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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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6 Tips for Texting Your Donors
Tips on how to utilize text messaging during your fundraising event to increase donations.
Q & A: Acquiring Corporate Sponsors
On July 16, 2019, GiveSmart hosted a webinar, ‘That’s So Corporate: Acquiring New Sponsors’. We had so many questions, so little time! Here are our answers:
Maximizing the ROI of Fundraising Auctions
Most nonprofits will plan one or two big events in a year, which puts the pressure on to maximize the ROI of fundraising auctions. Organizations need to find a multitude of ways to increase revenue streams to avoid leaving any money on the table. The following are some tips to help development teams create financially successful events and improve existing fundraising auctions.
Madison and Milwaukee Corporate Donor Guide
As the state’s capital and state’s largest city, respectively, Madison and Milwaukee house the vast majority of Wisconsin’s…
The Biggest Event Sponsorship Mistakes
Fundraising events only come together when a lot of moving parts work smoothly in sync….
How to Manage Your Donor Database
Charitable giving is on the rise. In 2021, people gave more than $484 billion to nonprofits, a 4%…
Phoenix, AZ: Corporate Philanthropic Guide
Phoenix, Arizona, is a city known for its arid weather, warm temperatures, sprawling cacti and…
The 4 Most Effective Donor Data Management Techniques
Managing donor data can be a laborious and time-consuming project. Follow these data management techniques to collect, organize, and use your data in a way that benefits all of your donor relationships and guarantees more effective fundraising campaigns.
How to leverage your nonprofit board’s donor network
Every nonprofit dreams of having more donors. There’s always more to strive for, and there…
Running (and winning) the marathon of nonprofit fundraising
Securing donations for a nonprofit organization often feels like a race against time. It can…
Developing good fundraising habits
On Thursday, May 23, 2019, GiveSmart hosted the first ‘Brooklyn Brainstorm’ at our office in New York City. We brought together members of New York’s nonprofit community to discuss ways to engage donors all year long.
Achieving nonprofit sustainability – financially
Achieving sustainability can be a difficult, yet important, topic to address for nonprofits. Today’s uncertain economy leads to unpredictable federal and state funding, making established channels of funding even more critical.
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