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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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June 20, 2022

Hosting a Cornhole Tournament Fundraiser

If your organization wants a casual, low-cost fundraiser idea that doesn’t sacrifice fun or donor engagement, it’s…

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June 16, 2022

3 Campaigns That Are Making A Splash This Fourth Of July

National holidays, heritage months, and even National Doughnut Day, can be great reasons to host…

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June 14, 2022

Auction Off an Immediate, Exclusive Experience

Few things sink a fundraising director’s heart more than looking toward the bar or food tables and seeing your dedicated, generous donors waiting in long lines. Eliminate the wait. 

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June 10, 2022

7 Steps for Converting One-Time Donors Into Recurring Donors or Members

Imagine this scenario: Your nonprofit has organized quite a successful online fundraiser — engagement on social…

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June 9, 2022

5 Ways To Boost Fundraising During The Summer Slow-Down

It’s almost June! That means that the weather is heating up, but your nonprofit’s fundraising…

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June 8, 2022

Social Media Strategy Guide

Social media poses both the biggest challenge and biggest opportunity for nonprofit organizations. Everyone from…

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June 2, 2022

The Fundraising Pyramid and the Donor Life Cycle

Find Your Supporters Wherever They Are! The fundraising pyramid is a traditional starting point for…

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May 18, 2022

3 TikTok Tips for Nonprofits

What is TikTok?  TikTok is a short-form, video-sharing app that allows users to create and…

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May 16, 2022

5 Simple Strategies for How to Engage Alumni on Social Media

One of the biggest challenges that universities face? Knowing how to successfully engage with their…

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May 11, 2022

Momentive Software Collects Seven Top Rated Awards from TrustRadius

GiveSmart takes four total awards  Momentive Software, our parent company and the leading provider of cloud-based…

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May 9, 2022

“Data Shows Auction Bids Are Seasonal, Often Miss Fair Market Value”

This article originally appeared in the Nonprofit Times on May 9, 2022. It highlight’s GiveSmart’s…

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May 6, 2022

Steve Harvey charity ride gains momentum through the power of text to donate

Comedy Hype, which offers daily comedy-related updates, interviews, original productions, merchandise, an exclusive podcast, and…

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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