It’s spring! The daffodils are blooming, the Kentucky bluegrass is coming in, and the winter jackets are headed toward the back of the closet. You’re finally done with your year-end giving analysis and follow up. It’s possible you’re even gearing up to close out your fiscal year before June 30th rolls around. Before you know […]

Online fundraising is on the rise, and it’s the perfect time to update your fundraising strategy to include more virtual fundraising ideas. According to the latest M+R Benchmarks study, online giving increased 32% in 2020 and has been steadily on the rise in recent years. With the exploding popularity of virtual fundraising and the major […]

Who Is Carousel Ranch? For the past 25 years, Carousel Ranch has made it their mission to improve the lives of children and young adults through equestrian therapy and vocational training. Beginning with one client and one horse in a backyard, this organization has grown to a 10+ acre state-of-the-art therapy facility in Santa Clarita.   […]

Meat Fight is a nonprofit dedicated to “funlanthropy” who has used CauseVox to set records in their digital fundraising. We recently sat down with Meat Fight’s CEO, Alice Laussade, to have a fun conversation about her experience with CauseVox, key fundraising tips from Meat Fight that allowed them to raise more money, and the do […]

As nonprofit fundraisers, we’re always thinking about our donors first. We’re focused on recruiting them, retaining, engaging, and so on. And it’s all worth the effort because our donors are part of the lifeblood of our organizations—they’re the people who financially fuel our missions and help us produce real results. But donors aren’t the only […]

COVID disrupted fundraising in nearly every way imaginable the last two years. Every single sector has been impacted but particularly those that work in event fundraising. In the last two years we have cancelled, changed, pivoted, and adjusted event after event. This has understandably put a lot of strain on fundraising income. During this time, […]

The last year has seen a lot of nonprofits dipping their toes into online fundraising for the first time. Spinal CSF Leak Foundation was among those numbers when they ran their first peer-to-peer fundraising campaign on CauseVox.  In years past their annual Duradash fundraiser raised about $5000 when through their event. In 2021, they used […]

Recurring donors are a fundraiser’s dream. These are the folks who give you a predictable stream of income month after month, and who support your organization over time. They tend to give 2x more over their lifetimes than those who repeatedly give one-time gifts. As fundraising becomes more and more digital, creating sustainable and predictable […]

The 5K has long been a staple of nonprofit fundraising for ages, but like a lot of fundraising events, it’s gotten something of a facelift in the last few years. Just like the rest of our lives, 5K fundraisers have been moving virtual. If you want to keep up with the competition, now is the […]

When I say “Little Black Dress Initiative” you may say “huh?” or “what?” But Little Black Dress Initiatives are a very cool tradition for Junior League chapters across the globe.  The inaugural Little Black Dress Initiative was launched in 2014 by the Junior League of London. Since then, this iconic event has been replicated by […]