Maximizing your giving day and matching gifts revenue with the tips in this guide.

Maximizing Your Giving Day Revenue with Matching Gifts

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Hundreds of institutions are gearing up for their yearly Giving Days, many of which are rapidly approaching come springtime. But what you might not know is that Giving Days and matching gifts go hand in hand⁠.

This is especially true when nonprofit or university fundraisers are able to effectively align the two ideas—and that’s why we’ve created this resource to guide organizations like yours through the process of doing so.

Specifically, this guide will cover everything you need to know about Giving Days and matching gifts, the impact of each on overall fundraising, and what your team can do to set your cause up for success.

We’ll walk you through the following key topics:

If your organization hosts an annual Giving Day (or is looking to organize one), you’d be remiss if you didn’t incorporate matching gift practices into your overall plan.

Ready to find out how? Let’s jump in.

Giving Days + The Importance of Matching Gifts

Giving Days are often some of an institution’s biggest money-makers. These campaigns enable fundraisers to collect large amounts of much-needed revenue that help sustain their missions throughout the rest of the year.

Matching gifts can work to elevate the ROI on these strategically planned efforts. At the same time, they provide a positive experience for donors and fundraisers alike.

Here’s what you need to know in order to make the most of each fundraising tool:

What are Giving Days?

A Giving Day is generally a 24-hour period in which an educational institution or nonprofit cause drastically ups its fundraising efforts in order to engage with donors and solicit a large amount of revenue in a short time. Giving Days typically rely heavily on online fundraising and may encompass a number of events as well.

Comprising a relatively small portion of the year (typically 1/365), Giving Days tend to see significant results⁠—with some organizations collecting the majority of their fundraising revenue during the limited amount of time.

What organizations host Giving Days?

Although fundraising groups of all shapes and sizes might establish an annual Giving Day tradition, these tend to be particularly popular among school fundraisers. This typically includes:

  • Colleges and universities
  • K-12 schools
  • Private religious institutions
  • Traditional public schools
  • Charter and magnet schools

Higher ed institutions and K-12 schoools alike often produce incredible results with academic-focused Giving Day fundraising efforts. In fact, many education-based causes even utilize their Giving Days as one of their most primary sources of revenue each year. And doing so is a fantastic opportunity to engage alumni and leverage school spirit to drive a sense of community toward a common goal.

Where do matching gifts come in?

Corporate matching gifts enable organizations like educational institutions and other 501(c)(3) nonprofits to maximize existing support and increase revenue. And this happens without having to ask your donors for more of their hard-earned dollars. All you have to do is encourage them to participate in their employers’ workplace giving initiatives!

Here's how Giving Days and matching gifts help raise money.

At a critical time like your annual Giving Day, support will likely be at an all-time high. That means getting those contributions doubled (and sometimes even tripled) is more important than ever.

Not to mention, fundraising studies report that the existence of matching gift opportunities is often a driving factor in donor decision-making. For example, 84% of donors stated that they’re more likely to give charitably if their employer offers to match their dollars. At the same time, 1 in 3 individuals surveyed indicated that they’d make a larger donation should a match be applied.

While each company that matches employee donations chooses which types of charitable efforts it will support, the good news is that education institutions (which are often the primary organizer of annual Giving Days) are almost always included as an eligible cause.

The bottom line is that you don’t want to miss out on the key benefits of matching gifts at any time⁠—let alone your most important fundraising day of the year.

Raising More with 360MatchPro: A Feature Overview

The right software can be the difference between a fruitful, goal-surpassing Giving Day campaign and one that ultimately falls short⁠—and surely, you’re looking to establish the former.

Find out what 360MatchPro by Double the Donation can offer, and see why it’s the leading solution in the education and nonprofit fundraising spaces.

Let’s walk through an overview of top features, functions, and benefits:

User-Friendly Company Search Tool

Millions of donors who work for companies with employee gift-matching programs are never made aware of the opportunities through their employers. One of the best ways to counteract this knowledge gap is by providing your supporters with Double the Donation’s intuitive matching gift company search tool.

This widget⁠—which can be embedded within your online donation form, confirmation page, dedicated matching gift web page, Giving Day campaign page, and more⁠—prompts donors to enter their employer’s name in an optional search box. As the donor begins typing, the smart tool auto-fills suggested company names, taking into account typos, spelling variations, and subsidiaries.

The donor selects the correct company from the search tool, which then pulls employer-specific matching gift program information from an extensive matching gift company database. Now, the individual has access to their donation eligibility criteria and online match request forms (if available) and is encouraged to take the next steps.

Double the Donation's search tool can be used to increase revenue for both Giving Days and matching gifts.

Double the Donation also provides nonprofit users with unique custom matching gift program functionality that empowers organizations to add and manage “one-off” match programs in their own database tool. So if your organization secures a custom matching gift partner ahead of your Giving Day (which we’ll cover in more depth below), you’ll be able to easily configure the program to populate when your donors search the company name.

One-off or custom matching gift programs can improve your Giving Day impact.

*As a note, this feature is designed specifically for fundraisers looking to manage custom matching gift initiatives—360MatchPro does not work directly with corporations. If you’re a company interested in creating a matching gift program, contact us, and we’ll share information about our corporate vendor partners.

Match-Eligible Donor Screening

Studies show that employing more than one approach to donor eligibility screening results in an average of 77% more identified match-eligible gifts. Luckily, 360MatchPro utilizes four main identification methods⁠—donation form search tools, confirmation pages, donor communications, and email domain screening.

The more opportunities you have to determine whether a particular donor is eligible for a corporate match, the more likely you are to ultimately receive a match from that individual.

Double the Donation's donor screening tool can be used to increase revenue for both Giving Days and matching gifts.

Automated Email Follow-Ups

Following up in the first 24 to 48 hours after a donor makes a gift can be a great way to inform or remind individuals about matching gift opportunities, share program guidelines, and keep your organization and its mission at the forefront of their minds. However, managing a ton of donor follow-up emails can be a huge undertaking on a typical day⁠—let alone on a Giving Day when you’ll likely process multiple times the normal number of donations.

That’s where automated email communication comes in! With Double the Donation’s email streams, organizations can enable customizable follow-up messages that trigger at just the right time to drive matching gifts⁠ while ensuring no donations fall through the cracks.

Double the Donation's automated follow-up tool can be used to increase revenue for both Giving Days and matching gifts.

Streamlined Data Management

Effective matching gift fundraising relies on the ability to collect, track, and analyze key data points. For this reason, 360MatchPro allows organizations to view where donors are in the gift-matching process, determine percentages and totals of matching gift eligible dollars, forecast matching gift revenue for the future, and more.

This functionality provides users with real-time data that can be used to measure current success, identify areas with room for improvement, and locate the highest-value revenue opportunities going forward.Double the Donation's data management tool can be used to increase revenue for both Giving Days and matching gifts.

Top-Notch Customer Support

Any software can have a bit of a learning curve, and ensuring you have the help you need to learn the ropes effectively is of utmost importance. This is especially true when you have a huge upcoming fundraising initiative like a Giving Day.

At Double the Donation, each new client has an onboarding specialist of its own to get up and running quickly⁠—sometimes in less than 24 hours! These matching gift fundraising experts are ready to guide you through the process of getting started, provide you with tips and tools for optimal practices, and be there to answer any questions your team may have.

Interested in learning more? Get in touch with the Double the Donation team today to request a personalized demo.

5 Key Tips for Matching Gifts on Giving Days

Looking for practical and actionable steps you can take to improve your nonprofit or school’s fundraising strategies regarding both Giving Days and matching gifts? You’ve come to the right place!

Here are some tried-and-true practices that we recommend for optimal engagement success:

1. Highlight matching gifts in all Giving Day communications.

More than likely, you’re already planning your upcoming Giving Day communication plan, which will comprise a number of different marketing channels and strategies to spread the word. Be sure to incorporate matching gift information in all of them!

Remember, donors are more likely to give⁠—and to give in larger quantities⁠—if a matching gift is available. Providing additional touchpoints about matching gifts during your Giving Day can be exactly what some of your supporters need to encourage them to make their donations.

This might include email blasts, social media posts, digital newsletters, blog posts, text messages, phone calls, fundraising appeals, and more.

2. Collect employment information during the giving process.

In order to provide donors with employer-specific matching gift guidelines, you’ll first need to have a record of the companies for which individuals work. And the best⁠—and fastest⁠—way to uncover this information is by simply asking them.

Donors already provide you with a ton of information during the donation process, such as their name, contact information, payment details, and more. What more is one additional, optional question?

When you prompt your supporters to provide the name of their employer directly within your online giving form, you can store that information with each donor record to use for effective matching gift communication strategies in the future. And if you already have access to this information for your school’s alumni, you can leverage those data points as well.

Then, you’ll be able to communicate to a donor not only whether their employer matches donations but whether their particular gift is eligible for the program and how soon they must submit a match request. And for companies whose matching gift request forms are available online, you can even provide the donor with the exact form they’ll need to complete!

3. Prioritize your highest-value prospective match donors.

When you automate your low and mid-level donor communications through 360MatchPro, you allow your team to retain more time and effort to put toward your particularly high-value prospective matching gifts. That might mean making a personal phone call to explain the importance of matching gifts, walking through the process of requesting a gift match, writing a personalized thank-you letter that highlights the increased influence of matching gifts, and more.

You already know the effect that a major gift can have on your institution’s Giving Day. Now, just imagine that impact being doubled when a huge donor participates in their company’s gift-matching initiative. It’s certainly worth going a few steps further to ensure these individuals are aware of the programs in place and how they can plan a role in your success.

Thus, you’ll want to keep an eye out for major donors who work for top matching gift companies, and see what you can do to go above and beyond in driving those match requests to completion.

4. Identify corporate partners to organize custom matching gift programs.

Another often-underutilized type of matching gift initiative called a custom or “one-off” matching gift program, has the potential to bring your Giving Day matching strategy to new heights. After all, not all companies have widely available matching gift programs. However, many are willing to consider the practice, especially in a smaller-scale initiative.

In the months or weeks leading to your upcoming Giving Day campaign, consider reaching out to donors’ employers who don’t currently match gifts and propose the opportunity for a unique, limited-scale program instead. Rather than matching donations its employees make to any nonprofit or educational institution, the company would commit only to matching gifts made to your specific group.

Custom matching gift programs can improve Giving Day and matching gift results.

Since custom match programs are generally time-limited campaigns in the first place, they work particularly well when aligned with Giving Day (or week, month, etc.) efforts. And if you use Double the Donation’s matching gift platform (as highlighted above)—or are looking to get running with it before your Giving Day (as recommended below)—there’s a built-in functionality for managing custom programs now available to all standard account users!

5. Get your fundraising tools set up ASAP.

It’s not too late to get set up with the matching gift tools you need, even if your organization’s Giving Day is quickly approaching. But you certainly don’t want to wait any longer! The sooner you plan to get your Giving Day software up and running, the more time your team will have to prepare for the big event and get acquainted with the solution.

The first step is to take a good look at your organization’s tech stack. If you’re lacking a matching gift software solution⁠—such as the industry-leading platform described above, 360MatchPro by Double the Donation⁠—it’s time to make that investment. Even better, 360MatchPro integrates seamlessly with tons of top donation platforms, including some of the largest school and higher ed fundraising tools. This allows your institutions to get started easier than ever before!

(Tip: Many organizations have reported raising several times the initial subscription cost on their Giving Days alone, providing a positive ROI sometimes within the first 24 hours of purchasing!)

Once you have your matching gift solution in hand, ensure it’s live and functioning within your online donation pages by the time your Giving Day rolls around, and you’ll be all set for success.

Final Thoughts

Giving Days and matching gifts share a lot of the same goals: to raise substantial amounts of revenue, provide donors with new and exciting ways to support their favorite causes, and equip fundraising teams with more efficient practices, to name a few. When the two fundraising components are intertwined, education and nonprofit fundraisers tend to see better results than they could have imagined.

With so many dollars flowing to organizations like yours on these special days, it would be a huge missed opportunity not to get those gifts matched when eligible. And luckily, Double the Donation is here to help!

To learn more about Giving Days and matching gift efforts, check out some of our other resources below:

Improve your giving days and matching gifts with Double the Donation.

Donsplus and Double the Donation Partner to Close the Gap of Unclaimed Matching Gifts

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We’re excited to announce that Double the Donation and Donsplus have teamed up to provide nonprofits with matching gift marketing automation powered by 360MatchPro. The new integration allows nonprofit organizations to activate in a matter of minutes and start capturing more eligible matches from the second they turn it on. 

“As the goal of Donsplus is to double the online revenue of our customers, we wanted to partner with the best matching gifts solution available to provide clients with more value from every donor relationship,” said Yechiel Glantz, Founder and CEO at Donsplus. “360MatchPro was the clear choice for an integrated solution.”

Now, as a part of the seamless Donsplus donation experience, donors can easily take next steps to double their contribution and close the gap of $4-7 billion of unclaimed matching gift revenue each year. 

“Even in 2022, there’s a huge population of the workforce unaware of the opportunities they have to double or even triple their donation amount without increasing their original donation,” said Adam Weinger, President at Double the Donation. “Partnerships like Donsplus and Double the Donation aim to remove the barriers keeping donors from getting their gifts matched by their employer.” 

Double the Donation and Donsplus are proud to respond to client interest in an elevated matching gifts integration experience for their donors with advanced 360MatchPro functionality. 

Activate in Seconds and Start Raising More from Matching Gifts!

Organizations can get started with matching gifts automation on their Donsplus widget in a matter of minutes, with no IT experience or custom development work required. With a simple API key entry process, Donsplus verifies organizations’ 360MatchPro account and adds the matching gift plugin directly to the Donsplus widget. No extra steps required!

Activate in seconds by entering your 360MatchPro API keys.

Activate in seconds by entering your 360MatchPro API keys.

For donors, the experience is just as seamless. When a donor makes a contribution on Donsplus, the confirmation page will show the 360MatchPro matching gift plugin, encouraging donors to enter their company name to discover if they are eligible for a matching gift. 

Once their company is confirmed, donors can see details about their employer’s matching gift policies and take their next steps to getting their gift matched with a direct link. 

Donors can take their next steps to get their gift matched directly on the confirmation page.

Donors can take their next steps to get their gift matched directly on the confirmation page.

For a single donor, this may mean turning a $25 donation into a $50 contribution, and the match potential only increases from there. Considering over 26 million individuals work for companies with matching gift programs, the potential impact of matching gifts on an organization’s fundraising revenue is astounding!

Looking to learn more? Check out our in-depth integration guide to get started!

Drive More Matching Gifts to Completion with 360MatchPro!

360MatchPro allows nonprofits to take more control over raising more from matching gifts. Now, Donsplus users can take that advanced functionality to the next level with an integrated matching gifts experience. 

Some additional features organizations can expect to leverage:

  • Identify more matching gift revenue opportunities: 360MatchPro enables you to automatically collect matching gift eligibility from donors using email domains, within donation forms, on confirmation screens, or by email. The more matching gift opportunities 360MatchPro discovers and shares with donors, the more matching gift requests your donors will successfully submit.
  • Drive more matches to completion, from form submission to corporate payment: Direct donors immediately to their matching gift forms after the donation process is complete. Then, provide the right information to the right donors at the right time with custom emails based on match eligibility. Target follow-ups drive more completed submissions than ever before, bringing exponentially more matching gift checks from companies through your door.
  • Reallocate your time from routine follow-up to your top opportunities: Your time is valuable, so why spend it chasing small dollar-value matching gifts? Let 360MatchPro automate your matching gift outreach while flagging your highest-value opportunities, allowing your team to personalize follow-ups to the most valuable match-eligible donations. Rest easy knowing that 360MatchPro can handle the rest.

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Ready to start raising more with matching gifts? Schedule a personalized demo today. 

About Donsplus: Donsplus is a powerful fundraising widget that doubles website donations by delivering the most engaging, interactive donation experience donors have ever had. Check it out at https://donsplus.com.

About Double the Donation: Automate your matching gift fundraising with the industry-leading solution from Double the Donation. The 360MatchPro platform provides nonprofits with tools to identify match-eligible donors, drive matches to completion, and gain actionable insights. 360MatchPro integrates directly into donation forms, CRMs, social fundraising software, and other nonprofit technology solutions to capture employment information and follow up appropriately with donors about matching gifts.

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Double the Donation’s Year in Review: 2021

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If you’ve been following along for some time now, you’ll know that 2021 was a big year for us over at Double the Donation. We partnered with fantastic fundraising solutions to provide thousands of mission-driven organizations with our constantly improving tools, working alongside nonprofits as they make their impact on the world.

Over time, we are continuing to develop our company, refine our products, and expand our network of social good. Let’s walk through a recap of what the past year has brought to our team!

Product Updates & Enhancements

We’ve made a lot of significant changes to the Double the Donation platform in the last year in order to provide increased functionality and streamline matching gift processes. These are some of our most impactful advancements:

  • Focusing on 360MatchPro: We’ve phased out Double the Donation’s Legacy Plan (formerly “Premium Plan”) in order to focus exclusively on our more effective, comprehensive automation solution, 360MatchPro. Now, all organizations can make the most of their matching gift potential using first-in-class 360MatchPro matching gift automation!
  • Launching multi-channel outreach: Thanks to a Twilio integration, we’ve rolled out multi-channel donor outreach⁠! This means fundraisers can communicate via automated SMS in addition to existing email functionality, reaching donors through multiple channels and providing opportunities for additional touchpoints.
  • Publishing real-time matching gift analytics: Our real-time matching gift dashboard (available online here) provides viewers with continuously updating information on our database development. This includes total company records, number and percentage of match-eligible donor coverage, form availability, and more!
  • Adding an end-of-year email stream: The end of the year can be one of the most crucial times for nonprofit fundraisers, and our new end-of-year email streams can help make the most of matching gifts. Our new customizable pre-written email templates allow you to retroactively follow up with match-eligible donors who had given previously in the year in order to boost year-end revenue.

Here are a few of our product updates over the past year.

For information on even more Double the Donation updates and enhancements, check out our product release notes. We’re always working to provide the best solution possible for our clients!

Expanding Client Base

The Double the Donation client network continues to grow as well! In 2021, more than 1,000 new accounts were set up on our 360MatchPro platform with thousands of additional organizations using our various offerings, allowing a range of mission-driven and charitable organizations to begin maximizing employer matching gifts.

That is in addition to the 8,500+ nonprofits already using the platform, which includes all sorts of schools and universities, arts and culture organizations, health and human services groups, and tons of other 501(c)(3) organizations.

Here’s what a few of our newest clients have to say:

CityTeam logoCityTeam: “Talk about seamless integration! The set-up for connecting DTD with our CRM system AND our email platform literally happened in just a few clicks. We appreciate the prompt replies from every DTD team member. The interface is easy to use, and we began seeing the ROI in the first go-live minutes.”

– Tamara Wheeler, Vice President of Marketing & Development

Food Bank for New York City logoFood Bank For New York City: “Double the Donation is such a helpful tool to ensure we are presenting the most current matching gift opportunities to our donors both during and after the online giving experience. The platform automates so many processes we would otherwise conduct manually.”

– David Jones, Vice President for Fundraising Operations

Heifer International logoHeifer International: “Our integration with Double the Donation was so easy, and we love having a dashboard at our fingertips. This allows us to follow up with donors and ensure that their matching gifts are applied properly.”

– Bert Kimrey, Director of Community Marketing

The Salvation Army logoThe Salvation Army of the United States (Nationals): “Not only does Double the Donation make it easy for Salvation Army donors to submit their matching gifts, but their tools were easy for our team to implement and use. We have been very impressed since making the switch.”

– Dale Bannon, National Community Relations and Development Secretary

And that hardly scratches the surface of the new accounts we’ve set up in the past year! Organizations like Vanderbilt University, the University of Notre Dame, UNICEF USA, and more are continuing to expand their matching gift strategies with our tools as well.

New Partnerships & Integrations

Last year alone, Double the Donation launched more than 22 new software integrations with innovative and leading fundraising solutions. These new partners continue to build on our growing partner network, providing a seamless matching gift experience for thousands of users.

Double the Donation has integrated with more than 22 new software partners.

Double the Donation continues to expand its partner network.

Thanks to partnerships like these, our matching gift software integrates perfectly with all sorts of online donation tools, peer-to-peer fundraising platforms, nonprofit CRMs, and more.

To find out whether your favorite fundraising platform(s) integrates with Double the Donation, explore our Knowledge Base and search for the provider in question! Or, check out a complete list of our 70+ integration partners here!

Overall Matching Gift Fundraising Success

The Double the Donation database has assisted users with collecting more than $156.1 million in matching gift revenue.We love seeing our software helping nonprofits collect more in individual donations and corporate funding. Their successes are our successes⁠—and last year, we’d certainly call it a success!

In 2021 alone, charitable organizations identified more than $156.1 million in matching gift revenue using Double the Donation’s tools. Additionally, our clients boast a 54% open rate for matching gift emails, more than 2.7 times higher than the average nonprofit rate of 20%.

Not only is our solution putting more dollars toward your cause, but it’s also improving supporter relations with increased engagement opportunities and magnified donor impact. That’s what we consider a win-win.

Matching Gift Database Development

At Double the Donation, we pride ourselves on having the most comprehensive and up-to-date matching gift database solution. In order to stay on top, it’s important that our industry-leading solution continues to grow.

As of December 2021, the Double the Donation database contains the following information:

  • 24,231+ total company records
  • 26,803,317+ employees represented
  • 99.68% coverage of match-eligible donors
  • 80.96% matching gift form availability

The Double the Donation database continues to grow and become a more comprehensive resource for nonprofits.

These metrics are currently at their all-time highs, and they’re only going up from here!

The extent of our matching gift coverage directly impacts the results that our nonprofit clients see. As such, we’ve made it a priority to ensure we are continuously adding new companies and subsidiaries, providing available online match request forms, and updating information where necessary.

Double the Donation Company Growth

Double the Donation has added 8 new team members in the past year.

As our product continues to grow, so does the company behind it. In 2021, the Double the Donation staff has expanded to include nine new team members in sales, partnerships, client onboarding, and marketing roles.

Plus, we’re also working to develop our client success teams by bringing on additional customer support staff. This allows us to better cater to the organizations that use our tools and meet their needs in the most effective ways possible⁠—which is always the goal!

As you can see, it was quite the year over here. We’re so grateful for the clients, partners, and donors who worked with us to make 2021 our year. We certainly could not have done it without you.

Here’s to seeing what 2022 will bring!

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Double the Donation and Blackbaud Enhance Integration

Double the Donation and Blackbaud Enhance Matching Gift Integration with Raiser’s Edge NXT and 360MatchPro

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Double the Donation and Blackbaud are thrilled to debut their recent integration enhancements. This duo has teamed up to bring even greater matching gift functionality to their existing integration.

As a Premier ISV Partner in the Blackbaud ecosystem, Double the Donation offered a robust CRM integration, designed to automate matching gift outreach to donors post-contribution. This new integration update now functions specifically with RE NXT donation forms, allowing donors to identify themselves as match-eligible during the donation process – leading to greater donor reporting along with more tailored, personalized messaging and next steps.

“360MatchPro has proven to provide tremendous value in helping RE NXT customers take full advantage of matching gift opportunities,” said Ben Wong, Senior Principal Technical Product Manager. “This latest enhancement presents the matching gift opportunity directly to donors, which will help raise matching gift revenue as well as foster donor engagement and improve data reporting, and it’s delivered in a simple package that I know customers will love.”

This integration enhancement provides an additional touchpoint to donors when they’re most engaged: during the donation process. As the donor navigates through their typical giving flow, 360MatchPro will work to identify matching gift opportunities and drive matching gift requests to completion.

“Many donors have trouble navigating the matching gift process, leaving nonprofits responsible for donor follow ups and outreach efforts,” said Adam Weinger, President of Double the Donation. “Our enhanced RE NXT integration allows nonprofits to transfer that responsibility to an automated solution so that they can increase their matching gifts while focusing their energy and effort on top priority tasks within their organization.”

360MatchPro works seamlessly with RE NXT, providing fundraisers with leading matching gift automation across nonprofit and educational industries. Using this enhanced integration, users can expect simple matching gift solutions to drive fundraising success.

360MatchPro - Activate in seconds and start raising more from matching gifts!

Activate in Seconds and Start Raising More from Matching Gifts!

The 360MatchPro and RE NXT donation form integration has a simple set up process so that you can drive matching gift revenue in no time. Simply connect your RE NXT and 360MatchPro accounts using the process outlined in our integration guide. Then, you can drag and drop the 360MatchPro search tool directly onto your RE NXT donation forms.

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Once you place the matching gift search bar on your form, then you’re all set! Donors will now be able to identify themselves as match-eligible during the donation flow and receive matching gift follow ups directly on the confirmation screen.

This process can help your organization harness the $4-7 billion in matching gift revenue that goes unclaimed each year.

Looking to learn more? Check out our in-depth integration guide to get started!

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Drive More Matching Gifts to Completion with 360MatchPro!

360MatchPro ensures your matching gift opportunities don’t fall through the cracks.

Take advantage of this solution to:

  • Identify more matching gift revenue opportunities: 360MatchPro enables you to automatically collect matching gift eligibility from donors using email domains, within donation forms, on confirmation screens, or by email. The more matching gift opportunities 360MatchPro discovers and shares with donors, the more matching gift requests your donors will successfully submit.
  • Drive more matches to completion, from form submission to corporate payment: Direct donors immediately to their matching gift forms after the donation process is complete. Then, provide the right information to the right donors at the right time with custom emails based on match eligibility. Target follow-ups drive more completed submissions than ever before, bringing exponentially more matching gift checks from companies through your door.
  • Reallocate your time from routine follow-up to your top opportunities: Your time is valuable, so why spend it chasing small dollar-value matching gifts? Let 360MatchPro automate your matching gift outreach while flagging your highest-value opportunities, allowing your team to personalize follow-ups to the most valuable match-eligible donations. Rest easy knowing that 360MatchPro can handle the rest.

 

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Ready to drive matching gifts for your next fundraising effort? Schedule a personalized demo to learn how matching gifts can fund your mission.

About Blackbaud: The Blackbaud Partner Network is a group of leading technology and services firms providing the social good community with the solutions, applications, and strategies they need to make a difference in their local communities and worldwide. To learn more about Blackbaud’s Technology Partner program, visit: http://www.blackbaud.com/partners

About Double the Donation: Automate your matching gift fundraising with the industry-leading solution from Double the Donation. The 360MatchPro platform provides nonprofits with tools to identify match-eligible donors, drive matches to completion, and gain actionable insights. 360MatchPro integrates directly into donation forms, CRMs, social fundraising software, and other nonprofit technology solutions to capture employment information and follow up appropriately with donors about matching gifts. To learn more visit https://360matchpro.com/demo-request/

PatronManager and Double the Donation Announce Matching Gifts Integration

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PatronManager – Patron Technology’s powerful ticketing and CRM solution – and Double the Donation are proud to launch a matching gift integration between PatronManager donation forms and 360MatchPro, the leading matching gifts automation provider by Double the Donation. The new integration allows nonprofit organizations to identify more matching gift opportunities during the donation process and drive more matching gifts to completion. 

“Matching gifts are a key element of the fundraising strategy for many PatronManager clients, so we’re thrilled to collaborate with Double the Donation,” says Jen Leavitt, VP of Product at Patron Technology. “With this partnership, our clients will be able to drive more revenue, learn more about their patrons than ever before, and strengthen the 360-degree view of their data that is essential to building fruitful donor relationships.”

Now, donors are able to discover their match eligibility, develop an understanding of their employers’ programs, and pursue their match directly following their donation submission. With this powerful partnership, Double the Donation and PatronManager can help nonprofit organizations start raising more from matching gifts as soon as they activate the integration. 

“When it comes to matching gifts, there are two key elements that spell success for nonprofits looking to raise more: effective education and seamless processes,” says Adam Weinger, President at Double the Donation. “Our new partnership with PatronManager creates that educational space and that immediate call to action for donors, all easily included within the donation experience.”

Client organizations of PatronManager and Double the Donation can now look forward to claiming some of the $4-7 billion left on the table in matching gift funds each year.

Activate in Seconds and Start Raising More from Matching Gifts!

The PatronManager and Double the Donation teams have worked together to develop a solution that takes no complicated IT work for an organization to get started. Organizations can enter their API key from 360MatchPro into their PatronManager account, place Double the Donation’s search tool on their donation forms, and save! 

Once this process is complete, organizations begin the process of capturing match eligible transactions and guiding donors to their matching gift request forms! Seamlessly included in the donation process, the 360MatchPro autocomplete search tool and confirmation page plugin encourage donors to submit their matching gift requests immediately after they give their initial gift. 

360MatchPro collects this data and transforms it into actionable insights for organizations to keep donor information streamlined and consolidated, resulting in a wealth of useful corporate philanthropy-related data for fundraising teams.

Looking to learn more? Check out our in-depth integration guide to get started!

Drive More Matching Gifts to Completion with 360MatchPro!

PatronManager is designed to grow and flourish alongside nonprofits as they evolve. Double the Donation is proud to become a part of that story of growth and enriched experience by providing PatronManager users with the most advanced matching gift automation tool in the space. 

Check out some key features below: 

  • Identify more matching gift revenue opportunities: 360MatchPro enables you to automatically collect matching gift eligibility from donors using email domains, within donation forms, on confirmation screens, or by email. The more matching gift opportunities 360MatchPro discovers and shares with donors, the more matching gift requests your donors will successfully submit.
  • Drive more matches to completion, from form submission to corporate payment: Direct donors to their matching gift forms immediately after the donation process is complete. Then, provide the right information to the right donors at the right time with custom emails based on match eligibility. Target follow-ups drive more completed submissions than ever before, bringing exponentially more matching gift checks from companies through your door.
  • Reallocate your time from routine follow-up to your top opportunities: Your time is valuable, so why spend it chasing small dollar-value matching gifts? Let 360MatchPro automate your matching gift outreach while flagging your highest-value opportunities, allowing your team to personalize follow-ups to the most valuable match-eligible donations. Rest easy knowing that 360MatchPro can handle the rest.

Ready to get started with your own matching gift journey? Schedule a private demo with the Double the Donation team today, and make sure to mention you use PatronManager!

About PatronManager: PatronManager, a product of Patron Technology, is a powerful arts and cultural organization ticketing solution built entirely on Salesforce. Its powerful CRM helps arts organizers sell more tickets, raise more money, and cultivate stronger bonds with their audience. For more information, please visit patronmanager.com.

About Double the Donation: Automate your matching gift fundraising with the industry-leading solution from Double the Donation. The 360MatchPro platform provides nonprofits with tools to identify match-eligible donors, drive matches to completion, and gain actionable insights. 360MatchPro integrates directly into donation forms, CRMs, social fundraising software, and other nonprofit technology solutions to capture employment information and follow up appropriately with donors about matching gifts. To learn more about Double the Donation, visit https://doublethedonation.com and request a demo at https://360matchpro.com/demo-request/. 

DonorDock and Double the Donation Announce Matching Gifts Integration with 360MatchPro

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The Double the Donation and DonorDock teams are excited to announce a new integration between DonorDock online donation forms and 360MatchPro by Double the Donation. Nonprofit organizations can now use the two solutions together to raise more from matching gifts by incorporating valuable company information and outreach to donors during the giving process. 

“Our team is proud to unveil a partnership that allows our nonprofit clients to drive more value with every donor interaction,” says Matt Bitzegaio, Founder at DonorDock. “We hope that with this new integration, organizations will be able to start receiving more and more of the money left unclaimed each year in matching gifts.”

With $4-7 billion left on the table in matching gift revenue every year, the potential value for nonprofits leveraging automation is huge – and 360MatchPro can help orgs reach that potential with easy autocomplete company search, clear and easy-to-use CTAs for donors, and automated follow up email streams to capture as many match eligible donations as possible. 

“The Double the Donation team has identified lack of donor awareness as the number one barrier for nonprofit organizations receiving what they should each year in matching gift revenue,” says Adam Weinger, President at Double the Donation. “Our new integration with DonorDock is designed to close that awareness gap directly from the point of initial donation onward.”

Activate in Seconds and Start Raising More from Matching Gifts!

So how do nonprofit organizations get started using the DonorDock and 360MatchPro integration? The process is simple: organizations can enter their API keys retrieved from their 360MatchPro account into their DonorDock account to get started. Once the keys are verified, the integration is live and active on DonorDock forms. 

Here is where 360MatchPro can go to work. The advanced matching gift tool will start requesting employer information from donors as those donors give on a DonorDock form. When a donor selects their company name or uses a corporate email address, they’ll be prompted to take the next steps toward their gift match directly on the confirmation page. 

With the new integration, nonprofits can collect employer information, encourage donors to educate themselves about their own company’s corporate philanthropy programs, and take the necessary steps to double their impact!

Looking to learn more? Check out our in-depth integration guide to get started!

Drive More Matching Gifts to Completion with 360MatchPro!

Double the Donation and DonorDock have partnered so nonprofits can take everything they love about their easy-to-use fundraising platform and boost their revenue with powerful matching gift automation software. 

Some additional features organizations can expect to leverage:

  • Identify more matching gift revenue opportunities: 360MatchPro enables you to automatically collect matching gift eligibility from donors using email domains, within donation forms, on confirmation screens, or by email. The more matching gift opportunities 360MatchPro discovers and shares with donors, the more matching gift requests your donors will successfully submit.
  • Drive more matches to completion, from form submission to corporate payment: Direct donors immediately to their matching gift forms after the donation process is complete. Then, provide the right information to the right donors at the right time with custom emails based on match eligibility. Target follow-ups drive more completed submissions than ever before, bringing exponentially more matching gift checks from companies through your door.
  • Reallocate your time from routine follow-up to your top opportunities: Your time is valuable, so why spend it chasing small dollar-value matching gifts? Let 360MatchPro automate your matching gift outreach while flagging your highest-value opportunities, allowing your team to personalize follow-ups to the most valuable match-eligible donations. Rest easy knowing that 360MatchPro can handle the rest.

Ready to start raising more with matching gifts? Schedule a personalized demo today. 

About DonorDock: DonorDock believes that software should make your life easier, not more frustrating. DonorDock makes it easier for nonprofits to track and grow their contacts, fundraising and marketing. DonorDock manages contacts, donors, emails, donations, memberships, volunteers, tasks and more. DonorDock was voted “Easiest to Use” Nonprofit Software and “Best Return on Investment” by G2, the leading software review website. DonorDock was founded in 2017 by people passionate about making nonprofit software faster, more helpful, and more affordable for small to medium sized nonprofits. Learn more at DonorDock.com.

About Double the Donation: Automate your matching gift fundraising with the industry-leading solution from Double the Donation. The 360MatchPro platform provides nonprofits with tools to identify match-eligible donors, drive matches to completion, and gain actionable insights. 360MatchPro integrates directly into donation forms, CRMs, social fundraising software, and other nonprofit technology solutions to capture employment information and follow up appropriately with donors about matching gifts.

SimplyFundraisingCRM Chooses Double the Donation for Advanced Matching Gifts Integrationy

SimplyFundraisingCRM Chooses Double the Donation for Advanced Matching Gifts Integration

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Double the Donation and SimplyFundraisingCRM are proud to unveil their new integration partnership, opening the door for nonprofit organizations to identify more matching gift opportunities for their donors with every donation.

“We are thrilled to partner with Double the Donation,” Says Jon Biedermann, President at SimplyFundraisingCRM. “I’ve known the founder, Adam Weinger, for years and nonprofits will save time and raise far more from their small and mid-level donors. Even better, they will save time raising more money with Double the Donation’s and SimplyFundraisingCRM’s automated processes to collect matching gifts – all in one beautiful integration that simply just works.”

The new integration between SimplyFundraisingCRM and 360MatchPro by Double the Donation allows nonprofits to discover donors’ employers and match eligibility and encourage them to submit their matching gift requests at a higher rate. More submitted match requests means more revenue for the fundraising org, all without complicated IT work or manual follow up efforts. 

“Something we love about the SimplyFundraisingCRM platform is how easy and stress-free it is for nonprofit users to manage,” said Adam Weinger, President at Double the Donation. “It was a natural fit that we make the process for those same nonprofits to raise more from matching gifts just as easy with an integrated solution.”

Around 78% of donors are completely unaware of their matching gift potential – the new integration between 360MatchPro and SimplyFundraisingCRM aims to raise donor awareness and close the gap to help organizations claim some of the $4-7 billion in matching gift revenue left on the table yearly.

Activate in Seconds and Start Raising More from Matching Gifts?

Activating an integration between your SimplyFundraisingCRM account and 360MatchPro by Double the Donation is all in the name – simple! In your SimplyFundraisingCRM launchpad, just enter your public and private API keys from your 360MatchPro account and save to activate your integrated tools. From here, you’ll be able to toggle your matching gift fields on and off to meet your campaign needs. 

Enter your public and private API keys to activate your matching gifts integration!

Once you’re set up with your integration, 360MatchPro will automatically start identifying match eligible donors as they give on your SimplyFundraisingCRM donation forms, and follow up with them via email to guide them directly to their company’s matching gift request process. Encouraging donors automatically to get their gifts match could turn your average $25 donation into a $50 impact–all without arduous manual outreach from your already busy team!

Donors can easily search their company name directly from their giving forms.

Plus, keep track of your matching gift data and outreach settings in your 360MatchPro portal to identify future matching opportunities, keep track of your year-to-date match identified amounts, and manage your email settings and customizations to keep your messaging streamlined and true to your organizational voice.

Looking to learn more? Check out our in-depth integration guide to get started!

Drive More Matching Gifts to Completion with 360MatchPro!

Double the Donation and SimplyFundraisingCRM’s partnership allow nonprofit organizations to raise more from every donor interaction with automated matching gifts marketing. Boost the impact of every donation by utilizing some key features: 

  • Identify more matching gift revenue opportunities: 360MatchPro enables you to automatically collect matching gift eligibility from donors using email domains, within donation forms, on confirmation screens, or by email. The more matching gift opportunities 360MatchPro discovers and shares with donors, the more matching gift requests your donors will successfully submit.
  • Drive more matches to completion, from form submission to corporate payment: Direct donors immediately to their matching gift forms after the donation process is complete. Then, provide the right information to the right donors at the right time with custom emails based on match eligibility. Target follow-ups drive more completed submissions than ever before, bringing exponentially more matching gift checks from companies through your door.
  • Reallocate your time from routine follow-up to your top opportunities: Your time is valuable, so why spend it chasing small dollar-value matching gifts? Let 360MatchPro automate your matching gift outreach while flagging your highest-value opportunities, allowing your team to personalize follow-ups to the most valuable match-eligible donations. Rest easy knowing that 360MatchPro can handle the rest.

Drive more value for your organization by automating your matching gift processes!

Ready to get started with your matching gift journey? Request a personalized demo today and make sure you mention you use SimplyFundraisingCRM when you schedule.

About SimplyFundraisingCRM: Manage donors, collect donations online or offline, and make it easy for you and your board members to attract and retain donors. All with built in fundraising expertise in one easy-to-use platform that anyone can use and everyone will love. Visit https://www.simplyfundraisingcrm.com/ to learn more.

About Double the Donation: Automate your matching gift fundraising with the industry-leading solution from Double the Donation. The 360MatchPro platform provides nonprofits with tools to identify match-eligible donors, drive matches to completion, and gain actionable insights. 360MatchPro integrates directly into donation forms, CRMs, social fundraising software, and other nonprofit technology solutions to capture employment information and follow up appropriately with donors about matching gifts. To learn more about Double the Donation, visit https://doublethedonation.com and request a demo at https://360matchpro.com/demo-request/.

Matching Gift Upsells: A Guide for Boosting Donations

Matching Gift Upsells | A Guide for Boosting Donations

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Raise more with matching gift upsells through Double the Donation.

If you’re looking to drive additional fundraising revenue through corporate gift-matching programs, making the most of matching gift upsells is the way to go.

Picture this: A donor is in the process of making a gift to your organization. As they fill out your online donation form, they select the second suggested gift size at $20. Upon submitting their donation, however, they realize that the gift would have been eligible for a corporate match from their employer should it have been just $5 more.

Since the company they work for has a $25 minimum donation for matching gifts, the donor’s initial $20 gift doesn’t quite make the cut. If they had known that before completing their donation, they would have sacrificed an additional latte that week to boost the contribution into the eligible gift-matching threshold. As a result, your nonprofit would have received not only the extra $5 from the donor but a $25 match as well.

The above scenario perfectly illustrates the importance of matching gift upsells and the impact they can have on nonprofit fundraising strategies. In this guide, we’ll walk through the following topics to provide more information about matching gifts and how to drive corporate donations effectively:

Ready to learn more about matching gift upsells and the opportunities they can present fundraising organizations like yours? Let’s get started with the basics.


Here are the basics for matching gifts and matching gift upsells

Matching Gift Basics

Before diving into the value of matching gift upsells and how you can use this strategy to increase your fundraising revenue, you’ll first need to understand a few key concepts surrounding matching gifts and matching gift upsells. We’ll answer those questions here!

What are matching gifts?

Matching gifts are donations made through a particular type of corporate giving program in which companies match charitable donations made by their employees to eligible nonprofit causes. The process typically looks like this:

  1. A donor makes a donation to your nonprofit organization.
  2. The donor determines that their employer offers corporate gift matching and that their gift is eligible for a match.
  3. The donor submits a form to their employer with details about their donation and the nonprofit they gave to.
  4. The employer reviews the request and confirms the initial donation with your organization.
  5. The employer makes their own matching donation to your cause.

The exact parameters surrounding an employer’s matching gift program varies by company, though the vast majority of participating businesses match eligible donations at a dollar-for-dollar rate. Others, however, choose to match at a lower (e.g., 50 cents per initial donor dollar) or higher rate (e.g., $2 or even $3 per donor dollar).

What are matching gift upsells?

Driving matching gift revenue effectively is all about using the right verbiage in your fundraising asks. One thing that nonprofits are beginning to see more of is called matching gift upsells.

Every company puts different eligibility criteria and guidelines in place for their matching gift program. One of these criteria is minimum and maximum donation amounts that the business is willing to match. A matching gift upsell occurs when organizations encourage donors to make larger gifts in order for their contributions to be eligible for a corporate match.

In other words, when a donor is about to make a donation that falls below their employer’s donation threshold, a matching gift upsell convinces them to increase their gift size to fall between the minimum and maximum match amounts.


Here is the value of matching gift upsells

The Value of Matching Gift Upsells

Matching gift upsells offer significant value to nonprofits looking to improve their corporate fundraising strategies while raising more for their causes and building strengthened relationships with supporters. As you lean into this powerful tactic, here are three key benefits to consider:

  • Increased initial donations: According to Double the Donation research, 1 in 3 donors reported that they’d likely make a larger gift to a nonprofit if they know it’s being matched by their employer. By increasing the initial donation size to fall into their employer’s match eligibility criteria, donors put more dollars towards your organization.
  • Corporate matches: When donors bump up their gifts to become match-eligible, it allows you to collect additional corporate matches for your cause. That means more donations for your organization along with better corporate relationships.
  • Improved donor engagement: Matching gifts offer an invaluable engagement opportunity for donors who are looking to provide additional support to a mission they care about. When you make it easier for donors to become eligible for these programs, more individuals get the privilege of knowing their gifts are going further and making a more significant difference.

Just as matching gifts offer value to each party involved, matching gift upsells do as well. Without specific strategies in place to leverage this impactful concept, you’re likely to miss out on a ton of potential fundraising revenue.


Here are some best practices for leveraging matching gift upsells

Best Practices for Leveraging Matching Gift Upsells

Now that you understand the importance of matching gift upsells, how can you adjust your efforts to emphasize this type of fundraising strategy? Let’s discuss three of our favorite tried-and-true ideas for maximizing your matching gift upsell.

1. Provide access to matching gift program data.

One of the best ways to encourage matching gift upsells is by sharing company-specific matching gift details with donors. You can’t expect donors to up their donations to meet match-eligibility requirements if they’re unsure of their employer’s program guidelines!

Luckily, the right software can be a huge help here, as both a time-saver and a donation booster. For example, consider embedding a matching gift database tool in your online donation page. This way, donors completing an online gift can simply do a quick and easy search of their employer name to determine both if their company offers matching gifts and if the gift they’re about to make would be eligible.

Providing donors with employer giving details can help increase matching gift upsells.

If they see that their gift falls below their employer’s minimum, they can choose to adjust their donation size accordingly.

2. Incorporate suggested donation sizes.

Many organizations utilize suggested donation sizes to coax donors into giving larger amounts than they initially may have. When you choose your suggestions carefully, you can encourage more donors to make match-eligible donations and ultimately secure corporate gifts for your cause.

Here's how suggested donation sizes can help increase matching gift upsells.

But how? Matching gift statistics report that 93% of participating companies have a minimum donation threshold of less than or equal to $50. Further, the average minimum amount falls at $34. As you determine which donation sizes to set for your online giving form, keep these figures in mind.

For example, you might set your lowest donation tiers at $35 to $50, with larger gifts increasing from there. Just remember, it’s important to retain a “choose-your-own-donation” field that allows supporters to go lower, higher, or in between levels.

Here's an example of a matching gift upsell message in action.

3. Look for software that automates the upsell process.

Having the right software in place is a critical prerequisite for optimizing your matching gift efforts. When it comes to leveraging matching gift upsells in particular, we suggest exploring donation tools that offer that specific feature.

Double the Donation offers a native integration with Fundraise Up, which is a popular online donation platform that incorporates matching gift upsell functionality directly into the giving process. If a user is about to make a gift that falls below the minimum threshold for their employer, they’re automatically notified of the donation size gap and asked if they’d like to up their contribution to meet program requirements.

This collaborative tool allows donors to adjust their giving before clicking submit, often leading to increases both in donation sizes and matching gift eligibility.

 

Matching gift upsells are one of the best ways to bring an already lucrative fundraising strategy to the next level. You’ll receive additional funding for your cause while allowing more donors to make a larger impact on your nonprofit mission⁠—which is a win-win for everyone involved.

To make the most of this strategy, it’s vital that you equip your team and your donors with the matching gift fundraising technology required to make this idea a reality for your organization.

Learn more about matching gifts and other impactful fundraising strategies with these additional resources:

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Double the Donation and Classy Enhancement Announcement

Double the Donation and Classy Enhance Matching Gift Integration to Fuel Fundraising Opportunities

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Double the Donation and Classy have come together to enhance their existing matching gift solution to help organizations drive greater matching gift revenue. This new functionality will provide nonprofits with greater donor touchpoints, increased identification methods and advanced two-way data synchronization.

The 360MatchPro and Classy integration has already served countless nonprofits in their automated matching gift fundraising efforts. With this solution, fundraisers were targeting the more than 26 million individuals who work for companies with matching gift programs.

“Classy strives to provide nonprofits with innovative, advanced technology, and 360MatchPro consistently provides the best gift matching automation for donors,” said Colin Manuel, Head of Product Integrations at Classy. “With this enhancement, our customers can leverage the full gift matching power of the industry’s leading solution alongside their Classy fundraising campaigns.”

The enhanced matching gift technology will make it both easier for donors to submit matching gift requests and easier for nonprofits to track these gift matching submissions. With increased calls to action and more data flow opportunities, nonprofits will be able to drive matching gift revenue simply and seamlessly.

“The fundraising landscape is ever-changing, and our industry-leading technology is designed to evolve with the needs of our fundraising community,” said Adam Weinger, President of Double the Donation. “We are committed to providing nonprofits with cutting-edge technology, and these enhancements will ensure that Classy users can continue to drive matching gift revenue easily and efficiently.”

Using this advanced matching gift automation integration, nonprofits everywhere can continue to target the $4-7 billion in matching gift revenue that goes unclaimed each year.

360MatchPro - Activate in seconds and start raising more from matching gifts!

Activate in Seconds and Start Raising More from Matching Gifts!

Classy and 360MatchPro integration seamlessly for a simple setup process. Nonprofits with a 360MatchPro account can simply navigate to the Double the Donation App in “Apps & Extensions” within their Classy account to connect the two services. Then, simply add the matching gift solution to your chosen donation forms and confirmation pages.

Activate 360MatchPro from within Classy Manager

After the integration is set up, 360MatchPro gets to work by identifying match-eligible donors both during and after the donation process, making it easy for the tool to then automate personalized messages, driving employer matching gift requests.

With this integration, your organization can begin doubling (or sometimes even tripling!) eligible donations without having to dedicate any extra time or effort. This simple solution makes it easy for you to ramp up the matching gift funds while still focusing your valuable time on what matters most: your nonprofit’s mission.

drive more matching gifts to completion with 360MatchPro

Drive More Matching Gifts to Completion with 360MatchPro!

360MatchPro and Classy offer valuable matching gift features to help your organization double donations for your mission.

With the power of this solution, your organization can:

  • Identify more matching gift revenue opportunities: 360MatchPro enables you to automatically collect matching gift eligibility from donors using email domains, within donation forms, on confirmation screens, or by email. The more matching gift opportunities 360MatchPro discovers and shares with donors, the more matching gift requests your donors will successfully submit.
  • Drive more matches to completion, from form submission to corporate payment: Direct donors immediately to their matching gift forms after the donation process is complete. Then, provide the right information to the right donors at the right time with custom emails based on match eligibility. Target follow-ups drive more completed submissions than ever before, bringing exponentially more matching gift checks from companies through your door.
  • Reallocate your time from routine follow-up to your top opportunities: Your time is valuable, so why spend it chasing small dollar-value matching gifts? Let 360MatchPro automate your matching gift outreach while flagging your highest-value opportunities, allowing your team to personalize follow-ups to the most valuable match-eligible donations. Rest easy knowing that 360MatchPro can handle the rest.

360MatchPro integration-partnership announcement-360MP provides value to your nonprofit

Ready to get started? Schedule a personalized demo.

About Classy: Classy is a social enterprise that creates online fundraising software for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. Based in San Diego, CA, Classy is trusted by organizations of all sizes, from the fastest-growing nonprofits like Team Rubicon and The Trevor Project, to some of the world’s largest social organizations, such as The Salvation Army, Robin Hood Foundation, and Shriners Hospitals for Children. Classy also hosts the Collaborative conference, a three-day immersive experience designed exclusively for nonprofit professionals and social impact leaders to learn, share, and get inspired. For more information, visit www.classy.org or follow Classy on Twitter @Classy.

About Double the Donation: Automate your matching gift fundraising with the industry-leading solution from Double the Donation. The 360MatchPro platform provides nonprofits with tools to identify match-eligible donors, drive matches to completion, and gain actionable insights. 360MatchPro integrates directly into donation forms, CRMs, social fundraising software, and other nonprofit technology solutions to capture employment information and follow up appropriately with donors about matching gifts. To learn more visit https://360matchpro.com/demo-request/

3 Areas to Improve Your Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Results

3 Areas to Improve Your Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Results

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by Mark Becker, Founding Partner, Cathexis Partners

Peer-to-peer fundraising is big. According to a peer-to-peer fundraising study by NonProfit PRO and Frontstream, 43 percent of nonprofits engaged in peer-to-peer fundraising said that fundraising made up more than 50 percent of their revenue. And according to Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum’s Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Thirty, 2.2 million people took part in peer-to-peer fundraising programs in 2020.

Stats like these suggest that it’s worth investing more time in your peer-to-peer fundraising program.

So, let’s take a look at three areas where you can improve your peer-to-peer fundraising results:

1. Recruit more participants.

One key thing peer-to-peer fundraising requires to be successful is participants. Here are some ideas for recruiting more participants for your next peer-to-peer campaign or event:

  • Create powerful messages – To get your supporters excited about helping you raise funds, it’s important to have a compelling story. Make sure your messaging addresses key ideas, including:
    • What makes your organization unique
    • What impact you are having on your mission
    • How your peer-to-peer campaign or event is solving a problem
    • What the funds raised from your campaign or event will help your organization accomplish
    • How participants can help you reach your fundraising goals
  • Make your story easy to understand and share – Make sure the messaging for your peer-to-peer fundraising campaign is easy to:
    • Understand – It should be obvious why your organization has launched the peer-to-peer fundraising campaign.
    • Convey – Your message should be simple enough for your supporters to easily explain to others.
    • Share – Your peer-to-peer fundraising tools should make it easy for participants to share your message.
  • Analyze your data – Take time to gather, analyze and use data from your past peer-to-peer campaigns or events to uncover trends and find new opportunities to improve your recruiting efforts. For example, review funds raised based on your top fundraisers’ connection to your organization. Understanding more about them can help you target your recruitment efforts with greater precision.
  • Do a “soft” launch – Consider doing a soft launch of your campaign in which you have staff members, board members, and your most involved constituents register to begin fundraising ahead of the official launch. Then, when other people come across the campaign, they’ll see that it already has an interest.
  • Build targeted recruitment emails – Segment your audiences and tailor messages for each segment for greater impact. For example, create email audiences based on past participation and past team membership. By doing so, you can send targeted messages, such as an early announcement email to those who have participated in the past and follow-up messages encouraging past participants to sign up.
  • Reach beyond your list – Think about other communications channels that reach beyond your constituent list: social media, your website, signs at your organization’s events, public service announcements, local morning TV news shows. All of these channels can be used to announce your campaign and recruit participants.

2. Motivate your participants to raise more.

Getting participants to sign up to fundraise for your organization (and providing them with basic details, sample emails, and suggestions about how to raise funds from their family and friends) is just the beginning. Your ability to reach your fundraising goals depends heavily on your ability to engage with your peer-to-peer participants and keep them motivated to raise funds.

Some ideas:

  • Issue social media challenges. Create social media challenges to get participants more excited about your campaign and help them engage with potential donors. For example, at the beginning of the week, issue a challenge via your website, social media, and email. Challenges can be related to your organization’s mission, such as “the participant who posts the most pet-themed photos wins the challenge,” or generic, like “the participant with the most donor selfies wins.” Then, promote the winner the following week.
  • Send out a call for videos. Ask participants to create videos to help inspire other participants. For example, ask your top fundraisers to develop a short video about why they’re raising funds for your organization or what have been their most effective approaches for raising funds from friends and family.
  • Provide incentives. Those who sign up for your peer-to-peer event or campaign have already shown interest in raising funds for your organization. But a little extra incentive can help you keep up the fundraising momentum. For example, offer a t-shirt, an online gift card, or another gift for participants who reach specified fundraising milestones.

3. Consider your peer-to-peer fundraising software platform.

The software platform you use to manage your peer-to-peer campaigns and events and to provide participants with the tools they need to raise funds is critical to your fundraising success. Be sure to periodically re-evaluate your software platform to ensure it’s still meeting your needs.

Here are three signs that it might be time for a change:

  • Your peer-to-peer participants aren’t as happy as they should be. Here are some signals that your participants are finding the online experience for your peer-to-peer campaigns and events difficult to navigate:
    • Registration abandonment. If you see a high number of people abandoning the registration process, or if that number starts to go up, it might be a sign that you need software that supports an easier and more intuitive participant-facing online experience.
    • Support requests. If you find your staff is receiving an increasing number of support requests for your peer-to-peer campaigns and events, it’s a signal that your software might not be as easy for participants to use as it should be.
    • Survey responses. After each event or campaign, it’s a good idea to send participants a survey to capture their feedback. Be sure to ask questions about their online experience. They’ll let you know if the experience is clunky or outdated.
  • Staff productivity is decreasing. If your organization’s peer-to-peer fundraising team doesn’t seem to be working as efficiently as it seems like it should be, it might be time for new software. You might hear them say things like:
    • It’s difficult to run reports and get the information they need when they need it.
    • Making changes to the participant-facing design is difficult and/or they aren’t getting the results they expect after making changes.
    • It seems to take too long to set up and/or edit a new campaign.
  • Your organization’s strategy is evolving faster than your software. As your organization evolves, it’s not uncommon for technology that once met your needs to no longer work for you. Here are some things to watch for:
    • Your software will not integrate with your donor database/customer relationship management platform, email marketing platform, or other key software that your organization uses or plans to add soon.
    • Your organization’s strategy has expanded to include more social media, apps, SMS, matching gift tools, and other technologies, but your software does not support or integrate with those technologies.
    • Your organization has shifted money or resources toward other technologies, and you need a more cost-effective solution.

Whether you’re just getting started with peer-to-peer fundraising, or you’ve been at it for years, the approaches in this article can make a positive impact on your peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns and events.

If you need more ideas or an extra set of hands for your peer-to-peer fundraising events or campaigns, the Cathexis Partners team is ready to help. Contact Cathexis Partners today.

About Mark Becker and Cathexis Partners: Mark founded Cathexis Partners in 2008 to help nonprofit organizations get the most from their existing technology tools, implement new technology to address gaps, and find the best overall approach to using technology to support their missions. He previously served as director of IT consulting at a fundraising event production company focused on nonprofits. Cathexis Partners helps nonprofits use technology to raise funds and engage supporters more effectively.