Streamline Your Volunteer Management: 7 Registration Tips

Volunteer management comes with several challenges. You need to keep track of which volunteers are accomplishing which tasks, assign appropriate projects to the right people, and coordinate schedules, all while monitoring a variety of other moving parts to the program. You’ll also need to align ...

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Top 4 Traits to Look for When Hiring a Fundraiser

Hiring a fundraiser is hard work. It’s probably the most difficult position to fill in your organization, even more than a Director sometimes! Good fundraisers have similar traits, however. The subject has been researched by a number of scholars and professionals. As a fundraiser myself, ...

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Where to Look for Fundraiser Professional Support

Fundraising professionals are generally the most in need of professional support within the nonprofit team. But, with hard pressed budgets and pushes from donors to spend their money directly on programs, they are often the least likely to get support. If you are a nonprofit ...

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6 Tricks to Find the Right Donor Prospects for Your Cause

Finding the right donor prospects is probably harder than actually asking for donations! You have a wonderful, unique project. Everyone else in your field is getting grants and donations (it seems). But you have searched and searched, and you just cannot find the right donors ...

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6 Key Features for Your Volunteer Program’s Liability Waiver

Your volunteers allow your nonprofit to accomplish a variety of important projects, from working on your program initiatives to helping out with fundraising campaigns. Of course, before your volunteers can get to work, they’ll need to complete your volunteer registration process, which might include a ...

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Perfecting Your Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Strategy: 3 Tips

Peer-to-peer fundraising is one of the most effective and engaging fundraising strategies out there. Your supporters can either donate or get involved with the campaign by creating their own fundraising page and encouraging others to give. Although your supporters help your nonprofit market the fundraising ...

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Fundraising Anxiety: What It Is and How to Beat It

Fundraising anxiety affects nearly all nonprofits. Not meeting your fundraising goals translates to staff and programs being cut. Your colleagues may be out of a job, and critical social services are diminished, affecting people and communities in need. While similar to burnout, fundraising anxiety is ...

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10 Books to Read to Become a Better Fundraiser

Regardless if you are just starting out, or have years of experience, understanding the current trends in fundraising, the current thinking toward philanthropy, and new ways to write communication materials or proposals, among other topics, is critical. Following are 10 books to read that will ...

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6 Virtual Marathon Models for Your Charity to Race Away With!

Virtual marathons and races are the latest rage in online fundraising. While many models exist, the basic principle is to encourage grassroots, peer-to-peer fundraising in a flexible way. Like a traditional marathon or race/walk fundraiser, groups set a date (or a timeframe) for participants to ...

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How To Use Email to Simplify Donor Retention – 3 Sample Emails

One of the best ways your nonprofit can use email is for donor retention. It’s simple, it’s fast, and it does not take a lot of time and planning. It also is perfect for donors that have already given to you, because it seems personal. ...

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Sample Fundraising Appeal Letter for Veterans

Following is a sample donation request letter for veterans. Feel free to copy it and modify it for your fundraising needs. For any other use, please contact us. (More fundraising letters and templates…) There are more than 21 million veterans and active service men and women ...

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3 Important Tips For Rare Disease Fundraising

With nearly 7,000 rare illnesses in the world today, an illness that only affects 3,000 people per year can often be overlooked.  It is estimated that 25 – 30 million Americans are living with a rare disease today. With these facts and figures in mind, ...

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7 Questions Answered About International Women’s Day

In March, countries and communities celebrate women all over the world. March is Women’s History Month in the United States. And millions celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) specifically toward a goal of promoting gender parity and celebrating the accomplishments and roles of women in our ...

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How Nonprofits Can Use Peer-To-Peer Texting For Effective Fundraising

Personalization is extremely important when it comes to building relationships with donors. And it goes without saying, that if your nonprofit has a good relationship with your donors, they are much likelier to stay associated with your organization. So when it comes to laying the ...

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