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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 If you haven’t conducted an overhaul of your website in the last few years, it might start to look outdated and not reflect your nonprofit’s current brand.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 generate excitement and online engagement for your cause. This is …
If you’re a PTA member, an elementary school event organizer, or otherwise affiliated with K-12 education or fundraising, you’ve probably already heard of read-a-thon fundraisers. After all, read-a-thons are one of the world’s fastest-growing school fundraisers—and for good reason. Read-a-thons not only have the potential to raise thousands of dollars for your school, but they …
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, we’ll cover everything your nonprofit needs to know, including: The …
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 own giving efforts. As a result, donors love partaking in …
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 corporate philanthropy statistics that will “wow” any fundraiser looking to …
Peer-to-peer fundraising is a popular form of social fundraising in which nonprofits equip supporters to raise money on their behalf. This can be a particularly profitable fundraising strategy that also allows nonprofits to connect with new supporters that may be exposed to their efforts for the first time. But to maximize results and reap these …
Crowdfunding vs. Traditional Fundraising: A Quick Guide How do you know if you’re choosing the right fundraising project for your nonprofit’s size, cause, and audience? It can be easy to stick with the same fundraising plans out of habit. However, if you don’t explore other options, you could be losing out on potential revenue. That’s …
Fundraising thermometers are great donation tracking tools that work in real-time at events, on your virtual fundraising page, or internally with your fundraising team. Here is a quick guide on why they work, how and when to use them, and where to find some free sample templates. Why Fundraising Thermometers Work They are visual. Social …
Think back to this time last year. Most nonprofits were full of excitement for year-end fundraising and hopeful for the prospects that 2020 was bound to bring before too long. Now, things have changed dramatically. 2020 turned out to be a more stressful and bizarre year than anyone could have anticipated and nonprofits are concerned …
We’re now over halfway through the year, and the COVID-19 pandemic (and its effects on fundraising) is sticking around for the foreseeable future. Rather than putting an indefinite pause on F2F fundraising and other acquisition efforts, it’s time to adapt your efforts for our socially distanced world. For many organizations, this has taken a few …
As a fundraiser, you likely entered 2020 with big plans to advance your organization with fundraising. Maybe you planned to kick off your first major campaign or even dive into planned giving. However, we’re now six months into the year, and maybe some of your plans for the new year have been derailed by the …
New and amazing tech tools for digital fundraising are popping up from the sudden need to adapt to social distancing as the new norm. Here are 8 great resources and guides that might give you some new ideas of how to change up your events, programs, and tactics. They can likely help you streamline your …
For many nonprofit organizations, event sponsorships are necessary to acquire the funds to host a successful event. However, pandemics, disasters, economic declines, protests, or any number of unplanned forevents can throw your event sponsorship fundraising in for a loop! While you may not be able to plan for the unexpected, what you can do is …
The top headline on the news for the past several weeks has been Coronavirus (COVID-19). It seems to be affecting every aspect of human life nearly everywhere in the world. Schools are being shut down, cruise ships are being quarantined, and the government is advising that you do not travel or even leave your house …
Advocacy campaigns are a powerful way for nonprofits to make a difference in their communities. Raising awareness and support for a specific cause, these campaigns unify your nonprofit’s supporters to affect real change. As with many other nonprofit activities, organizations are realizing how essential mobile elements are in the success of advocacy campaigns. By ensuring …
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