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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 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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represents the act of offering opportunities for donors to give. 

An offer to give can include: 

  • A special giving opportunity, such as an End Of Year Giving appeal or a matching fund campaign. These giving opportunities resonate with donors

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  • who generally only give when asked (hint: higher capacity donors can tend toward this behavior)

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  • Increases on recurring giving, such as an Increase Ask. These giving opportunities

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Examples of OFFERing giving opportunities

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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 or not very established in ministry might have a rhythm that looks like: Thank, show, show, show, connect, show, offer. 

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