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Celebrating International Women’s Day: Reflections on Leadership, Inspiration, and Equality

International Women’s Day is a powerful reminder of the resilience, leadership, and sisterhood that have shaped generations—from trailblazers like your grandmother to the women leading with courage and empathy today. As we honor their legacy, we’re called to pursue gender equity with purpose, combining passion, discipline, and adaptability to create a more just and inclusive future.

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Event Planning

Ace Your Donor Engagement Strategy with These 5 Easy Tips

Boosting donor engagement starts with meaningful, personalized experiences that highlight impact, offer multiple ways to get involved, and show genuine appreciation. These proven strategies—from matching gifts to tailored communication—help nonprofits deepen relationships and inspire lasting support.

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Donor Engagement

Unlocking New Revenue with Stock Gifting Made Easy

With cash giving under pressure, appreciated stock represents a massive untapped funding source—offering donors unmatched tax benefits and nonprofits access to billions in potential support. Thanks to modern tools like DonateStock, stock gifting is now fast, transparent, and accessible for organizations of any size, unlocking a powerful new revenue stream for the years ahead.

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Online Tools

Let's Stock Up this Giving Season with DonateStock

Stock donations are easier than ever this giving season, offering donors major tax advantages while helping nonprofits unlock a powerful new revenue stream. With DonateStock integrated into Kindest, your supporters can quickly and safely donate appreciated assets at a time when valuations are high and impact is greatest.

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Event Planning

Your Nonprofit Guide to Donor Advised Funds

Donor-Advised Funds are one of the fastest-growing sources of charitable giving, offering nonprofits access to larger, more reliable donations. Learn how Kindest’s integration with Chariot removes barriers, simplifies DAF giving, and helps organizations easily identify, engage, and convert high-value DAF donors.

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Nonprofit Operations

Donor Stewardship: 5 Tips for Building Lasting Connections with Your Donors

Unlock deeper, lasting donor relationships through meaningful stewardship. From personalized segmentation and compelling storytelling to heartfelt gratitude, donor involvement, and transparent impact reporting, this guide highlights key strategies to nurture trust and elevate long-term support. Build connections that go beyond fundraising—and empower donors to feel truly part of your mission.

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Donor Engagement

10 Tips & Tricks to Maximize Your Giving Tuesday 2023

Get ahead with strategic planning, compelling storytelling, and data-driven outreach. From personalized donor engagement to social media momentum, matching challenges, and leveraging Kindest’s fundraising tools, this guide breaks down everything nonprofits need to maximize impact on Giving Tuesday. Start early, inspire your community, and turn generosity into real results.

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Donor Engagement

Amplifying Nonprofit Impact with Kindest's UTM Link Generator

Unlock clearer donor insights with Kindest’s UTM Link Generator. Easily create trackable links, understand exactly where donations come from, and refine your campaigns with data-driven confidence. From individual donation tracking to full transaction reports, Kindest empowers nonprofits to boost engagement, optimize outreach, and strengthen supporter relationships—all in one intuitive platform.

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Academy Insights

Volunteer Appreciation: Amplify Impact With Workplace Giving

Discover how workplace giving programs—like volunteer grants, matching gifts, VTO, and team volunteer events—can dramatically amplify your volunteers’ contributions. Learn practical ways to educate supporters, simplify program participation, and express gratitude to boost engagement and unlock new corporate-funded benefits for your nonprofit.

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Strategy Tips

3 Steps to Create a Successful Spring Campaign

3 Steps to Master Your Spring Fundraising Appeal Summary: Life gets busy, but your fundraising shouldn't suffer. Learn how to set concrete goals and use the "6-8 Week Rule" to warm up donors for your most successful campaign yet.

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Donor Engagement

Matching Gift Automation: The Key to Maximizing Success

Automation allows nonprofits to raise more revenue without increasing the workload. By automating the research and follow-up process, your team can stop chasing paperwork and focus on high-value tasks like donor cultivation and stewardship.

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Strategy Tips

Kindest and Double the Donation

Kindest, an online fundraising platform, has integrated with Double the Donation’s 360MatchPro, the industry-leading automation tool for matching gifts. This partnership aims to help nonprofits capture the millions of dollars in matching gift revenue often left unclaimed each year.

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Academy Insights

10 Fundraising Myths...Busted

Core Message Fundraising is not about quick fixes or strictly chasing grants; it is about "raising friends" through long-term relationship building, strategic planning, and adapting to modern donor trends.

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Academy Insights

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