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#GivingTuesday 2019: How To Plan A Successful Fundraising Campaign

What is Giving Tuesday? Doesn’t it seem like the major holiday season begins earlier and earlier every year? Thankfully, charitable giving rises alongside the holiday spirit. In fact, more charitable […]

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by Megan Donahue

22 Top Insights From The Digital Fundraising Summit (Part 1)

Today’s digital fundraising landscape is noisy and ever-changing, making it hard for nonprofit leaders like yourself to know how to actually generate results.  The way donors give has shifted, social […]

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by Shawnna Stiver

7 Annual Giving Campaign Ideas & Best Practices

Having worked at a nonprofit that raised a majority of our funds with an annual campaign, I know first-hand how powerful a strong annual giving campaign can be. I’ve seen […]

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by Tina Jepson

Building An Active And Engaged Board

120 Years Of Fundraising History: What Can We Learn?

Since there have been good causes to support, there has been fundraising.  Communities have rallied to meet needs around the globe and throughout history. In the last one hundred years […]

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by Megan Donahue

5 Best Donor Databases For Nonprofits

Managing donor information is no easy feat and if you’re feeling overwhelmed by tracking data across multiple spreadsheets or post-it notes, that’s an obvious sign to invest in a donor […]

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by Gia Chow

15 Successful (Yet Untapped) Fall Fundraising Ideas

It’s fall y’all. The leaves have already started to turn and in a matter of weeks, we’ll all begin decorating with hay bales, pumpkins, and mums. Before we know it, […]

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by Gia Chow

Crowdfunding Platforms for Nonprofits: How to Choose the Best For You

When crowdfunding first burst into the social media scene back in the early noughties, early adopters soon recognized its radical potential for leveling the fundraising playing field.  Crowdfunding platforms for […]

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by Mark Lambert

6 Donation Page KPIs You Should Be Tracking

There is SO much data available to us these days. For a data nerd like myself it’s amazing. But for those who are new to marketing or fundraising, it can […]

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by Simone O'Connor

Donor Lifetime Value: What It Is, and Why It Matters

Look, I get it. You got into fundraising to change the world and support a cause, not to do math. Digging into metrics and calculating ROIs was never my favorite […]

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by Megan Donahue