Exploring Sponsorship Opportunities for Your Fundraising Event

Sponsors are crucial for nonprofit organizations and events. They help you reach new audiences, enrich communities, promote your cause, and reach your fundraising goals. As a nonprofit organization, you must learn how to get a corporate sponsor and how to keep them. Maintaining long-lasting relationships with your sponsors is vital to maximizing your events and…

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Why Donors Love Success Stories

When someone decides to donate to your organization, two crucial elements must come together — their understanding of the problem and a belief that they can make a difference. Donor success stories establish these elements and can appeal to new donors and existing ones, but how do you craft these compelling and heartstring-tugging stories? It starts…

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The 4 ‘Hows’ of “How Many Messages Should Nonprofits Send?”

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Communication strategies and how to tell your story is a frequent topic of ours, as it’s continually on the minds of fundraising professionals. Connecting with people and getting them interested enough in your cause that they’re willing to give up their email, phone number, and more, is a struggle. One of the most common questions we hear in our webinars when talking about communications is, “How…

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Ways to Stand Out on Grant Applications

Ways to Stand Out on Grant Applications

As part of a nonprofit or charitable organization, you know funding is critical for continuing your mission. A significant portion of your funding may come from grants, which help support your programs in many different ways. However, writing grant applications can be a very time-consuming and stressful process. Even the most experienced writer may feel…

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Hosting a Ring Toss Fundraiser

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Fundraisers with games offer a dynamic way to garner support for a cause. Games infuse excitement into the fundraising process, giving participants and volunteers a strong sense of community involvement and shared purpose. Events like these also cultivate lasting relationships with donors, which drives support and positively impacts the community. One simple and fun game…

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Online Fundraising: The Beginner’s Guide

Is your organization brand new to online fundraising? Need to brush up on your knowledge? This Beginner’s Guide to Online Fundraising provides the comprehensive information you need to get on the road to fundraising success by showing you how to raise money online with less time and effort, faster than ever before.  If you are…

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Why You Should Stop Using Spreadsheets to Track Donors

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Nonprofits need to track several data types to run successful campaigns and fundraisers. From donor contact information to fund progress, information visibility is necessary to continue operations and drive success. After campaigns, analytics and reports can help you learn from your campaign and create stronger ones in the future. Your organization needs the right tools…

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How to Create Capital Campaign Brochures

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Now that your nonprofit’s next capital campaign is moving full steam ahead, it’s time to start planning how you’ll market this important fundraiser. One way to get the word out? Consider creating a capital campaign brochure. Capital campaign brochures do the important legwork of getting your message out to a wide array of potential supporters. These marketing materials…

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Fundraising Appeal – What We Can Learn From Mid-Term Elections

Fundraising appeal A compelling fundraising appeal is crucial for securing year-end donations. This year, Americans have been flooded with political messages about the upcoming midterm elections. Since these fundraising appeal emails started early in 2014, many people have been overwhelmed. The Wall Street Journal, citing a study from Harvard’s JFK School of Government and the University…

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#GivingTuesday Ingredients for Sweet Fundraising Success

This fall, we’re baking a cake full of ingredients aimed at fundraising success on #GivingTuesday for every organization involved. We know #GivingTuesday is worth the time and effort but how can we make sure your organization’s voice is heard before, during, and after the Global Day of Giving?   #GivingTuesday Ingredient List  Eggs = Fundraising, Events,…

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Let the Bidding War Begin: Webinar Q&A Follow-Up 

Our webinar, Let the Bidding War Begin: Auction Strategies and Item Ideas to Excite Your Donors, was full of information on auction items and item strategies for nonprofits, and our audience came PREPARED with lots of great questions. We want to share some of the Q&A below.   You can also watch the webinar recording. If…

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Fundraising with a reverse raffle

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When hosting fundraising events, finding new ways to engage your participants and make them excited to donate is important. A reverse raffle could do just that, especially for small-scale fundraisers of under 100 people. We are breaking down everything you need to know about hosting a reverse raffle, from the laws you should be aware…

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