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Actual for You - Where to Look for New Donors for Your Fundraising Letter Appeals
We started out on an advanced concept of dealing with resistance from customers. As we got started I could see the looks of confusion and frustration. This was not going to be easy to get through to them.“Ok, that’s great”, says one participant, “but we will never get the time to do this. They hang up on us before that! Can you help us get them talking long enough to get to that point?”Now I had to hide my frustration and tossed
4. Staff
One advantage of asking your staff for donations is that you know two things about them. You know that they know your case for support. And you know that th
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1. Friends of current supporters
The first place to look is friends, family and colleagues of your current supporters. The odds are good that your most generous and faithful donors have friends or co-workers or family members who will want to support your cause as well.
One of the most popular ways of acquiring new donors like this is through a Friend-Get-a-Friend program. At the best times during the year (which you discover through testing), you invite your current donors to refer a friend to your organization. This is usually done with a buckslip or liftnote that goes out with your regular fundraising appeal letter. But you can also include a tear-out coupon in your newsletter and a sign-up form on your website.
2. Clients
Another source of new donors is your clients, the people that your organization serves. Naturally, if your clients are homeless or poor, they are not prospects for donor appeal letters. But if your clients are former hospital patients, or university alumni, or retired folks, then you have a valuable source of potential supporters. These people already know your mission, who you serve and how you help them.
3. Volunteers
Another group of individuals that knows all about your organization is your volunteers. They not only know you, they believe in you. That’s why they give you their time and talents. Now you can ask them to give their treasure as well.
4. Staff
One advantage of asking your staff for donations is that you know two things about them. You know that they know your case for support. And you know that the
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One of the most popular ways of acquiring new donors like this is through a Friend-Get-a-Friend program. At the best times during the year (which you discover through testing), you invite your current donors to refer a friend to your organization. This is usually done with a buckslip or liftnote that goes out with your regular fundraising appeal letter. But you can also include a tear-out coupon in your newsletter and a sign-up form on your website.
2. Clients
Another source of new donors is your clients, the people that your organization serves. Naturally, if your clients are homeless or poor, they are not prospects for donor appeal letters. But if your clients are former hospital patients, or university alumni, or retired folks, then you have a valuable source of potential supporters. These people already know your mission, who you serve and how you help them.
3. Volunteers
Another group of individuals that knows all about your organization is your volunteers. They not only know you, they believe in you. That’s why they give you their time and talents. Now you can ask them to give their treasure as well.
4. Staff
One advantage of asking your staff for donations is that you know two things about them. You know that they know your case for support. And you know that th
Corporate values provide a very powerful communication tool. For the internal organization the values can be used to derive the company principles. And these provide a steering mechanism by answering the question how should we act if these ... are our values?For the external world the corporate values provide more insight in the company. OF course many companies -- specifically those that traded on the stock exchange -- provide social and finan
2. Clients
Another source of new donors is your clients, the people that your organization serves. Naturally, if your clients are homeless or poor, they are not prospects for donor appeal letters. But if your clients are former hospital patients, or university alumni, or retired folks, then you have a valuable source of potential supporters. These people already know your mission, who you serve and how you help them.
3. Volunteers
Another group of individuals that knows all about your organization is your volunteers. They not only know you, they believe in you. That’s why they give you their time and talents. Now you can ask them to give their treasure as well.
4. Staff
One advantage of asking your staff for donations is that you know two things about them. You know that they know your case for support. And you know that th
Last week I blogged about a StatsCanada report that noted that the participation rate of women in the workforce was declining, which is a sudden reversal of a decades long trend. This trend was sharpest in Alberta and StatsCanada opined that the availability of day care spaces for children may have been a contributing factor.The Montreal Gazette is carrying an article today that reports that Quebec women are actually increasing labour force par
3. Volunteers
Another group of individuals that knows all about your organization is your volunteers. They not only know you, they believe in you. That’s why they give you their time and talents. Now you can ask them to give their treasure as well.
4. Staff
One advantage of asking your staff for donations is that you know two things about them. You know that they know your case for support. And you know that th
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4. Staff
One advantage of asking your staff for donations is that you know two things about them. You know that they know your case for support. And you know that they have money. So send them an appeal letter. Or better yet, ask them to join your monthly giving program, with their gift coming right out of their pay each payday.
5. Peer groups
One organization I have written fundraising letters for is Doctors Without Borders. They are a group of volunteer doctors and nurses who deliver emergency medical care in places where no medical infrastructure exists, usually because of war or natural disasters. In one acquisition campaign that I worked on, Doctors Without Borders sent acquisition letters to two peer groups—doctors and pharmacists. They reasoned that these two groups of medical practitioners would identify closely with the mission of Doctors Without Borders, even if they were not able or inclined to volunteer overseas.
Does your organization have a professional peer group that is a natural source of donors? Send them a well-crafted appeal letter that speaks to them as peers and is signed by a peer, and see what happens.
6. Affinity groups
Is your not-for-profit affiliated with a particular religious group, ethnic group or service organization? Then you have a ready-made source of new supporters, provided that they also meet your other criteria for suitable donors. If you are an evangelical Christian, for example, as I am, then you can look to fellow evangelicals for donations. If you are Italian-American and you liv
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