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Giving USA 2021 report highlights record $471.44 billion to U.S. charities in 2020
The Giving USA 2021: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2020, released in late June, reveals good news on giving.
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5 ways to make the most of your online donation platform
When you use an online donation platform, your main goal is donor retention. The average organization sees a donor retention rate of 43%, with 27% being first-time donor retention and 70% repeat donor retention. That means 7 out of 10 first-time donors don't donate...
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GiveSmart Receives 2021 TrustRadius Top Rated Awards
GiveSmart has been recognized by the 2021 TrustRadius Awards as a Top Rated product in the Event Management and Virtual Event categories.
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Tracks to reopening: Self-check-in
Your guests came to your event to support your mission. Make their experience even better with contactless check-in.
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Announcing Mobile Cause, by Community Brands
Community Brands Adds MobileCause to Its Suite of Fundraising Tools Partnership Creates Powerhouse Solutions to Elevate Fundraising Programs and Results Community Brands, the leading provider of cloud-based software and payment solutions for associations, nonprofits...
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30 Silent Auction Items That Don’t Cost A Dime
Collecting silent auction items for your next fundraiser takes a lot of consideration — you need to know where to begin, fight donor fatigue, and think of refreshing items from past years. If you're like other nonprofits, you may have cost concerns when it comes to...
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How to Quickly Setup your Teacher Appreciation Week Wishlist
Our classrooms are far more than a place where reading, writing, and arithmetic are learned. Support those heroes who do far more than their job on paper, each and every day by setting up a wishlist fundraiser.
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GiveSmart for Salesforce
Community Brands Announces GiveSmart on Salesforce AppExchange, the World's Leading Enterprise Cloud Marketplace GiveSmart customers can now benefit from safe and secure data syncing through Salesforce, enabling a streamlined view of constituents, donor behaviors, and...
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How to succeed with virtual fundraising
Like many nonprofits these days, you might be facing a situation where you can no longer hold that in-person gala or other event you've been counting on to raise money for your organization. Instead of canceling, postponing or rescheduling the event, you do have...
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The Fundraising Pyramid and the Donor Life Cycle
Find Your Supporters Wherever They Are! The fundraising pyramid is a traditional starting point for defining the donor acquisition process. There are multiple versions of this pyramid (I found at least fifty images on Google). Below are a few variations that...
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