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5 Ways to Use Your Smartphone for Social Good

March 4, 2020
By Kaley Aposporos, Content Writer at GoFundMe Charity As a nonprofit, there are certain ways you can encourage your donors to use their phones for good. With these methods, your nonprofit can advocate for general philanthropy and altruism. In a few different instances, you can even point donors toward helping the cause that your nonprofit champions. Ready to get...

5 Social Media Templates for Nonprofit Fundraising Events

February 27, 2020
By Emily Rose Patz, Senior Copywriter at DonorPerfect Check out these social media post templates for ideas of post themes and content format for your Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter feeds. Just plug your content into the placeholders, and you’re good to go. 1) Introduce your event theme with eye-catching imagery. Your first post should pop the most and inspire your supporters...

3 Easy Ways to Get New Email Subscribers and Drive Donor Growth

February 13, 2020
By Josh Kashorek, Director of Marketing at Journity, and advocate for using data to create high-performance nonprofit marketing campaigns. Every nonprofit needs two things to drive sustainable growth: new contacts and new donors. There’s no silver bullet that will make donors come flocking to your website eager to hand their hard-earned cash over to you. But there are some...

The Top Charity Event Ideas to Know for 2020

January 23, 2020
By Jenna Davis, Content Writer at GoFundMe Charity – an easy-to-use platform that helps nonprofits raise money by offering robust fundraising features, such as custom branding, registration and ticketing, advanced data reporting, and customizable donate buttons. Just as online fundraising has evolved over the past decade, so have fundraising event ideas. Black tie galas and silent auctions will always be mainstays,...

Online Fundraising: What Your Nonprofit Needs to Do to Be Compliant

January 17, 2020
By Sharon Cody, Partnership Manager at Harbor Compliance, a leading provider of compliance solutions for nonprofits. Sharon’s 30+ years in the nonprofit sector have made her passionate about educating nonprofits on the role of compliance as both a best practice and an industry differentiator. It’s 2020, a new decade has arrived and online fundraising is here to stay. Online...

5 Call-to-Actions for Your Nonprofit’s Donation Confirmation Page

January 13, 2020
By Christy Noel, Vice President of Digital Marketing Services at MobileCause – a company that pioneered text-to-donate and also offers an extensive suite of online, mobile and event fundraising solutions. She advises nonprofits to accelerate their fundraising and engagement efforts through giving and marketing strategies via digital technologies. You did it: your donation appeal was a success. Now you want...

3 Ways to Manage & Grow Major Donor Relationships

December 12, 2019
By Emily Rose Patz, Senior Copywriter at DonorPerfect Major donors are the most valuable supporters of the nonprofit world. They build wings in museums, sponsor new research at hospitals, and provide large amounts of financial support for special projects. They find great satisfaction and pride in funding growth and expansion. The key to achieving your nonprofit’s greatest goals? Follow these three...

Best Practices for Golf Fundraisers: 10 Tips for Nonprofits

December 6, 2019
By Katie Casillas, director of marketing at GolfStatus.org, an event management platform specifically for golf fundraisers. Golf fundraisers are a huge opportunity for outreach, stewardship, and certainly for fundraising. They attract an ideal audience—donors and businesses with high-capacity networks often interested in supporting community events with exposure to an affluent and influential demographic. While their benefits are unmatched, it’s...

3 Ways to Spotlight Your Monthly Giving Program on #GivingTuesday

November 8, 2019
This post is part of Your #GivingTuesday Game Plan, a new nonprofit resource hub by DonorPerfect that offers interactive Giving Tuesday communication templates that you can fill in and integrate into your campaign. A monthly giving program is the most effective and effortless way to retain #GivingTuesday donor support beyond the 24-hour social media buzz. On average, nonprofits who...

An 11-Step Guide to Successful Crowdfunding Campaigns for Nonprofit Organizations

October 10, 2019
By Paige Kutliek, SEO Manager at GoFundMe––a free fundraising platform for charities, people, and the causes you care about. To date, more than 50 million donors have given over $5 billion through the GoFundMe fundraisers. The public counts on nonprofit organizations to champion important issues and bring about  positive change. But a nonprofit organization’s yearly financial budget isn’t always...

The Top 5 Fundraising Trends in 2020

October 4, 2019
By Scot Chisholm, CEO and Co-founder of Classy––a social enterprise that creates world-class online fundraising software for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. If it seems like we’ve been talking about 2020 for decades, it’s because we have been. Over the last century, futurists and experts in nearly every field have made some...

4 Tips to Increase Conversions on Your Online Giving Page

September 29, 2019
By Christy Noel, Vice President of Digital Marketing Services at MobileCause – a company that pioneered text-to-donate and also offers an extensive suite of online, mobile and event fundraising solutions. She advises nonprofits to accelerate their fundraising and engagement efforts through giving and marketing strategies via digital technologies. You’ve got your branding and nonprofit messaging down, your outreach is humming...

8 #GivingTuesday Storytelling Tips for Nonprofits 

September 19, 2019
By Tereza Litsa, Social Media Manager at Lightful, a simple social media management platform for nonprofits. #GivingTuesday is the biggest generosity movement in history. With more than 150 countries joining, and more than 14 billion impressions on social channels every year, it’s the perfect opportunity to tell your story to a global audience of people interested in making a...