Tue.Aug 09, 2022

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Why fundraising asks are so hard

Fundraising Coach

Fundraising is said to top the lists of things people find most scary. Right up there with fear of public speaking and fear of untimely death. Nonprofit fundraisers and volunteers refer to that fear when they explain why they don’t make the fundraising solicitations they know they need to make. They know they need to make the calls to pay their staff and fulfill their mission.

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Top Tips for Bringing Gamification to Social Fundraising

NonProfit PRO

Gamification is proving to be a powerful tool that can help nonprofits meet their fundraising and awareness goals. Because people are naturally hardwired to seek rewards, it builds enthusiasm and drives funding.

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Marketing Your Fundraisers on Social Media: 6 Tips

Elevation

If you’re a nonprofit planning to market a fundraiser, you’re likely deciding how social media will fit into the equation. (If you’re not, you probably should be!) While it may seem like there’s no rhyme or reason to what is popular on any given day on any given platform, there’s more to social media than luck.

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Donor-Advised Fund Spotlight Examines Use of Complex Assets to Fund DAF Philanthropy

NonProfit PRO

A new spotlight report from National Philanthropic Trust (NPT), the largest national, independent public charity that manages donor-advised funds (DAF), details that on average, over the past five years, noncash assets accounted for more than half of total contributions to NPT DAFs.

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13 Volunteer Time-Off (VTO) Stats Your Company Needs to Know

The Volunteer Hub

Providing employees with time-off to volunteer is a great way to increase engagement and decrease turnover. Creating an employee benefits program that includes volunteer-time off is a great way to increase employee satisfaction and engagement. Take a look at these 13 VTO statistics that show the value for business, employees, and the community. It’s a win-win-win.

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Change InSight Initiative Relies on Data to Help Nonprofits Determine Programming Needs

NonProfit PRO

How can organizations with limited funding and thin margins address the root causes of issues and have a ripple effect on the clients they serve? The answer may lie in data.

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Get Your Email List Ready for Year-End Fundraising NOW

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

Based on some questions we got during last week’s webinar Getting People to Click: How to Write (Ethically!) for Opens, Clicks, and Conversions ( recording available with an All-Access Pass ), many of you still aren’t maintaining healthy email lists even though we’ve been talking about this for over 2 years now. This is concerning any time of year, but believe it or not, year-end giving is right around the corner and a clean email list is essential for making it through the mor

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