Soapbox Exchange

JULY 21, 2025

Issue 260 Happy Tuesday, Fundraisers! As we approach the end of July, it’s not too early to start making your plan for the year-end fundraising season. Keep scrolling for great fundraising content related to major gifts, volunteer relationships, and appeal writing! Wondering how you can prepare?

Fundraising

Ann Green's Nonprofit

JANUARY 13, 2025

Have a plan in place You must have fundraising and communications/marketing plans. Go one step further and create a fundraising calendar , as well. Take a look back at 2024 to see what worked and what didnt in your fundraising and communications/marketing. A lot of small donations can add up! Even gifts of $5.00

Calendar

GiveSmart

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The end of the calendar year is around the corner—the single biggest fundraising opportunity of the year! This guide will show you how to create a year-end fundraising campaign that will effectively reach the hearts and wallets of donors during this spike in end-of-year donations.

Donation

Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Does your nonprofit want to increase engagement with your marketing and fundraising efforts? This guide explores tips to increase both marketing and fundraising qualified lead generation. Marketing-qualified leads are individuals who have engaged with your nonprofits marketing materials in some way but arent yet ready to donate.

Nonprofit

CauseVox

DECEMBER 5, 2024

As fundraisers, you’re also in charge of putting together end-of-year giving campaigns for your nonprofit. Aside from the normal holiday hullabaloo, you’re also busy planning fundraisers and engagement opportunities to round out your organization’s calendar year. Early preparation is key in ensuring a successful campaign.

Goals

Ann Green's Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2025

It serves as the foundation of your digital strategy by providing a place for any individual to find the information they seek about your nonprofit, whether thats your mission statement, impact on beneficiaries, how to donate, or volunteer sign-up forms.

Engineering

GrantNews

DECEMBER 6, 2024

While nonprofit fundraising takes many forms like hosting events, corporate sponsorships, membership programs, and even knocking door to door, grants are the tried-and-true funding staples. Some nonprofit organizations miss the opportunity to cultivate a healthy working relationship with donors as a means of maximize donations.

Grants

Greater Giving

JULY 9, 2025

7 Summer Fundraising Committee Planning Tips for a Successful Fall Event Want a smoother, more successful fall fundraiser? While things may feel quieter during July and August, now is the time to lay the foundation that will set your fall fundraising event on fire. Start with strategic summer planning.

Procurement

CauseVox

JANUARY 20, 2025

We made it through 2024, and with it the final push for year-end donations. You might be asking why you need to put a ton of time and energy into bringing your donors back for a second donation. This is the first interaction your donor will have with the organization after they make their donation. Lets make this happen.

Retainer

Ann Green's Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Mobile Giving Campaigns The future of fundraising is mobile, with a growing number of donors using their smartphones to find new nonprofits, complete transactions, and tell their friends about their experiences. Thats what makes mobile giving campaigns so successfulthese fundraisers make contributing convenient for donors.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Master key strategies to elevate your GivingTuesday and year-end fundraising with social media, including profile optimization, engaging content, and video storytelling. As the end of the year approaches, nonprofits of all sizes gear up for their most critical fundraising period.

Media

Greater Giving

OCTOBER 15, 2024

For many nonprofits, a live or silent auction is the pinnacle of their fundraising event calendar. Leverage Corporate Sponsorships While individual donors can be instrumental in providing donated or discounted auction items, it’ll be easiest to secure many of these prizes through your nonprofit’s corporate partners.

Procurement

Wild Apricot

JULY 16, 2025

Whether your nonprofit is aiming to raise awareness locally or nationally, engage volunteers, or boost donations in your city or region, focusing your efforts on Facebook makes strategic sense. Focusing here maximizes your fundraising potential. Include your website, email and donation link. and decide how often to post.

Media

Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

These include: Donation receipts and tax acknowledgments: Promptly sending these essential documents shows your professionalism and gratitude while giving donors the information they need for tax purposes. Depending on the fundraising platform used during your event, these messages may be sent automatically!

Metrics

amplifi

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

But have you considered using a monthly giving program to boost fundraising revenue from your current donors? And it can actually strain the donor/organization relationshipif a donor is accustomed to making $50 donations, and all of a sudden you ask for a $500 gift! The post How monthly giving can elevate your fundraising.

Fundraising

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Many funders announce their grant cycles well in advance, so you can start building a calendar of deadlines for the coming year. Start planning now for a diverse funding strategy that includes individual donations, corporate partnerships, and earned income.

Grants

Get Fully Funded

JULY 30, 2025

In an evolving financial landscape, the smartest organizations are expanding beyond traditional donations. In this guide, we’ll explore six alternative funding ideas that nonprofits of all sizes should consider to complement their existing fundraising strategies.

Funding

Big Fundraising Ideas

DECEMBER 22, 2024

What Are the Best Practices for Conducting a Post-School Fundraiser Review? Blog Summary: Post-school fundraiser reviews are essential for ensuring long-term success and continuous improvement. Why Conduct a Post-Fundraiser Review? A well-structured review goes beyond numbers and focuses on the overall experience.

Fundraising

GrantNews

JANUARY 2, 2025

In effect, increasing volunteer involvement and donations. Social fundraising is when a nonprofit showcases a social cause it is missioned to address. To illustrate, the Food Donation Improvement Act(FDIA) was signed into law, specifically, to improve food insecurity and reduce food waste. The research is clear.

AI

CauseVox

OCTOBER 17, 2024

It’s like doubling—or even tripling—the impact of every donation you receive! Find space in your email calendar, swap social media accounts for a day, and line up media interviews. Those businesses then donated a portion of the proceeds to local nonprofits! But finding the right donor is key. Let your partner share their story.

Utilities

Big Fundraising Ideas

JANUARY 21, 2025

Winning Online Fundraising Strategies for High School Basketball Teams Blog Summary: The article highlights online fundraising strategies for high school basketball teams, focusing on social media campaigns, crowdfunding, virtual events, and selling digital products.

Fundraising

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

DECEMBER 6, 2024

This is why its important to create a grant calendar that pre-plans each grants application deadline, reporting schedule, required documentation, and any contingencies. Your calendar should lay out activities, costs, expected income, deadlines, and other notable events month-by-month.

Finance

DoJiggy

APRIL 8, 2025

Lacrosse teams rely on fundraising to cover the costs of equipment, travel, uniforms, tournament fees, and other expenses. Whether youre part of a school team, a youth league, or a lacrosse club, organizing a lacrosse fundraiser can make a significant financial impact while bringing your community together.

Fundraising

Big Fundraising Ideas

MARCH 18, 2025

How to Secure Sponsorships for Your School Fundraisers Blog Summary: School fundraisers are crucial for enhancing educational experiences. School fundraisers have always played a vital role in bringing communities together and supporting important educational initiatives.

Fundraising

DonorSnap

APRIL 8, 2025

The Formal Acknowledgment Letter Every donation deserves a formal acknowledgment. DonorSnaps donation strata report automatically does this for you, simplifying the process of creating your report. Unlike fundraising events, these are designed to build community and show your donors the impact theyve made.

Calendar

GrantNews

JUNE 12, 2025

Then, categorize expenses by program, admin, and fundraising to show how funds are directly supporting your cause. Nonprofits can maximize donations and, in turn, their impact by attracting new funding. Plan out your grant applications by using the GrantWatch Grants Calendar. Utilize budgeting tools to monitor spending patterns.

Funding

The Fundraising Coach

JANUARY 17, 2025

Often, nonprofits are forced to cut corners or rely heavily on donations, which can add uncertainty to the planning process. Solution: Creative Budgeting and Fundraising To overcome budget constraints, think strategically about where and how to allocate your resources. Crowdfunding platforms can also help you raise funds in advance.

Budget

The Almoner

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Catholic Community Foundations also offer their parishes and bishop fundraising expertise. Many pastors have little if any formal training in fundraising. Seminaries don’t tend to teach how to fundraise, despite that being a major responsibility for most pastors.

Fundraising

Pamela Grow

JANUARY 22, 2025

Fundraising has been showing troubling trends for a while now. Nonprofit organizations will need to be a whole lot more serious about fundraising particularly donor retention in 2025. Donor communications provide the very engine behind your fundraising program. PayPal isneveran acceptable nonprofit donation page.

AI

Blackbaud

JULY 15, 2025

No matter your cause, GivingTuesday is the biggest fundraising event of the year for nonprofits and schools. That was a record since the online fundraising event launched in 2012. GivingTuesday isn’t just a fundraiser, though. You can consider non-fundraising goals, too. When is GivingTuesday? Last year, 36.1

Goals

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. What is a Nonprofit CRM?

CRM

DoJiggy

JULY 15, 2025

In this guide, we’ll walk you through what makes a great capital campaign website, share real examples, and give you practical tips to help yours stand out and bring in donations. Instead, it’s a streamlined, purpose-built space designed to tell your story, inspire donations, and show progress.

Metrics

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.

Fundraising

Double the Donation

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Incorporating matching gifts into your nonprofit’s marketing strategy can unlock significant fundraising potential year-round. However, timing is everything when it comes to making a matching gift impact. By aligning your campaigns with key dates, seasons, and donor behaviors, you can ensure your message resonates at just the right moments.

Calendar

Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 24, 2024

I have been the primary fundraiser for our organization for the last 30 years. I have no training in marketing or fundraising. My goal in taking your classes was to be a better fundraiser for sure. And of course I wanted to increase our donations. But we do need to raise $350 – 400,000 in donations each year.

Donation

Planned Giving

MAY 12, 2025

These gifts are often the largest and most impactful contributions a donor will ever makewith the average planned gift ranging from 200-300 times larger than a typical annual donation. ” Appreciated Securities : “Donating stocks or bonds that have increased in value since you acquired them.” Who did I forget to thank?

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