GrantNews

JANUARY 2, 2025

Social fundraising is when a nonprofit showcases a social cause it is missioned to address. Grant-seekers can then add grants of interest to their Grants Calendar to ensure deadlines are not missed. Furthermore, our environment is making headlines daily due to climate disasters impacting local and global economies.

AI

amplifi

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

But have you considered using a monthly giving program to boost fundraising revenue from your current donors? Now, were not saying we can turn your worst fundraising month into your December, but a monthly giving program can provide you with a more consistent stream of revenue throughout the year. You didnt need us to tell you that.

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

Wild Apricot

JULY 16, 2025

Focusing here maximizes your fundraising potential. Built-In Fundraising Tools Facebook offers integrated fundraising features, making it easier than ever to collect donations without redirecting donors to another site. Run joint campaigns : Co-host a Facebook Live, launch a shared awareness week or team up on a fundraiser.

Media

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

Assel Grant Services

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The client felt confident putting the funder on their own grant calendar for the upcoming year, allowing me to focus my time on another funding priority because they were sure that the foundation would continue its support. Despite my recommendation, the client did not want to approve any research time for current funders.

GPC

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Unlike other forms of fundraising (most notably broad annual fundraising , which naturally gets more attention at year-end), building a consistent promotion strategy for planned gifts may pose a bigger challenge. Build your promotion calendar around these times, and youll be sure to catch more attention and inspire action.

Finance

Millionaire Grant Lady

MAY 5, 2025

Unfortunately, your fundraising team is busy preparing for your organizations annual event, and it is all-hands-on-deck. You had a fundraising plan and office that was running pretty smoothly. A missed deadline may mean fundraising dollars that can never be recouped. Then, it changed.

Grant Writing

Planned Giving

MAY 12, 2025

Recommended Resource : A donor-friendly video or pocket guide can be incredibly effective for internal training and donor education. Educate them on how legacy gifts work and why they are critical to the long-term health of your organization. 2 Engage Your Board of Directors ESSENTIAL Your board’s support is essential.

Policy

NonProfit PRO

JULY 29, 2025

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Retail

Wild Apricot

AUGUST 4, 2025

Education and Awareness YouTube is a great platform to educate people about your cause. Promotion for Events and Fundraisers Videos are a strong way to build momentum before an event or campaign. A simple calendar can help you keep track. You don’t need a big ad budget to be seen.

Nonprofit

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

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

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

Bonterra

JULY 3, 2025

With a staff of 50, the American Battlefield Trust uses Bonterra EveryAction to efficiently engage with a broad swath of current and future audiences, from history buffs to students and educators to destination travelers. The organization’s national mission resonates in its tagline: “Preserve, Educate, Inspire.”

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Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Instrumentl Partner Webinars are collaborations between Instrumentl and its community partners to provide free educational workshops for grant professionals. Instrumentl is the institutional fundraising platform. She also launched a podcast to inspire others to make a difference. instrumentl.com/teresa. Will: Yeah.

Instrumentl

DoJiggy

APRIL 22, 2025

However, maintaining and expanding these initiatives often requires creative fundraising strategies. Whether youre representing a bustling metropolitan chamber or a small-town business coalition, having a list of effective fundraising ideas for Chambers of Commerce can make all the difference. Start Fundraising 2.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

JULY 28, 2025

Mark your calendars! with global thought leadership to offer insights into education, fundraising, technology, and more. Education is about students, and Blackbaud has tools to support student success. bbcon is coming to Philadelphia October 6–8! How Does bbcon Support Student Success?

Education

Wild Apricot

JULY 29, 2025

Whether your goal is attracting new donors, recruiting volunteers or educating your community, your website should work hard for you. Either way, you’ve come to the right place. A well-designed, well-written website can amplify your nonprofit’s mission and inspire action.

Nonprofit

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. I am a social worker by education. My goal in taking your classes was to be a better fundraiser for sure. I wanted to be educated. Our fundraising world has just expanded.

Donation

GiveSmart

APRIL 1, 2025

No matter a nonprofits yearly fundraising budget, organizations recently shared that events make up nearly half of their annual revenue. 1 With grant funding under threat and siege , many organizations acknowledge increasing revenue streams via fundraising events will be necessary to maintain programs and support missions.

Fundraising

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A donor funnel defines a static plan in which messaging is pushed out based on calendar or campaign timing. What is their education level and income? A journey, as opposed to a funnel, harnesses these drivers and puts a specific person behind the wheel. There are differences between a funnel and a journey. What are their goals?

Donation

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Instrumentl Partner Webinars are collaborations between Instrumentl and its community partners to provide free educational workshops for grant professionals. These are collaborations between Instrumentl and community partners to provide free educational opportunities for grant prep professionals. Calendar alerts.

Instrumentl

DoJiggy

AUGUST 5, 2025

Whether you’re participating in a STEM competition or fair, building a robot or rocket, or traveling to visit a science museum, a solid fundraising plan is essential to your club’s fundraising efforts. In this blog, we’ll explore 15 science club fundraising ideas that work for schools and homeschool groups.

Donation

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

You can also create a volunteer management calendar to help you stay organized. Your calendar should include a regular communications cadence so that volunteers stay in the loop and have multiple ways to engage with your organization. Involving volunteers in fundraising.

Management

NonProfit PRO

JULY 28, 2025

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Government

Qgiv

MAY 3, 2023

Fundraising calendars help set your nonprofit up for success for the entire year. A fundraising calendar enables you to keep your goals, campaigns, strategies, and due dates all in one place that your whole team has access to. Another objective you need to define for your fundraising calendar is your awareness goal.

Calendar

NonProfit PRO

MARCH 11, 2025

Theres nothing like education sessions and meeting your peers at nonprofit sector conferences. Here are the events slated for 2025.

Conference

Get Fully Funded

MARCH 28, 2022

You can’t plan out your nonprofit’s impact this year without projecting your fundraising revenue. In fact, you must plan your programs first so you know what your fundraising goal is. 3 Rules for Projecting Fundraising Revenue. But it’s an educated guess because you know more than you think you do. But, how do you do it?

Fundraising

Pamela Grow

MAY 10, 2023

Network for Public Education celebrates Teacher Appreciation Week. Download your free Nonprofit Fundraising Calendar today and never miss an opportunity to celebrate. And, in one of the smartest moves, celebrate your supporters’ birthdays, like Best Friends Animal Society.

Calendar

CauseVox

JUNE 5, 2023

We’ve all been there: staring at a blank screen, desperately trying to create captivating social media fundraising content that resonates with our audience, while keeping up with the latest algorithms and trends. So, are you ready to harness the power of social media for your fundraising efforts?

Media

The Fundraising Coach

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

With 4 weeks left in the calendar year, staying focused is more important than ever. Rather than feeling like you're living out a well planned fundraising year, these last four weeks can often feel like you're missing out on everything. The 2 Things To Avoid In Year End Fundraising. That you're falling short everywhere.

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

What you might not know is that the right fundraising plan template can make the job much easier. What this means is that over time, your fundraising approach should change to meet the needs of your growing organization. What Fundraising Plan Template is Right For YOU? And no two fundraising plans should be exactly alike either.

Template

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

Candid

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

By contrast, the largest share of institutional grant dollars supported education—on average 27%, compared with 19% of total individual giving. At the same time, the data reveals a downward trend in the share of dollars going to education, especially from institutional funders. Cause area determined by recipient NTEE.

Funding

OneCause

AUGUST 22, 2024

However, for nonprofits, fall also brings about a whole new array of seasonal fundraising opportunities! It’s time to start planning your fall fundraising calendar. To help you out, we’ve compiled a list of 20 fundraising ideas that are perfect for autumn. Nature Walk This is a perfect fundraiser for nature lovers.

Fundraising

GiveSmart

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

While #GivingTuesday and end-of-year appeals might feel far away, the busiest time of the giving calendar is just around the corner. Donors are paying attention, and many are looking at their spending for the rest of the calendar year. Can they be peer-to-peer fundraisers?

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