- Compete effectively for support and donations and accurately target your communications
- Run events efficiently and promote attendance
- Minimise administration around donations, sponsorship, membership schemes, Gift Aid and Tax Efficient Giving, and legacies
- Make every penny count with close management of collection boxes
- Manage and motivate volunteers, including those on employer-sponsored programmes
Community charities often take on ambitious projects and initiatives on minimum budget. In an era of limited funding, they need to maximise and safeguard every source of revenue.
Competition can be fierce on all fronts – for supporters, donors, volunteers – and you not only need to win them to your cause, you must work to retain their long-term commitment. It’s vital to be able to segment your database to target communications to the individual recipient and capture the individual’s interests and communication preferences. This eliminates the wastage involved in sending irrelevant communications, and avoids donor and supporter fatigue. Automation will help you to communicate regularly, and manage relationships without overloading your team.
You need to maximise every source of revenue, from the smaller but steady flow of income from collection boxes and merchandising to major grant applications. Organising fundraising campaigns and events are a fundraising mainstay for community organisations but can be a nightmare to administer. To generate maximum revenue, you need to be able to manage all the many activities associated with running a successful campaign or event, closely control your costs, target the right people to attend and acquire an insight into what works and what doesn’t.
We'll help you to
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Attract and retain a thriving body of supporters
- Engage new supporters in your cause and build a profile of
their interests
- Cultivate good relationships with supporters by automating and
personalising correspondence
- Manage and motivate your volunteers to make a long-term
commitment
- Sell your cause into the local business community to build
strong relationships and maximise the value of employer-sponsored
programmes
- Manage corporate volunteers to identify their sympathies,
aptitudes and interests for future initiatives
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Run events efficiently, use them to build relationships and
maximise revenues
- Target and invite the right people
- Automate bulk correspondence for invitations and follow up
- Track all expense to calculate an accurate and dynamic picture
of return on investment
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Maximise every source of revenue using minimum resources
- Reduce the time and effort involved in submitting grant
applications and ensure no opportunity is missed
- Automate the administration around donations, sponsorship,
membership schemes, Gift Aid and Tax Efficient Giving, and
legacies
- Automate sales of merchandising online to increase efficiency
and improve service
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Make every penny count with close management of collection
boxes
- Track and analyse collection box distribution and income
- Receive reminders to check the boxes and send out
acknowledgements
- Pinpoint locations that are vulnerable to theft or loss
- Identify new opportunities for placing boxes
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Nurture and grow your volunteer base
- Identify volunteers’ skills and interests
- Use and develop their skills appropriately
- Build strong relationships with corporate organisations to
maximise the value of employer-sponsored programmes
- Gain a deeper engagement with volunteers to encourage them to
become regular and/or legacy givers
IRIS NFP Solutions can help you to assure revenues and build a sustainable organisation that aids your community long term, while keeping close control of your overheads.
Ideal software for community charities
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