6 Branding Essentials for Your Nonprofit Website Design

A strong nonprofit website requires several different design elements, from mobile optimization to streamlined navigation. However, it’s not only important to consider the function of your website, but also how well your digital presence conveys your identity and communicates your brand to your audience. After ...

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Matching Gift Software Reviews | What Real Users Have to Say

We’ve written previously at FundraisingIP about the benefits of matching gift programs for nonprofits—and how they can best assist their donors in navigating the opportunities. After all, matching gift programs have emerged as a powerful tool to amplify the impact of individual giving. In fact, they’re ...

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8 Unique Fundraising Ideas for Your Fraternity or Sorority

From recruitment to graduation, your brothers or sisters all pitch in to help your chapter thrive through fundraising. Not only do your members fundraise to offset internal costs such as dues, but they also fundraise to satisfy one of your core values: community service. By ...

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4 Tips to Engage Your Community Through Charity Races

Whether you want to enhance your corporate team building or expand your community connections, charity races are exceptional opportunities to engage your community. They provide a chance to get active and connect participants under one meaningful cause. To make the most of your charity run experience, follow ...

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5 Ways to Maximize Your Fundraising Event’s Potential

Nonprofit organizations often host fundraising events to generate the revenue they need to work toward their mission. However, these events have the potential to do more for your nonprofit than simply empowering you to collect gifts. They also provide an opportunity to engage supporters, raise ...

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5 Tips for Turning Your Chapter Members into Fundraisers

Whether you’re collecting funds on behalf of your philanthropic partner or your chapter itself, your fraternity or sorority focuses lots of its energy on fundraising. That being said, no matter what you’re fundraising for, executing your fundraising initiatives must be a team effort. However, this can be easier ...

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3 Ways to Prepare for Your Nonprofit’s Next Capital Campaign

Need to construct a new building, update a program facility, or fund an endowment for your organization? You can achieve any of these large projects by launching a capital campaign.  Capital campaigns are large-scale fundraisers carried out over a set time period (usually several years) ...

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Major Gift Fundraising: 4 Essential Strategies for Success

If your nonprofit is seeking a significant amount of funding to supercharge your mission, you’ll need to develop a major gift fundraising strategy. Major gift fundraising is a strategic effort to generate a substantial amount of revenue by tapping your donors who can give the ...

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Association Fundraiser Planning: 5-Step Roadmap to Success

Membership dues account for a decreasing portion of association funding, meaning non-dues revenue is a must for today’s associations. With fundraisers, associations like yours can diversify their revenue sources to expand programs and deliver high-quality educational courses. In addition, fundraising can increase member engagement, recruitment, ...

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Empowering Event Volunteers: 4 Tips for Fundraising Success

Whether you’re a nonprofit or an association, you know that fundraising events can play a huge part in sustaining your organization. Making every fundraiser successful means getting help from tons of people with different skills and responsibilities. From planning events to hosting them and every ...

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4 Essential Policies for Nonprofit Financial Management

As a nonprofit professional, you understand the importance of having a solid fundraising strategy. Soliciting individual donations, hosting events, and leveraging corporate philanthropy allow your organization to bring in the revenue you need to make a difference in your community. However, your strategy for managing ...

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Secure Auctions: Essential Data Protection Considerations

With the many financial transactions that occur within the digital space, your organization needs to make sure its data policies are up to date. Recently, even popular, reputable businesses have experienced data leaks. As your organization continues to comply with general fundraising requirements, take extra time ...

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How to Keep Donor Data Secure with Fundraising Platforms

Donors trust nonprofits to use their donations wisely. However, in donating, supporters give a lot more than just money–they release their personal and financial information. As nonprofits rely on digital tools to collect donations, plan events, and manage volunteers, sensitive data like credit card numbers and ...

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4 Ways to Revitalize and Update Your Nonprofit Website

Have you taken a good look at your nonprofit website recently? If you haven’t conducted an overhaul of your website in the last few years, it might start to look outdated and not reflect your nonprofit’s current brand.  Refreshing your website allows your nonprofit to ...

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Measuring Virtual Nonprofit Event Success: 4 Quick Tips

When it comes to planning a nonprofit fundraising event, nonprofits have to compare the various differences between virtual and in-person formats. For example, attendee engagement during in-person events is more straightforward. Attendees might mingle with each other, listen to a live presentation, or participate in different ...

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