarter has been off to a good start. I’m looking forward to watching you crush your year-end fundraising goals!

Here’s a pro-tip for the week. As you prepare for Giving Tuesday, consider creating a dedicated Giving Tuesday donation page. This allows you to adjust the wording/design to best appeal to online donors. It also simplifies tracking the results of your Giving Tuesday campaign, since the majority of your donations will flow through that page. Learn more about affordable fundraising tools for building donation pages.

Scroll on down for more great fundraising content relating to nonprofit boards, donor segmenting, and year-end campaigns. Cheering for you!

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Great Fundraising Posts

How to Build a Nonprofit Board of Directors

Tim Forbes (Soapbox Engage)

Building a board of directors is one of the first things you need to do when starting a nonprofit. In this blog post, Tim lays out everything you need to know to build a great board.

Improve Your Fundraising and Communications by Segmenting Your Donors

Ann Green (Ann Green’s Nonprofit Blog)

All of your donors are different. They donate different amounts, for different lengths of time, and for different reasons. So it doesn’t make sense to communicate to them all the same way. In this blog post, Ann shares about the reason to segment your donors, and the simplest ways to do so.

Develop Structure for Your First Contact With a Donor

Richard Perry (NonProfitPro)

How to make effective first contact with a donor is a question that plagues many development professionals. Luckily, this blog post offers a checklist to offer you structure as you approach these conversations.

The Greatest Worry of Newly Wealthy Families– and How Major Gift Officers Can Help

Greg Warner (market smart)

It is a mistake for major gift officers and nonprofit organizations to look at all wealthy people the same way. The truth is, newly wealthy donors aren’t anything like families with generational wealth. They have different perspectives and different worries. In this blog post, Greg shares how major gift officers can help newly wealthy families address these worries and connect, for a mutually beneficial relationship.

3 Tips for Fundraising in a Recession

Marc A. Pittman (The Fundraising Coach)

The experts are in a debate about whether or not we’re in a recession. But whether we are or aren’t, the current financial situations will definitely impact donors’ emotional states and thoughts on giving. In this blog post, Marc offers 3 tips to help you with your fundraising during a recession.

The Fundraising IS the Relationship

Steven Screen (The Better Fundraising Co.)

In this post, Steven breaks down the relationship that exists between you and your donor, and how you can hold up your end of the relationship for successful fundraising results.

6 Ways You Can Help Your Donors Prepare for Year-End Giving in 2022

Robert Shafis (Veritus Group)

The final quarter of the year has begun, meaning year-end giving is probably dominant in your mind. It’s important that you make the process as simple for your donors as possible. This blog post offers six factors to remember for your year-end communications to donors.

Our Top 5 Tips for a Profitable Year-End Campaign

Gail Perry (Gail Perry Group)

You want your year-end communications to be as simple as possible, so that your campaign can be as profitable as possible. This post from the Gail Perry Group offers 5 tips to help you have the most profitable year-end campaign that you can.

Three Easy Ways Nonprofits Can Cut Costs

Daniel Pagac (nonprofit hub)

As fundraisers, we’re always on the hunt to find more ways to bring money in. But it’s also helpful if we have less money coming out. In this post, Daniel offers three easy ways nonprofits can cut costs, just in time for budgeting season!