After the commercialism craze of Black Friday and Cyber Monday is over, GivingTuesday is a day to help us all refocus. So, what exactly is GivingTuesday? Well, quite simply, it’s a day dedicated to fostering a spirit of selflessness and philanthropy. Since its start in 2012, GivingTuesday—which occurs on the first Tuesday after the U.S. […]
GivingTuesday: How to Choose a Fundraising Platform
GivingTuesday, which started in 2012, is a global giving day that inspires millions to support causes they care about. In 2023 alone, GivingTuesday raised $3.1 billion in the U.S., highlighting just how impactful this one day can be for nonprofits. It’s a chance to connect with supporters, reach new audiences, and make a big difference—all […]
GivingTuesday Best Practices & Ideas for Nonprofits
What are the top GivingTuesday best practices and fundraising ideas to make you stand out in 2024? Since 2012, GivingTuesday has become a worldwide day of (mostly) online giving. Set on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, GivingTuesday is as famous as the shopping events like Black Friday and Cyber Monday that precede it. Throughout the years, […]
How to Create a Mid-Level Donor Strategy
As nonprofit professionals, we spend a lot of time focused on major donors or on crowdfunding campaigns that target smaller donors. As a result, we can often miss the hidden gems of our donor base, the passionate, engaged, and consistently generous mid-level donors. Mid-level donors are those typically contributing between $1,000 and $10,000 annually and […]
Tips for Setting Up Your GivingTuesday Campaign
In 2023, nonprofits raised over $3.1 billion across various platforms for GivingTuesday! With the numbers growing each year, the bar is set for another huge GivingTuesday in 2024. We understand that a big contributor to a successful GivingTuesday is your fundraising campaign site. Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for you to […]
How to Create a GivingTuesday Campaign
What Is GivingTuesday? GivingTuesday 2024 is on December 3 and will be here before you know it. 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 donations are made at the end of the year than any other […]
19 Successful (Yet Untapped) Fall Fundraising Ideas
It’s fall y’all! The leaves are changing and soon we’ll be adorning our surroundings with hay bales, sipping pumpkin spice lattes, and getting into that cozy autumn spirit. But, as a fundraiser, your job is just ramping up. That’s because fall is a busy time of year for fundraising. Sure, there’s GivingTuesday and the standard […]
The Ideal GivingTuesday Timeline
Begin your planning using this ideal GivingTuesday timeline this year. Since 2012, nonprofits and charities of all sizes and missions have raised money and awareness on GivingTuesday. And here at CauseVox, we’ve seen firsthand how awesome this “Global Day of Giving” is for organizations. We believe that GivingTuesday is one of the best days of […]
How This Nonprofit Raised Over $1M on GivingTuesday and What We Can Learn
If you read the CauseVox articles often, it’s possible that you have heard us highlight Spur Local (formerly Catalogue For Philanthropy). And for good reason! Over the last decade, this nonprofit has raised over $57 million dollars and helped over 500 small nonprofits in their community do world-changing work. By partnering with CauseVox, Spur Local […]
The Ideal Year-End Fundraising Calendar
2024 has been a year of “how has time moved so slowly” but also “where on earth did this year go?” Somehow it’s almost November and that means it’s time to start planning your ideal year-end timeline. Autumn definitely means “go time” in the life of a fundraiser, often because it signals the start of […]