For fundraisers, winter is a time of both prosperity and stress. Between the December donation rush and planning for the new year, it’s easy to freeze (get it?) fundraising events during the winter. But fundraising… Read More
Forbes summarized the findings of the research study we completed with Campaign Monitor! They shared a number of takeaways from the study, including insights into how donors discover and prefer to communicate with nonprofits. Among… Read More
How many times are you planning to reach out to donors to ask for a year-end gift? It’s not enough to reach out once during your end-of-year campaign. Banking your fundraising results on one big… Read More
Aren’t Pixar movies the best? They have so many lessons to teach us! Lessons about empathy, lessons about perseverance, lessons about the power of nicely cooked vegetables… the list goes on. Just for fun, we… Read More
Online giving to charitable organizations (colleges included!) has increased an average of 10% every year since 2012. According to a report by Nonprofit Source, 54% of donors worldwide prefer to donate online with… Read More
A major fundraising event can raise significant revenue for nonprofit organizations. Undoubtedly, larger organizations have an advantage when it comes to recruiting manpower for their fundraisers. But smaller nonprofits can run successful fundraising events even… Read More
Online Giving for Churches: Inspire Members to Give Their Way Online giving tools for churches are growing in popularity, as they support church fundraising in ways that traditional tithing hasn’t. By incorporating… Read More
Every year, donations to faith-based organizations account for the majority of philanthropic gifts. Lots of those donations are tithes or gifts to places of worship. Those gifts and tithes are a valuable source of income,… Read More
This is a guest post from our partner, Carolyn M. Appleton. With three decades of hands-on experience in major gift fundraising and nonprofit communications and a “can-do” attitude, Carolyn has raised more than $33 million… Read More