Pamela Grow

JUNE 10, 2025

Nearly 8 out of 10 people who believe in your mission enough to make their first donation will never give again. Email 3: Invitation to Engage (Send 1 week later) Invite them to follow you on social media, join an event, or share your mission with friends. Want templates and sample copy to make this even easier?

IT

Wild Apricot

JULY 16, 2025

And it’s a valuable use of your time: 48% of social media platform donors give on Facebook. 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. Include your website, email and donation link.

Media

CauseVox

MARCH 24, 2025

Challenge fundraisers often go hand-in-hand with peer-to-peer fundraising , where participants rally their friends and family to donate. Plus, they tap into social media, where participants eagerly share their progress, bringing more visibility to your cause. These campaigns thrive online, making them perfect for virtual fundraising.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

GivingTuesday provides an opportunity for these donors to reconnect with your organization through word of mouth, peer-to-peer, or social media campaigns. Personal stories and endorsements are incredibly compelling, so consider featuring testimonials and success stories on your social media platforms and in your email newsletters.

Retainer

Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2025

Students can apply classroom knowledge in practical ways by handling money, calculating profits, and tracking donations. Everyone will jump at the chance to win a 50/50 prize or a basket of donated goods. Wishlists Donors love to give in-kind gifts because they know their donations will immediately impact your school.

Fundraising

CauseVox

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Think back on what made the day successful—was it the heartfelt story shared on social media, the surge of donations from a matching gift, or the high open rate on a well-crafted email appeal ? Invite them to take the next step—maybe an additional year-end gift or even increasing their monthly donation. But why stop there?

Fundraising

Blackbaud

JULY 31, 2025

Annual giving is the collection of donations throughout the year to support an organization’s day-to-day operations and programs. Major donations and planned gifts often get the limelight, but without annual gifts, the day-to-day functions of your nonprofit could come to a halt.

Donation

CauseVox

JANUARY 8, 2025

For nonprofits with limited resources, making the most of this page is critical to driving donations, engaging supporters, and amplifying your cause. Use Powerful Imagery High-quality images are worth more than a thousand words theyre worth donations. This ripple effect can lead to exponential growth in both awareness and donations.

Fundraising

OneCause

APRIL 28, 2025

Be sure to build and optimize your participant portal to help your participants recruit team members, access resources that help them fundraise, showcase their personal fundraising pages , ask for donations from their social networks, and track progress toward their fundraising goals. Embrace mobile tools and tactics. Level up your emails.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Whether highlighting the urgent need for donations or sharing a success story, convey sincerity and urgency. Find best practices, campaign planning worksheets, and time-tested email and social media templates for GivingTuedsay and beyond in Your Ultimate End-of-Year Planning Toolkit! Donate Today for Giving Tuesday!

Donation

DoJiggy

JANUARY 10, 2025

Sample Golf Tournament Budget Projecting Tournament Income Setting estimated values for incoming revenue from ticket sales, sponsorships, online donations, and product sales can help you estimate projected income and establish financial goals for your fundraising event. Can you receive in-kind donations or services to help you save money?

Budget

Blackbaud

APRIL 25, 2025

Use the Fundraising Campaign Template to put these best practices into actionensuring your team is aligned, your message is consistent, and you are creating a cohesive strategy that boosts overall campaign effectiveness. Email marketing allows for personalized and direct interaction, while social media offers broader engagement opportunities.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

JULY 29, 2025

Real End of Year Giving Campaign Examples Seed Savers Exchange makes giving easy with optimized donation forms. Using Blackbaud’s Optimized Donation Forms, they made giving easier and saw immediate results: a 10% increase in conversion rate and a 61% jump in average gift size. The takeaway?

Media

Get Fully Funded

JULY 7, 2025

Sometimes, donating money to a worthy cause just doesn’t feel like enough. Some people volunteer, attend events, or donate in-kind items or services to your cause. Host a Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Challenge Peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising campaigns invite supporters to solicit donations for your nonprofit from their personal networks.

Fundraising

Fundly

JANUARY 20, 2025

Top Features of Fundly vs. GoFundMe Successful fundraising requires more than putting up a donation page and waiting for donations to come in. Encourage more donations by creating multiple giving levels with custom incentives. Access real-time data on campaign updates, page views, donations received, and other key metrics.

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. In-kind donations, such as catering or printing services, can significantly reduce costs while building community relationships. Crowdfunding platforms can also help you raise funds in advance.

Budget

Blackbaud

JULY 15, 2025

Think of GivingTuesday like a grant application: Focusing on a specific need will make it easier for supporters to understand how their donation will make a difference for your mission. As your supporters learn more about your GivingTuesday initiative, they’ll know their donation will go a long way and feel motivated to give.

Goals

NonProfit PRO

JULY 16, 2025

If a donor gets a bland, templated acknowledgment a week later, what does that tell them? Continue to your page in 15 seconds or skip this ad. window.dfp_npp_interstitial = googletag.defineSlot("/124057991/npp_interstitial", [[640,480]], "napco-ad-npp_interstitial").addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

Retail

Big Fundraising Ideas

MAY 13, 2025

Ideas include product sales such as cookie dough, popcorn, tumblers, or discount cards, along with online donations and event-based fundraisers. They offer something tangible in return for the donation, making participation appealing. Fundraising Angles: Accept direct monetary donations of anyamount.

Fundraising

Big Fundraising Ideas

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Breakdown of revenue sources: Identify which aspects of the fundraiser (ticket sales, donations, auctions, etc.) Channel performance: Identify which communication channels (social media, email, flyers) generated the most awareness and participation. contributed most significantly to the totalrevenue.

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Post frequently on social media. Whether you want sponsors to donate money for team shirts or items for winner’s baskets, you’ll want to build strong connections with local businesses in your community that care about your cause. We’ve even built a Pickleball-specific event template! Make sure to advertise your event!

Fundraising

Blackbaud

JUNE 18, 2025

GivingTuesday is a global movement that inspires millions of people to give back through donations, volunteering, and acts of kindness on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. In the United States alone, donations jumped from $400 million in 2018 to over $3.6 donations since the movement launched in 2012 36.1 Key Facts and Stats $3.6

Software

DoJiggy

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Important sections of a business plan include: Mission and Services Overview Clarify your mission, purpose, and services (as above) Funding Plan – You’ll likely need to collect donations and raise money to start an animal rescue. Host online donation campaigns to reach a broader audience.

Policy

Wild Apricot

JUNE 24, 2025

Marketing automation for nonprofits simplifies repetitive tasks like sending emails, sharing updates on social media or following up with new supporters. Once set up, these actions happen based on triggers like someone joining your list, clicking a link or making a donation. The solution? Marketing automation. That time adds up.

CRM

Center for Major Gifts

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

They also reported that an impressive 93% of participants would consider donating again if they received a prompt acknowledgment for their donation. In a study conducted by Cygnus Applied Research, 46% of donors would stop giving if they felt the charity did not communicate or if they had lost interest in the charity.

Manufacturing

Planned Giving

MARCH 17, 2025

Bequests Generate Substantially Larger Gifts Than Lifetime Donations Extensive research consistently shows that donors leave significantly larger bequests than they contribute during their lifetime. Offer free legacy planner guides and templates to help donors get started with the process.

Pass-Through

Big Fundraising Ideas

APRIL 29, 2025

Leverage Online Stores : Our online fundraising platform allows students to share personalized store links via email, text, or social media, expanding your reach nationwide. How toSucceed : Promote Actively : Encourage students to share their store links via social media, email, and text. inflatable parties).

Fundraising

Bonterra

JULY 3, 2025

Plus, it can help you increase engagement, interest, attendees, and donations. Not only can you use the software to plan, promote, and manage events, but you can also track (and increase) donations and engagement, automate and optimize communication, and boost the results of your fundraising efforts.

Software

Big Fundraising Ideas

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Attracts Sponsorship and Donations Local businesses and organizations often want to support community efforts. Fundraising events provide an opportunity for sponsorships, in-kind donations, and long-term partnerships, increasing overall fundraising potential. Why Choose Big Fundraising Ideas For Managing TheEvent?

Fundraising

Wild Apricot

JULY 24, 2025

If people stay on your pages, explore more content or take action (like donating or signing up), it’s a strong signal to search engines that your site is beneficial and trustworthy. WildApricot’s mobile-friendly templates and drag-and-drop website editor make it easy to build a site that looks great on any device.

AI

NonProfit PRO

JULY 16, 2025

Connecting these platforms empowers social impact customers to reach and engage supporters more effectively using leading email, SMS, social media and other digital marketing functions, all through an embedded experience in Raisers Edge NXT. "We Continue to your page in 15 seconds or skip this ad. addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

AI

NonProfit PRO

JULY 29, 2025

GROWTH: Unlimited organization-wide monthly webinars and live Q&A workshop, access to tools, templates, and training for scaling nonprofit growth. Continue to your page in 15 seconds or skip this ad. window.dfp_npp_interstitial = googletag.defineSlot("/124057991/npp_interstitial", [[640,480]], "napco-ad-npp_interstitial").addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("pid",

Retail

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

For example, this template highlights the four stages of the volunteer lifecycle, along with your nonprofit’s objectives at each stage and strategies for improving the volunteer experience. Volunteers often take an interest in fundraising and donating to show their support for your mission in additional ways.

Management

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 24, 2024

You might consider your CRM , donation processor, or the platforms you use to manage community programs and services. Then, add call-to-action buttons to highlight your most important pages, like your contact page and donation page. But if your organization’s website isn’t on your list, it should be! Make forms easy to fill out.

Nonprofit

NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 11, 2024

Free Template to 9 Giving Tuesday Templates that Drive Donations Email, Social Media, and Text

Template

Qgiv

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Donation request letters, whether sent via email or direct mail, are one of the most effective ways to reach donors and solicit gifts. However, its not enough to simply send the same appeal to your entire supporter base and ask them to donate. Well cover: What is a donation request letter? How do you write a fundraising letter?

Template

NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Nonprofits spend most of their time trying to get donations, so make sure you follow-up every contribution with a prompt thank you, acknowledgement, and receipt that communicates your organization's story with impact.

Template