From your team at CauseVox, we wish you a happy Thanksgiving! We have a lot to be thankful for. One of the biggest things is you, our customers and supporters. This has been our first full year, and it has been a been a tremendously awesome year. Through ups and downs, we are so grateful […]

Your fundraising site represents who you are and what you stand for. Visitors are looking for who you are and information about your story. When they see it for the first time, they’re thinking: – Can I trust this nonprofit? – What are they fighting for? – Do I identify with them? – Why should […]

This week, we had the chance to talk with Adam and Elana Grann. They’ve done a great job fundraising for Water Collective, a startup nonprofit fighting for clean water. Check out their organization here. Tell us a little bit about who you are Elana and I are a couple of (3 years)? who found each […]

We want to help your non-profit make your vision of the world a reality. In order to be successful, you need to help  your supporters visualize your impact and emotionally connect with why you exist (i.e. the people you serve). But we recognize that we can’t possibly work with every organization that’s doing great work. To increase our […]

Ready. Set. Stop. I’ve seen this happen with nonprofits. They prepare themselves for a big fundraising campaign, set up a fundraising site, and launch it. They do all the right things. They launch big, get their support base involved, and send out messages on all their channels. After a few donations, things putter to a […]

Many non-profits recognize that online video storytelling is the most powerful driver of online fundraising. The problem is that after identifying they want video, most aren’t sure what to do next. Many dive in without thinking about what kind of story will garner the response they are looking for. Most don’t know what outcomes they […]

For successful short term fundraising campaigns, the typical rate of donations chart looks like this. There is a higher rate in the beginning and end, with a slight leveling out in the middle. In other words, most short-term campaigns slow down in the middle of the campaign. This is typical across many of nonprofits. We […]

Nonprofit fundraisers need to understand this: writing fundraising copy is not like writing a paper or a direct mail letter. You can use some of the same techniques, but your approach must be different. When people read online, they have shorter attention spans and they tend to skim content. You need to write in a […]

“There’s nothing that comes close to the effectiveness and power of CauseVox. Every ministry should use their platform.” – Andy Michaels, Synergy Ministries Synergy Ministries raised over $21,000 through their CauseVox fundraising site. This case study reviews fundraising strategies, techniques, results, and lessons learned. About Synergy Ministries Synergy Ministries was founded in 2004, and is […]

Starting a nonprofit is no easy task. You have to work with refining your programs, finding funding, building a team, and so much more. With some friends from LinkedIn, we’ve rounded up four resources to help you start your nonprofit. Foundation Center The Foundation Center provides a Nonprofit Startup Map with links to helpful state […]