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5 Ways Your Nonprofit Peers Plan to Reach 2022 Goals 

Earlier this year, we polled your nonprofit peers asking them which techniques and features they plan to use to reach their 2022 goals, which are higher than ever. In this infographic, we explore: How do…

6 Stats Nonprofits Need for Successful Event Planning

What is the best window for selling tickets before an event? How can you encourage donors to place more bids? What can you do to improve your donor experience? In this infographic, you can find…

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Adapting for Your Donors

Insights into the State of Fundraising and Technology The 2022 Fundraising Research Study measures technology adoption and use as well as its impact on giving and the donor experience. These study results track financial goal…

5 Stats to Inform Your Donor Communication Strategy 

Which channels inspire donors to give? How frequently do donors want to be contacted? Why do donors leave an organization? In this infographic, we answer those questions and more! As a nonprofit, it’s crucial to…

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The Essential Fundraising Event Checklist: Implementation

The Essential Fundraising Event Checklist: Implementation will help you save time and execute a flawless event. Our comprehensive checklist pulls together important to-dos and action items for the months and weeks prior to your fundraiser,…

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7 Reasons Why You Should Implement Recurring Giving

Recurring giving is a growing revenue stream for nonprofits and is an impactful way for organizations to grow their relationships with their donors. Take the time to learn more about the potential impact of recurring…

Nonprofit Goal Planning

Worksheets to Set Your Fundraising Goals Choosing an ambitious fundraising goal helps you scale and grow your mission. But, how far out of your organization’s comfort zone should you go? What about smaller, non-financial goals…

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Revenue Opportunity Calculator for K-12 Private and Independent Schools

Understanding your school’s incoming revenue is vital when working to build sustainable revenue streams that can survive economic ups and downs. This revenue calculator is designed to highlight your school’s opportunity areas to build or…

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6 Strategies to Boost Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

Your volunteer fundraisers can make an immense impact on your mission and your goals. Peer-to-peer fundraising is a very motivating tool for your volunteers because they get to become the heroes. And with your help,…

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Social Media Strategies for Nonprofits

Your nonprofit likely has a social media presence. You post to raise awareness for your mission and to gain more donors and volunteers.   What goals do you have for your social media? Do you feel…

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4 Things to Keep in Mind About Volunteers

Volunteers are a pillar of nonprofit success. The time and effort they dedicate to your mission, events, and any other initiatives makes a measurable difference in your organization’s successes. The stats in this infographic provide…

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4 Auction Items Guaranteed to Start a Bidding War

Wouldn’t it be nice to know which silent auction items are pretty much guaranteed to get bids? How about knowing which are likely to start a bidding war? We’ve got that info for you –…

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What our clients say

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