Fundraising Archive

2 Email Templates to Soft Launch Your Nonprofit’s Fundraising Campaign

May 16, 2021
By Audrey Phillips, a customer success manager at Classy – a social enterprise that creates world-class online fundraising software for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. A fundraising campaign soft launch—the release of your campaign to a limited audience prior to the general public—allows your organization to establish early momentum on your campaign. When you invite...

3 Smart Branding Strategies for Nonprofits

April 26, 2021
By Beth Singer, Principal at Beth Singer Design, LLC – a design and communications firm specializing in nonprofit organizations to help them fundraise, educate, and promote membership and events through design solutions. As passionate as we all are about our causes and their corresponding missions, from the inside looking out, sometimes we lose sight of the actual goal of...

3 Tips to Help Your Nonprofit Steward Corporate Partners

April 17, 2021
Sponsored Post by: Accelerist, a leader in social impact partnership technology, supporting hundreds of brands and charitable organizations in finding and growing their partnerships with each other. With a heightened focus on building new partnerships, the importance of stewardship is often overlooked in corporate fundraising. Yet, the vast majority of your annual corporate revenue will come from partners that...

8 Best Practices for Fall 2021 Golf Fundraisers

April 10, 2021
By GolfStatus.org – an event management platform specifically for golf fundraisers. While social distancing restrictions are beginning to loosen, large fundraising events like galas and auctions are likely still on pause for the rest of the year. Fortunately, golf tournaments continue to provide a safe option for in-person fundraisers, with their outdoor setting and innate social distancing. Fall is...

How Nonprofits Can Steward Corporate Donors on Social Media

February 28, 2021
By Allison Weber, founder of Allison Weber Consulting, a fundraising and communications business dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations tell better stories. It’s no secret that corporate donors are invaluable partners for nonprofits. They can make a huge impact as they provide significant support across areas including grantmaking, employee engagement and cause marketing. The mystery that stumps some organizations is how to...

How Your Nonprofit Can Effectively Fundraise Using RoundUp App

February 12, 2021
By Kelly Pullin, Marketing Manager at RoundUp App – the nation’s largest tool for rounded up donations, giving nonprofits across the country a new stream of recurring giving. Every year it becomes more and more crucial for nonprofits to invest in online fundraising programs. According to the 2020 Benchmarks Data from M+R, overall online giving revenue increased by 10%...

8 Ways Nonprofits Can Help P2P Fundraisers Meet & Exceed Their Goals

February 8, 2021
By Audrey Phillips, a customer success manager at Classy – a social enterprise that creates world-class online fundraising software for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. A successful peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising campaign requires thoughtful planning and a strong understanding of how to motivate your fundraisers to meet and exceed their goals. At Classy,...

6 Benefits of Launching a Website for Your 2021 Golf Fundraiser

February 1, 2021
By GolfStatus.org – an event management platform specifically for golf fundraisers. Free Webinar On February 23: How to Host a Successful Virtual or Hybrid Golf Fundraiser for Your Nonprofit As virtual events continue into 2021 and the outlook for traditional in-person fundraisers looks bleak, golf tournaments have become especially crucial for nonprofits large and small. Event management technology has...

10 Online Fundraising Tools to Watch in 2021

January 31, 2021
Each year Nonprofit Tech for Good features a new set of online fundraising tools that are timely and relevant for the year to come. This year’s tools tap into fundraising trends that have emerged as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, from t-shirt fundraising for virtual events to contactless in-person giving. 1. Bonfire :: bonfire.com Bonfire enables nonprofits to...

[FREE WEBINAR] Finding and Engaging Major Donors During the COVID-19 Pandemic

January 25, 2021
Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 Time: 1pm EST / 10am PST Presented by: DonorPerfect and Amy Eisenstein, ACFRE Cost: Free As nonprofits continue to adapt to the new normal, many fundraisers struggle with the goal of engaging major donors. Join major giving expert and ACFRE, Amy Eisenstein, as she delves into the trending topics your organization needs to tune into this year...

9 Socially-Distant Donor Engagement Ideas for Nonprofits

January 24, 2021
By Laura Bucher, Storyteller at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. After the challenges thrown at us throughout 2020, no one’s quite sure what 2021 will bring. But there are two things that are certain: social distancing will continue to be a reality and your donors will continue to believe in your mission....

9 Lessons Learned from Hosting Virtual Fundraising Events

January 19, 2021
By Matthew Burnell, Founder of ClickBid, a mobile bidding provider for online auctions, virtual galas, and in-person events. Fundraising has not stopped during these uncertain times. Since March, we have seen organizations take their annual fundraisers online and go virtual. At ClickBid we have been fortunate to assist and be a part of these transitions. We have seen incredible...

9 Virtual Fundraising Event Resources for Nonprofits

January 10, 2021
A list curated by MobileCause – a nonprofit technology company that pioneered text-to-donate and also offers an extensive suite of online, mobile, and event fundraising solutions. As you review your fundraising plans and goals for the past year, it’s easy to look back and see a year marked by postponed and cancelled events. But it was also a year...