Get Fully Funded

JULY 30, 2025

In this guide, we’ll explore six alternative funding ideas that nonprofits of all sizes should consider to complement their existing fundraising strategies. Leverage Investment Income from Reserves or Endowments Sometimes, finding a new fundraising source doesn’t actually mean a “new” fundraising source.

Funding

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Effective grant management goes beyond tracking funds in your CRM its also about budgeting effectively, prioritizing programs that need financial support, and delivering timely reports to grantmakers. Your calendar should lay out activities, costs, expected income, deadlines, and other notable events month-by-month.

Finance

CauseVox

MAY 27, 2025

Its hard to fundraise without clean, easy-to-access donor data. Luckily, theres a simple answer to streamline your fundraising and track your data quickly and simply: a nonprofit CRM. Luckily, theres a simple answer to streamline your fundraising and track your data quickly and simply: a nonprofit CRM.

CRM

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

Planned Giving

MAY 12, 2025

Daily Habit Implementation Ideas : Block 15 minutes on your calendar every morning Keep a running list of potential legacy donors to contact Set a goal of one personal outreach per day Create a simple “planned giving dashboard” to track progress This mental shift will organically increase your results over time.

Policy

Planned Giving

APRIL 17, 2025

From 26 years in business, Ive heard every excuse, myth, and magic-bullet theory fundraising has to offer. Why are you fundraising? But if your relationship hasnt led to a gift in five years, its a coffee habit, not a fundraising strategy. This is fundraising, not hide-and-seek. 32 Were too busy to fundraise.

SAM

Blackbaud

JULY 28, 2025

Documents like gift agreements and receipts flow automatically between your fundraising CRM and your finance accounting system, lightening the load when it comes to your next audit. If your nonprofit pays a contractor $600 or more in a calendar year, then you will need to issue them a form 1099-NEC at the end of the year.

Finance

Wild Apricot

JUNE 24, 2025

When someone signs up, they will automatically receive a confirmation email with details, followed by a calendar invite or prep materials. 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.

CRM

Bonterra

JULY 3, 2025

A giveaway of calendars — the organization prints around 2,000 extra every year — helps as well. “We We use the calendars as a bit of a carrot to bring people into the fold,” Lawrence says. Larry demonstrates the Trust’s popular, free Battle Maps app. Facebook helps attract new members, as does the organization’s website.

Calendar

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Instrumentl is the institutional fundraising platform. Calendar alerts. I live by my calendar alerts. DonorPerfect, project manager, custom CRM with air table. For years, I have used a Google spreadsheet and a calendar, and that works fine as long as I don't have too many complicated projects coming and going.

Instrumentl

CauseVox

JANUARY 3, 2025

A nonprofit fundraising plan is a road map designed to help you raise the money you need to achieve your goals. It doesnt matter if you are running a multi-million dollar nonprofit organization or are a small start-up: the key to financial success is a well-thought-out fundraising plan. What is a Nonprofit Fundraising Plan?

Fundraising

The Fundraiser Coach

MAY 8, 2024

I clearly remember walking into the development office, dreading opening up the CRM to start my fundraising week. Time for Deep Work on projects or tasks that require uninterrupted time deserve to have a 1-2 hour block of time from your calendar when needed. Use Time Blocking : Don't let your schedule get nibbled away!

Fundraising

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Increasing your nonprofit’s fundraising capacity is essential to compete in today’s fundraising environment. According to the 2024 Digital Fundraising Benchmark Report , new donors acquired online gave 19.4% This shows the value of dedicating more resources to growing your online fundraising efforts. Event fundraising.

Fundraising

Ann Green's Nonprofit

JUNE 18, 2024

Let’s examine some of the different aspects of fundraising and donor communication to see what kind of experience you’re giving your donors. The Fundraising Appeal Experience Your donor receives an appeal from you. Depending on your CRM/database, you may be able to customize gift amount strings.

Donation

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 8, 2024

By extending the power of its Blackbaud CRM platform with Power BI, the team now sees more focused information about their major giving prospects. This allows you to identify key insights and share them with your fundraising team or stakeholders with much less effort than pulling reports manually. What Is Microsoft Power BI?

CRM

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

With Google Workspace you get: Gmail, Chat, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms, and many more tools, all for just $6 a month. With a scheduler, you can plan and execute your social media calendar and use the product’s analytics tools to track engagement. But it also makes sense to start with a CRM tool right out of the gate.

CRM

The Fundraising Coach

JUNE 9, 2023

Nonprofit professionals know the best fundraising events are fun, interactive, and accessible. There’s one type of fundraising event that’s traditional but modern, competitive but fun, keeps people coming back but attracts new donors: a charity golf tournament. Live-scoring.

Fundraising

CauseVox

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Considering the twists that fundraising plans may have taken in 2023, it’s crucial to recalibrate for the upcoming year. As we embark on the fundraising journey in 2024, the significance of a well-structured nonprofit annual development plan cannot be overstated. What’s your plan for 2024?

Calendar

CauseVox

MAY 16, 2022

You may be wondering, will adding fundraising tickets to the event just complicate things? Luckily, CauseVox is here to help you plan your next ticketed fundraising event. The first step when planning a fundraising event today is to decide on the format. Fundraising Calendar Template. How much do you want to raise?

Fundraising

CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

What is peer-to-peer fundraising, and how can you leverage it to boost your nonprofit fundraising? After seeing thousands of fundraising campaigns, we see that peer-to-peer fundraising typically raises twice as much as compared to other digital fundraising campaigns.

Fundraising

CauseVox

JULY 18, 2022

What is peer-to-peer fundraising, and how can you leverage it to boost your nonprofit fundraising? After seeing thousands of fundraising campaigns, we see that peer-to-peer fundraising typically raises twice as much as compared to other digital fundraising campaigns.

Fundraising

CauseVox

JULY 31, 2022

What is peer-to-peer fundraising, and how can you leverage it to boost your nonprofit fundraising? After seeing thousands of fundraising campaigns, we see that peer-to-peer fundraising typically raises twice as much as compared to other digital fundraising campaigns.

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 27, 2022

When you’re halfway through the year, it’s a good time to conduct a midyear fundraising evaluation. Because wherever you are with your fundraising, no matter how far behind you think you are, with six months remaining in the year, you have plenty of time to make changes and raise more money. Or if you aren’t a numbers person.

Fundraising

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

From planning peer-to-peer fundraisers to properly marketing your online campaigns, there’s an endless number of items on your to-do lists. That’s why it’s essential to carefully choose the right software solutions to support your operations–the right tool can drive a high ROI for your fundraising efforts. Personalize donor engagement.

Software

GiveSmart

JULY 2, 2024

If you have a fundraising event on the horizon, or you're about to launch a new campaign, you need to get the word out. An effective marketing plan for nonprofit fundraising can help boost attendance and donations without breaking the bank. Send emails after certain activities, like signing up for your fundraiser or making a donation.

Fundraising

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Office 365 Nonprofit also includes hosted email and calendars with Exchange Online, instant messaging and web conferencing with Lync, and company social networking through Yammer. Bloomerang is a cloud-based CRM that lets you capture new donors and donations through email and annual appeal letters. Image 3 : iQoncept / Shutterstock.

CRM

Qgiv

MAY 14, 2021

He previously served as director of IT consulting at a fundraising event production company focused on nonprofits. Email continues to be an important tool in a nonprofit’s peer-to-peer fundraising toolkit. It’s time to turn this approach around by sending more targeted peer-to-peer fundraising email communications.

Fundraising

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This guide is here to help you learn more about nonprofit fundraising platforms, what’s available to your organization, and when you should consider using each. Amongst the many tools nonprofits can benefit from, fundraising tools, CRMs, and marketing tools are the must-haves for organizations seeking success. Nonprofit Tools.

Fundraising

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Fall has arrived, and with it comes fundraising season. Naples, Florida, is hosting a meetup on tools for effective email fundraising ; Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, is hosting a series of Giving Tuesday brainstorming sessions ; and Chicago, Illinois, will explore how your CRM can save end-of-year fundraising plans.

Fundraising

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In this post, we will explore four software tools your nonprofit can leverage to better manage your ongoing grant applications: Your CRM. Your nonprofit’s CRM hosts a wide range of your organization’s data and management tools, making it an essential part of your grant management process. Grant Management Software. Accounting Tools.

Grant Management

Qgiv

JUNE 7, 2021

He previously served as director of IT consulting at a fundraising event production company focused on nonprofits. Email continues to be an important tool in a nonprofit’s peer-to-peer fundraising toolkit. It’s time to turn this approach around by sending more targeted peer-to-peer fundraising email communications.

Fundraising

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 18, 2011

When you need to share this information and create processes to be followed, you are ready to graduate to a CRM system. This is why CRM applications have enjoying such wide acceptance. But, is it time for your organization to take the next step with CRM technology? What Does CRM Mean? You're a CRM rock star!

CRM

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Fall has arrived, and with it comes fundraising season! Not a fundraiser? If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know and I'll include you in the next community calendar. Baltimore, Maryland: Salesforce CRM Tutorial and Free Tech Help Session! Feeling overwhelmed? and the globe.

Fundraising

The Fundraising Coach

AUGUST 4, 2022

Whether in times of stability or uncertainty , building and maintaining strong relationships with your donors is the key to hitting your fundraising goals. Gathering donor data and leveraging it to improve your interactions with supporters is the foundation of effective donor management and fundraising success. . Event attendance.

Management

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Office 365 Nonprofit also includes hosted email and calendars with Exchange Online, instant messaging and web conferencing with Lync, and company social networking through Yammer. Bloomerang is a cloud-based CRM that lets you capture new donors and donations through email and annual appeal letters. Image 3 : iQoncept / Shutterstock.

CRM

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Any fundraising professional knows that planning a fundraising event is hard work. The success of a fundraiser comes down to the details, and it’s easy for some things to get lost in the shuffle. You can even customize your event pages to the theme of your fundraiser if you have one!

Software

Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2022

Aly’s expertise includes fundraising, strategic planning, search consultation and board leadership development for the well-positioned nonprofit. As a nonprofit fundraising professional, you’re well aware that outreach is one of the cornerstones of a successful donor stewardship strategy. Consider bringing on a fundraising consultant.

CRM