Blackbaud

OCTOBER 30, 2024

We’ve all received cringe-worthy fundraising messages that just don’t feel quite human. Such subpar messages may be the reason that 63% of fundraisers feel uncomfortable using AI for personalized donor communications. Its value lies in solving complex, role-specific problems—like assisting a fundraiser in making the right ask.

AI

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.

Utilities

Planned Giving

JANUARY 25, 2025

A defined moves management framework makes your fundraising efforts more efficient and fosters genuine, long-term connections with donors. How It Differs from Ad Hoc Fundraising Unlike sporadic outreach, moves management relies on a structured sequence of actions, tracked in a centralized system. Verify contact details. email opens).

Management

Center for Major Gifts

JANUARY 25, 2025

A defined moves management framework makes your fundraising efforts more efficient and fosters genuine, long-term connections with donors. Getting Ready to Implement a Moves Management System at Your Nonprofit Before implementing a moves management process, your organization must have well-defined short-term and long-term revenue targets.

Management

Candid

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Fundraising and AI Nonprofit fundraising in an election year is especially tough. What can fundraisers do? Not surprisingly, the Candid insights article with the most pageviews brings together two hot topics, one cyclical and one perennial: elections and nonprofit fundraising. Is your nonprofit organization grant-ready?

AI

Blackbaud

JULY 11, 2025

This metric , which measures how much a nonprofit spends on administration (such as rent, salaries, software licensing, etc.) Beyond Financials: Defining Impact The IRS 990 is the only standardized metric for nonprofit reporting, but it does not capture an organization’s full scope and impact. Ready to give smarter?

Metrics

Qgiv

DECEMBER 10, 2024

By personalizing your donation letters, your nonprofit can increase fundraising revenue and develop long-lasting supporter relationships. These letters are particularly impactful during nonprofit giving days like GivingTuesday and targeted fundraising campaigns, providing a personal touch that can resonate with recipients.

Template

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

Just Write Grants

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Calculate anticipated expenses and projected outcomes to create a “cost per outcome” metric (e.g., Highlight these metrics in your proposal to build funder confidence in your financial stewardship. Evaluate Your Organization’s Grant Readiness Funders want to partner with organizations that are capable and prepared.

Proposal

Blackbaud

JUNE 12, 2025

Key best practice: Early cross-department collaboration helps ensure project readiness and strengthens grant proposals by demonstrating organizational capacity. Bonus Tip: Capture all completed applications and accompanying documentation in both your fundraising and accounting systems as attachments.

Grant

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?

CRM

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. Keep an eye on metrics like conversion rates, the average donation size, and the number of recurring donors to see whats working. Ready to get started?

Donation

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Many organizations are experts at driving traffic to their online donation forms, but plenty struggle to actually secure donations and reach their fundraising goals. Youll need the right fundraising software to accomplish these steps successfully. For mobile users, the primary donation page conversion rate was just 10%.

Donation

Bonterra

JULY 9, 2025

In today’s landscape, the most effective organizations use advocacy software that connects fundraising, outreach, and donor data in one place, making it easier to convert one-time advocates into lifelong supporters. Ready to see what unified advocacy can do? Are there guidelines for nonprofit advocacy?

Lobbying

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 7, 2025

Go beyond metrics to show what you’ve learned and how you adapt your programs. Empower your staff to support grant readiness, even if you have only one grant writer. Start tracking outcome metrics early in your program cycle—not just when the grant requests it. Ready to elevate your grant readiness?

Grant

Blackbaud

JULY 17, 2025

But is all that time and effort actually improving fundraising outcomes? Many organizations still struggle to turn donor information into actionable insights that lead to smarter, data-driven fundraising success. Inconsistent data entry and lack of standardized metrics slow down progress. Should you do a 5K? Sound familiar?

Software

Gail Perry Group

JULY 31, 2025

Let’s be honest: this is one of the biggest pain points we hear from fundraising teams in the field. Your CRM is probably overflowing with donor data, gift histories, engagement metrics, and wealth scores. But turning that data into a clear roadmap for major gift fundraising? They may not be ready to engage right now.

CRM

Gail Perry Group

JULY 17, 2025

The Most Common Major Gift Fundraising Challenges We See in the Field Major gift fundraising should be one of the most energizing and rewarding parts of any development program. These are more than just operational hiccups—they're signs of deeper issues in how organizations support their fundraising teams.

Burnout

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 9, 2025

Did they include stronger metrics or more compelling storytelling? Update DEI framing and metrics Many funders expect clear demographic data and transparent discussion of equity efforts. Tip: Keep two or three versions of each proposal section tailored to different types of funders so you’re ready to respond quickly and appropriately.

Grant

Center for Major Gifts

JANUARY 22, 2025

Organizations that use data analytics in fundraising report significantly higher major gifts and donor retention rates than those that rely on guesswork. This article aims to show how nonprofits can leverage wealth screening, engagement metrics, and analytical tools to identify and qualify top prospects.

Metrics

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Silent auctions are a classic go-to fundraising event, and for good reason. From large in-person events to casual virtual gatherings, fundraising silent auctions can generate much-needed revenue and strengthen donor relationships. To determine these target metrics, review past event results. Determining the auction budget.

Procurement

NonProfit PRO

JULY 8, 2025

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AI

Blackbaud

JANUARY 28, 2025

Ready to turn Mission Impossible into Mission Unstoppable? Measure Your Progress and Refine Track Key Brand Metrics Brand clarity is about more than warm, fuzzy feelingsit also impacts measurable results. Lets dive in. Keep an eye on: Donor Retention Rates: Are first-time donors coming back?

Nonprofit

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 27, 2025

Americans are ready to help: In 2022, nearly three out of every five American donors gave half or more of their total contributions to disaster relief. Agentic AI also gives fundraisers smarter tools to improve stewardship at scale. Continue to your page in 15 seconds or skip this ad. addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

AI

DonorSnap

JULY 29, 2025

Yet too many organizations treat events as isolated fundraising activities rather than strategic entry points into long-term donor stewardship. All of this valuable attendee information now lives securely in your EventSnap system, ready to fuel your post-event cultivation strategy. How does this compare to other acquisition channels?

Pass-Through

Gail Perry Group

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

You may have a team in place, but the frontline fundraisers are not making enough asks? Whatever is happening, its certainly holding your fundraising back. Has there been enough cultivation and relationship nurturing so that the donor is ready? Are You Focusing on a Metric Like "Asks per Month?" Are you rushing the donor?

Metrics

CauseVox

JULY 28, 2025

If you’ve been in fundraising for a while, you start to recognize the names, the gala captain who always brought friends, the monthly donor who replied to every newsletter, or the runner who raised big because a loved one was helped by your program. Ready to reconnect with lapsed donors? Your stomach sinks. Where did they go?

CRM

NonProfit PRO

JULY 18, 2025

But when used intentionally, competition can be one of the most powerful tools in your fundraising toolbox. We have seen firsthand how healthy competition can transform fundraising results. When we layer competition into fundraising, we’re not replacing the mission. High-impact fundraisers need to feel seen and supported.

Retail

Planned Giving

APRIL 17, 2025

From 26 years in business, Ive heard every excuse, myth, and magic-bullet theory fundraising has to offer. Were not ready for that. You’re ready for bake sales and spaghetti dinners, but not free money that takes a signature and a lawyer? Why are you fundraising? This is fundraising, not hide-and-seek.

SAM

Candid

JULY 7, 2025

Fundraising from corporate sources has its own level of uncertainty. So, what if you’ve never attempted corporate fundraising before? Develop a sponsorship toolkit: A sponsorship toolkit should include audience demographics, visibility opportunities, employee engagement ideas, and metrics for measuring community impact.

Manufacturing

DoJiggy

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

When it comes to charity watchdogs, these four organizations are the most widely recognized and trusted in the nonprofit sector: Candid (formerly GuideStar) Charity Navigator BBB Wise Giving Alliance GreatNonprofits Let’s briefly describe each charity watchdog, examine their key features, and consider their impact on fundraising.

Finance

Big Fundraising Ideas

APRIL 22, 2025

Beyond Fundraising: Building Community Through SchoolEvents Blog Summary: School fundraising is more than just collecting donations-its an opportunity to bring together students, parents, teachers, and local businesses to create lasting memories and a sense of belonging. But fundraising isnt just about meeting monetary goals.

Fundraising

CauseVox

MARCH 4, 2025

When nonprofits run online fundraising campaigns, it’s easy to only focus on the big picturehitting that overall fundraising goal. By using CauseVoxs free, easy to use fundraising platform you can set up customizable donation tiers , showing donors exactly what their gift accomplishes. The good news?

Donation

amplifi

JANUARY 30, 2025

Successful fundraising campaigns involve prioritizing donors to reach the right supporters with the right message that inspires someone to make a difference. At amplifi, we use the 12-month metric but feel free to choose what works best for your audience. LEARN MORE: Are you ready to launch a monthly giving program? Engagement.

Metrics

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. Incorporate planned giving into fundraising appeals. If your nonprofit wants to learn how to acquire planned gifts , you’ve come to the right place.

CRM

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 19, 2024

These metrics can then guide layout decisions, calls-to-action, and content structure. For example, do you want to increase online donations by 15% in the next year, or reduce your sites bounce rate by 10%? By setting measurable targets, you give your design agency a clear direction.

Nonprofit

NonProfit PRO

JULY 2, 2025

The product is designed specifically to help early-stage and emerging nonprofits show up online with confidence, start fundraising fast, and grow their mission without tech overwhelm. Continue to your page in 15 seconds or skip this ad. addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("pid", setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("pid",

Retail