Year-End Fundraising Emails On this episode, I wanted to share the audio from a recent training I hosted. During the training, I shared 11 ways you can get more of your supporters to open, engage, and respond to your year-end fundraising emails. With only 1 week left of the year, I thought this was a […]

With only a few weeks left in 2016, it’s time to start planning your year-end fundraising campaign. While you’re brainstorming social media, drafting your direct mail appeals, and setting up your online donation platform, don’t forget email—it’s a medium to communicate with your supporters that can really deliver. Marketers have found that email has a great […]

As a Customer Service Advocate at CauseVox, I have the opportunity to work alongside nonprofit fundraisers who are working in the trenches. It’s truly a privilege to assist organizations that are doing amazing things every day. Hearing their stories about not only how but why they’re fundraising, makes being a resource to fundraisers all the […]

When the weather outside gets frightful, it’s not just kids that go a little stir-crazy. Especially during these cold, dark months, your donors are looking for ways to get involved, which means you’re always looking for the best winter fundraising ideas. Here at CauseVox, we believe that you can give them something to look forward […]

Your nonprofit or charity may be raising upwards of 30% or more of your budget within the next few months. And yes, one hundred $50 donations are going to help get you through to the next fiscal year. But a handful of $1,000 or $5,000 gifts from major donors could also do the trick. When […]

Fundraising professionals are great at getting things done, but that’s often because we do it all ourselves. We’ll write every appeal, call all the donors, launch the online campaign, and then post to social media, because we figure someone has to do it, and at least we know we’ll do it right. While being the […]

According to Charity Navigator, 31 percent of annual giving occurred in the month of December last year and donations made on Giving Tuesday rose 148 percent. As these statistics demonstrate, successful year-end communication is essential to many nonprofit organizations. But how can your organization make sure that potential donors see your message above the noise […]

We are now officially down to the wire on GivingTuesday. Are you feeling a little overwhelmed? I am, for a simple and silly reason: up until last week, I thought November was longer than it is. Like, a whole week longer. Here is how it went down: “Thanksgiving is next week.” -Friend, November 15, 2016. […]

Being a fundraiser is hard. And these last few months of the year are especially so, with #GivingTuesday, year-end appeals, donor events, and holidays sprinkled throughout. On top of this, it’s mostly thankless work. Why is this? As our team takes tomorrow off to celebrate Thanksgiving here in the U.S., we wanted to stop and […]

While the old Christmas song heralds December as “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” for fundraising professionals, “The Most Stressful Time” might be more accurate. Research shows that this is the time when many nonprofits raise a significant portion of their funds–50% of nonprofits receive a majority of their donations from October through December. […]