9 Tips for Asking for Donations
Fundraising Ideas
Qgiv offers free donation templates to fundrasiers looking to better their Nonprofit. Use them for corporate donation requests, individual donation requests, and more!… Read More
5 Fundraising Strategies for Shy People
Fundraising Ideas
Fundraising is a very personal job. A huge part of your job is to get to know your donors and what makes them tick, and then you… Read More
Donor Lessons from Holden Caulfield
Nonprofit Management
Look, mom, my English Literature degree is good for something! I’ve always loved The Catcher in the Rye and Holden’s rants about phonies. Here are a few Caulfield-inspired lessons about donors, straight from the pages of… Read More
Planet Philanthropy 2015: An X Recap
Nonprofit Management
Fundraisers from all over the country converged upon sunny Jacksonville, Florida, to attend the 2015 Planet Philanthropy conference. The conference, which took place June 7th to the 9th, gave fundraisers the opportunity to learn together, trade… Read More
5 Things Nonprofits Get Wrong About Online Donations
Fundraising by Type
Online fundraising is the norm. But how many nonprofits are making big fundraising mistakes? Here are five things nonprofits get wrong about online donations. 1. Not being mobile-optimized I know, I know, you’re getting tired of… Read More
New Cards Are Coming! Here’s The Scoop
Nonprofit Management
Remember when we talked about chip and pin credit cards last year? No? It’s right here if you want to go read it. Okay. As predicted, it does look like American credit card companies will start… Read More
The Mobile Fundraising Field Guide
Fundraising by Type
Looking for a way to boost your fundraising efforts? Mobile fundraising uses multiple communication channels to help make donating easier, no matter where your donors are. Because of the rise in cellphone use over the… Read More
Periscope for Nonprofits
Fundraising Ideas
Have you heard about Periscope? The new app for X allows users to stream live video to anyone and everyone. Aside from a chance at streaming your own reality show, Periscope holds a huge amount… Read More
How to Use Memes to Appeal to Millennials (Or Not)
Fundraising Ideas
The Millennial generation is set to increase both their spending power and their influence over the next several years. Nonprofits are working hard to balance the tried-and-true fundraising methods that work well with their largest… Read More