Blackbaud

MARCH 31, 2025

These resources might include reporting templates and examples, access to community support, or information on professional development opportunities. For instance, you could share budgeting templates, provide a referral to a financial advisor, or recommend attending a workshop on managing large-scale funding.

Grant

Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Download our Year-End Email Series Template (the exactguide I use to create my clients’ email series) to make sure youve got all bases covered! This Whats In My Inbox blog post from a few years ago sheds light on how to do it. Revisit Your Email Ask Series Is your email ask series ready to go? Email signatures (a.k.a.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

JULY 30, 2025

Email templates: Review your email templates for accessibility gaps. The post How Optimization, Accessibility, and Automation Drive Digital Fundraising Success first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog by Blackbaud. Donor touchpoints: Automate just one touchpoint that will make your donor feel recognized.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

APRIL 25, 2025

In this blog post, you get steps to help you navigate these complexities and insight into creating campaigns that resonate with your target segments to drive significant results. Using the Fundraising Campaign Template ensures alignment within your organization, enabling you to craft tailored messages and use advanced management tools.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Inside you’ll find time-tested examples of optimized online donation forms and end-to-end digital campaigns; expert insights into peer-to-peer engagement to tap into this network of spontaneous donors through trusted sources; email and social media templates; and stewardship scripts to keep the conversation going.

Retainer

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 14, 2025

When I stepped into the role, there werent any templates, process documents, or systems to guide me, just a dozen open tabs and a handful of old applications that I kept scavenging for useful language. Notes to My Future Self These notes arent polished templates or formal standard operating procedures.

GPC

Blackbaud

MAY 2, 2025

Proactively share resources such as templates for strategic budgeting or checklists for cost containment best practices. Start by identifying what information your grantees need most right now. Are they facing questions about maintaining operations, reducing expenses, or identifying new funding sources?

Government

Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2025

Bloomerangs donor management solution offers features such as: Engagement metrics Data segmentation Email templates Communication auditing tools With the right software, reaching out to your schools supporters is an easy way to boost your fundraising. Fundraising Event Planning Template. Use this template to make event planning simple.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Find best practices, campaign planning worksheets, and time-tested email and social media templates for GivingTuedsay and beyond in Your Ultimate End-of-Year Planning Toolkit! Keep these fundamentals in mind to build a strong campaign foundation. Looking for more tips? 64 Gifts #GivingTuesday Power Hours Happening Now!

Donation

GiveSmart

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

These channels can include: Online: website, partner sites, media and blogs, video, advertising, SEO E-mail Social media Text messaging Direct mail Television and radio promotion In-person events Phone Donations On Your Website Remove all obstacles to completing a donation on your website. Looking to make your year-end fundraising turnkey?

Donation

Wild Apricot

JULY 16, 2025

Read more: Write the BEST Nonprofit Mission Statement: 15 Examples + Free Template 2. Once you know, use that data to refine your content strategy (across FB and your blog – more on that content strategy below!). Sunny Tip: Keep your branding consistent across your website and Facebook to build trust and recognition.

Media

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2025

When your team is small, it’s vital that you focus on building strong workflows using templates, outsourcing, and automation to keep your team from being overwhelmed and overworked. Get Fully Funded has tons of great resources available for free on their website , including blogs, guides for beginners, and more.

Template

Blackbaud

MAY 5, 2025

Develop templates with examples for reviewers to capture the strengths and areas of improvement for each application, so reviewers know what is expected. How to Avoid It To make sure you can provide details on the decision-making while still providing privacy for your reviewers, be clear in your training who will see what part of the review.

Grant

Blackbaud

AUGUST 4, 2025

Build a coaching plan that equips participants with what they need to succeed—from email templates and fundraising tips to social media toolkits and impact stories. The post Building a Modern Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Program first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog by Blackbaud. Design a campaign story that fundraisers can get behind.

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2025

When your team is small, it’s vital that you focus on building strong workflows using templates, outsourcing, and automation to keep your team from being overwhelmed and overworked. Get Fully Funded has tons of great resources available for free on their website , including blogs, guides for beginners, and more.

Template

Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Use templates for routine emails (e.g., exclusions. Define expectations for communication, such as email response times, emergency protocols, and meeting schedules. Clear boundaries reduce miscommunication. launch emails or meeting follow-ups). These save time, ensure consistent messaging, and make processes scalable.

Conference

Blackbaud

JUNE 5, 2025

In this blog post, you’ll learn the essential steps for creating an effective nonprofit budget. Create a Budget Template Using a budget template to organize your revenue and expenses means you never have to start from scratch. Budgeting for a nonprofit organization is much like planning that road trip.

Budget

Blackbaud

JUNE 6, 2025

In this blog, we’ll explore the four core financial statements every nonprofit needs: the Statement of Activities, Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Cash Flows, and Statement of Functional Expenses. Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT simplifies nonprofit accounting, providing pre-built templates and intuitive tools to enhance reporting.

Liability

NonProfit PRO

JULY 16, 2025

If a donor gets a bland, templated acknowledgment a week later, what does that tell them? Continue to your page in 15 seconds or skip this ad. window.dfp_npp_interstitial = googletag.defineSlot("/124057991/npp_interstitial", [[640,480]], "napco-ad-npp_interstitial").addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

Retail

Blackbaud

JULY 29, 2025

Our Ultimate End-of-Year Fundraising Toolkit is packed with the proven strategies, templates, and tools you need to plan, launch, and optimize a high-impact campaign from GivingTuesday through New Year’s Eve. The post End-of-Year Giving Campaign Ideas: Real Examples and Proven Strategies first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog by Blackbaud.

Media

Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Start by selecting flexible holiday eCard software with intuitive design tools, templates, and branding capabilities. To capture the holiday spirit, choose a holiday template or create a new design with images like Christmas trees, animated snowflakes, fireworks, or clinking champagne glasses.

Template

DoJiggy

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Read our blog on animal rescue fundraising ideas to learn more great ways to fund your project. From text-to-donate to customizable templates, DoJiggy provides the flexibility and support to tailor your campaigns. Check out our guide on organizing a dog walk fundraiser for details. Need m ore fundraising ideas?

Policy

Strategic Grants

JULY 9, 2025

For your best possible chance at success: Pay attention to the submission format, noting any supporting documents or specific templates that need to be included with your response. systems or templates). Program logics are your blueprint for change This could be a blog post of its own. policies) or relevant procedures.

Government

Blackbaud

JANUARY 10, 2025

Provide templates to help them create an IPS and Spending Policy that encompasses the broad categories of funds they expect to have. The post 8 Tips for Supporting Your Grantees After a Significant Award first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog by Blackbaud.

Award

Blackbaud

MAY 12, 2025

Spreadsheets are an inevitable part of a budgeting process, but use templates whenever possible and make sure you upload your finalized budget into your fund accounting system so everyone can see the resultand any changes after the budget has been finalized are clearly tracked. Check out the webinar, 10 Ways Blackbaud Makes Budgeting Easy.

Budget

Fundly

JANUARY 20, 2025

Share your campaign using Fundlys email templates and social media tools. Additionally, Fundly has a dedicated blog that provides tips, insights, and best practices to help you maximize your fundraising results. Add your branding elements, photos, and videos to help donors connect with your campaign.

Funding

Blackbaud

APRIL 21, 2025

Review Real Examples, Avoid Templates While there are many free RFP templates online created just for nonprofits, your request will ultimately depend on your organizations unique goals, operations, and needs. For example, an RFP template might recommend including your organizations background information and project goals.

Proposal

Millionaire Grant Lady

MAY 5, 2025

In this blog: When do nonprofits need urgent grant help? For example, our team has supported nonprofits with completing a new funder search , writing a single federal grant, or preparing a new grant template for your team to use to complete grant applications. What does a grant consultant bring to the table?

Grant Writing

Big Fundraising Ideas

MAY 13, 2025

School Nurse Day Fundraiser Ideas in2025 Blog Summary: School Nurse Day, observed in May of each year, provides a perfect opportunity to show appreciation for school nurses by raising funds to improve their work environment and resources. Logistics: This requires coordination with local businesses to secure participation and discounts.

Fundraising

Big Fundraising Ideas

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Blog Summary: Post-school fundraiser reviews are essential for ensuring long-term success and continuous improvement. Maintaining a Repository of LessonsLearned Centralized storage: Save post-event reports, surveys, and templates in a shared drive for easyaccess.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

JULY 31, 2025

Check out the following resources to support your annual giving program: Your Ultimate End-of-Year Fundraising Toolkit: Packed with strategies, templates, checklists, and insights to make this your most successful year yet. Annual Giving Resources from Blackbaud Looking for more annual giving inspiration?

Donation

Blackbaud

JULY 2, 2025

Over 70 funders have requested copies of our award letter templates, and hundreds joined sessions this year focused on aligning grantmaking practices with learning and equity. The post Listening for the Beat of Change: Conversational Grantmaking Where Accountability Demands Listening first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog by Blackbaud.

Burnout

Wild Apricot

JULY 29, 2025

Include a Blog on Your Website We highly recommend adding a blog to your nonprofit website – it’s a great way to drive traffic, boost your SEO and provide you with resources to share via email and social media. Plus, a blog can establish your nonprofit as a thought leader in your industry. Not sure what to write about?

Nonprofit

Grant Writer Team

JULY 31, 2025

GrantWatch has nearly 10,000 grants in the database, as well as tools to help you throughout the process: a blog, a podcast, access to 990s, and a host of other bells and whistles for a nominal subscription that you can open and cancel at any time. Part of your job as a grant writer will be to research available grants. Set hard boundaries.

Grant Writing

Bonterra

JULY 31, 2025

Post Image: Reuse annotated screenshot of Givebutter Features Auction management including mobile bidding, item categorization, automated bidding, and buy-it-now pricing Donation forms that can be customized with specific fields and an organization’s branding Donor communication such as updates, receipts, automated messages, and templates.

CRM

Blackbaud

JULY 15, 2025

It includes a calendar template so you can properly delegate tasks, create deadlines, and keep GivingTuesday momentum going throughout the year. The post GivingTuesday Email Examples, Subject Lines, and Schedule for Sending first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog by Blackbaud. Downloading the guide is your first step.

Goals

Bonterra

JULY 10, 2025

This foundation is managing a dedicated flood relief fund and directing grants to grassroots organizations providing critical aid.

Template