Corporate fundraising is a powerful way for nonprofits to scale their impact while building meaningful partnerships with businesses. By leveraging corporate resources and networks, your organization can find new ways to raise money, amplify its reach, and create lasting relationships with stakeholders. This guide explores your nonprofit organization’s top 40 corporate fundraising ideas, how to…
Whether you’re crafting a welcome series, designing an appeal, or stewarding longtime donors, your most powerful tool is the human story. At the heart of every nonprofit mission is an authentic, life-changing impact, and at the heart of every charitable gift is someone choosing to help. No matter your organization’s size, there is one fundamental…
Fundraising for nonprofits can be challenging, especially if you’re new to this space or have run out of ideas to engage donors and raise money for your cause. Fortunately, there are many proven strategies that are easy to implement, low-cost, and can be started with few resources. This guide explores the top 25 creative fundraising…
Nonprofit email marketing is cost-effective for communicating with volunteers, members, and donors, improving fundraising efforts, and establishing long-term relationships with constituents. By sharing relevant content and personalized emails, nonprofit organizations can maximize donations and membership signups using this digital marketing technique. This guide explores why email marketing matters for nonprofits, the best practices for nonprofit…
Fundraising takes a lot of work and dedication to raise the money your nonprofit needs to make a difference. In 2023, Americans donated $557.16 billion, with the largest source of donations coming from individuals. Your organization can get in on those donations by hosting impactful events that gather like-minded supporters, excite them, and spread awareness…
Engaging donors and members is more than asking for money. It’s about building meaningful, lasting relationships that inspire ongoing support and advocacy. A sound donor engagement strategy makes it easier to attract higher contributions from donors and members and increases their likelihood of getting their friends and family involved in your organization. This guide provides…
Direct mail marketing provides unique opportunities to connect with your audience in impactful ways. Check out our top five tips to elevate your campaigns and boost engagement!
Lift Notes are a very powerful device and should be included in direct mail campaigns whenever possible. Check out our tactics for strategically leveraging them.
Here’s a checklist to go through for all direct mail campaigns to help lift response rates on any direct mail package.
At a time when people are “cutting the cord,” there is a need to convert traditional cable watchers to streamers. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member stations direct plenty of time and effort into promoting paid Passport memberships. However, PBS identified a lack of awareness/education about the free PBS App. NextGen believes in a strategic balance between…
Measuring audiences and engagement is becoming increasingly sophisticated as more content is produced and redistributed across an ever-increasing number of digital streaming platforms.
The 2024 M+R Benchmarks Study is finally here! Use these key insights to assess your nonprofit’s performance by comparing your results with this year’s pool of participants.
How do you stand out and connect with donor audiences to strategically boost your matching gift opportunities? Here are some of our best tips.
You’ve likely seen countless 2024 fundraising forecasts over the past few weeks. Don’t worry, this is not a laundry list of the same old regurgitated predictions.
As digital channels evolve and grow, it is important for nonprofits to stay ahead of the curve and find new ways to engage with their donors and prospects.
As digital channels evolve and grow, it is important for nonprofits to stay ahead of the curve and find new ways to engage with their donors and prospects.
While it may be tempting to significantly scale back direct mail, here are some tips on how to navigate new price increases and keep your direct mailings manageable and effective.
We live in a world with ubiquitous data, but the real value lies in analyzing information and making it actionable.
Marketing and membership departments should craft consistent messages that answer why someone should support local public media.
As you update your messaging and content, we recommend you use an approach that works for NextGen and our clients: think like a journalist!
While there is no such thing as a 100% conversion rate, a few simple “Do’s and Don’ts” can boost performance and improve design.
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