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Stewardship involves thanking donors, updating them on the impact of their gifts, keeping them involved and offering other opportunities to give. Generally, this can be accomplished in a THANK, SHOW, CONNECT, OFFER cycle. This ongoing view of MTD leads to a strong and stable support base and only takes about 1-2 -3 hours a week. hours a week.
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"Offer" is intended for offering new giving opportunities to donors. Offering new giving opportunities is especially important for those donors who generally only give when asked (hint: higher capacity donors can tend toward this behavior). Offering giving opportunities also applies to adopting a rhythm of inviting current financial ministry partners to lift (or increase) their recurring giving. Examples of OFFERing giving opportunities
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"Offer" is intended for offering new giving opportunities to donors. Offering new giving opportunities is especially important for those donors who generally only give when asked (hint: higher capacity donors can tend toward this behavior). Offering giving opportunities also applies to adopting a rhythm of inviting current financial ministry partners to lift (or increase) their recurring giving.
Examples of OFFERing giving opportunities
- Year-End Giving - Game Plan for End Of Year Giving
- Summer Backpack/ School Supply drive
- Freshman Survival Kit campaign
- Matching Fund campaign
- Increase Ask - A lift ask every year or two years among recurring donors.
The timeline below is a sample of what stewardship may look like for a support raiser in a given year. Feel free to customize to your situation/ ministry partners/ need. For example, someone who is younger and or not very established in ministry might have a rhythm that looks like: Thank, show, show, show, connect, show, offer.
Sample Annual Timeline:
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