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8 Nonprofit New Year’s Resolutions

How many fundraising resolutions do you have? One? Two? Three? More than five? No matter how many you have, we want to help you fulfill those resolutions! Ringing in the new year often comes with…

All aspects of GiveSmart—Fundraise, Events, and Donor CRM—create your fundraising taco

The Cherry on Top: Donor Management Best Practices

Every ingredient in a Choco Taco is delightful on its own, but together they make a beloved product. The GiveSmart suite, comprised of Fundraise, Events, and Donor CRM, can be that sweet addition you need! Your…

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Year-End Fundraising Appeal Templates

Messaging templates for fundraising success End-of-year giving can account for over 30% of annual giving. In the last few months of the year, use this messaging guide to copy, paste, and edit easy, pre-made messaging…

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Recurring Giving Appeal Templates

Communication templates for fundraising success Recurring giving is a growing, year-round revenue stream option for nonprofits and schools. Did you know that recurring donors give, on average, $326 every year? Or that donors who set…

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Fundraising Trends Buffet: 2022 in Review and 2023 Fundraising Donor Predictions

The appetizer? A look at fundraising and donor management trends from your peers. The main course? 2022 in review, including a deep dive into experiences, events, and donor data throughout the year. The dessert? Forecasting…

6 Stats to Diversify Revenue Streams

Data shows that organizations with diverse revenue streams tend to be more resilient to economic change.   With ever-changing economic conditions, take the opportunity to review this infographic and inform your nonprofit or school’s revenue stream…

Features to Build Your Fundraising Choco Taco: GiveSmart’s comprehensive suite is the cherry on top

November 17, 2022 | 1pm CT Every ingredient in a Choco Taco is delightful on its own, but together they make a beloved product.  Your fundraising and donor management tools should be the same—individually great and…

Fold in the Fundraising: Year-round giving and sponsorship recipes to raise the dough

From year-round fundraising to sponsorships, partnerships, and more, how can your school or nonprofit raise the “dough” this holiday season and into 2023? This webinar’s recipe for success includes: A dash of sponsorship strategies A…

Hybrid Fundraising Events Guide

Ensure your audiences are engaged and ready to give Fundraising events—galas, golf outings, cocktail parties, and more—look different than they did pre-pandemic. Instead of strictly virtual or in-person fundraisers, organizations are increasingly turning to hybrid fundraising events. …

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5 Stats to Boost Year-End Appeals

Approximately $48 billion is donated to nonprofit organizations every year between November and December. Your year-end giving campaigns have the potential to bring in a significant amount of money for your mission. As you close…

Fundraising Guide: Local Institutions 

Millions of people visit their local museums, theaters, aquariums, and other institutions every year. They go for culture, education, community, and entertainment.   And while your local institution may charge admission, it rarely covers all costs….

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5 Stats for #GivingTuesday Growth 

Take your fundraising success to the next level this #GivingTuesday. With this infographic, you’ll have insights into data including donor trends, giving trends, popular traffic channels, and more that will help you make more informed…

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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