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.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 2, 2024

It’s a day when donors, businesses, and communities come together to create positive change—and it’s also the perfect launchpad for your year-end fundraising efforts. Maybe you noticed a large segment of your audience hasn’t given yet, you want to hit a specific fundraising target, or are hoping to engage more first-time donors.

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Blackbaud

APRIL 24, 2025

Its a normal part of life, work, and fundraising. While some mistakes are unavoidable, there are a few common fundraising pitfalls that we see organizations regularly make. If you can avoid these or adjust the following issues in your current fundraising programs, it will set your programs and your organization up for success.

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Blackbaud

MAY 1, 2025

Nonprofits work tirelessly to make a difference in their communities, and fundraising is often a vital yet challenging part of this work. In this article, youll learn eight simple tools and tactics you should consider incorporating into your fundraising efforts.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Whether you’re planning a gala, auction, or community fundraiser, effective sponsorship strategies can amplify your events success. Download our Auction Planner for tools, checklists, and expert advice to simplify your event planning and maximize sponsorship impact. Need More Planning Resources?

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Blackbaud

MARCH 10, 2025

This seamless flow of information is truly incredible, particularly when the data exchange is between finance and fundraising. When you unite your fundraising and finance systems, efficiency is simply the first win of many. And they’re savvy investors. That builds trust. Remember the donor who wanted an accountability summary?

Finance

CauseVox

MAY 12, 2025

Running a successful fundraising campaign takes clear, consistent communication that actually connects with your audience. The Fundraising Campaign Communication Templates resource is your plug-and-play toolkit for what to say, when to say it, and how to say it across email, social media, and SMS. Thats where this guide comes in.

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Future Fundraising Now

MAY 14, 2025

Whats going on in online fundraising? Heres a view, from the M+R Benchmarks for 2025 (free download; registration required). For every 1,000 fundraising emails sent, nonprofits raised $58. Its a look at what happened in 2024, as seen by a =healthy range of organizations who are raising funds online. This after a 1% drop in 2023.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Mastering Your GivingTuesday Fundraising Email Campaign: How, When, Why, and Who GivingTuesday is quickly approaching, and it’s the perfect opportunity to inspire generosity and rally support for your cause. When to Send Your Email Timing is everything in email marketing, especially when it comes to fundraising. We’ve got you covered.

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Ive only just started reading Great Fundraising Organizations: Why and How the Worlds Best Charities Excel at Raising Money , and Im already widely recommending it to colleagues, students, and clients. Particularly fundraising professionals. Know Your Donors: Fundraising isnt about data points or demographic segments.

Fundraising

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

CauseVox

OCTOBER 10, 2024

So, if you’re considering launching a GivingTuesday fundraising campaign , having a strong presence on social media is a no-brainer for success. Free Download: Year-End & GivingTuesday Fundraising Toolkit 1. An example of storytelling in a Raising Hope Dogs GivingTuesday social media fundraising campaign.

Media

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?

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Blackbaud

APRIL 25, 2025

Launching a successful fundraising campaign for nonprofits involves a strategic approach and precise execution. Experienced fundraisers know that effective campaigns require setting clear objectives and understanding your audience deeply. It’s not just about enthusiasm.

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CauseVox

MARCH 17, 2025

A golf tournament fundraiser is not only a fantastic day out but also a powerful fundraising event that can drive significant donations, strengthen community connections, and build long-lasting partnerships with local businesses. Download the Free Complete Guide to Nonprofit Fundraising Events : 1.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 14, 2025

While you may be aware on a general level that your CRM platform is becoming a headwind to your organization achieving its fundraising goals, the prospect of migrating vast amounts of data, retraining staff, and committing the money and resources required for a successful upgrade can make it tempting to say, Lets make do for another year.

CRM

CauseVox

JUNE 3, 2025

For nonprofit professionals, staying on top of fundraising often feels like spinning plates while walking a tightrope. With the right CRM for nonprofits, you can go beyond donor management and actually level up your entire fundraising strategy. Download our Free Complete Guide to CRMs for Nonprofits: 1. Sound familiar?

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Critical Fundraising

JULY 28, 2025

Read more : NEWS: Give fundraisers ownership of their tasks and targets if you don’t want them to leave Fundraisers need to be given more ownership of their roles and the professional autonomy to carry them out if charities are to tackle the retention crisis bedevilling the fundraising profession.

Fundraising

Community Boost

JULY 25, 2025

With so much at stake, major gift fundraising can cause major stress. Many fundraisers wonder, “Am I asking at the right time? If you’re like most nonprofit fundraisers, your days are packed with meetings, reports, and campaign deadlines. Am I asking in the right way?”

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Does your nonprofit want to increase engagement with your marketing and fundraising efforts? This guide explores tips to increase both marketing and fundraising qualified lead generation. On the other hand, fundraising-qualified leads have been closely involved with your organization and demonstrated their interest in donating.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 19, 2025

You can find the complete guide and downloadable Excel template and view the MotivateMonday recording here. Here’s what I recommend: Step 1: Choose Your Platform Download Allison’s Excel storybanking tool above.

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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

JULY 28, 2025

But when that data gets organized into effective fundraising reports, it becomes more than just usable; done right, fundraising reports can be a goldmine of insights that help you raise more, engage smarter, and steward better. Why Fundraising Reports Matter: Turning Data Into Strategy Your data is trying to tell you something.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 20, 2025

But heres the good news: 2025 can be the perfect year to strengthen your donor retention with clear goals , a well-thought-out fundraising calendar , a killer fundraising campaign and a refined donor retention strategy to help you keep your supporters year-round. Download CauseVoxs Donor Engagement & Retention Playbook: 3.

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Pamela Grow

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Nothing, but nothing, has the power to transform your fundraising quite like gratitude. Click here to download the slides. And then you’ll discover the building blocks of thank you’s that keep your donors coming back. Again and again. A very special MotivateMonday. Click the image below to view.

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

A free fundraising platform takes care of all that for you, so you can focus on what matters most: connecting with donors and raising funds. In this article, we’ll go over the basic steps to create a donation page for free; we also recommend you download our free guide below to get a more detailed overview. Ready to get started?

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. Will you sell fundraising merchandise (i.e.,

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Future Fundraising Now

APRIL 8, 2025

Arts fundraising has a special challenge that other fundraisers dont face: When you donate to the arts, you dont save lives; you arguably dont even do something especially necessary. So typical help-other-people fundraising, while not irrelevant, tends to miss the main motivator for most arts donors.

Fundraising

Bonterra

AUGUST 5, 2025

GivingTuesday is one of the most powerful days of the year for nonprofit fundraising. Everything you need to plan, launch, and optimize a high-impact GivingTuesday without the stress. But to get the most out of it, you need more than just an email blast.

Software

CauseVox

APRIL 18, 2025

This model of convenience and consistency isn’t just limited to consumer goods; its actually been part of nonprofit fundraising for decades in the form of monthly giving, and it fits right into this subscription culture. Download Our Free Complete Guide to Recurring Donations: Were here to show you how.

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Blackbaud

MARCH 11, 2025

If you want to get unstuck, consider expanding your peer-to-peer fundraising strategy beyond the traditional run, walk, or bike event. However, we do know that donor demographics and fundraising methods are always changing. Do you ever get stuck with your event planning? The fun factor is high, and so is the amount of money raised.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

MAY 2, 2025

Fine-tune your fundraising efforts to ensure they resonate with supporters. In addition, help grantees strengthen their fundraising strategies. If your foundation accepts donations, consider how a potential recession may affect donor behavior. Fewer donors or smaller gifts may require adjustments to your processes.

Government

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

Millionaire Grant Lady

AUGUST 7, 2025

Enter: The Grant Calendar A grant calendar is your roadmap to more strategic, less chaotic fundraising. Grant Calendar Template (Free Download) Here’s a simple, effective grant calendar template for busy nonprofit leaders. Stress, burnout, and proposals that don’t do your mission justice. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

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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. What Is a Fundraising Platform?

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Master key strategies to elevate your GivingTuesday and year-end fundraising with social media, including profile optimization, engaging content, and video storytelling. As the end of the year approaches, nonprofits of all sizes gear up for their most critical fundraising period.

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DoJiggy

JUNE 18, 2025

Whether you’re an advocate or part of a nonprofit group, this guide shares some of the best fundraising ideas for Domestic Violence Awareness Month that you can implement to make an impact. Host a Virtual or In-Person Walk-a-thon A walkathon is one of the most accessible fundraising ideas for Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

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