Community Boost

MAY 13, 2025

Pick your donor businesses, retailers and service providers carefully – if you have good sponsors, your participants will be much more excited and willing to bid on items during the auction. Navigating sending procurement letters and requesting donations can be intimidating, but we want to take the anxiety out of the process for you.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

To run a silent auction, you’ll need to plan many logistics, such as how guests will bid on items, what items you’re procuring, and how you’ll process donations. In addition to your fundraising tools, in-person venue, and auction entertainment, you must consider the price of procuring items and paying staff. Procure auction items.

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CauseVox

JULY 11, 2022

And who better to get peer-to-peer fundraising tips from than a nonprofit professional? Invest in Kids is a Denver-based nonprofit dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of young children and families across the state. In a nutshell, corporate sponsorships are a mutually beneficial agreement between a company and a nonprofit.

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CauseVox

MAY 16, 2022

Planning an event is a daunting task for most nonprofits. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, many nonprofit organizations have found success moving away from in-person fundraising towards virtual and hybrid options. Due to the pandemic, however, retailers may not be able to fulfill procurement requests.

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Selfish Giving

DECEMBER 22, 2017

12, about 900,000 sponsored wreaths were placed on the graves of veterans by a nonprofit called Wreaths Across America. Every wreath was purchased from the for-profit wreath company that created both the nonprofit and the annual event." Then, in 2015, the Wall Street Journal published an article that unnerved me.

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The Fundraising Coach

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

As a nonprofit professional, you’ve probably heard that charity auctions are time-consuming. On top of the venue details, ticketing, and marketing you’re used to handling for general fundraising events, there’s item procurement and bid tracking to consider. Which items should you procure, and how? Close bidding.

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Fundly

JUNE 20, 2024

That’s why Giving Tuesday is such an important time for any nonprofit, no matter your size or cause. It’s a chance for nonprofits, businesses, and individual people to come together and contribute however they can toward making the world a better place. How does Giving Tuesday benefit nonprofits? Last year, in the U.S.

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