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

CauseVox

APRIL 28, 2025

Start With What (and Who) You Already Have: Peer-to-Peer Fundraising One of the most effectiveand often underutilizedways to find new donors is by tapping into your greatest asset: your existing supporters. Download our free Ultimate Guide to Peer-to-Peer Fundraising: 2. Heres why it works: people give to people.

Nonprofit

Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Depending on the fundraising platform used during your event, these messages may be sent automatically! You can also include activities like personalized thank-you calls, holiday greetings, or invitations to webinars and events. Consider sending surveys to gather insights on your events, communications, or fundraising campaigns.

Metrics

Blackbaud

JULY 16, 2025

According to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project , only 8% of first-time donors make a repeat gift. Research tools and the native capabilities of your fundraising CRM can help you understand the giving patterns of all your supporters and prospects, not just those considered for major gifts.

Fundraising

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 19, 2025

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AI

Blackbaud

JULY 31, 2025

These unrestricted gifts are necessary to pay fundraisers’ salaries, overhead, bills, and the supplies for your tried-and-true programs. How Is Annual Giving Different from Other Fundraising Types? Let’s take a look at annual giving compared to other fundraising types like major gifts or planned gifts.

Donation

Blackbaud

JUNE 9, 2025

In the recent webinar, Empowering Your Outcomes Through Identity Resolution , Sam Venable, manager of the Blackbaud data intelligence product management team, explored how organizations can overcome these data challenges to build stronger, more personalized relationships. You’re preparing for a system migration or CRM integration.

SAM

Planned Giving

MAY 12, 2025

industry average) Executive Director’s Reflection: “The transformation went beyond fundraising. ” language to existing communications SEO Tip : Include images and donor quotes in your materials to enhance shareability and visibility in search results. Focus on generating gifts, then invest in back-end operations.

Policy

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. Incorporate planned giving into fundraising appeals.

CRM

NonProfit PRO

JULY 24, 2025

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Retail

NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 6, 2025

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Retail

Bonterra

JULY 28, 2025

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Grant Management Software

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. In case it's your first time here, this free grant workshop is an Instrumentl partner webinar.

Instrumentl

GiveSmart

APRIL 28, 2025

Lived experiences: People often donate to organizations that have helped them in the past or to fundraisers that aim to fight a disease they had, like cancer. Perhaps you h ave a CRM where donors can look up their giving history whenever needed! They may also give money to these charities because of the experiences of people they know.

Donation

Blackbaud

JULY 23, 2025

Optimize your billing process and tuition collection to receive and process income quickly.Streamline bill-pay and automation strategies and secure purchasing and expense approval processes so there are no surprise invoices.Work with your fundraising team to bring in outstanding pledges.Eliminate vendor redundancies.

Policy

Blackbaud

JULY 17, 2025

Integration Gaps When your CRM, fundraising, and operations systems don’t feed directly into the general ledger , you’re forced to play data ferryman. Check out our webinar, Warning Signs Your Accounting Office Isn’t Efficient: How to Review Your People, Processes, and Systems. in Your Finance Operations?

Finance

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 6, 2025

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Software

Wild Apricot

APRIL 25, 2011

Here is our monthly round-up of free non-profit webinars for the month of May. This month we've found 21+ free webinars on topics such as: social CRM; optimizing land pages, grantseeking; online fundraising; writing volunteer job descriptions and much more.( read more ).

CRM

CauseVox

AUGUST 23, 2022

Automations using Zapier can help your organization increase its fundraising efforts and outcomes by streamlining the flow of data between CauseVox and other apps your organization is using. Many organizations spend hours and valuable resources performing exports/imports to transfer data manually between apps. About Your Speaker.

CRM

OneCause

MAY 12, 2021

Using technology to support your organization’s fundraising isn’t new, but it’s become increasingly important in the COVID era. Nonprofits quickly had to move fundraising events online and relied heavily on online fundraising campaigns to make up for lost revenue as the pandemic swept through the world. What is a CRM system?

CRM

CauseVox

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Nonprofit fundraising in 2021 is dominated by the digital space. But what are the best online fundraising platforms for nonprofits? There are tons of online fundraising platforms and software out there that claim they’re the solution to all your problems and promise to bring you hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Fundraising

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

CauseVox

OCTOBER 8, 2024

With this year’s GivingTuesday quickly approaching on Dec 3, 2024 , choosing the right fundraising platform is more important than ever. In this article, we’ll cover the must-have features to look for your GivingTuesday fundraising platform, so you’re set up for success. Minimal Fields: Only ask for what you absolutely need.

Fundraising

Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

Mobile CRM apps can help you stay organized and track potential donors while you're at a fundraising event, on the road, or networking at a conference. TechSoup provides an array of CRM programs. Other CRM Apps. Many of the popular CRM programs have mobile counterparts. Social CRM Apps. SugarCRM Mobile.

CRM

Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

Finding the right CRM (constituent relationship management) program for your organization can help you find potential donors, foster relationships, and organize successful fundraising campaigns. With so many different CRM programs out there, however, it can also be very overwhelming! In search of a new CRM tool ?

CRM

Blackbaud

MAY 1, 2024

Whether your fundraising year is tracking ahead of schedule, right on track, or you’re off to a bit of a slow start, there’s no time like the present to consider what kind of experience you are delivering to both new donors and to long-time supporters. When it comes to the donor journey, a proper strategy can make all the difference.

CRM

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JULY 26, 2024

Diane’s Note: It’s no secret that our team is a big fan of Bloomerang as we have collaborated for years on free webinars and in the Nonprofit Storytelling Conference community, but they are also a generous supporter of our BIPOC Nonprofit Professional Scholarships for Agile in Nonprofit training. Segmentation.

CRM

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Mobile CRM apps can help you stay organized and track potential donors while you're at a fundraising event, on the road, or networking at a conference. Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Mobile. TechSoup provides an array of CRM programs. Other CRM Apps. Many of the popular CRM programs have mobile counterparts.

CRM

CauseVox

APRIL 12, 2022

This past year, they surpassed their fundraising goal of $115K. We sat down with Carousel Ranch’s Associate Executive Director, Taylor Adachi, to hear about their best fundraising practices and success using CauseVox. Watch the webinar on demand here. Fundraising Tips: Carousel Ranch’s Best Fundraising Practices.

Fundraising

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. Plan Your Event.

Fundraising

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

NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Join this joint webinar hosted by Double the Donation and CharityEngine to learn about how easily you can increase your matching gift potential - with matching gift industry statistics, proven best practices and a demo of how Double the Donation’s tools integrate with nonprofit CRM and fundraising platforms like CharityEngine.

Donation

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Many of them will be nonprofit professionals without a technical background—such as fundraisers and database managers—who are looking for ways to increase their impact through the power of AI and low-code platforms. And how can you get started on low-code development with the fundraising software and data you’re already using?

AI

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Webinars (web seminars) have gained in popularity, more often than not, because they are inexpensive or sometimes free, depending on the tool. Below suggests ten ways to monetize webinars and highlights the best practices for hosting webinars. Schedule the webinar thoughtfully. She has six years of.

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

Soapbox Exchange

MAY 13, 2024

Issue 198 Happy Tuesday, Fundraisers! Does your organization use Microsoft Dynamics 365 as your CRM? Join us on May 29th for a webinar aimed at empowering nonprofit organizations to elevate their online fundraising efforts through the transformative power of AI and Microsoft Fundraising & Engagement.

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