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Fundraising is just like organizing—it’s about building relationships through one-on-one conversations. Speaking to donors in person allows you to build strong relationships, which will lead to increased donations over time.
Donor stewardship is how you can manage and care for donors in order to build lasting relationships and improve donor retention. Keeping donors coming back leads to increased donations over time!
Good fundraising is not about money; it’s about the desire to improve your community or world for the better. Creating effective talking points will help you speak about your work in a condensed, compelling, and easily digestible way.
You already have many of the skills necessary to raise money for your group, and we are here to help you put those skills into action. To start with the basics, we’ve outlined a few key principles to being an effective fundraiser.
Monthly recurring gifts are important to help build long-term support and raise more funds, and donors can easily set up monthly gifts through your ActBlue page! Personalize and use this email template, or use it as a reference to write your own.
When you join the distributed fundraising program, your group will get an ActBlue donation page where donors can give directly to your group. In this resource, you’ll find information about managing your group’s donation page, including how to log in, find donor information, edit your page, and more.
Monthly recurring gifts are important to help build long-term support and raise more funds, and donors can easily set up monthly gifts through your ActBlue page. Dig in on monthly gifts and why they matter!
Distributed Fundraising: Matching Challenge Sample Email & Tips for Asking for Monthly Donations
The matching campaign provides a great incentive to ask folks to set up monthly donations to your group! Personalize and use this sample email, or use it as inspiration to write your own!
Here’s a sample fundraising email that you can use as a starting point for your spring matching campaign, along with some tips for sending fundraising emails.
