It’s no secret that the Internet can seem a bit impersonal. In a space where you can have an entire conversation with someone without ever knowing what he or she looks like, or read an article without knowing a single thing about the author, oftentimes we can start to crave a slightly more personal connection. […]

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 […]

We are less than one week out from #GivingTuesday, on December 2. We have no doubt your team is busy running around with the final preparations (come back to the blog in a few days for a post on that topic), but is your community ready, too? Depending on your fundraising strategy for the end […]

30 days / Goal $10,000 / Raised $14,230 Hailing from East Palo Alto, California Heather Biscoe, the development officer of Bayshore Christian Ministries, needed to raise $10,000. This year marked their 30th anniversary so they set out to ask for $30 from each person in their “$30 for 30 years” campaign. Not only did they […]

We are less than two months away from #GivingTuesday, December 2, and we’re starting to feel the crunch here at CauseVox. We’ve already heard from some of our nonprofit clients about the campaigns they’re planning, and we hope the resources we’ve provided so far are helpful. Speaking of resources – as a small organization, we […]

Crowdfunding and fundraising campaigns focused on projects and programs tend to perform better. Donors like to know what they are specifically donating to and the tangible outcomes and like to see their dollars go directly to a beneficiary or social impact program. But the trend of fundraising only for programs is bad for nonprofits. As […]

Who are you? ArtStream, Inc. is non-profit based in Greater Washington DC. We bring the arts to people who are traditionally underserved. We believe that the transformative power of the arts should be available to everyone, regardless of disability or life-circumstances. What is your campaign? What are you fundraising for? Our campaign is “9 Reasons […]

After the excess of Thanksgiving—the food, the travel, and perhaps the shopping—over a dozen people gave generously to Project Renewal. With more than $77,000 raised, Project Renewal will be able to feed and shelter and empower homeless men and women out of poverty. How was this nonprofit able to break through the noise of a […]

(Photo from Shubhagata Sengupta) The Nonprofit Technology Conference is one of my favorite nonprofit conferences. It always has a wide array of insightful sessions (that are more hits than misses) on everything from fundraising to big-data. We’ve presented there a couple of times, including our session on the 10 Principles of Peer-to-Peer Fundraising as well […]

In true David and Goliath fashion, human & environmental rights organization EarthRights International takes on corporate human rights abusers in the arena of public opinion by crowdfunding a documentary film series & training curricula that will empower activists in their pursuit of justice. “John Steinbeck was my hero,” said Katie Redford, EarthRights International’s Co-founder and […]