by Baird Straughan How did conservation nonprofits fare in their end-of-year appeals in 2024? Numbers are not in for the country as a whole, but for 16 small-to-midsized conservation organizations for which we have data, 2023 saw a recovery from 2023 declines in year-end giving from individuals. Year-over-year revenue from events, donations, major donations […]
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Artwork designed by freepik.com Many conservation organizations mobilize volunteers for events, but find few of those volunteers become long-time supporters. This seems counterintuitive – these are people who make the effort to show up, learn about the organization, and probably share a commitment to its mission. But on average fewer than half volunteer again (according […]
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Setting Up and Testing SPF and DKIM Authentication for Automated Email Systems For years … decades, actually … hackers have been able to “spoof” email addresses and send out spam as if it came from other peoples’ email accounts. Internet service providers have finally settled on authentication standards to ensure that emails actually originate from […]
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UPDATE: As of 12/8/2022 Click and Pledge has patched its WordPress plugin to avoid the problem. Visitors using Chrome 108 on Click and Pledge donation pages will see the picklists, which look slightly different – they’re truncated, and visitors will have to scroll to the desired value. But they work. Google is also rolling out […]
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At WaterGrass, we try to stay close to our client organizations, especially at the end of the year, when they bring in a disproportionate amount of support from their communities. We enjoy learning with them what works and what doesn’t, and sharing their lessons with others. For the past five years, Carl has run an […]
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