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Mastering Fundraising Campaigns | Version 2.0Live Presentations | September 2018

Guidebook available at GiveMN.org/Resources

Mastering Fundraising CampaignsCampaign Planning Workshop & Coaching OpportunityLive Presentations | September 2018

Your GiveMN teamJake BlumbergExecutive Director

Andrea KopfmannDirector of Campaigns and Partnerships

Dan MooreDirector of Operations

Leah OlmFundraising Strategist

Tom ZimmermanDirector of Marketing and Communications

TubmanOpen Arms of Minnesota

Project 515Minnesotans United for All Families

The George Washington University Law SchoolWalser Foundation

Gillette Children’s Hospital FoundationSpecial Olympics Minnesota

Association of Fundraising ProfessionalsUniversity of Minnesota Morris

Champlin Park High School Vocal Music Assoc.Wellstone Action

WomenVentureOrdway Center for the Performing Arts

Georgia Center for NonprofitsYoung Nonprofit Professionals Network

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Mastering Fundraising Campaigns

• Think about previous fundraising or marketing efforts by your organization• What stories did you tell?• How did you engage donors?• What were the results of those campaigns?

What’s possible?

Story is compelling Goals are specific Leadership is engaged Matching gift is available Call to action is clear Participation is easy and sharable Acknowledgement is personalized Donors are kept engaged

Did your campaign check all of the boxes?

Developing Your StoryThe GiveMN Guide to Mastering Fundraising CampaignsPage 2

• This is not the general operating or “annual” fund• Identify the fundable priority, project, or purpose• Organization mission

+ Specific need or challenge+ Specific timeline or urgency+ Thoughtful relatability to audience+ Compelling voice+ Unique opportunity to effect change

Identify your specific cause 1

• Identify the obstacle standing between today’s reality and declaring “mission accomplished”• Quantity or scale• Conflict or competition• Scarcity• Unpredictability• Exception

Identify the challenge 2

• If resources were unlimited, what would your cause do to meet the opportunity and fulfill your mission?• Buy something.• Build something.• Hire someone.• Launch something.• Finish something.

Identify the solution 3

• Identify the prospective donors that care most about your objective and what will move them to act

• This is not “everyone” or the “general public”• Social media followers• Current e-newsletter subscribers• Past event attendees• Past and current donors at various levels• New donors from client, volunteer, or board networks

Identify your audience 4

• For each segment, identify the most compelling voice for this priority, project, or purpose

• Who is it hardest for your audience to say no to?• Current client or family• Past client• Volunteer or board member• Direct service staff• Peer donor

Identify your storyteller 5

Identify your primary calls to action 6

• Cause What’s the urgent opportunity?• Challenge What’s stopping you from succeeding?• Solution What does the opportunity require?• Audience Who’s passionate about it?• Storyteller Who do they need to hear from?• Calls to action How can a donor meet that need?

Your campaign outline

Helping donors make a difference• What the organization

really does.• Who is passionate

about that what?• How do the who

want to make the what possible?

What is your campaign story?

Setting Your GoalsThe GiveMN Guide to Mastering Fundraising CampaignsPage 4

Who can you already reach?• Facebook likes

• Targeted advertising

• Twitter followers• Email subscribers• Postal addresses• Phone numbers• Event attendees

• Donors giving$10 - $100 annually

• Donors giving$100 - $1,000 annually

• Donors givinggreater than $1,000 annually

Rating likely and possible results• Dollars raised• Board participation• Matching gift utilization• Upgraded gifts• Unique donors• Returning donors• New donors• New recurring gifts• Social media impressions• Others?

Likely

Possible

Determine your campaign goals• Dollars raised• Board participation• Matching gift utilization• Upgraded gifts• Unique donors• Returning donors• New donors• New recurring gifts• Social media impressions• Others?

1 verb. 1 number. 1 audience.• 100% utilization of $1,000 matching gift• 25 Facebook fans will give $10 each• 5 volunteers will raise $250 each from peers• 10 check donors will make their first online gift• 15 one-time donors will start recurring gifts• 20 donors will give $150 each

Campaign goal examples

What are your goals?

Engaging Board MembersThe GiveMN Guide to Mastering Fundraising CampaignsPage 5

• Founding and history• Communities you serve• Program area expertise• Mission volunteers• Significant donors• Important networks and connections• Professional services

Board representation and abundance 1

• Make a matching gift commitment• Upgrade or increase previous giving• Volunteer for messaging, calling, or events• Ask previous donors to give again• Recruit new donors• Share campaign broadly through networks• Tell their connection story

Engaging your board 2

1. Credibility• Proof that you already have significant support

2. Challenge• Donors get to double the impact of their gift

3. Confidence• Matching donors know they’re inspiring others,

doubling their gift, and they’re not alone

Why is a matching gift important?

59%30%

11% Important

Neutral

Not important

Why is a matching gift important?

How important is it for you to donate to an organization that offers a matching grant?

• In a 31 day campaign with matching and prizesWhy is a matching gift important?

Dollars Raised per Day

Average Gift each Day Donations Processed per Day

Unique Donors per Day

Data from Otto Bremer Foundation’s March Millions for Southeastern Minnesota

1. Set a goal.2. Look nearby.3. Solicit the match. Pool gifts.4. Promote the match. Promote some more.5. Steward all gifts in context.

Matching gift success

How will you engage your board?

Planning Your CommunicationThe GiveMN Guide to Mastering Fundraising CampaignsPage 6

• Traditional channels• Print newsletters, postcards, and postal mail• Phone calls, in-person visits, and live events• On-site volunteer and client engagement

• Digital channels• Website, blog, and individual email• Bulk email• Social media

Multi-channel campaign communication

• Major donors• Matching gifts, lead gifts, last gifts

• Average donors• Making a difference, renewing a commitment,

sharing a story, asking others, engaging in new ways• New donors• Joining a movement, winning a prize

Audience segmentation

• Be one of the first hundred donors!• Will you help us with the last 10%?• We’ve made it halfway thanks to you.• Jeff and his cat, Whiskers, helped us win a $500

Golden Ticket. Will you help us win another?

Utilize campaign milestones

Gathering assets

1. Introduce your campaign2. Ask donors to join the campaign3. Regular campaign progress updates and stories4. Special announcement5. More updates and opportunities6. Conclusion, results, and next opportunities

Compelling campaign milestones

• 1-2 emails per week with call to action• 5-10 promoted social posts with call to action• Integration with mission communications• Staff, volunteer, and event engagement• Earned media and follow ups

Coordinated communication calendar

September

October

November

December

Identify calls to action for each audience 5

17%Wish organizationswould havepromoted more

Received the rightamount ofsoliciations

Received too manysolicitations

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What’s your communication plan?

Keeping Campaign Donors EngagedThe GiveMN Guide to Mastering Fundraising CampaignsPage 8

• Be sure to thank your supporters with a thoughtful surprise that helps boost retention

• Welcome your newest donors in a special way• Did you meet a goal? Share that great news with

your supporters – and the media• Use the momentum for your next campaign

Keep going beyond this campaign

Identify your participating donors• First time? Renewing? Welcome back?• Upgrade? Extra gift? Tribute gift?• Special project? Power hour? Prize partner?• Specific story responders?• Specific channel responders?• Match responders?

Who participated in the campaign? 1

Identify your next call to action 1

Online donor experience Gift acknowledgement Donor-determined recognition Public donor listing Social media mention Anonymity

Contribution recognition

• With new resources, what has your cause done to meet the campaign opportunity and fulfill your mission?• Buy something?• Build something?• Hire someone?• Launch something?• Finish something?

Impact and outcome sharing

Identify the next call to action 4

How will you keep donors engaged?And when?

Strategy &Technical Coaching• One-on-one or in small groups• Learn more at GiveMN.org

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