Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 24, 2025

Your team spends hours bringing new supporters through the door, only to watch too many quietly leave after their first gift. Remarkably, fewer than 3% of fundraisers prioritize seamless payment methods like PayPal, Venmo, or Apple Payeven though nearly a quarter of donors prefer exactly these options. Just by asking.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 16, 2024

Want to diversify your organization's fundraising streams? Add corporate philanthropy to the mix to help achieve your long-term goals.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

For the last 20 years, I have held the title of “fundraiser”—to be more exact, a Black and Indigenous woman fundraiser. The stakes are high; securing funds means supporting the needs of my own community. Wellness, for Black fundraisers, is a revolutionary act.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

By Jessica Fox , writer at Eventgroove a one-stop, integrated platform for events, fundraisers, and e-commerce driven to help its customers amplify their brand and reach their goals. Volunteer Recruitment: A QR code displayed on banners at a maker’s market or fundraising event can simplify sign-up for interested people.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 18, 2024

These challenges make sustainable donor support essential for creating lasting solutions. Building support starts with helping donors understand these crucial differences in how housing insecurity manifests in their specific communities. Nonprofit professionals need distinct strategies for each setting.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 2, 2025

Yet every year, fundraisers face the same uphill challenge: keeping donors engaged, committed, and connected to their mission. To get answers, we surveyed 1,000+ donors and over 380 fundraisers to uncover what truly drives donor loyaltyand whats getting in the way. Whats driving this retention gap?

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In today’s digital world, running a successful fundraiser goes beyond traditional methods; it requires innovative approaches that meet donors where they are—online. From boosting your team’s efficiency to expanding your reach, here are three key benefits of using an online platform like CauseVox to enhance your next fundraising campaign.

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NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 14, 2023

UNCF’s Philanthropy Institute will begin offering courses for fundraising professionals at Black and other underserved organizations in 2024.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 13, 2025

From my experience, here are recommendations on ten fundraising resolutions based on proven principles, strategies, and best practices. And be honest about the bandwidth you bring to meeting the challenge the fundraising capacity of board, staff and infrastructure. What are your 2025 fundraising resolutions?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2023

By Wendy Mercurio , Content & Education Specialist at Qgiv — an online fundraising platform empowering 20,000+ nonprofit fundraisers to raise money for their causes while keeping costs low. December is an important month for nonprofit fundraisers. Fundraisers can receive helpful cues from these intelligent tools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

By Shay Lessman , Content Writer and Editor for Qgiv — an online fundraising platform empowering 20,000+ nonprofit fundraisers to raise money for their causes while keeping costs low. Peer-to-peer fundraising is a great way to engage your existing supporters and get them to fundraise on your behalf. That’s right!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 20, 2023

By Jessica Fox , Content Manager at Eventgroove – a one-stop platform for virtual, hybrid, and in-person events that offers event management, online fundraising, ticketing, and online storefronts for print and digital merchandise. As a fundraiser, you’re up against some tough odds. If it doesn’t, do something else.”

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Candid

JANUARY 23, 2025

Nonprofits thrive or fail based largely on the success of their fundraising efforts, but fundraising alone cannot ensure sustainability. Building out your nonprofits network of supporters fosters trust , shared purpose, and long-term loyalty. When your purpose is clear, it turns casual supporters into passionate participants.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

By Jennifer Wemhoff , Communications Manager at GolfStatus.org – the leading event management platform for golf fundraisers. When it comes to fundraising events, one of the biggest lessons learned from the pandemic years is the unique value of golf fundraisers. 1) Golf’s Popularity Will Remain Above Pre-Pandemic Levels.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Your year-end fundraising campaigns should show your donors what you’ve accomplished together over the past year, and invite them to give toward an even brighter future. Give your supporters a simple and obvious path forward. Embrace a multichannel fundraising strategy. Your nonprofit does incredible, life-changing work.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

While ChatGPT may be all the buzz, have you considered how it and other artificial intelligence tools could enhance your fundraising efforts ? For nonprofits, it’s proving to be a valuable resource for writing communications, deepening engagement with supporters, and fundraising.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2024

It may feel intimidating at first, but here’s the exciting part: today, more than ever, nonprofits have the tools and resources to make a smooth shift to the grants-plus-fundraising model. Adding fundraising to your funding model gives you the agility to stay mission-focused no matter what comes your way.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Storytelling has become a hot topic in non-profit fundraising. There’s a reason for this change: storytelling is extremely important to good fundraising. As fundraisers, we need to be carrying on a constant conversation with our donors. That’s why we need to incorporate stories into our fundraising work.

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Candid

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The Community-Centric Fundraising (CCF) movement was founded by and centers BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) communities worldwide. It is a gathering of knowledge about interacting with supporters in ways that honor their personhood with dignity and promote BIPOC communities’ well-being.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 31, 2025

Learn practical techniques for leveraging geographic information system (GIS) technology to pinpoint donor demographics, tailor outreach campaigns, and maximize fundraising impact through targeted engagement.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 17, 2025

With so many CRMs on the market, how do you choose which one best aligns with your mission, enhances donor engagement, eliminates duplicate data entry, and supports capacity building? With the right CRM your organization can leverage data for actionable insights, personalized donor communications, and increased fundraising success.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

End-of-year fundraising is like our version of the Superbowl. With many nonprofits raising as much as 50% of their budget in December alone, there’s a lot at stake — and a lot of end-of-year fundraising problems to overcome. What are you asking donors to support? Why is their support needed now? They aren’t!

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sgEngage

JANUARY 14, 2025

But if youre a fundraiser for a nonprofit organization or school in the midst of an unfolding disaster, you can do more than raise money. But until the danger has passed and the urgent needs of the community have been met, apply your talents to strengthening relationships with supporters and neighbors.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 27, 2024

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Todays question comes from a nonprofit leader who wants metrics and advice on how to justify and calculate fundraiser salaries: Dear Charity Clairity, I am looking for some updated industry standards for fundraising metrics around staff positions.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 10, 2024

I was meeting with my friends from Allies Against Slavery the other day to share fundraising ideas when someone said they’d received 147 text messages in just two days about the election. All that noise could have you worried about how to navigate year-end fundraising in an election year, amidst the high volume of election ads.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

We’re heading into the busiest, most lucrative time of the year for nonprofits— end-of-year fundraising. My friends at Magic Wheelchair are total pros at building show-stopping costumes for kids in wheelchairs—and they get it: a little flattery goes a long way to getting those fundraising emails opened. Did someone say “donate now?”

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Take steps to engage with them to build a committed relationship and convert them into lifelong supporters of your cause. But you do have evidence in your fundraising CRM. Qualifying has one goal: to turn your pool of rage donors into a curated list of potential long-term supporters. They want to feel heard. Send updates.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Each year Heather Mansfield of Nonprofit Tech for Good presents a free webinar featuring the top ten digital marketing and fundraising trends to prioritize in the following year. This year’s webinar, 10 Digital Marketing & Fundraising Trends to Prioritize in 2023 , was presented on December 7.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

52% of online donors would be willing to serve as a social media ambassador for their favorite nonprofits, if asked, and agreed to spend 1-2 hours monthly promoting special awareness and fundraising campaigns. 67% agree that nonprofits should use artificial intelligence (AI) to assist in their marketing, fundraising, and administrative tasks.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 7, 2024

To fundraise for your organization effectively, you must be specific in your mission and define your audience to generate the right support.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

It is especially ill-advised when fundraising to support a nonprofit mission. Desperation is never a good look. Here are several good reasons why nonprofits should ditch appeals that employ a piteous or apologetic tone and focus instead on storytelling and making a solid case for a mission-focused need.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

End of year is the most lucrative, high-stakes fundraising there is. A solid year-end fundraising plan can help! I’m here with an end-of-year timeline and fundraising communications calendar to make end-of-year fundraising as easy as pie. Just follow my timeline below to create your year-end fundraising plan!

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NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Fundraisers are worried because the number of Americans giving to nonprofit causes has declined. Unfortunately, at the same time, the need in our communities continues to increase.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Volunteering plays a crucial role in charitable support, serving as the backbone for many nonprofits, charities, and causes. We researched over 3,000 individuals across the UK and Ireland; Canada; and Australia and New Zealand to determine how charitable support differs between generations. Martin ONeill, Head of Marketing, Rosterfy 2.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 11, 2023

By Jennifer Wemhoff , Communications Manager at GolfStatus.org – the leading event management platform for golf fundraisers. Golf’s fundraising power is massive—the sport raises nearly $4 billion for charity annually. How Technology Helps: The right management platform will have fundraising tools baked right in.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 1, 2023

Here are four email strategies to get your best fundraising results. While an effective email strategy is a powerful magnet, it can also be a virtuous cycle of reciprocal care and feeding for prospects.

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The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 7, 2025

Fundraising isnt always about money. Sometimes people want to support a local nonprofit, but they dont know where to start. The post 5 Ideas For Volunteers As Fundraising Resources appeared first on The NonProfit Times. Mobilizing your volunteers can also have a financial impact. Make it easy for people to volunteer.

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