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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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Ahead of the Game: Fundraising games that will put you ahead of your goal 

Get your head in the game with us for this GiveSmart webinar!   This month, we will be joined by Kaitlin Bordeaux from Marian Central Catholic High School, a powerhouse GiveSmart customer, and Megan Snider, Customer…

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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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GiveSmart Customers Thrived in 2021

By September 2021, our customers raised more than in all of 2020, with months to go. They inspired 5,965,571 donors to give.  The impact spans the globe with our customers supporting social services, healthcare, education, animal welfare, and…

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A Gathering Place: Cater to your audiences in-person and virtually in the new year

We are all looking forward to returning to in-person events in 2022! It’s been a long time coming.  But, what can your organization do to continue catering to the virtual audiences you’ve built since early 2020?…

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The Best is Yet to Come: Lessons we’ve learned will guide us into 2022 and beyond

The best, the brightest, the busiest, and more! This GiveSmart webinar recording focues on IRL fundraising campaigns past and present that can inspire us as we move forward with new opportunities to do more, raise more, and be more impactful with our…

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Holidays, Anniversaries, Awareness Days, or National Donut Day

Explore more opportunities to elevate your fundraising! Maintaining strong donor relationships often includes giving your donors more opportunities to support your mission in diverse, impactful, and fun ways. Increase your annual fundraising by including giving…

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Fundraising is a Marathon: It’s not how you start, but how you finish

Between Giving Tuesday, the upcoming holidays, and the fast-approaching new year, nonprofits have a lot on their plate, and end-of-year goals to match.   This month’s webinar is all about ending the year strong and setting yourself up for…

Be Prepared: Planning Your Backup Strategies

Feel confident in your plans – no matter if their virtual, hybrid, or in-person  Since March of 2020, your organization has planned, pivoted, strategized, and is likely adapting again. One of the most important lessons you carry with you is that having a virtual component to…

Big Picture Thinking

How GiveSmart best supports Ronald McDonald House of Central Ohio to better their donor and volunteer stewardship Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio (RHMC Central Ohio) first started using GiveSmart in the Spring of 2018…

The Spirit of Giving: How to stand out in the crowd on giving days

Anniversaries, national awareness days, Giving Tuesday, and more. In this webinar we’re going to talk about optimizing giving days to your advantage because standing out the crowd means more success for your organization.   We chatted about:   Give…

Keep calm and fundraise on: Preparing for every outcome

Small or large, national or local—no matter the size or mission of your nonprofit, you can be prepared for every scenario. We’ve all learned a lot since March 2020, and one of the most important lessons we’ve learned is…

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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