Blackbaud

APRIL 18, 2025

Maybe this shouldnt come as a surprise: Our post-pandemic world is full of social, governmental, and economic concerns that have an impact on our outreach and fundraising work. Take Sarah, a fundraiser friend of mine who works for a nonprofit that provides critical services to adults with developmental disabilities. Whomp whomp.

Fundraising

CauseVox

JULY 1, 2025

That’s when it hit us: they didn’t need just a fundraising platform, they needed CRM software for nonprofits. While a fundraising platform helps you raise money by hosting donation pages, peer-to-peer campaigns, events, and more, a CRM software for nonprofits helps you manage donor relationships. Sound familiar?

CRM

Blackbaud

JUNE 6, 2025

If you’re a fundraiser, this might sound familiar: An experienced development team at a mid-sized university foundation is doing everything right to hit their goals for prospect meetings. The Changing Landscape of Donor Engagement The fundraising landscape has transformed dramatically over the past decade. What’s the problem?

Fundraising

Blackbaud

JUNE 12, 2025

Bonus Tip: Explore and incorporate available tools in your fundraising CRM to help track your applications, related actions, contacts, timeline, accounting considerations, and attachments. Bonus Tip: Capture all completed applications and accompanying documentation in both your fundraising and accounting systems as attachments.

Grants

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

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 30, 2024

We’ve all received cringe-worthy fundraising messages that just don’t feel quite human. Such subpar messages may be the reason that 63% of fundraisers feel uncomfortable using AI for personalized donor communications. Its value lies in solving complex, role-specific problems—like assisting a fundraiser in making the right ask.

AI

Bonterra

JULY 30, 2025

With its innovative approach to fundraising, Bonterra DonorDrive is empowering nonprofits to scale their impact faster and more efficiently. This checklist will help you determine whether DonorDrive is the best peer-to-peer fundraising platform and individual giving solution for your organization. Let’s dive in.

Nonprofit

Blackbaud

JULY 31, 2025

These unrestricted gifts are necessary to pay fundraisers’ salaries, overhead, bills, and the supplies for your tried-and-true programs. Staff training and development: Provides for the ongoing education and professional growth of nurses, doctors, and other medical personnel. How Is Annual Giving Different from Other Fundraising Types?

Donation

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Its why we partner with MyFedTrainer.com to deliver grant writing supports and training on both the pre-award and post-award side of things. 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.

Finance

Community Boost

APRIL 17, 2025

And its not just about fundraising, its about building real relationships and inspiring people to take action. Not only does setting up a recurring giving program increase your donor lifetime value, overall engagement, and make your fundraising job easier, its also not as complicated as it sounds.

Nonprofit

Greater Giving

JULY 23, 2025

Strong data management is a necessity for nonprofits juggling multiple programs, fundraisers , and outreach campaigns. In this guide, we’ll explore five data management best practices your nonprofit can implement to run more efficient fundraisers, launch more impactful programs, and cultivate stronger donor relationships.

Management

Candid

JANUARY 28, 2025

According to NTEN, program and service delivery effectiveness (96%), organizational capacity and growth (89%), and fundraising and financial stability (82%) were the areas nonprofits said technology investment most impacted their work. Will a CRM system help you track your beneficiaries more effectively?

Funding

Blackbaud

JULY 17, 2025

But is all that time and effort actually improving fundraising outcomes? Many organizations still struggle to turn donor information into actionable insights that lead to smarter, data-driven fundraising success. Your rival school launched a seemingly-successful digital fundraising campaign before the big game. Sound familiar?

Software

Get Fully Funded

MAY 11, 2025

Invest in Fundraising Capacity: While it might seem counterintuitive to spend more when anticipating a downturn, investing in your fundraising infrastructure (staff training, CRM systems, donor management) can pay off in the long run by making your fundraising efforts more effective. Need help for your nonprofit?

Budget

Planned Giving

MAY 12, 2025

Recommended Resource : A donor-friendly video or pocket guide can be incredibly effective for internal training and donor education. industry average) Executive Director’s Reflection: “The transformation went beyond fundraising. A college was about to close its doors when it was saved by a surprise bequest.

Policy

Planned Giving

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Organizations clinging to outdated fundraising tactics find themselves increasingly marginalized in competitive grant cycles. Strategic vision beats emergency fundraising in today's competitive grant landscape. Nonprofits without legacy programs will miss the biggest fundraising opportunity in history.

Funding

Gail Perry Group

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

To make matters worse, were all under pressure to increase fundraising revenues right now, especially in this chaotic time of fluctuating funding. Do Your Major Gift Officers Lack Experience and Training? We are hearing: The fundraisers are new to major gifts. The major gift fundraisers had little experience when we hired them.

Metrics

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. Many nonprofits rely on multiple data sources and spreadsheets to track it all, leading to confusion and errors.

Finance

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. Whos going to train, manage, and feed them? This is fundraising, not hide-and-seek.

SAM

GiveSmart

DECEMBER 16, 2024

From acting as peer-to-peer fundraisers, committee members, day-of-event support, skilled work, and board members, volunteers eagerly contribute their time and talent to support your mission. Share what training will be offered for the outlined role. So much of fundraising is cyclical. Conduct interviews.

Management

Wild Apricot

JUNE 24, 2025

For example, someone who donates regularly might get a thank-you message and an invite to join a donor circle, while a first-time volunteer might get details about training or upcoming shifts. From there, you can guide them through the following steps: filling out forms, attending a training session or selecting a shift.

CRM

The Fundraising Coach

MAY 30, 2025

While establishing relationships that can lead to planned gifts can take time, there are ways nonprofits can effectively raise more funds through this type of fundraising. Use your CRM to identify loyal, long-term donors, particularly those over the age of 55. Train staff and board members. Is your board on board?

CRM

Bonterra

JULY 28, 2025

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Grant Management Software

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Find Your Next Grant 17K Live Grants on Instrumentl 150+ Grants Added Weekly Try Instrumentl free for 14 days Step Up Your Systems for Success: How to Simplify, Streamline and Support Your Team - Grant Training Transcription Will: Hello, everyone. Instrumentl is the institutional fundraising platform. I have these things covered.

Instrumentl

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 4, 2024

How can my scrappy smaller organization, with all the tasks my team is already juggling, adopt a new fundraising CRM and learn to use it with the least amount of disruption?” And how will the change to a new fundraising CRM impact them ? You’re thinking, “I agree — we’re awesome! But we’re growing fast.

CRM

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 18, 2024

In natural disasters, the training and quick action of first responders and emergency services save lives and livelihoods. Screen Every Volunteer Spontaneous crisis volunteers need to be screened so they can be given suitable roles and be properly registered and trained. Resources the volunteer can provide (boat, truck, chainsaw, etc.)

Management

Blackbaud

JULY 23, 2025

Were you counting on ESEA funds to pay for learning specialist training? Now is the time to rekindle relationships, dust off your CRM, and prepare your school to think beyond the traditional tuition-based model. Look for other income opportunities in addition to enrollment and fundraising. For an English-learner program?

Policy

Bonterra

JUNE 27, 2025

Make it easier for your team to manage your organization with one of the best nonprofit constituent relationship management (CRM) systems designed for organizations like yours. These tax deductions provide ample incentive for donors to contribute to fundraising efforts. Instead, their fundraising goals are tied to their missions.

Nonprofit

The Fundraising Coach

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

From hurdles like volunteer recruitment and burnout to all too common mistakes like disorganized training, its not easy to run an effective program, even if you have the best intentions. To improve your volunteer programs use of technology, consider taking training courses. Offer positive, engaging experiences. Show your appreciation.

Software

Blackbaud

JULY 17, 2025

Spotting these signs early gives you room to act—whether through clarifying roles, launching targeted training, or rebalancing workloads—before a small hiccup becomes a full‐blown crisis. Without training and executive sponsorship, staff retreat to familiar spreadsheets instead of the system that saves time and improves controls.

Finance

Pamela Grow

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

It guides your fundraising efforts, drives marketing decisions, and largely impacts your ability to engage supporters. Thankfully, your nonprofit constituent relationship management (CRM) system can help keep donor data safe. Invest in secure software First and foremost, the CRM itself must be secure.

CRM

Blackbaud

AUGUST 12, 2024

Where does your constituent relationship management software (CRM) fit into that culture? The Power of a CRM-Centric Culture Reflecting on my 20-plus years of working with nonprofit organizations, I can point to one pivotal era that underscored the importance of a CRM-centric culture: the pandemic.

CRM

Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2023

That’s where customer relationship management (CRM) comes in. A CRM is the backbone of effective communication, engagement , and fundraising strategies. In this guide, we’ll provide four CRM training best practices.

CRM

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 4, 2023

Your nonprofit’s CRM is the centerpiece of your technology stack and will dictate how your team operates. There is a wide variety of CRM solutions available, many of which are specialized to help different types of organizations. Here are four factors to take into account when purchasing a CRM: 1.

CRM

Bonterra

APRIL 10, 2024

Bonterra Fundraising and Engagement Bonterra Fundraising and Engagement Innovative fundraising software for nonprofits Attract donors, increase engagement, and empower your base with a seamless supporter experience that connects donors with doers. 16K Nonprofits in our network 37M+ Individual donors $3.5B

Fundraising

Blackbaud

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

We conducted our annual Status of Fundraising research in Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia/New Zealand (ANZ). Digital Maturity A digitally mature nonprofit is one where digital is integrated across all areas, including fundraising, supporter experience, internal processes, and more.

AI

Blackbaud

MARCH 11, 2024

The social sector and major gift fundraising are no exception. The Benefits of AI to Major Gift Fundraisers Fundraising is an industry that faces high stress and burnout. The Benefits of AI to Major Gift Fundraisers Fundraising is an industry that faces high stress and burnout.

AI