5 Tips for Organizing a Stellar Walk-A-Thon Fundraiser

Walking is something that most of us can do with ease, and it is a relaxing and healthy way to pass the time. This is what makes walk-a-thons popular for school organizations and nonprofits looking for a challenging and engaging way of raising money. Organizing ...

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Fundraising for Your Church: 4 Foundational Tools You Need

Fundraising is an integral part of how churches work. They provide spiritual services, community, and programming to congregants for free, and rely on generous donations and tithes to keep their doors open. When they have a reliable revenue stream, churches can give back to their ...

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Improve User Experience On Your Website: 3 Strategies

Your nonprofit’s website is your “home” on the internet and the main area where supporters interact with you. It serves a number of supporter engagement functions, from collecting donations, to sharing educational resources, to facilitating advocacy campaigns. That’s why it’s crucial for your site to ...

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Incorporating Matching Gifts in an Annual Giving Campaign

Annual giving is a hot topic for nonprofit fundraising, and organizations like yours are always looking for new and improved ways to bring their efforts to the next level. And that’s why matching gifts and annual giving campaigns go hand in hand. In this guide, ...

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Corporate Gift Matching Software Can Be A Game Changer For Your CRM

It is no secret that nonprofits thrive off of the relationships they build with their donor base. Nonprofit organizations are fueled by the support, time, and dollars given by their donors. The maintenance of these donor relationships is crucial, but the best way to grow ...

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Q+A with the Experts: Matching Gifts and Higher Education

At Fundraising IP, we know a lot about matching gifts and how they go to elevate fundraising at institutions of all shapes, sizes, and missions. Here, we’ll focus on matching gifts and higher education organizations like colleges and universities. Unfortunately, research by matching gift experts ...

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Fundraising for a Dog Park with Dog Houses and Doggie Bowls

Today’s dog parks bear little resemblance to those of yore. Not only are they designed with a range of amenities for both dogs and their humans, but they also add value to communities, supporting walkable neighborhoods and strong social ties. However, funding to build dog ...

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How to Write a Donation Request Letter for an Animal Charity

Sending out a donation request letter for your animal-focused nonprofit can be daunting. Letters asking for donations are constantly sent out by animal-focused charities and groups worldwide. So how can you meet your fundraising goals by making your donation request stand out in such a ...

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Create a Website For Your Cause: 5 Steps To Get Started

Whether you’re new to the world of fundraising or you’re a professional who’s been running campaigns for years, you know that there are a lot of options out there for raising money for your cause. Between the many online fundraising platforms to choose from and ...

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Rental Income for Nonprofits: A Viable Fundraising Option

Many nonprofits typically lean on more traditional fundraising methods like dues, raffles, and events to raise money. But there are other, less thought of methods of fundraising that involve leveraging physical assets; mainly, it involves earning rental income. Renting out owned space makes sense for ...

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5 Skills for Board Member Training + How To Teach Them

There are quite a few challenges that come with being a nonprofit board member. In recent studies, nonprofits report several “high or moderate” challenges, including internal resource constraints, changing technology, loss or decline of major revenue streams, and more. To prosper in their roles amid ...

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Improve Your Nonprofit’s Brand Image: 4 Questions to Ask

Your nonprofit’s brand is essentially the visual image that you put out into the community to remind your community members of who your organization is, your mission, and your general personality. It’s the core of your marketing strategy and helps develop your organization’s reputation. With more than 1.6 ...

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How to Navigate Workplace Giving: 5 Ways to Help Your Donors

Workplace giving programs are incredibly impactful forms of corporate philanthropy offered by thousands of businesses across the globe. These initiatives enable a company’s employees to have a direct say in their employers’ charitability—including the amount contributed overall and the specific organizations that receive funding⁠—through their ...

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11 Corporate Philanthropy Statistics Nonprofits Should Know

Corporate philanthropy is a powerful business practice that ultimately benefits nonprofits in significantly positive ways. Yet many organizations fail to realize the potential of these fundraising practices or even the extent to which they are available. That’s why we’ve put together this list of top ...

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How to Develop a Matching Gift Program: A Step-by-Step Guide

Matching gifts are one of the most popular types of corporate philanthropy for nonprofits, donors, and employers. Thousands of companies⁠—of all shapes and sizes⁠—offer corporate matching gift initiatives for their staff. If you run a business that’s developing a matching gift program (or are still ...

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