Blogs

10 Best Ways to Communicate With Donors and Prospects

While there are no one-size-fits-all solutions, here are 10 of the most effective methods for communicating with your stakeholders.

The Hidden Cost of Ignoring Donor Feedback

Does your nonprofit ask donors for feedback regularly? If you’re shrugging it off, you’re likely losing fundraising revenue.

How Gifts-in-Kind Merchandise Can Offset Rising Costs From Tariffs

It’s difficult to keep track of tariffs without a scorecard. Here’s how gifts-in-kind can help alleviate some of the pressure.

Other Staff Bloggers
Development

While there are no one-size-fits-all solutions, here are 10 of the most effective methods for communicating with your stakeholders.

To move from transactional to transformational giving, you must change your mindset. Here’s what that looks like.

The continued trend of active donor files shrinking leaves me asking, does the perfect donor exist in 2025?

Leadership Management

Does your nonprofit ask donors for feedback regularly? If you’re shrugging it off, you’re likely losing fundraising revenue.

It’s difficult to keep track of tariffs without a scorecard. Here’s how gifts-in-kind can help alleviate some of the pressure.

To manage costs, some nonprofits have considered hiring part-time or contract fundraisers. Can this solve your nonprofit’s problems?

Direct Marketing

Here’s what pending postal rate hikes mean for your nonprofit — and how you can keep your direct mail program effective and affordable.

In the face of challenges, don’t hunker down. Tell your supporters — plain and simple — how they can help.

It makes absolutely no sense to base a fundraising appeal on a logical argument, but you see it all the time. Instead, do this.

Data Management

Nonprofits must understand how to communicate with different people. Studying donor attributes can help determine the appropriate strategies. 

American nonprofits are in the midst of an existential crisis, specifically regarding funding and mission viability.

Nonprofits collect data — names, mailing and email addresses, birth dates and more — from donors. Here’s how to keep that info secure.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

With the uncertainty in the economy now focused on nonprofits, here’s how these organizations should approach major giving.

Artificial intelligence is changing how nonprofits work, but it comes with risks. Here’s why you need a policy, and how to create one.

AI can make things efficient and effective, but nonprofits need to pay attention to these potential issues to avoid problems.

E-Philanthropy

Here’s how to cut back on the costs and time needed for your nonprofit’s website refresh while still accomplishing what you want.

Nonprofits don’t always focus on social media, but it can drive real impact. Here are pointers for building your social media presence.

Mobile devices are dominating communication. Here’s what nonprofits can learn from the habits of both older and younger generations.

Sectors

I was recently with a donor who is also an important volunteer to our organization. This donor is an excellent representative for our organization. My boss and I asked him to consider giving his philanthropic support to our upcoming campaign. He mentioned that our organization was at the top of his list of charities to support, but also noted when he passes away he was going to leave funds to the Humane Society for unwanted senior dog care...

Last month, StayClassy announced the winners of its fourth Annual CLASSY Awards. Coinciding with our October Mission of the Month, Animal Welfare, 4 Paws for Ability was named the Midwest Charity of the Year. Further, the CLASSY Awards included an Animal Advocacy and Services category.

To help kick of our new monthly Mission of the Month feature, here are some the most recent case studies we've conducted at FS over the past 20 months on animal welfare organizations.