OneCause

APRIL 28, 2025

Be sure to build and optimize your participant portal to help your participants recruit team members, access resources that help them fundraise, showcase their personal fundraising pages , ask for donations from their social networks, and track progress toward their fundraising goals. Embrace mobile tools and tactics. Level up your emails.

Fundraising

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. Retaining donors is equally challengingthe average nonprofit donor retention rate is consistently around 45%. Make it easy for supporters to complete their donations.

Donation

Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2025

Theyre an opportunity to showcase your schools achievements and build relationships that translate into broader community support for your educational goals. Post students photos on social media or your schools website and allow community members to vote for their favorite looks by contributing donations.

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CauseVox

MARCH 17, 2025

Planning the Golf Tournament Fundraiser Set Clear Goals Before you hit the green, start by setting crystal-clear goals. Home Page The home page (as displayed in the Scouting for America example above) should showcase key details like date, location, and fundraising goals. Ask yourself: What is our fundraising target?

Fundraising

Center for Major Gifts

MARCH 22, 2025

Although email, printed letters, and social media acknowledgments have their place, they rarely match the impact of a live conversation. The goal is to be conversational, not reciting a prepared speech. A quick, heartfelt phone call can be a game-changer when it comes to retaining donors and inspiring future giving.

CRM

Blackbaud

JULY 31, 2025

The Goal of an Annual Giving Campaign: Secure the Foundation The primary goal of an annual giving campaign is to raise unrestricted funds to support your nonprofit’s ongoing operational costs and core programs throughout the year. This generation donates via digital channels like social media (23%).

Donation

Big Fundraising Ideas

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Fundraisers are vital to supporting school programs, but their impact can extend far beyond immediate monetary goals if post-event reviews are conducted effectively. These shouldinclude: Assessing overall success: Did the fundraiser meet its financial and non-financial goals? Why Conduct a Post-Fundraiser Review?

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Blackbaud

JULY 16, 2025

Can becoming more intentional in your relationship-building strategies help your organization retain more donors? Look for volunteer service, social media interactions, and other forms of engagement. For annual, recurring, and midlevel gifts, the goal is to match the cultivation plan to their interests and past involvement.

Fundraising

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This committee will be responsible for: Setting goals for the auction. Set both revenue and performance goals. Plus, you can use these photos in your social media posts to promote the event and entice your followers to get involved. To determine these target metrics, review past event results. Build an auction website.

Procurement

Big Fundraising Ideas

JANUARY 21, 2025

Winning Online Fundraising Strategies for High School Basketball Teams Blog Summary: The article highlights online fundraising strategies for high school basketball teams, focusing on social media campaigns, crowdfunding, virtual events, and selling digital products.

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Blackbaud

APRIL 28, 2025

Higher education institutions today face mounting pressures to attract and retain students in an increasingly competitive landscape. With shrinking budgets and growing demands for accountability, schools must find innovative ways to support their students while achieving institutional goals.

Award

Big Fundraising Ideas

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Youll find practical tips on planning, organizing, and engaging the community, all designed to help your school meet its goals while keeping the excitement high. On the one hand, you want to spark enthusiasm, creativity, and community spirit; on the other, you have financial goals and deadlines to meet.

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

JULY 17, 2025

In this guide, we’ll explore four strategies for retaining your volunteers and cultivating loyal support for your mission. For volunteers who appreciate public recognition, shout them out on social media, in your newsletter, and through spotlights on your website. Create a structured onboarding process. Providing public recognition.

Training

Big Fundraising Ideas

APRIL 22, 2025

School fundraising is more than collecting donations or selling products to meet financial goals. But fundraising isnt just about meeting monetary goals. Or is the goal to enhance school spirit while supporting multiple initiatives? Social Media : Create a dedicated event page on platforms like Facebook or Instagram.

Fundraising

Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The goal is to raise $5 million! Effective audience research is essential for nonprofits looking to expand or retain their audiences. I'll have mine with extra syrup and social good! Next week, McDonald's will bring back its Shamrock Shake. For every shake sold, McDonalds will donate 25 cents to RMHC. Marketing Your Cause 1.

Funding

Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 24, 2024

My goal in taking your classes was to be a better fundraiser for sure. We do really well at retaining donors. She has expanded our outreach in social media and in our local communities bringing our organization out there to more people but also bringing people into our organization. I am sending you so much gratitude.

Donation

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Retain more volunteers over time. Volunteer lifecycle stage The goal of this stage Strategies to use at this stage Recruitment Introduce your volunteer opportunities to new audience members and inspire them to sign up. Improve volunteer satisfaction. Appreciation Recognize volunteers for a job well done.

Management

Blackbaud

JUNE 11, 2025

This trend is small, and many private schools still struggle to reach their enrollment goals, but it does create an environment ripe for admissions teams. Inquiry source analysis allows schools to pinpoint effective channels—such as social media, websites, referrals, or events—and allocate resources to the most influential areas.

Applicant

Selfish Giving

APRIL 9, 2025

This webinar will be bursting with practical ideas on celebrating, retaining, and expanding your corporate partnerships. User Testimonials: Highlight quotes from past or current corporate partners who share how your nonprofit helped them achieve business goals (e.g., Today's the day! Wisdom of the Crowd: Use numbers.

IT

Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

To keep donors around and retain their support, organizations have to grab supporters’ attention and make their communications stand out from the thousands of messages their audience receives each day. Define your segmentation goals. Any strong strategy starts with goal-setting. Social media posts. between 2022 and 2023.

Demographics

amplifi

JANUARY 4, 2024

We hope you met all your goals and raised a lot of money this appeal season that will help make the world a better place. And you can do even more if you make it a priority to retain year-end donors! And saying thank you the right way after someone gives is crucial if you want to retain year-end donors! Jump on it!

Retainer

OneCause

AUGUST 2, 2023

So, let’s look at some proven tips to help your nonprofit recruit and retain more peer-to-peer participants. For example, the OneCause peer-to-peer solution offers leaderboards for top fundraisers and recruiters or badges for when participants meet half their fundraising goal, raise 100 dollars, exceed their fundraising goal, etc.

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 ! Ah, the powers of technology.

Mentor

Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 30, 2024

You can also use data gathered from social media, email, and other marketing platforms to see who is engaging with your communications. The donor journey follows these stages: Awareness: The donor discovers the nonprofit through a social media campaign.

Ethics

Qgiv

MAY 10, 2022

Ensure that you’re able to do your best work by setting up a donor pipeline: a structured way to attract, cultivate, and retain your donors. The goal of every nonprofit should be to convert one-time donors into repeat donors. Remember, many of your prospective donors are going to find your nonprofit via its website or on social media.

Retainer

Qgiv

JULY 12, 2022

How do you recruit, coach, and retain your board members? Before worrying about how to coach and retain board members, you first need a full board. That means advertising for new volunteers using social media, your newsletter, and any other communication channel that is relevant to your nonprofit. Retaining your board members.

Retainer

Qgiv

AUGUST 21, 2023

Many organizations use GivingTuesday as a social media campaign to increase fundraising and spread awareness for their cause. Before November rolls around, you need to prepare your organization for the big day and set your GivingTuesday goals. Use these 10 tips to kickstart your GivingTuesday prep!

ChatGPT

Pamela Grow

MAY 25, 2023

Whether you’re planning a 5k fundraiser , dance-a-thon, or social media campaign, you know a lot goes into preparing for a peer-to-peer fundraising initiative. Participants must ask for donations from their family members and friends to help reach their individual fundraising goals. Personally reach out to current supporters.

Fundraising

Greater Giving

APRIL 17, 2023

Nonprofit organizations rely heavily on the support and dedication of volunteers to achieve their goals. Recruiting and retaining nonprofit volunteers can be a challenge, especially in today’s busy and competitive world. In this article, we’ll explore some best practices for recruiting and retaining nonprofit volunteers.

Retainer

GiveSmart

OCTOBER 27, 2023

After all, connecting with donors and bringing attention to your campaign are some of the most important elements of meeting your donation goals. Choose a Theme and a Goal The first step to creating a campaign is choosing your theme and overall goal. How will it impact your mission? How does it impact the individuals you serve?

Goals

Qgiv

OCTOBER 9, 2024

It’s no secret social media has become a powerful tool for amplifying fundraising efforts and driving donations for organizations. The importance of harnessing social media’s potential cannot be overstated—it offers bigger reach and the ability to connect with a broader audience instantly.

Media

CauseVox

AUGUST 12, 2024

Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just dipping your toes in, we’ve got the tips and tricks to help you reach your goals. Here’s how you can spice things up: Crowdfunding Crowdfunding is all about harnessing the power of the internet and social media to reach a huge audience and collect lots of small donations.

Fundraising

GiveSmart

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Do you have your social media strategy planned out? Use the next few weeks to prepare a variety of posts for all your different social media channels including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Focus on the social media platform where your supporters are most active, but don’t neglect the other channels.

Media

Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Creating a sustainable, scalable fundraising campaign that will help you grow your future impact is just as important as reaching your fundraising goal. Focus on Acquiring and Retaining Donors. All fundraisers know that their main goal is to raise money, but not all of them think about sustainability or scalability. Let’s begin.

Fundraising

The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

A plurality (44%) indicated they met their revenue goals for the year. Even better, 31% said they exceeded their revenue goals for the year, according to a new data from Blackbaud Institute, a research lab under the aegis of Charleston, South Carolina-based software provider Blackbaud. There are other indications of optimism.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 1, 2024

GivingTuesday has historically been famous for engaging audiences on social media. The CauseVox 2023 Giving Study found that among the younger generations, 76% said that social media influences their decision to make a charitable gift. Allows donors to celebrate with you when your goal is achieved.

Nonprofit

Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

So, consider creating a communications calendar from GivingTuesday through December 31 st and using email, snail mail, social media, telephone calls, and even SMS messages to connect with donors and remind them to give. Have a year-end fundraising goal and plan to set yourself up for success.

Fundraising