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Easier Way to Create Donor Letters
According to Media Post, there is a new way to prepare donor letters. Gravyty, an artificial intelligence based fundraising software, has released First Draft, a program that helps create email donor letters.
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New Website Helps Nonprofits Find Volunteers
Chicago nonprofits will have an easier time finding volunteers, reports Crain’s Chicago Busines. A new website Go Civic launched recently and its goal is to match potential volunteers with nonprofits. The website will also help connect nonprofits to one another.
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Online Donors Tend to Be Younger
A new study by Target Analytics, a division of Blackbaud, found that online donors skewed younger, reports the Huffington Post. In 2016, donors under age accounted for 45% of the online donors. They also comprise 21% of offline donors.
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Zoo App Connects Donors to Cause
According to the Tri-City Herald, the Pittsburgh Zoo has a new app that it hopes will entice Millennials to visit and support the zoo. Research shows that Millennials like to connect to causes, so the zoo designed an app that allows them to become connected to the zoo.
Read more...Kindful Offers Square
The Kindful platform will now offer Square integration, reports PR Newswire. Kindful is the first nonprofit donor management platform to offer Square mobile payment processing.
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Blackbaud Increasing CrowdFunding Platform
Blackbaud wants to extend its crowdfunding platform, reports the Nonprofit Times. To do so it is acquiring JustGiving, a United Kingdom company.
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Aplos Merges with Portalbuzz
Nonprofit software company Aplos has merged with Portalbuzz, a membership management platform, reports the Business Journal. The two companies will operate under the Aplos name.
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Big Tech and Nonprofits
According to Tech Crunch, the nonprofit arms of some of the largest tech companies are investing in Fast Forward a nonprofit tech accelerator. So far, Fast Forward has raised $2.2 million in funding from Google, ZenDesk and others.
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Telosa Software and Donor Community Reach Agreement
According to the Miami Herald, Telosa software and Donor Community have merged. The new company is Arreva, the new company will focus on nonprofit fundraising software.
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Video Story Telling Important
Showing versus telling applies to nonprofits also, reports Generocity. Using videos to show how your organization completes its mission is more effective than simply telling someone about your organization’s mission.
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