I’m always looking to find free resources to share with my readers. Here is a list of some great tools and items for your viewing and download pleasure. Note, that sharing these does not mean specific endorsement.
- Here a great series of slides and recordings on donor retention from Network For Good.
- Motivate Monday Webinars: check out the archives right here.
- And so did Lori Jacowith, check out another list of free tools here as well. Who doesn’t like free?
- Mary Cahalane had a tremendous list of great free tools to help you with your fundraising.
- You too may be very pleasantly surprised where you are. If the 2016 Individual Donor Benchmark Study is any indication, what if you could get 11% of your donors to convert to give monthly?
- Here is Part 2 of the 3-part blog, Communicating with Monthly Donors: An Interview with Erica Waasdorp, posted on Network for Good on July 20. Keep an eye out for Part 3, coming soon …
- Recently I presented a webinar for Network For Good called Getting Started with Monthly Giving. Over 1,000 people attended making it impossible to answer all the questions. So, on July 13 Network for Good posted Part 1 of a 3-part blog answering some of those questions, Getting Started with Monthly Giving: An Interview with Erica Waasdorp.
- Nonprofit Pro posted a blog on May 9 by Ashley Thompson — Shape-Up Plan: How Regular Exercises in Monthly Giving Can Yield the Results You Seek. Take a look.
- The April issue of Nonproft Pro Magazine includes some great new research from the Blackbaud Target Analytics (TM) Sustainer Benchmarking Study 2016!
- Here’s a great gift range calculator Plug in your goal and look at your small donors but also remember to use $288 for the typical monthly donor here.
- A great post from Pamela Grow on a monthly giving example, that’s not quite ideal yet! My recommendations to improve are included.
- A listing of resources for free webinars on many different fundraising focused topics.
- The Agitator shared these two great articles: Spotlight on Sustainers, part 1 and Spotlight on Sustainers, part 2
- Blackbaud published its part 2 of Sustainers in Focus. A must read! Here’s part 1, just in case you missed it.
- An awesome Donor Retention Calculator!
- Donor Trends (donorlytics) Analysis, free trial.
- A great blog post on monthly giving on Public TV and Radio
- A new way to set up recurring donations through text to pledge.
- A way to take online donations using square and a simple donation form with one time and monthly gifts
- A new way to shop and make a difference is offered by DLYTE. started by Barry Shore, a former paraplegic who got his life back and promised to give back!
- Donors and Fundraisers, Partners or Strangers. A terrific overview of donor quotes from Penelope Burk’s most recent Donor Survey
- M&R Strategic’s wonderful research on trends in online giving, including monthly donor info. Go here to download it
- Make sure you sign up for your free monthly Nonprofit Pro Magazine.
- If you’re interested in learning more about sustainable fundraising, check out the Eight Principles, you’ll not be disappointed. I’m one of the Fellows. Check out their training programs.
- Check out a great way to improve your donor retention even further with eCheck processing. Thank you Ronald Pruitt for sharing this with me.
- Facebook and Facebook live are growing and a terrific way to start generating monthly donors. Check out these great resources from John Haydon!
- If you’re an advocacy organization, check out a way to ignite engagement with a photo contest.
- A new infographic on monthly donors and I’m quoted in it…Check it out. Thank you, Pursuant!
- Jay Love of Bloomerang wrote a new book on ‘staying together’… You can download it here
- Ann Green joined as a monthly donors herself last fall and shares some great examples of how to make monthly donors feel special. Thanks Ann.
- Consider a google grant to grow your email audience, go here to find out how to apply.
- Amazon Smile: What a great way to generate some money at no charge to your donors!
- We Microgive: offers a way for donors to round up their credit card payments to the next dollar and indicate which charity they’d like the roundups to go to.
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