NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

Supporters raise significant amounts of money and bring new donors to your organization. Not only do teams raise more money for your organization, they add camaraderie and competition to fundraising. Hold contests. Create contests that reward fundraising activity. Allow your fundraisers to raise restricted money.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

They offer a chance to dress up, get together with others, and have a good time — while also raising money for a good cause. Activities such as performances, live entertainment, and sit-down dinners regularly attract a large audience and generate significant money for charity. 8) Digital download donation rewards.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

The ROI for us is measured in lives saved more than just the money raised to do so. Have you been able to use these tools to raise money online? In the sheer volume of donors, about 90% contribute online, however our largest donations still come by check. Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2020

It’s a staggering proportion, considering that 3 in 4 Americans are likelier to volunteer than to donate money, and that 1 in 4 Americans volunteered in 2017. Today, we’ll teach you how you can use RemoteHub to recruit volunteers absolutely free of charge and even earn donations to your nonprofit organization! .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

For example, adding hole-in-one or other contests (putting, closest to the pin, etc.) Golfers will look for easy ways to support the organizations they care about, so the ability to collect donations online is also super important for organizations to consider, as well as building donation asks into the day.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Try these 13 successful, yet underutilized strategies to help you raise more money and create stronger relationships this year-end. Personally, I’m a big fan of asking those serving on the board of directors to not only donate first (which is a given) but to also volunteer with fundraising efforts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 23, 2021

Galas, contests and performances went virtual. For a fully virtual event, you don’t need to rent a space, spend money on tables, chairs, A/V equipment and much more. Use an online donation form on your website, promote a text-to-donate keyword at your event and across your social media profiles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

Note from Beth: There has been a variety of criticism of contests. Nonprofit consultant Hildy Gottlieb has been a vocal skeptic and is deeply philosophically opposed to online contests as a method of change in the social sector. Earlier this month, I sent out a few tweets asking for the counterpoint to Hildy's view.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 21, 2019

Simply making donation appeals on your social handles, one-to-many, is not a substitute for social fundraising. It creates a more holistic approach to raising more awareness, increasing your reach, and raising more money for your cause. Making a donation. Here are 8 best practices to get you started…. Leaderboards. Challenges.

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NetWits

JUNE 2, 2011

The UGA Relay for Life Chapter offered additional contests the week of the event, with prizes ranging from a Smartphone to airline tickets. We also know that convincing your higher ups that you want to spend more money might be a challenge. Sponsor-donated items like bike tune-ups, massages and gift cards.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Impressions: Your nonprofit is creating great content on its blog, and running exciting contests on its social media feeds. Therefore, if your nonprofit is not spending money advertising on Facebook, differentiating between paid reach, organic post reach, and organic reach just doesn’t matter.

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NetWits

MARCH 8, 2012

Most nonprofits need to raise money to survive. Fundraising Results: Close to 18,000 people participated in this online fundraising contest resulting in over $2 million dollars being given to 1,200 participating nonprofits. 17,838 individual donations. 148,000 in prize money contributed by five foundations.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Moreover, the company reports that people who are 35 years and older make up the fastest growing user demographic, which corresponds to the demographic mostly likely to make a donation online. 1) Raise Meaning B efore Money. 2 ) Money Is Not the Only Metric.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2024

Casting a wide net to attract the right golfers, sponsors, and supporters is key to making the tournament a success and raising the most money possible for your mission. Marketing your nonprofit’s golf tournament makes up the largest phase of event planning. Online Registration is Expected It’s an online world.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Save money and a ton of time this year end giving season—just create your donation page to start accepting contributions online, and automatically handle recurring donations to encourage repeat donors. So don’t leave money on the table! Take online donations now with built-in Year End Giving tools.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 14, 2008

For nonprofits, a well-run contest is often enough to raise a significant amount of money in ticket sales, entry fees and straight-forward donations But what about those contests that don't have an entry fee or other fundraising tool connected with them? Contests are staples in the nonprofit marketing toolbox for very.(

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Classy

JUNE 21, 2021

Similar to how impact blocks on your Classy campaign can help supporters feel like their donation is going towards a specific effort, breaking up your fundraising campaign into smaller, more targeted crowdfunding campaigns is another way to allow donors to support the individual effort that resonates most with them.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The contest, announced Monday morning, will run for four years and is open to teams around the globe. Musk first announced that he was donating money towards a prize in January , not long after he passed Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to become the richest person in the world. Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images. Time is of the essence.”.

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NetWits

JUNE 22, 2011

So, how do you thank team captains who deliver so many new donations and participants to your front door? Create team-specific communications and contests. Award team prizes for the largest team, best t-shirt, most money raised, best costumes, and other offbeat ideas. Cultivating. If not, create one next year. Your cause.

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Robert Weiner

OCTOBER 31, 2009

The Giving Challenge is not focused on how much money you can raise, but on how successful you are at getting people to donate to your cause. The goal is to get as many unique daily donations as possible (minimum of $10), to your cause each day. The contest runs through November 6, 2009.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 27, 2010

If you're a current Symentec Backup Exec customer (whether via TechSoup's donation programs or elsewhere), tell Symantec how your datacenter has taken advantage of the benefits of the tool — helping your organization save time, money, and the environment, with a reduced environmental footprint through a reduction in tape and disk use.

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OneCause

DECEMBER 4, 2024

[Golf-ebook-top] Any golf tournament fundraiser presents countless opportunities to bring in additional donations per golfer. If every golfer donates $50 / every foursome donates $200, you’re guaranteed to hit your goal of $3,600 to cover a year’stuition for a student in need. Request a fixeddollar amount.

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OneCause

AUGUST 22, 2024

As you’re sitting by the fire, you can also host a scary story contest. Either charge an admission fee or pass around a donation basket. Pumpkin Carving Contest Get your donors engaged while getting into the spirit of Halloween with a pumpkin carving contest. Charge a small admission or ask for donations at the event.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Peer-to-peer fundraising—individuals raising money for a cause with the help of their family and friends—is a fun, easy, and lucrative strategy to attract awareness and generate funds for your cause. 56% of contributors are more willing to donate to a peer-to-peer campaign if they know someone already engaged in the campaign.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

Be Smarter: they want to know how they are making an impact and what you’re doing with their money. SmartOnline just wrapped up an Invent Your Mobile App contest. The reason sms may be better for activism vs donation is that there isn’t as much transparency about how you’re impacting the world. Mobile Giving.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

Then, why do we keep thinking celebrities are so important to raising money? A compelling video won over 12% of donors, while fundraising contests only 42% inspired 5% to give. Have you seen online donations increasing for your organization? The celebrity involvement was part of the branding, not part of the winning solution.

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CauseVox

MARCH 17, 2025

A golf tournament fundraiser is not only a fantastic day out but also a powerful fundraising event that can drive significant donations, strengthen community connections, and build long-lasting partnerships with local businesses. Establish a Budget and Pricing Strategy Money matters. Sounds pretty great, right?

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2022

Examples include text-to-give campaigns, merchandise fundraisers, and virtual contests. All you need to get started is space to collect donations and a reliable shoe drive fundraising coordinator. You can place these on-site at your nonprofit’s office or wherever you have permission to collect donations. Non-event fundraiser.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The fundraising goal for Give to the Max Day is to get 35,000 people to support their favorite regional charity, raising more than $3 million in donations and grants in just 24 hours! I said that I wished contest designers would take a Hippocratic Oath to do no harm to nonprofits! Designate a cheer leader.

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The Verge

JULY 3, 2020

After watching contestants keep their fingers attached to a phone screen for more than 70 hours, YouTube creator Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson called an early end to a massive competition originally designed with one winner and a $25,000 prize in mind. Despite Donaldson’s calls for players to “go to sleep,” a couple contestants kept going.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

Social fundraising is when your nonprofit integrates tried and true fundraising techniques with social media to inspire your supporters to raise money from their networks on your behalf. One of the case studies I shared was about NTEN’s recent social fundraiser to raise scholarship money for NTC conference attendance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2012

With strong roots in prior national giving events and contests such as Twestival Local and America’s Giving Challenge , we wanted Twive to have the same fun spirit of those early ground-breaking giving events. Cities across America will compete to win their share of $30,000 in award money for a locally-serving nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Embedded giving is easy for individuals to do, and probably gives them an added psychological boost to know that spending money on purchasing something is not just an act of commerce, it's an act of generosity. The idea here is that if you purchase an HP product, they'll donate 4% to one of seven charities, including the Red Cross.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The total number of donations reported is approaching 4 million, a 45-percent jump compared to 2017, marking the most successful year yet in terms of giving. Facebook and PayPal together offered a $7 million match for Giving Tuesday donations and saw that match gobbled up “within seconds” after 8 a.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

He wanted to raise some money to help the local orchestra and test some ideas. Since this was an experiment to test social networking, I did not send an appeal to friends and family in the way people do when they raise funds for a run or walk, or want you to vote for a particular contest. Here is what he learned. Technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2010

Molson launched a campaign to replace the public funding with private sector donations, starting with its own $20K donation. Almost immediately a small group started to raise money through Twitter. The Molson Team spread the word , using Twitter to urge a wider audience to attend and donate. Take for example contests.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

The fundraiser—whether it’s an inspired event, online appeal or one-time contest—should of course be considered an important component of any non-profit’s campaigning effort. Create a timeline contest that encourages people to craft videos and photo sets boosting your fundraiser. Lean on your core supporters.

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