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Individual giving, campaigns, events, and donor retention that works.
The third national donor-advised fund giving day lands Thursday, October 8. What it is, who runs it, and a short prep list built for small teams.
No list, no track record, no staff. The sequence that gets a new nonprofit from zero to 100 donors: register, ask people you know, and keep them.
Candid's new dashboard compares 57 national DAF sponsors with 100,000 foundations. The map looks familiar, except religion, health, and org size.
December 31 is a Thursday, GivingTuesday is December 1, and the print deadline is closer than it looks. A calendar built backward from the deadline.
New benchmark data puts revenue per donor at a 10-year high while active donors hit their lowest count since 2019. What that means for year-end.
Arcus, the Haas Jr. Fund, and Wellspring have all set closing dates. How to read a spend-down announcement, and the asks to make before the last grant.
DAF accounts hold $328 billion and granted $64.6 billion last year. How the rules work for the nonprofits on the receiving end of a sponsor's check.
A new $1,000/$2,000 deduction for non-itemizers starts with 2026 gifts. What the IRS requires your acknowledgment letters to say, and by when.
USPS mailing prices rose about 4.8% on July 12, but nonprofit letter rates rose 3.9% to 7.5% depending on presort. What to recost before fall appeals print.
Since January 1, donors who don't itemize can deduct up to $1,000 in cash gifts ($2,000 joint). What the new rules mean for year-end fundraising.
Acquiring a donor usually costs more than their first gift. The organizations that grow are the ones that stop the leaky bucket — here's the arithmetic and the fixes.