Blackbaud

MARCH 10, 2025

If theyre entrusting their money to your organization, they need to have faith that youll use it to advance your stated goals. Show You Have Nothing to Hide in Allocation of Funds Blackbaud Institute research found 76% of donors are concerned about what portion of their donation goes to overhead. And they’re savvy investors.

Finance

Blackbaud

MARCH 31, 2025

But its difficult to drive impact when your grantees cant access their funds, arent sure when the funds are arriving, and dont have a clear understanding of their requirements for using the funds. Start by making it simple for grantees to track the status of fund transfers.

Grant

CauseVox

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Free Download: Year-End & GivingTuesday Fundraising Toolkit 1. First, get your campaigns ducks in a row by determining your fundraising goal, identifying your story, and setting up your fundraising site. From Boomers to Gen-Zers, people like to know where their funds are going and how they are being used.

Media

GiveSmart

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Once the end-of-year giving campaign goes public, the remaining fundraising goal will be met by following best practices and promoting across all channels. Year-End Fundraising Campaign Goal Planning Set specific goals for year-end fundraising and donor engagement.

Donation

DoJiggy

JANUARY 10, 2025

Further, the budget can be reviewed for product ordering and profitability goals. Once your goals are set, you can continually monitor your progress and identify shortcomings. This is a critical step, as you cannot measure the success of your golf tournament without establishing these goals. What about the benefits?

Budget

Blackbaud

MAY 5, 2025

But when deadlines get missed and reviews take longer than expected, that delays getting funds to your grantees. Establish, document, and implement evaluation criteria that reflect your mission and funding program guidelines. Your training should also show them how to apply the requirements based on the goals of the program.

Grant

Blackbaud

APRIL 25, 2025

This approach not only helps in achieving financial goals but also in fostering stronger, lasting relationships with your supporters. First, align your goals with your nonprofit’s mission to ensure your efforts resonate with both donors and stakeholders. Consider your funding needs and set realistic financial targets.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

APRIL 23, 2025

After a lot of research, conversations with community members, and writingand re-writingquestions, your application for funding is live. Reviewing the applications and selecting the organizations to fund. With internal reviews, you are able to use the teams intimate understanding of organizational priorities and past funding efforts.

Grant

Blackbaud

JULY 31, 2025

The Goal of an Annual Giving Campaign: Secure the Foundation The primary goal of an annual giving campaign is to raise unrestricted funds to support your nonprofit’s ongoing operational costs and core programs throughout the year. What this looks like depends on your organization’s type and the programs it funds.

Donation

CauseVox

MARCH 17, 2025

Picture this: a sunny day, a beautifully manicured golf course, and a group of enthusiastic golfers ready to tee offall while raising funds to support your nonprofit’s mission. Download the Free Complete Guide to Nonprofit Fundraising Events : 1. Sounds pretty great, right? Ask yourself: What is our fundraising target?

Fundraising

Blackbaud

JUNE 5, 2025

While the idea of a budget is simpleand some budgets can beit takes a good amount of preparation to create a tool that accurately forecasts your goals for the year. Have our goals shifted this year? Have our goals shifted this year? Have we experienced any funding losses, or do we expect any major changes?

Budget

Blackbaud

AUGUST 6, 2025

You’d know the demand for your senior care program was going to increase two-fold, so you’d already know where the funds would come from to hire additional staff. Work with your development team to assess how well your organization retains donors and secures funding. No surprises, no stress.

Finance

Community Boost

JULY 25, 2025

DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE COPY] Why sincerity matters in major gift fundraising Major donors don’t give transformative gifts because of clever scripts or perfectly-timed asks. Show up between asks Donors shouldn’t only hear from you when you need funding. This means tracking your trust-building initiatives as carefully as you track funding.

Fundraising

CauseVox

JUNE 3, 2025

Download our Free Complete Guide to CRMs for Nonprofits: 1. For example, you might send a thank you & impact update to spring donors showing what their specific gifts helped fund, or create a re-engagement campaign just for one-time donors who havent given in the last year. Lets dive in!

CRM

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Its hard to choose to put funds into operating reserves when that could help one more person transition out of homelessness. By tapping into operating reserves, organizations can bridge temporary gaps in funding without compromising their immediate operations.

Management

Blackbaud

JUNE 16, 2025

For finance teams in donor-focused and grant-funded organizations, working hand-in-hand with fundraising partners is critical to crafting reports that truly engage and tell a story. Grant Reports Grant stewardship requires detailed reporting on how funds were allocated and whether they achieved the intended outcomes.

Finance

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 13, 2025

Also, as grant writers, we must translate these objectives logically and explicitly into grant applications, so that our nonprofit can be awarded the funds needed to crush the objectives and transform lives! The bottom line, for our purposes in this blog, is that objectives are increments or building blocks of a larger, over-arching goal.

Grant Writing

Blackbaud

JUNE 3, 2025

A clear view into how funds are allocatedwhether for classroom resources, facility upgrades, or extracurricular programsgives your families confidence in the schools ability to manage resources effectively. Want to learn more about how fund accounting software can help your school operate more efficiently and improve the family experience?

Finance

GiveSmart

JANUARY 21, 2025

This guide covers tips on understanding your donors, key questions to consider before your auction, data-informed goal planning, and more. Download the guide and stop relying on guesswork. Plus, more than one person can donate dollars for each superlative, quickly generating funds as people cast their votes.

Donation

Blackbaud

APRIL 16, 2025

The finance team shoulders immense responsibility to make sure funds are well-stewarded, often while being understaffed and under-resourced. A well-thought-out system can do the following automatically: Track Funding Sources Nonprofits often receive funding from diverse sources , such as grants, donations, sponsorships, and events.

Finance

Blackbaud

AUGUST 4, 2025

The metrics you emphasize will depend on your funding sources, financial situation, and strategic goals. For example, a heavily grant funded organization aiming to expand to other revenue sources may be more focused on their dependency quotient and revenue stream ROI.

Metrics

CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2025

I once volunteered to help raise some extra funds for our nonprofit. Download Our Free Donor Engagement & Retention Playbook: 1) Immediate Email Confirmation Let’s start with the lowest hanging fruit. Your main goal in all of your thank you notes should be to keep your donors engaged and interested in donating again.”

CRM

Blackbaud

MARCH 12, 2025

Whether you are embarking on a capital campaign, increasing your annual fund goal, navigating leadership changes, or simply trying to stay up to date and modern, youre developing strategy. First, recognize that strategy is more than just making a plan or setting a goal. Set goals that they believe they can achieve.

Strategic Plan

DoJiggy

JUNE 18, 2025

October marks Domestic Violence Awareness Month , a critical time for communities to rally together, support domestic violence survivors, and raise funds for life-saving services. Don’t forget to promote your event in the community with our downloadable walkathon flyers. Read How to Get Charity Event Sponsors.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

APRIL 14, 2025

From streamlined applications to implementing trust-based philanthropy principles, your grant management system can support your goals to improve your grantees well-being. Start by ensuring every question in your application collects data that will genuinely inform your funding decisions. Here are three ways you can get started.

Grant Management

Planned Giving

MARCH 17, 2025

Among all planned giving vehicles, bequests remain the most common, accessible, and straightforward option, making them an absolute priority for any nonprofit organization seeking to secure sustainable long-term funding.

Pass-Through

Blackbaud

APRIL 21, 2025

Define Your Goals A well-defined goal is a critical foundation for your RFP, guiding your nonprofits questions and qualification criteria. You must clearly articulate this goal to attract the right vendors and avoid unreliable responses, especially for mission-critical tasks.

Proposal

Blackbaud

APRIL 7, 2025

A well-crafted budget is essential for aligning financial resources with the strategic goals of your private school, and with the right processes and tools, it doesnt have to be stressful. It sets in motion the goals youve outlined in your strategic plan. Your school may have multiple budgets, each with a different purpose.

Budget

DoJiggy

JULY 15, 2025

A capital campaign website is a focused fundraising site designed to support a specific, big-picture goal, typically the construction of a new facility or major renovations to an existing one. Schools , churches, hospitals, and community organizations use these campaign micro-sites to rally support around a single, defined goal.

Metrics

CauseVox

MARCH 4, 2025

When nonprofits run online fundraising campaigns, it’s easy to only focus on the big picturehitting that overall fundraising goal. With CauseVox, you can easily customize your donation tiers based on your organization’s fundraising goals. The good news? People are more likely to give (and even give more!)

Donation

Blackbaud

MAY 20, 2025

The Questions Optimists Must Dare to Ask In order to build a shared sense of purpose, the optimists among us (and, yes, even the brittle pessimists) should ask hard questions about our fundraising-focused processes and goals. Are we staying true to our mission?

Strategic Plan

Greater Giving

JUNE 17, 2025

A run-of-show: Reduces confusion among staff and volunteers Keeps the event on schedule (even when unexpected things happen) Ensures key moments happen smoothly (like the Fund-A-Need or live auction) Improves the guest experience Supports your fundraising goals To create a successful charity event, your team needs clarity.

Funding

Blackbaud

JULY 2, 2025

As your fund accounting software has evolved, so have the opportunities to incorporate automation into your processes—and get rid of some of that paper and manual decision-making. In doing so, you’ll help everyone rediscover the purpose behind your organization’s goals. Expense Management Managing expenses doesn’t have to be a hassle.

Finance

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 15, 2024

While the total funding for nonprofits continues to rise, data shows that fewer Americans are engaging in giving and volunteering. It’s about relationships, expertise and shared goals. To learn more, you can download the full Generosity Commission report here and see all nine of the Commission’s recommendations.

Demographics

Blackbaud

JANUARY 28, 2025

They must work with advancement teams to understand scholarship funding, find students who fit donors specific requirements, shepherd those students through the application process, manage scholarship review committees, disburse awards, and report back to the donors how their funds were utilized. How do you choose scholarship software?

Award

DoJiggy

APRIL 15, 2025

However, securing adequate funding for new equipment, training programs, community outreach, and fallen officer support can be challenging for many groups faced with bad publicity and diminishing community support. Download the Guide 3. Use our free fundraising platform to collect police fundraiser donations efficiently.

Fundraising

GiveSmart

APRIL 1, 2025

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. Donors can live their PGA dreams on the green while raising vital funds for your meaningful mission. Download our free guide today!

Fundraising