CauseVox

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Running an event can be exhilarating, but managing event registrations often feels like navigating a maze. Nonprofits are too often stuck with tools that create unnecessary headaches—systems that fall into one of two frustrating extremes. Flexible Forms Connect any combination of customizable forms tailored to your event.

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GiveSmart

JANUARY 22, 2025

Event season is quickly approaching. Many organizations collect the majority of their funding through these types of events. In this guide, well share five best practices for nonprofits looking to raise more during the fundraising event season. Plan and host your upcoming events with confidence!

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JANUARY 13, 2025

I hope 2024 was a successful year for your nonprofit organization. Your nonprofit should do the same. You can apply for grants and hold events, but those sometimes require more effort than its worth. Go all in on monthly giving Im a huge fan of monthly giving and think every nonprofit needs to go all in on it.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JANUARY 6, 2025

Youll often use several different channels when you send a fundraising appeal or promote an event. Current events/News stories At the beginning of 2020, most of us couldnt predict the year we were about to have. Events Perhaps your organization holds events. Sometimes short updates are more effective.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 10, 2025

The Real Reason Donors Stop Giving Most nonprofits assume donors stop giving because they’re overwhelmed with asks or they’ve lost interest in the cause. 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. Keep it human and real.

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Your donors arent just names in your nonprofits CRM. In an age dominated by digital outreach, direct mail fundraising remains a powerful tool for nonprofits to connect with donors. In an age dominated by digital outreach, direct mail fundraising remains a powerful tool for nonprofits to connect with donors.

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Blackbaud

MARCH 11, 2025

Do you ever get stuck with your event planning? Is your organization firmly attached to only tried-and-true events? If you want to get unstuck, consider expanding your peer-to-peer fundraising strategy beyond the traditional run, walk, or bike event. So, theres nothing wrong with run-walk-bike events.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2025

Whether youre setting up your website or improving an existing one, explore best practices for promoting your nonprofit online effectively in this guide. As a small nonprofit, you may have created a website but not had the bandwidth to flesh it out and optimize it fully. Create all the important pages you need.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

APRIL 21, 2025

How does your nonprofit organization compete with all this? This is very common for fundraising campaigns and inviting people to events, as well as including a link to your email newsletter on your social media platforms. Youll also want to send regular reminders for fundraising appeals and event invitations.

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Community Boost

MAY 13, 2025

There are a lot of tools out there that claim to be able to help you support your organizations mission and put on successful events. Organizations use Auctria to plan and run event and auction fundraisers; theyve raised over 1 Billion with our fundraiser software. Thankfully, partners like Auctria and Community Boost are here to help!

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Does your nonprofit want to increase engagement with your marketing and fundraising efforts? You may have heard of lead generation in a business setting, but nonprofits can also effectively use this concept to drive engagement online and boost support for their missions. If so, you need a lead generation strategy.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 15, 2024

For many nonprofits, a live or silent auction is the pinnacle of their fundraising event calendar. However, effective procurement requires a strategic approach so you can use your nonprofit’s resources wisely and maximize the amount of event funding you can put toward your mission. Let’s dive in!

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Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

In this article, we will cover online fundraising methods, tools, and some quick tips to get your nonprofit started! Organizations collect numbers through opt-ins or promote text keywords on social media and at events. Read Blackbaud’s recent report from The Resilient Nonprofit that highlights fundraising giving trends and outcomes.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 27, 2025

A new Bloomerang report reveals a growing disconnect between how nonprofits are planning events and the engagement donors want.

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GrantNews

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Is your nonprofit struggling to grow its social media following? Nonprofit Social Media can be challenging, especially if you’re not tech-savvy. Afterall, it is the digital age, and a strong social media presence helps nonprofits spread awareness, engage with donors, and build a loyal community that supports their mission.

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GrantNews

APRIL 23, 2025

Branding Tips for Nonprofits can make or break your local impact, especially if you’re still finding your footing in the community. Whether you’re launching a new nonprofit or refreshing an older one, visibility is key. Press Releases = Free Publicity Got an event, fundraiser, or major milestone?

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GrantNews

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Spending time with family and friends, attending parties, enjoying shows, going to events, traveling, and exchanging gifts often define our holidays. GrantWatch wants to celebrate the generosity of nonprofits in the spirit of Giving Tuesday. Many nonprofit organizations are members of GrantWatch.

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Pamela Grow

MAY 29, 2025

Every week, I receive an email or a DM from someone whos decided to walk away from nonprofit fundraising. Meanwhile, smaller nonprofits, grappling with declining revenue, are responding by laying off fundraising staff. That nonprofit professionals shouldnt earn competitive wages. Not because they werent successful. Khadijah M.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 2, 2025

Simply promoting your nonprofit's event isnt always enough to get sign-ups. Here are five areas where A/B testing can help boost event registration.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Effective financial management is critical for your nonprofit to grow and thrive long-term. By Jon Osterburg If you work for a new nonprofit, your team’s primary goal is probably to get your operations off the ground and start furthering your mission. Explore four considerations for achieving financial sustainability. Methodology.

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GrantNews

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Donors-Centric relationships are valued by smart nonprofits, the world over. While nonprofit fundraising takes many forms like hosting events, corporate sponsorships, membership programs, and even knocking door to door, grants are the tried-and-true funding staples. The same holds true for some small businesses.)

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GrantNews

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

So, what if nonprofits approached grant seeking like savvy shoppers and took their bargain-hunting skills to the next level? GrantWatch has close to 3,800 grants in its Community Services grant listing category, providing nonprofits with numerous funding opportunities that align with their mission. Happy bargain hunting!

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Launching a new nonprofit is an exhilarating feeling. Here’s something to keep in mind, starting now: self-funding a nonprofit is not sustainable. Fortunately, I had some experience in marketing that gave me ideas about how to fundraise and help the nonprofit. But big goals cost big money.

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Blackbaud

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Grants are an integral lifeline for many nonprofits, providing the necessary funding to launch new initiatives, sustain critical programs, and ensure operational stability. What if that major grant your nonprofit counts on suddenly disappears: How would you continue your mission?

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Candid

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Despite the importance of raising money well, the majority of small to midsize nonprofits use suboptimal strategies—methods that are expensive, time-consuming, and yield only minimal returns on a lot of hard work. These are the kinds of revenue strategies that keep nonprofits just surviving instead of scaling.

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Blue Avocado

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Fundraising Fuels Your Nonprofit’s Mission Fundraising is the lifeblood of nonprofits. This comprehensive nonprofit fundraising guide provides essential information and practical strategies to help nonprofits secure the funding they need to thrive.

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GrantNews

MAY 23, 2025

Join GrantWatch as we hit the road with tourism and travel grants for nonprofits and other agencies this summer! In fact, if youre a nonprofit or local business, these grants are for you! Public Agencies to Promote Tourism Grants to Washington nonprofits for programs and projects that promote local tourism.

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GrantNews

APRIL 16, 2025

If your nonprofit struggles with donor retention, you are not alone. However, funding is vital for nonprofits to make a real-world impact. Above all, donor-centric management is an effective and cost-efficient way to increase nonprofits’ donor retention. In truth, nonprofits prioritizing donor retention often see success.

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DoJiggy

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Organizing an event, whether its a charity gala or a school carnival , involves juggling multiple moving parts. Fortunately, incorporating technology into your event planning process can significantly boost efficiency and revenue. Real-Time Updates: Event software can send reminders to attendees or update them about schedule changes.

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GrantNews

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Foundation Grants for Nonprofits are among the most sought-after grants, and for good reason. Another advantage is the huge variety of grants available, with opportunities open to nonprofits , businesses , and individuals both nationally and internationally. There are also no legal limitations on grant size.

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GiveSmart

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Join us for our upcoming webinar, Year-End Best Practices Every Nonprofit Should Know. During the planning phase, nonprofits should segment their donors based on their communication preferences and how they prefer to give. Empower supporters to raise donations from friends and family.

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GrantNews

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Shelters hold adoption events, and many organizations partner on drives to help find homes for puppies, kittens, adult, and senior animals. These events connect pets of all ages with people ready to welcome their new friends to their forever homes. Small rescues and nonprofit shelters take in 70% of all pet rescues.

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GrantNews

APRIL 18, 2025

What is the Donor Cycle and why should nonprofits care? As nice as it is to receive a donation, the real work for a nonprofit is to KEEP that donor engaged and involved in order to see continued donations in the future. A nonprofit looking to make donors a part of their donor cycle has to do more than just write a thank you note.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Board members are a vital resource for nonprofits: In addition to their responsibility for governance, they each bring unique perspectives and experiences to enrich the growth of nonprofit organizations and partnerships. A strong, involved board can transform an organization and take its work to new heights.

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Just Write Grants

JANUARY 27, 2025

Over the past few years, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives have taken center stage in nonprofit work, influencing how organizations operate, advocate, and secure funding. However, recent political and cultural shifts have brought new challenges and opportunities to the DEI landscape, creating uncertainty for nonprofits.

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Pamela Grow

JULY 10, 2024

Nonprofits have been concerned about the decreasing number of American donors for years, and the 2023 report reinforces these worries. One that includes realistic goals for grants and corporate support, individual support, program support, and events. Know your nonprofit’s numbers. Charitable giving in the U.S.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 23, 2025

Nonprofit organizations are often challenged with the daunting task of delivering significant impacts with limited resources. The Google Ad Grants program, which started in 2003, is a transformative tool that offers nonprofits worldwide $10,000 per month for free to promote their missions and connect with target audiences.

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