Having multiple ways people can donate online to the church should be an absolute. Not just a nice-to-have process — even for the smallest of churches. According to Blackbaud’s 2014 Charitable Giving Report, many people are surprised that fundraising activities are still less than 10% — currently at 8.8% for faith-based organizations regarding online donations.… ⪼ Continue Reading…
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6 Donation Mistakes to Avoid For Your Donors
Churches (or any nonprofit) input their donations in a donation software to ensure donors are provided a statement at the end of the year — not only for tax purposes but to communicate to the donors how their donations were used. Typically the statements are ran for the entire year (calendar year) irregardless what the church… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Noncash Donations: When Businesses Donate Pt. III
This is our third and final post dealing with how your church can responsibly handle noncash donations from other organizations. People often call such donations gifts in kind or in-kind donations. (See a definition here.) So far, in part 1 and part 2, we’ve only talked about donations of money. But what if instead of… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Announcing Paperless Transaction Check Scanning
Churches always appreciate donations via checks. But processing checks can be a painstaking job that costs money and a lot of time. And it’s easy to make mistakes while processing checks. We can help. Icon Systems, Inc. has partnered with Paperless Transaction Corporation to provide churches with a check scanning solution commonly called Remote Data Capture (RDC). Paperless Transactions… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Increasing Online Donations — Don’t Miss Out!
When donating, a person should never expect anything in return; however, many nonprofits are missing out on future donations by failing to give any feedback to donors. A simple thank you (email, newsletter, personalized note, postcard) goes a long way with donors. Traditional giving (eg. offline via a check) has long been the standard and… ⪼ Continue Reading…
You asked, we listened! Awesome Changes to Donations
We made a couple of changes to the donation entry window: Donation Speed Entry: The donation entry screen has been slightly rearranged and modified to allow for fast keyboard access. The “currency type” option was moved up, and you can now use the “Enter” key to move between fields on the entry screen. Allow EFT… ⪼ Continue Reading…