Blackbaud

JUNE 12, 2025

If online giving is part of your organization’s fundraising strategy, user-friendly donation forms are essential for maximizing donor engagement, conversion rates, and donation amounts. Let’s explore the impact of well-designed donation forms and best practices to help you leverage these tools for greater fundraising success.

Donation

Big Fundraising Ideas

APRIL 29, 2025

It highlights various fundraising strategies, including product-based sales, virtual fundraisers, event-based fundraisers, crowdfunding, and seasonal campaigns. At Big Fundraising Ideas, we specialize in helping schools achieve their fundraising goals with high-profit, easy-to-execute programs.

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Just Write Grants

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Many companies publish their giving priorities and eligibility criteria on their websites, making it easier to determine if your nonprofit is a good fit. Offering volunteer opportunities, corporate matching gift programs, or employee-driven fundraising campaigns can strengthen your partnership.

Grants

Big Fundraising Ideas

APRIL 22, 2025

Beyond Fundraising: Building Community Through SchoolEvents Blog Summary: School fundraising is more than just collecting donations-its an opportunity to bring together students, parents, teachers, and local businesses to create lasting memories and a sense of belonging. But fundraising isnt just about meeting monetary goals.

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Big Fundraising Ideas

MARCH 4, 2025

Easter Fundraising Ideas for Schools: Inspiring Your Springtime GivingSpirit Blog Summary: This post highlights various Easter fundraising ideas for schools, from egg hunts and bake sales to evening movie nights and talent shows. With Easter just approaching, planning a memorable and successful fundraiser is the perfect moment.

Goals

GiveSmart

JUNE 30, 2025

A nonprofit may accept professional service donations for fundraisers and drives, where they ask professionals to complete tasks such as printing brochures, setting up events, and providing licensed bartending services, among others. They take the weight off of your nonprofit’s resources, enabling you to spread your budget more effectively.

Donation

Big Fundraising Ideas

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Primary School Fundraising Ideas: A Seasonal and Year-Round Guide Blog Summary: Looking for fun ways to raise money for your primary school throughout the year? Youll get practical tips, references to helpful resources, and fresh ideas to maximize your primary school fundraising ideas. mugs, T-shirts) featuring castmembers.

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Bonterra

JULY 3, 2025

Nonprofit organizations hold a variety of events, from fundraising galas to auctions to community outreach programs. That’s where fundraising event management software for nonprofits can help. But managing everything required for a standout event is challenging.

Software

Allied Grant Writers

JUNE 8, 2025

How to Evaluate Foundation Goals and Priorities The best way to spot a foundation’s core mission starts with taking a close look at their website, annual reports, and published materials. The core team members need to know about important funders and fundraising plans.

Grants

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Published: March 2, 2022 Grant Writing Classes Table of Contents SHOW MORE SHOW LESS Return to top Want to go from Rejected to Accepted? Instrumentl is the institutional fundraising platform. Look no further! instrumentl.com/teresa. Will: Yeah.

Instrumentl

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 6, 2025

Start with this compelling reality: Communications and fundraising are seamless. Email Marketing This is a fine way to reach mass audiences on a budget. He is the author of “10 Simple Fundraising Lessons” and “How To Score Your First or Next Million-Dollar Gift.” Continue to your page in 15 seconds or skip this ad.

Retail

Wild Apricot

JUNE 24, 2025

Nonprofits operate with tight budgets and small teams, and staying connected with donors, volunteers, and members is a major priority. Fundraising Campaign Running a fundraising campaign manually takes a lot of time, especially when you’re trying to keep up with emails, social posts and donor follow-ups. The solution?

CRM

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Published: September 8, 2021 Grant Writing Classes Table of Contents SHOW MORE SHOW LESS Return to top In this 1-hour webinar (with 15 minutes Q&A), Teresa Huff will share with you how to simplify, streamline, and support your team. Instrumentl is the institutional fundraising platform. We don't focus on individual donors.

Instrumentl

Wild Apricot

JULY 24, 2025

We’ll share a few smart, manageable steps (no big budget or marketing team required). Spoiler alert: this includes how AI is reshaping search, the role of marketing automation and how your organization can show up and stand out online. Great content answers questions, solves problems, and shows real-world experience.

AI

NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 26, 2022

In May of 2020, Echoing Green and The Bridgespan Group published an article highlighting enormous budget disparities between Black and white-led nonprofit organizations seeking institutional funding in the early stages of their development. The numbers were staggering.

Publishing

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

If you are trying to fundraise without an annual fundraising plan, you are trying to bake a pie with a lot of ingredients but no recipe. Do you really want to make fundraising so hard? Do you really want to make fundraising so hard? Can you do it? But… that either requires a good memory or a lot of guesswork.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

APRIL 4, 2024

Let’s face it—budget planning can cause a lot of stress and anxiety for nonprofits. Most organizations face frequent budget cuts, which creates organizational uncertainty and a scramble for new funding options. Analyzing your budget this way also allows you to understand the ROI of each program.

Finance

CauseVox

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Autumn definitely means “go time” in the life of a fundraiser, often because it signals the start of year-end , a period of time you may get upwards of 60% or more of your annual donations. Even if you don’t follow a definitive fundraising calendar, it’s still vital to come up with a year-end fundraising plan—and stick to it.

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 11, 2022

Fundraising for startup nonprofits, especially during the first year, can feel like standing at the base of a mountain with no climbing gear. Fundraising for startup nonprofits is challenging and a plan will keep you on track. So, let’s look at what it takes to succeed in fundraising for startups. Draft an operating budget.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

You can review nonprofits’ tax returns on GuideStar to find out more about their budgets, expenses, and how much top salaried employees are paid. On-demand trainings can be taken any time, with recent topics including fostering an inclusive culture , finding funding , and writing grant proposal budgets. Philanthropy News Digest .

Letter Of Inquiry

Qgiv

JUNE 6, 2023

To optimize your advertising budget, create a marketing strategy to establish the best time for your organization to use ads. Use ads to promote major fundraising campaigns, events, or cause awareness days. One fundraising tool perfect for this is the Facebook donate button, which doubles as a call to action in your ads.

Demographics

Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 6, 2024

As a result, evaluation costs fluctuate, and the conventional guidance to devote 10% of the program budget to evaluation isn’t always accurate, at least for federal grant programs. There are three primary factors that influence the evaluation budget: program, evaluation design, and reporting/dissemination.

Budget

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 29, 2021

You need a budget. If you’re a business, and you don’t have an audience, a brand, a budget, and a marketing plan, you can’t sell your products or services. Does your budget reflect reality? . A business cannot operate without a budget. Drafting an organizational budget based on fundraising is challenging for sure.

Policies Procedures

Big Fundraising Ideas

OCTOBER 31, 2023

How To Set a School Fundraising Goal and Why it’s Important Why setting fundraising goals is vital for your success. Setting a fundraising goal is a critical step in planning a school fundraiser. Schools set goals for many reasons, and we share a few of the more common reasons to set fundraising goals below.

Goals

Big Fundraising Ideas

MARCH 12, 2024

Are you looking for alternative options to fundraising to earn dollars for your school? Both fundraising and grant writing takes time, resources, skill, and detailed planning and can lead to earning significant funding. Grant writing and fundraising have differing pros, cons, methods, and outcomes. Let’s examine each.

Grant Writing

Big Fundraising Ideas

OCTOBER 15, 2024

How to Choose Between a Product Fundraiser and an Event Fundraiser Blog Summary: In fundraising, organizations often face the critical decision of choosing between product and event fundraisers. Fundraising is critical for many organizations, especially nonprofits, schools, and community groups.

Fundraising

Big Fundraising Ideas

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

How to Attract Donors to Your School Fundraising Campaign How To Find and Win Over Donors to Support Your School Raising funds for your school requires donors. To successfully fundraise, you’ll need to attract people to your cause and convince them to contribute with capital, gifts-in-kind, or volunteer hours. How do you do this?

Fundraising

Big Fundraising Ideas

DECEMBER 19, 2023

School Fundraising: How Thinking Like a Nonprofit Can Boost Your Wins Fundraise for Your School Like a Nonprofit. Schools traditionally fundraise quite differently than nonprofits, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t anything to learn by studying nonprofit fundraising. Schools can learn from these fundraising pros.

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 13, 2010

I recently asked a group of fundraising professionals about their biggest challenge. So, let’s hire a fundraising staff person. Nonprofit leadership must understand the ethics of fundraising and not expect that they can pay a development officer or a consultant on a commission basis. The result?

Publishing

Greater Giving

JUNE 17, 2021

The world of nonprofit fundraising changed dramatically in the last eighteen months. We’ve detailed many of these shifts, and the lessons learned from them, in the recently-published The State of Nonprofit Fundraising report. Virtual events dominated the space formerly occupied by staple annual fundraising galas.

Nonprofit

Big Fundraising Ideas

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Unique Fundraising Ideas for Schools — Exploring Diversity Bridge the gaps and provide diverse opportunities for your students. Fundraising is pivotal in supporting and enhancing school programs and extracurricular activities. It catalyzes fostering a dynamic educational environment that goes beyond conventional classroom learning.

Fundraising

Big Fundraising Ideas

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The Future of School Fundraising: Trends to Watch Blog Summary: The future of school fundraising will be transformed by several key trends, enhancing the effectiveness and reach of these essential efforts. Schools are establishing dedicated fundraising departments to manage and maximize efforts professionally.

Fundraising

Big Fundraising Ideas

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Maximizing Impact: How Gift Card Fundraisers for Schools Boost Support and Funds Gift card fundraising offers schools an efficient and inclusive way to raise essential funds. Gift card fundraisers for schools are innovative and efficient methods of raising funds to support various educational programs and initiatives.

Retail

Big Fundraising Ideas

JANUARY 9, 2024

Top 10 School Fundraising Blog Posts of 2023 A review of the best-shared information to help your school raise funds in 2024. We hope you had a successful year of fundraising and are excited to begin preparations for 2024’s campaigns. Incentivize participants, and don’t forget to set a fundraising goal. Let’s take a look.

Fundraising

Big Fundraising Ideas

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The Impact of Fundraising on School Programs and Activities Blog Summary: Fundraising plays a vital role in supporting school programs and activities, from extracurriculars to new equipment. Fundraising plays a crucial role in supporting school programs and activities.

Fundraising

CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

This Thanksgiving, our CauseVox team has talked a lot about how important the end of the year is from a fundraising standpoint. After all, many nonprofits and charities raise upwards of 30% or more of their annual operating budget during these few short months. Luckily, showing gratitude can be done in a myriad of ways.

Award

Big Fundraising Ideas

AUGUST 29, 2023

Top 5 Reasons to Outsource Your School’s Fundraising Campaign Why your school should consider hiring a fundraising company. You know you need to start putting together your school-year fundraising plan. Whether you’ve raised funds a hundred times or none, it may be advantageous to outsource your school fundraising this year.

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