CharityHowTo

JANUARY 21, 2025

Staying ahead in digital fundraising is essential for nonprofits to thrive in an increasingly competitive space.

Fundraising

Bonterra

JUNE 18, 2025

In this free webinar, you’ll learn how to stop relying on luck and start building a system that consistently attracts values-aligned supporters every single month. The post On-demand webinar: How to grow your donor list appeared first on Bonterra.

Budget

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.

Fundraising

Soapbox Exchange

JULY 14, 2025

Issue 259 Happy Tuesday, Fundraisers! We’re hosting a special webinar in a couple days to covers strategies and tools for effective online advocacy. Keep scrolling for great fundraising content related to major gifts, peer-to-peer fundraising, and donor data! Find more details and the registration link here.

Fundraising

Joe Garecht Fundraising

MARCH 1, 2025

For decades, some fundraising consultants (including me) have warned non-profits not to rely too heavily on government grants. As fundraising consultants, books, and classes have preached for two decades or more, non-profits need to build a robust multi-channel fundraising program, emphasizing major individual donors.

Government

Just Write Grants

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

To capitalize on this opportunity, nonprofits must employ effective strategies to maximize their fundraising efforts. Virtual Events : Consider virtual holiday events, such as online auctions or webinars, to reach a wider audience. Optimize Your Online Fundraising 3.1 Launch a Year-End Giving Campaign 2.1

Fundraising

Blackbaud

AUGUST 4, 2025

In digital fundraising, the shortest distance between you and your next loyal donor just might be a friend. That’s the power of peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising. Doing Good Digital partnered with Blackbaud to answer those questions during a two-part webinar series. Design a campaign story that fundraisers can get behind.

Fundraising

CauseVox

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Looking to crush your Year-End and GivingTuesday fundraising goals? In this webinar, we’ll show you how to use CauseVox’s cutting-edge tools to create standout campaigns that grab attention and drive donations. Let’s make this your best fundraising season yet!

Fundraising

Future Fundraising Now

DECEMBER 3, 2024

A ten-week series on things you should know about fundraising. It doesn’t matter how smart you are — your instinct about how fundraising should be is untrustworthy. What may seem like “common sense” to you is often exactly wrong in fundraising. They aren’t in fundraising. Trust knowledge, not instinct.

Fundraising

Candid

DECEMBER 18, 2024

These organizations overwhelmingly have small budgets and limited staffing and fundraising capacity. What would it mean if we both greatly increased Latinx giving to these nonprofits from Latinx individuals and helped these organizations to improve their fundraising? of our members report improvements in their fundraising initiatives.

Training

CauseVox

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Optimize user experience (UX) and website design strengthening donor connections to boost online donations this GivingTuesday and year-end. Join us to lean about the role of user experience (UX) and website design in driving online donations.

Fundraising

Just Write Grants

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Here’s why the 12-month mark may not be the best time to measure the effectiveness of your grant writing fundraising strategy. Building rapport with program officers, attending informational webinars, and demonstrating alignment with a funder’s mission can take several months or even years.

Grant Writing

Ann Green's Nonprofit

JUNE 10, 2025

Explore top event ideas to strengthen relationships between donors and beneficiaries, enhance engagement, and maximize fundraising success for your nonprofit. By Jen Wemhoff Nonprofit fundraising is about more than just dollars—it’s about connections. A potluck or BBQ can feel more like a family reunion than a fundraising event.

Fundraising

Candid

APRIL 7, 2025

Community foundations grantmaking exceeded fundraising in fiscal year 2023 For the second straight year, survey results show year-over-year increases in grantmaking by community foundations across all size cohorts, even as fundraising totals continued to decline. billion in total fundraising.

Fundraising

Center for Major Gifts

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Since virtual major donor events require half of the supplies and manpower, they are becoming a lucrative form of fundraising as major gift officers begin to warm to the idea. Since the average online donation is $177USD, and online events can reach a wider audience than in-person functions, there is solid fundraising potential online.

Media

Joe Garecht Fundraising

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Early in my fundraising career, I was tasked with calling through a list of major donor prospects. The VP of Development told me how fundraising, like sales, requires perseverance. The fundraisers who are the most successful with cold outreach are those who are willing to keep trying until they get through to the donor.

Fundraising

CauseVox

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Discover Neil Squire Society’s top strategies for GivingTuesday and year-end success, plus insights into how CauseVox has powered their fundraising efforts. Join Chad Leaman, Director of Innovation at Neil Squire Society, as he shares rapid-fire fundraising tips to empower nonprofits and increase year-end donations.

Fundraising

NonProfit PRO

JULY 30, 2025

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Retail

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 13, 2025

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Funding

Pamela Grow

JULY 2, 2025

For example, imagine that you are a school hosting a popcorn fundraiser. As ABC Fundraising’s guide to fundraising ideas for kids explains, having donors share their thank-you messages with their kids can “inspire the next generation of givers” to participate in philanthropy. Provide additional involvement opportunities.

Donation

Community Boost

MAY 13, 2025

When youre stressed about putting on a fundraiser, you want tried and true tips plus trusted tools at hand to help you keep things running smoothly. Organizations use Auctria to plan and run event and auction fundraisers; theyve raised over 1 Billion with our fundraiser software.

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

And that means you have to figure out how to fundraise for your new venture. Should you start a GoFundMe or turn to a Facebook fundraiser? To fully fund your mission, you have to become a fundraiser. First Steps: Learning and Planning As with all big projects, its important to learn all you can about how to fundraise.

Funding

Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

But you do have evidence in your fundraising CRM. To request a post-election gift, rely on data in your fundraising CRM, your relationship with the donor, and your experience as a gift officer to determine the right ask amount, the right timing, and the right messaging. Did they make their first (only) gift during the election cycle?

CRM

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

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Discover Spur Local’s top strategies for GivingTuesday and year-end success, plus insights into how CauseVox has powered their fundraising efforts. Learn how to boost your Giving Tuesday and year-end fundraising with effective peer-to-peer strategies.

Fundraising

Bonterra

JULY 14, 2025

Whether you’re looking to streamline and personalize your donor engagement, level up your fundraising strategy using predictive analytics and AI, or simply grab a great cup of coffee, we’re here to help. Meet your AI Fundraising Coach. Join Bonterra at Bridge 2025 in National Harbor, MD, July 30 through Aug. Data-driven.

Fundraising

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.

Nonprofit

GiveSmart

JANUARY 23, 2025

There are pockets of opportunity to better engage donors, invest in technology, and better strategize fundraising efforts. What can you and your team expect in the fundraising event, donor relationship, and nonprofit marketing landscapes? However, its important to remember: AI is not a replacement for a qualified fundraiser.

Fundraising

Wild Apricot

JULY 15, 2025

Your important messages – whether it’s about fundraising, new volunteer opportunities, upcoming events or new member activities – should all be sent via email. In their quarterly email, they share about their fundraising goal and how it will help save 50 more animals, so you donate through their call-to-action button.

IT

Center for Major Gifts

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

During a recent webinar, New Administration: How Nonprofits Can Survive and Thrive , I uncovered some shocking numbers about the decline in individual givingnumbers that have largely gone unnoticed in the nonprofit sector. Why Was 2021 a High Year for Fundraising? The Baby Boomer Factor: A Looming Fundraising Crisis?

Policies

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

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

Community Boost

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Let’s dive into what Giving Tuesday is, its history, and how nonprofits can leverage this day to kickstart year-round fundraising efforts. For nonprofits, Giving Tuesday is more than just a single day of fundraising; it’s a launchpad for ongoing efforts throughout the year. What is Giving Tuesday? How Does Giving Tuesday Work?

Nonprofit

NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 4, 2025

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Funding

Greater Giving

JUNE 11, 2025

Speakers Julianne Read, Director of Fundraising Events, Kilbreath Events Webinar Summary This webinar hosted by Greater Giving on Webinar Wednesday focused on transforming donor relationships from transactional to transformational, fostering long-lasting connections. How to Maintain Donor Relationships Key Takeaways 1.

Strategic Plan

GiveSmart

MARCH 20, 2025

With golf increasing in popularity, a charity golf outing is a smart fundraising event format for your organization to consider. Invites and promotion: Set up a dedicated golf fundraising event page where participants can register. Ticket/tournament type: There are a handful of golf fundraiser formats to select for your tournament.

Fundraising

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