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March 20, 2025

Golf Tournament Fundraiser Guide

As one of the most popular types of charity events, golf tournaments let participants live out their PGA Championship fantasies — all while giving to a meaningful cause.
These fundraising tips to discover how to use the green to earn a little green for nonprofit goals and causes.

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Diversifying Revenue Streams
June 9, 2025

Diversifying Revenue Streams: Tips from the Experts 

Looking for impactful ways to increase revenue? With two out of three organizations saying they…

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Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Tips from the Experts
May 30, 2025

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Tips from the Experts 

Empower volunteers with these expert peer-to-peer fundraising tips. Maximize your fundraisers’ impact and donations with our panel’s insights.

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May 22, 2025

Tipping the Scales: Revealing the Impact of Fundraising Platform Tipping on Transparency and Donor Trust

Donor tipping can negatively impact the overall donor experience due to the potential lack of transparency and the overall influence on donation decisions.

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May 16, 2025

15 Spring Fundraising Ideas for Your K-12 School 

April through June is a busy time at schools, especially Maycember! This time of year…

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How to Make a Donation In Someone's Name
April 28, 2025

How to Make a Donation in Someone’s Name

Motivations for giving vary among donors. In the case of tribute and memorial gifts, people…

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April 2, 2025

Top 3 Reasons to Connect with GiveSmart by Momentive at AFP ICON  

There’s so much to do in Seattle, the Emerald City. From Pike Place Market to…

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April 1, 2025

70+ Proven Fundraising Event Ideas for Nonprofits

No matter a nonprofit’s yearly fundraising budget, organizations recently shared that events make up nearly…

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March 17, 2025

5 Ways to Use Silent Auction Data for Successful Fundraising

About one in four donors give to a nonprofit via an auction. If you’re running…

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GiveSmart Donor Portal
March 14, 2025

Take Control of Your Giving: How Donor Portals Enhance the Donation Experience

Why waste donor touchpoints on receipt pulls? Effective donor management means giving donors seamless access…

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March 12, 2025

Best Practices for Collecting Fundraising Campaign and Donor Data

Your nonprofit’s fundraising success depends on various factors, some outside of your organization’s control. There…

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March 11, 2025

15 Games for Fundraising Events

Discover creative fundraising game ideas make your next event a success. Engage supporters, foster friendly competition, and raise more.

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February 20, 2025

The Best Charity Golf Outing Games

Charity golf outings are a popular fundraiser for many nonprofits and associations. With interest in…

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We needed a platform to make sales online and to track and display ads for our sponsors. GiveSmart was perfect. We ended up making close to $15,000 more than we had hoped for. Definite better ROI than we anticipated. The interface is easy to use and provides plenty of options to get help if needed.

Michelle M.

The Rotary Club of South Whidbey Island

Using GS has created ease in auction bookkeeping, payments, and generating post-event thank you/tax letters. While we were online during COVID, our interactions with our GiveSmart via phone, email, and zoom were seamless. A representative always got back to us within the day. I would recommend GiveSmart to anyone doing a large online event.

Julie G.

MicroFinancing Partners in Africa

GiveSmart is highly flexible - you can use it for [a] simple registration and check-in, to full-scale galas with complex order forms, onsite upsells, live auctions, seating management, and more.

Jamie F.

Hope Chest for Breast Cancer

GiveSmart is easy to use and ideal for virtual events and can be used for in-person events to manage the silent auction, seating charts, and check-in to the event. Being able to use the platform for unlimited events within the contract year is very useful and being able to add other users and volunteers for different levels of access is helpful as well.

Dawn L.

Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County