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Discover five effective fundraising email templates to boost donor engagement and increase donations. Learn why these work and implement them today!
Learn how Instil's Major Gift Solution seamlessly integrates with Salesforce to revolutionize major donor management for nonprofits and elevate...
Curious about the best ways to upgrade your mid-level donors into major donors? Check out this guide to learn practical steps for donor upgrades.
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By offering multiple ways to donate on your website, your nonprofit can provide more flexibility to donors and secure more gifts. Learn more in this...
This article outlines how to build a major gift portfolio management strategy from scratch, and provides templates and a checklist of things to...
Your nonprofit’s fundraising goals can make a big difference in the success of your campaigns. Learn how to set ambitious, achievable goals in this...
The Fundraising Effectiveness Project's recently released 2023 data reveals important trends for Major Gifts Officers to watch. Here are our main...
Nonprofit annual reports should illustrate an organization’s tangible impact on its community. Explore the three essentials of annual reports in this...
Events offer a unique opportunity to cultivate major donor relationships, through meaningful interactions and tangible demonstration of impact.
Personal touches rule when it comes to major gifts, and specialized tools are needed to ensure that this "human touch" can scale for hundreds of...
Donor-advised funds offer huge opportunities for nonprofits. How are organizations promoting, pursuing, and securing them? Let’s examine trends in...
Nonprofit audiences prefer personalized marketing that helps them feel connected to your mission. Improve your donor engagement with these marketing...
2024 is here, and it's bringing new challenges and opportunities for nonprofit fundraising! Here are the dynamics to watch this year.
With so many organizations vying for donors' attention, it can be challenging to stand out at year-end, but it's not impossible.
Despite its association with grassroots donors, Giving Tuesday presents a unique opportunity for nonprofits to engage with major donors as well.
What metrics should you be tracking for major donors? With these 6 data points, you can maintain and grow your major donor revenue.
Prospect research is a crucial component of major gift fundraising, which helps you be strategic, build stronger relationships, and cut stewardship...
Ethics guidelines will help your organization attract and retain both donors and staff. Here are 6 best practices for ethical major gifts fundraising.
Your nonprofit needs to help donors see exactly how their support makes a difference for your mission to keep them engaged and involved in the...
When it comes to cultivating major donors, writing effective emails is crucial for major gifts officers. Here are six ways you can craft compelling...
There are many nonprofits across the country that operate at local, state, and national levels to elevate Hispanic and Latino Americans.
By avoiding common pitfalls and instilling major gifts best practices, you can build donor relationships that will stand the test of time. Here's how!
High fundraiser turnover has huge costs for nonprofits. Understanding the causes means you can take steps to mitigate turnover in your organization.
Shifts in staffing can impact donor relationships. By taking thoughtful steps to steward donors through these periods, you can keep connections...
A donor journey map shepherds new supporters through your stewardship process to help them build meaningful relationships with your nonprofit - learn...
Your next major donor is likely already involved with your nonprofit - you just need to find them, and communicate with them in the right way. Here's...
There are many nonprofits that support the LGBTQ community, and pride month is a great time to support them. Here are just a few of our favorites.
The framework of Connect, Interact, Nurture is a useful donor stewardship tool. This is your trail guide to putting it into action after an event.
Looking for more major donors? Here are eight steps nonprofits of all sizes can take to find new major donors and increase revenue from individual...
The work of nonprofits to address mental illness in our communities is more important than ever. These organizations are raising awareness and...
To keep donors engaged after an event, remember three simple words: connect, interact, and nurture. Here's how to put these steps into action.
An event planning checklist can help streamline your next event's planning process and execution. Read on for a timeline and nine steps for event...
To look at donor engagement, it helps to start with data points that can paint a picture over time of the effectiveness of your donor stewardship...
The right nonprofit technology is an investment that will pay for itself, as well as offer several other benefits to your organization.
From better incorporating major gifts to improving data quality checks, here are a few ways to increase the effectiveness of your moves management...
Moves Management isn't just for major donors! Here's how you can use this framework to steward relationships with other types of supporters.
This International Women's Day (and Women's History Month) here are a few of our favorite organizations supporting the rights of women and girls.
Here are six nonprofit data management best practices to ensure you have robust data to support your work and fundraising efforts.
Make convincing your board to purchase new nonprofit technology easy with these six tips for getting your nonprofit board “on board” with your...
This Black History Month, support nonprofits that are Black-led, provide services to Black Americans, advocate for racial justice, or all of the...
Mobile friendly nonprofit technology is a must in today's world. Reviewing donor profiles and pulling board reports can all be done from your phone...
A standard operating procedure, or SOP, is a document containing step-by-step instructions to guide the core functions of your Development department.
Year-End is a great time to attract new donors, but can you keep those new supporters engaged throughout the new year? Boost retention with these...
While Year-End acknowledgments are a requirement for nonprofits, they’re also a donor stewardship opportunity. Here are seven tips for making them...
Year-End appeals leverage the spirit of giving that is heightened during the holiday season, but you'll need to stand out from the crowd - here's...
To get the most out of Giving Tuesday, you’ll need to employ strategies that encourage giving and allow you to receive donations from multiple...
Taking a holistic approach to donor outreach on Giving Tuesday lets you leverage multiple giving channels to drive momentum toward your goal - here's...
Seeing a demo is a standard part of the nonprofit CRM shopping process, and the best way to find your best fit software is to ask the right questions.
Nonprofits serve veterans in a variety of ways. If you’re looking for ways to support veterans, here are several veterans organizations to check out!
It can be easy to put off donor stewardship efforts, but prioritizing relationships now helps ensure successful fundraising for Year-End and the new...
Having a program for mid-level donors can help you build stronger relationships and increase their retention rate - here are 5 steps to do that.
Mid-level giving should be a core piece of any nonprofit’s development strategy. Here, we’ll cover what mid-level giving is and why it's so important.
Nonprofit board engagement is an ongoing process that ensures members feel connected to your mission, know what is expected of them, and feel...
To ensure successful nonprofit board recruitment, here are six tips to consider as you build the best board possible for your nonprofit’s growth.
If you’re looking for ways to improve your current nonprofit grant tracking process or create one from scratch, this article can help.
If you’re looking to enhance your existing volunteer program, taking some time to improve your volunteer management strategies can make a big...
Finding and applying for nonprofit technology grants can be one of the best ways to fund a new technology investment in your organization.
Users of Instil can now access Pledge’s fundraising functionality and create modern, mobile-optimized donation forms and pages without ever leaving...
Volunteer recruitment and retention are pillars of an effective program. Here's how to find and keep volunteers that become true champions for your...
Moves management is the process of tracking your relationship-building actions and using that information to inform your donor stewardship...
As an early-stage company, we’ve started from the ground up in designing a workplace where LGBTQ employees can thrive - here are a few of the ways...
If you’re looking to improve your major gift fundraising strategies this year, we’re here to help with new tactics to build and strengthen...
Strong donor relationships and retention are built on donor trust. This means putting donor stewardship strategies in place to show donors you will...
Creating a major gifts fundraising plan doesn't have to be complicated. We’ll help you start with best practices and a free template for building...
Through effective donor management, you can move your supporters through the donor lifecycle to keep growing your mission.
Donor stewardship a set of communications that keep the supporter engaged and, ultimately, work to encourage their next gift. Here's what you need to...
If you’re new to major gifts fundraising, getting started can feel overwhelming. In this guide, we’ll cover all the basics you need to kickstart your...
Just because a donor has lapsed doesn’t mean they’re gone forever. We're here to help you get started with identifying lapsed donors and winning them...
Donor cultivation is for more than just major donors, but this doesn't have to mean a lot more effort.
Building and maintaining strong relationships with your donors starts with creative donor cultivation strategies - here are four to implement this...
What is donor cultivation and why is it important? How do you build a donor cultivation plan? We'll cover all of the basics you need to know to get...
When planning a campaign to increase individual donations, Goodie Nation found a solid foundation in a modern donor management platform.
With Instil’s newest feature, nonprofit project management is easier than ever. Add and assign tasks to your team to stay on track for every deadline.
Donor retention is critical to providing a reliable revenue stream for your nonprofit, so here are five example donor retention strategies to try...
Donor retention is the key to strong nonprofit fundraising - here's how to improve your retention rate, as well as trends over time. [updated data...
For organizations using Classy for fundraising, donor data can now flow seamlessly into Instil, empowering your team to supercharge donor stewardship.
Prioritizing donor stewardship now goes a long way toward ensuring a successful Year-End and building a strong foundation for future fundraising.
Donor retention is a critical metric for nonprofits, so it's important to know how to calculate and set benchmarks for your donor retention rate.
Although there are many unknowns in 2021, there are ways to future-proof your fundraising. Three areas of focus from our nonprofit experts.