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November 30, 2024

15 Games for Fundraising Events

Looking to spice things up at your next event? Games are a great way to raise additional funds, entertain, and keep guests engaged through participation. Raffles and wine pulls are familiar, but we’ve broken down a few more to help jog new ideas.

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Donor retention
January 17, 2025

How to Avoid Being Ghosted by a Donor

Are you feeling like your donors are swiping left after swiping right? You are not…

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December 16, 2024

Volunteer Recruitment and Management: Why Bother? 

Where would your nonprofit be without its volunteers? From acting as peer-to-peer fundraisers, committee members,…

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December 11, 2024

“The era of reactive giving: Inspiring one-time donors to become lifetime sustainers”

This article by Cara Dickerson, Vice President of Customer Success and Account Management, GiveSmart by Momentive…

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December 10, 2024

Unlock Fundraising for Associations 

Associations are a core point of connection for professionals, and membership dues fuel things that…

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Learn about matching gift strategies for your nonprofit
December 7, 2024

15 Companies with Groundbreaking Matching Gift Programs

You work hard for every dollar raised in online giving. What if you could double…

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December 4, 2024

#GivingTuesday is Over, Now What?

It’s time turn the page from your Giving Tuesday campaign and zero in on end-of-year giving….

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November 20, 2024

6 Questions to Ask If You’re Comparing GiveSmart and OneCause for Your Fundraising 

Since our founding in 2011, GiveSmart by Momentive Software has helped tens of thousands of…

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5 Tips to End Your 4th Quarter Strong with Effective Donor Outreach in Year-End Campaigns
November 16, 2024

5 Tips to End Your 4th Quarter Strong with Effective Donor Outreach in Year-End Campaigns

November and December are two of the most significant months of the year for nonprofit…

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November 13, 2024

Organizing a Toy Drive 

The holidays are a time of giving, with many people exchanging gifts with their loved…

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How to Create a Giving Tuesday Campaign in One Week
November 12, 2024

How to Create a Giving Tuesday Campaign in One Week

Your Ultimate Checklist for a Quick Campaign Setup In 2023, donors gave $3.1 billion on…

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November 3, 2024

How to Organize an Angel Tree 

As your organization or nonprofit looks for holiday fundraising ideas, creating an angel tree could…

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November 1, 2024

Year End Giving: The Step-by-Step Guide For Nonprofits

The end of the calendar year is around the corner—the single biggest fundraising opportunity of…

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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