The internet is a big place and it’s easy to get lost in the noise without a loyal tribe to support your cause. In nonprofit crowdfunding especially, success is often determined by whether or not you have built a tribe of people. Here are some useful strategies you can use to build a tribe of […]

Their team might be small, but they’re mighty at Grey2k, an advocacy group for greyhounds in Massachusetts. In 2014, they decided to try CauseVox for their GivingTuesday campaign, and within hours, they nearly surpassed their $5000 goal! Let’s hear more from Danielle Festa about her GivingTuesday campaign success. Tell me more about who you are and […]

We know that most people make purchasing, and donating, decisions based on their emotions. That’s why a compelling story is so important to successful nonprofit marketing and crowdfunding campaigns. But if your nonprofit marketing is all about emotional appeal, it can turn donors off. You also need to provide strong reasoning and data. So how do you […]

Kristin Campbell’s fundraising story is not an exception to how current events can quite literally change the course of history for your nonprofit. Three months before their GivingTuesday campaign, TMZ Sports released a shocking video. It showed Baltimore Ravens star, Ray Rice, punching his then-fiancé in an elevator, knocking her unconscious. He then tries to […]

Once you’ve set up your fundraising campaign, you’ll naturally want it to reach as many people as possible, but you can only do so much on your own. The trick is to recruit your own fundraising army; donors and supporters that will share it with their own networks. How do you achieve this holy grail […]

Nonprofit crowdfunding is a relatively new term, but it’s been around as long as school bake sales and community carwashes. Most of us have tried these accessible forms of fundraising, so we can learn a lot about crowdfunding fundamentals. Sadly, these classic fundraisers are going out of style. Even schools are now benefiting from current […]

“Have a minute to save a life?” Everyone dreads the canvassers who wait in the middle of the street and call you down to press you for donations. Most people make a point of avoiding eye contact and pretending to be on their phones. It’s not that we don’t want to help, but we don’t […]

International Women’s Day, on March 8 every year has been celebrated since the early 1900s but has gotten more traction in recent years as the international development community has amped up its efforts online and offline. Now, hundreds, if not thousands of organizations raise funds and run awareness and advocacy campaigns for this global day […]

Welcome to the fourth and final part of our series on nonprofit storytelling from the Storytelling for Business course by Kevin Allison at StoryStudio.org. If you’re just joining us now, make sure to catch up on Parts 1, 2, and 3 to learn about the basic requirements of a story, how to account for your […]