Blackbaud

JULY 31, 2025

These unrestricted gifts are necessary to pay fundraisers’ salaries, overhead, bills, and the supplies for your tried-and-true programs. How Is Annual Giving Different from Other Fundraising Types? Let’s take a look at annual giving compared to other fundraising types like major gifts or planned gifts.

Donation

GiveSmart

JUNE 20, 2025

Some DAFs utilize charity research platforms like GuideStar to research nonprofits, so ensure those are up to date as well. A thoughtful DAF strategy can enrich your fundraising mix and foster more resilient revenue streams.

Funding

Wild Apricot

AUGUST 4, 2025

Did you know individuals retain 95% of a message when watched via a video as opposed to only 10% retention in text? Promotion for Events and Fundraisers Videos are a strong way to build momentum before an event or campaign. Utilize Budget-Friendly Tech Tools You don’t need high-end gear to make solid content.

Nonprofit

Blackbaud

APRIL 28, 2025

Higher education institutions today face mounting pressures to attract and retain students in an increasingly competitive landscape. Use your award management software to help monitor fund utilization and scholarship impact, refine strategies, and ensure funds are used effectively.

Award

NonProfit PRO

JULY 25, 2025

How do they hire, train, and retain people? Utilize your network. As part of my volunteer work chairing a local Association of Fundraising Professionals committee, I spoke at a regional conference. Replacing key staff—especially high-performing fundraisers—is costly. addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

Retail

NonProfit PRO

JULY 16, 2025

This collaboration will embed Constant Contacts AI-driven digital marketing platform within Blackbaud Raisers Edge NXT fundraising software. Raisers Edge NXT delivers unmatched fundraising capabilities, starting with a data model thats purpose-built for our social impact users and supercharged with our own fundraising-optimized AI tools.

AI

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. After the donor passes away, the nonprofit retains the remaining value. Incorporate planned giving into fundraising appeals. Measure and refine the program.

CRM

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Count the Salvation Army among organizations where leaders are bullish on the day, despite the late date directly impacting one of its unique fundraising channels — the bell ringers who stand aside its trademark Red Kettles. “We It has impacted fundraising over the last couple of years. Bannon hopes urgency will spur donations.

Pass-Through

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It’s imperative that you recruit a strong volunteer base and, more important, retain volunteers by valuing their time, effort, and skills. If you’re ready to make a plan to retain your volunteers, start with these six tips. Utilize Their Strengths Volunteers feel valued when they can use their expertise for a good cause.

Retainer

CauseVox

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Imagine this: you set what you think is an ambitious fundraising goal for your virtual event and then watch as you double, triple, quadruple that goal in the days leading up to the event. Then, you cross the finish line – and end up raising 12 times your fundraising goal ! Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Drove Fundraising Success. “We

Mentor

amplifi

JULY 25, 2024

So, when was the last time you did some soul-searching and asked, “What fundraising communications mistakes are we making, and how do we fix them?” Whether you’re new to fundraising or have been working at a nonprofit for decades, there’s always room for improvement. A donor survey is another under-utilized and powerful outreach tool.

Fundraising

NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 19, 2021

For New York City-based Smile Train, the largest cleft organization in the world, its year-end efforts last year presented challenges, yet valuable lessons learned that it will utilize as it moves forward. Now, capitalizing on last year’s fundraising success is vital.

Retainer

Pamela Grow

JANUARY 11, 2024

We faced a global pandemic, resulting in oftentimes disastrous fundraising. Organizations relying on event-driven fundraising suffered. And one of the biggest event-driven fundraising models shuttered their doors. Then, once nonprofits recovered their wits and resumed asking, fundraising initially rebounded big time.

AI

Qgiv

MARCH 27, 2023

ChatGPT and fundraising may not be two things you’d think would go together, but the combination works better than you’d expect. What is ChatGPT ChatGPT for Fundraising Appeals ChatGPT for Thank Yous ChatGPT for Resource Materials ChatGPT for Fundraising Ideas What is ChatGPT? Be sure to double check any work created by ChatGPT.

ChatGPT

Qgiv

AUGUST 21, 2023

GivingTuesday is quickly approaching, meaning a big day of fundraising for nonprofits like yours. Many organizations use GivingTuesday as a social media campaign to increase fundraising and spread awareness for their cause. It’s that time of year to start your 2023 GivingTuesday prep!

ChatGPT

GiveSmart

OCTOBER 14, 2024

This means your nonprofit faces an excellent opportunity to engage with donors through your year-end giving fundraiser and gain more support. The best way to retain your donors is to make them feel welcome and follow up with efficient communication on ways they can stay involved with your nonprofit.

Software

Qgiv

JULY 30, 2021

Peer-to-peer fundraising is an incredible opportunity to leverage your supporters’ personal networks and increase the reach of your campaign. This strategy involves recruiting supporters to fundraise on your behalf, and you might be surprised to find out just how many of them are willing to fundraise for your organization!

Fundraising

NonProfit PRO

MARCH 3, 2022

Manage your nonprofit’s core activities—fundraising, CRM, and accounting—in one software solution. Foundant’s NonprofitCore helps utilize your staff, time, money, and other resources more effectively with streamlined and automatic workflows and reporting.

CRM

CauseVox

MARCH 24, 2022

You’re struggling to connect with your target audience and gain or retain their support. Filmmaker and storytelling expert, Rain Bennett, will walk you through how to utilize the power of storytelling via video as a key marketing technique to help hook your audience fast, while keeping them engaged for the long haul.

Retainer

Greater Giving

AUGUST 13, 2024

School fundraising is a complex endeavor, requiring a delicate balance of strategy, resources, and community engagement. While many challenges arise, one stands out as the most significant: recruiting, training, and retaining volunteers. What challenges have you faced when recruiting, training, or retaining volunteers for your school?

Fundraising

Greater Giving

AUGUST 8, 2024

Overcoming Common Fundraising Challenges in Elementary and Middle Schools We at Greater Giving know the incredible work you do to support your schools. You wear many hats, and fundraising is often a crucial one. But fear not, superhero fundraisers! The struggle to find and keep these amazing individuals is real!

Fundraising

Greater Giving

JUNE 20, 2024

6 Resourceful Fundraising Event Strategies to Maximize Impact For many charities, events are a cornerstone of their fundraising strategy. From galas and auctions to walkathons and online fundraisers, events not only generate significant revenue but also enhance visibility and donor engagement.

Fundraising

Qgiv

AUGUST 4, 2023

Learn more about how volunteer management and retention can help your organization: What is volunteer management How to manage volunteers Why is volunteer retention important How to retain volunteers What is volunteer management? Volunteers save your organization time and money when utilized correctly with a volunteer management process.

Management

Qgiv

MARCH 14, 2023

Despite organizations utilizing fundraising best practices , many challenges for nonprofits remain. They are: Donor retention Leveraging technology Economic uncertainty Fundraising events Donor communication and engagement 1. Leveraging Technology Nonprofit fundraising technology drives so much of today’s giving.

Nonprofit

CauseVox

JULY 31, 2023

Through a combination of fundraising efforts, community engagement, and storytelling, Giving Days aim to create a surge of donations and raise awareness about the vital work your nonprofit organization is doing. Set Clear Goals It is important to define your fundraising target, donor engagement goals and impact-oriented objectives.

Nonprofit

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

To be a skilled fundraiser, you need many skills. You’ll make mistakes, miss opportunities, and learn valuable lessons on your journey to becoming a seasoned fundraising professional. That being said, everyone makes fundraising mistakes, it’s how you learn from them that matters most. Top fundraising mistakes to avoid 1.

Fundraising

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

This approach not only enhances donor satisfaction by providing a personalized experience but also significantly improves fundraising outcomes by maintaining continuous engagement and reducing donor attrition. This structured approach helps you effectively engage and retain supporters over time.

Demographics

Qgiv

MAY 3, 2023

Fundraising calendars help set your nonprofit up for success for the entire year. A fundraising calendar enables you to keep your goals, campaigns, strategies, and due dates all in one place that your whole team has access to. Another objective you need to define for your fundraising calendar is your awareness goal.

Calendar

Qgiv

MARCH 26, 2024

By tapping into the plethora of free resources, your team can better prepare for your fundraising campaigns to raise more money and more awareness for your cause. These resources often offer great advice so you can create a first-rate fundraising strategy. Optimized fundraising. Enriched knowledge. Enhanced outreach.

Nonprofit

Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2023

Recurring donation calls to action (CTA’s) are a wonderful opportunity for your nonprofit to raise more money because recurring donations are great for retaining donors and increasing gift sizes. Sometimes, your donors will want to give more frequently than during active fundraising campaigns.

Donation

Qgiv

OCTOBER 9, 2024

It’s no secret social media has become a powerful tool for amplifying fundraising efforts and driving donations for organizations. Your organization can harness that potential by taking advantage of social media fundraising ideas designed to boost donations and enhance engagement. Why should nonprofits use social media for fundraising?

Media

Big Fundraising Ideas

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Maximizing Impact: How Gift Card Fundraisers for Schools Boost Support and Funds Gift card fundraising offers schools an efficient and inclusive way to raise essential funds. Gift card fundraisers for schools are innovative and efficient methods of raising funds to support various educational programs and initiatives.

Retail

CauseVox

JANUARY 2, 2025

From school fundraisers to upscale galas, hosting a raffle is unequivocally a great fundraising tool for any nonprofit. For example, if you sold 1,000 tickets at $5 each ($5,000 jackpot), your organization retains half of the proceeds ($2,500) and the winner takes home the other half ($2,500). What Is A 50/50 Raffle?

IT

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 3, 2023

Gift coding practices can make or break your nonprofit’s fundraising strategy. When it comes to being able to effectively analyze your donor’s giving patterns, and generating accurate fundraising reports, utilizing a consistent and well thought-out strategy of coding the gifts that your nonprofit receives is imperative.

Fundraising

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Donor segmentation can be an effective tool to use throughout your fundraising efforts, including in your text fundraising appeals. While text fundraising is effective, it can be difficult to create texts that feel personalized due to their short length. Want to help us reach the finish line? Give now: [Link].

Template

GiveSmart

AUGUST 12, 2024

Both want to attract and retain donors to further their nonprofit's cause. Gain diverse perspectives: A collaboration between your development and marketing departments can increase diversity in fundraising campaigns. To achieve shared goals, these teams can collaborate on fundraising campaigns and content calendars.

Retainer

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

From planning peer-to-peer fundraisers to properly marketing your online campaigns, there’s an endless number of items on your to-do lists. That’s why it’s essential to carefully choose the right software solutions to support your operations–the right tool can drive a high ROI for your fundraising efforts. Personalize donor engagement.

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