Three Last Minute Tips To Maximize Year-End Giving Campaigns

Three Last Minute Tips To Maximize Year-End Giving Campaigns

We’re only three days away from the deadline for claiming charitable donations so here are three tips you can use to help maximize donations from procrastinating donors. [box] [dropcap]1[/dropcap]Text Message: this is one of my favorites; according to IRS Publication 526, Charitable Contributions > When to Deduct > Text Message “Contributions made by text message are deductible in the year you send the text message if the contribution is charged to your telephone or wireless ...

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Giving Tuesday

UPDATE: Getting Ready For Giving Tuesday

In October, 2015, I wrote an ArtsHacker article all about preparing your organization for Giving Tuesday.  Now in it’s 5th year, it’s on November 29, a few days earlier than last year. Giving Tuesday is the Tuesday after Thanksgiving (as in Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Sunday, Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday).  It is designed to kick off the last bit of charitable giving for the year and create a sort-of party atmosphere around giving. According ...

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Helping Your Donation Page Help You

Helping Your Donation Page Help You

With an increasing number of people looking to make donations online, your organizational website has to perform many of the functions that an in-person or mailed appeal have performed in the past. The website Bloomerang can get you started with their 18 point check list for donation pages. Some of the advice you may have come across before, like having your donation form native to your website rather than redirecting donors to PayPal; making sure the ...

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