Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

By Rob Leighton , Executive Director at iMission a full-service digital-first marketing agency working exclusively with nonprofits and social sector organizations. Successful nonprofit fundraisers have always understood the power of personalization in effective communications. Get started !

Fundraising 119

Fundraising Fundraising Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 119

Ann Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In theory, that sounds nice, but in reality, it’s a day when nonprofit organizations unleash an onslaught of transactional fundraising appeals by email, text, and social media. Remember, other organizations will be participating and any messages you send will be competing with the onslaught of Giving Tuesday appeals.

Governance 305

Governance Associations Fundraising Fundraising 305

Candid

MARCH 10, 2025

Nonprofit organizations often collaborate with one another to share resources, seek grants, and scale public service delivery. At the same time, nonprofits also compete directly against one anotherfor attention, for funding, for clientsalthough this competition rarely gets acknowledged.

Altruism and Helping 105

Altruism and Helping Public and Nonprofit Management Fundraising Fundraising 105

NonProfit PRO

JULY 20, 2021

At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic with business closures and sheltering in place across the country, nonprofit organizations scrambled to deal with their new reality, which included the uncertainty of fundraising, budget cuts and laid-off employees.

Fundraising 279

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit Organizations Nonprofit Organizations 279

NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

If you’re a frontline fundraiser who wants to resign or has already quit, your nonprofit organization does not care about you. If it did, you either wouldn’t be thinking of leaving right now, or it would have retained you instead of losing you to greener pastures. Unfortunately, those greener pastures are an illusion.

Fundraising 289

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit Organizations Nonprofit Organizations 289

The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 7, 2025

Fundraising isnt always about money. According to Lynn Margherio, founder and CEO of Cradles to Crayons, volunteerism is the backbone of many successful nonprofits, even though attracting and retaining volunteers can be challenging. Fully invested volunteers are priceless to a nonprofit organization.

Volunteerism 96

Volunteerism Volunteerism Fundraising Fundraising 96

NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 5, 2022

There are three categories of technology that nonprofit organizations need to focus on in 2022 if they want to improve their fundraising in this new digital age. Here is an outline of what your fundraising tech stack should look like.

Fundraising 264

Fundraising Fundraising Technology Nonprofit Organizations 264

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 24, 2023

Text-to-donate, also known as text-to-give, has risen in popularity among nonprofits—and for good reason. As one of the easiest ways to boost revenue and connect with your supporters, text-to-donate can support your fundraising goals by simplifying the entire donation experience.

Nonprofit Organizations 172

Nonprofit Organizations Nonprofit Organizations Nonprofits Retention 172

Ann Green

JANUARY 26, 2022

You most certainly should send fundraising appeals to monthly donors, but not the same ones you send to other donors. You can also ask monthly donors for an additional gift during one of your fundraising campaigns, but you MUST recognize they’re monthly donors – We really appreciate your gift of $10 a month. or even $10.00

Nonprofit Organizations 185

Nonprofit Organizations Nonprofit Organizations Retention Nonprofits 185

NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 30, 2023

Public Interest Registry, the nonprofit organization that runs the.org domain, launched.giving — a brand new top-level domain that will streamline online fundraising and donating.

Fundraising 245

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit Organizations Nonprofit Organizations 245

Ann Green

MAY 13, 2021

Believe it or not, strength training has a lot in common with fundraising and when I say fundraising, I’m including the all-important stewardship and relationship-building components. What a wonderful world we’d live in if people just donated money to nonprofit organizations without us have to do anything.

Fundraising 256

Fundraising Fundraising Communication Nonprofit Organizations 256

NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 3, 2022

Whether internal issues, external challenges or both are affecting your ability to maintain and advance your mission, searching for and securing strong fundraising leadership and investing more resources in your development team can help you build a more resilient nonprofit organization.

Leadership 264

Leadership Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit Organizations 264

Candid

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Based on my experience, here are three of the most common mistakes nonprofits make, along with what they should be doing instead: Fundraising mistake #1. By themselves, social media appeals, fundraising letters, and other mass marketing efforts offer low conversion rates and contribute to message fatigue and information overload.

Fundraising 98

Fundraising Fundraising Governance Nonprofits 98

NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The addition will allow any of the 300 million daily Zoom meeting participants to instantly become a fundraiser for any one of the two million verified charitable and nonprofit organizations in its worldwide network. Pledge introduced a donate button for Zoom through its Donations by Pledge app.

Fundraising 252

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit Organizations Nonprofit Organizations 252

NonProfit PRO

JULY 7, 2022

DipJar, a giving technology platform, announced the Early Access release of DipJar Online, which will enable nonprofit organizations to create goal-driven, campaign-based fundraising initiatives that facilitate multi-channel donor engagement.

Leadership 246

Leadership Fundraising Fundraising Technology 246

NonProfit PRO

APRIL 14, 2021

For nonprofit organizations, perhaps the biggest and most important challenge was understanding how to move the mission forward. It’s been over a year since the pandemic changed all of our lives. 2020 really tested us all in a multitude of ways.

Fundraising 264

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit Organizations Nonprofit Organizations 264

NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

There are actually way better, sustainable fundraising success strategies to really smile about, whether or not your nonprofit organization participated in the program. Should you be worried about the shutdown of Amazon Smile?

Fundraising 245

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit Organizations Nonprofit Organizations 245

NonProfit PRO

MARCH 1, 2023

There are actually way better, sustainable fundraising success strategies to really smile about, whether or not your nonprofit organization participated in the program. No need to worry about the shutdown of Amazon Smile?

Fundraising 246

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit Organizations Nonprofit Organizations 246

NonProfit PRO

JULY 31, 2023

Bonterra announced key data insights and takeaways from a recent study conducted by Jumpstart, its nonprofit capacity building program, which shed light on the challenges faced by the nonprofit community. The report finds fundraising is a major hurdle for nonprofit organizations.

Nonprofit Capacity 246

Nonprofit Capacity Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit Organizations 246

NonProfit PRO

MARCH 2, 2023

Endaoment and The Giving Block announced a partnership to connect thousands of nonprofit organizations across the globe with crypto donors. The partnership will create new fundraising opportunities for nonprofits and simplify the process for crypto holders to support organizations in need.

Fundraising 244

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits Nonprofit Organizations 244

NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 26, 2022

In May of 2020, Echoing Green and The Bridgespan Group published an article highlighting enormous budget disparities between Black and white-led nonprofit organizations seeking institutional funding in the early stages of their development. The numbers were staggering.

Foundations 279

Foundations Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits 279

NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 20, 2023

Download the Definitive Donor Retention White Paper which addresses the critical role that a donor retention program plays in helping you to meet your fundraising goals, and provides proven strategies to increase donor retention and elevate giving for your nonprofit organization, as well as insights and guidance on ow to create and maintain a sustainable (..)

Retention 245

Retention Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit Organizations 245

NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 27, 2023

Download the Definitive Donor Retention White Paper which addresses the critical role that a donor retention program plays in helping you to meet your fundraising goals, and provides proven strategies to increase donor retention and elevate giving for your nonprofit organization, as well as insights and guidance on ow to create and maintain a sustainable (..)

Retention 244

Retention Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit Organizations 244

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 30, 2025

Ian has presented at more than 200 conferences, including some of the largest nonprofit leadership and fundraising events in the country. Not just fundraising or programming, but the full spectrum of what it takes to run a successful nonprofit organization. Its everything.

Foundations 246

Foundations Leadership Nonprofit Leadership Health 246

Ann Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Mobile Giving Campaigns The future of fundraising is mobile, with a growing number of donors using their smartphones to find new nonprofits, complete transactions, and tell their friends about their experiences. Thats what makes mobile giving campaigns so successfulthese fundraisers make contributing convenient for donors.

Nonprofits 165

Nonprofits Environmental Charitable Contribution Volunteerism 165

Ann Green

MARCH 16, 2022

Your nonprofit organization has gone through a lot and is continuing to navigate this ever-changing world. Don’t stop fundraising. Whatever is going on in the world, please don’t stop fundraising! Fundraising in Times of Crisis: What Helps Ukraine Most Right Now? Fundraising in a time of war: what should you do?

Fundraising 185

Fundraising Fundraising Communication Retention 185

Ann Green

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Yet, nonprofit organizations fail to recognize that and send everyone the same letter. I often receive generic, one-size-fits-all communication from organizations that don’t acknowledge I’m a longtime donor or recognize that I’m a monthly donor. Your donors are not the same. Some are monthly donors.

Communication 286

Communication Retention Fundraising Fundraising 286

Ann Green

APRIL 21, 2025

How does your nonprofit organization compete with all this? Political organizations and candidates here in the U.S. Some of the PACs send emails that are so obnoxious they give fundraising a bad name. Youll also want to send regular reminders for fundraising appeals and event invitations. or THANK YOU!

Communication 173

Communication Nonprofits Recruitment Fundraising 173

NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Givelink sets itself apart as an entirely free, customizable tool, backed by 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization Every.org.

Fundraising 246

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit Organizations Nonprofit Organizations 246

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JUNE 14, 2023

Nonprofit organizations across the board are recognizing its incredible utility and jumping on the bandwagon. Because gaming offers nonprofit marketers a fresh and unconventional approach to raising funds and amplifying brand awareness. Another option is to engage a major gamer to host one on your behalf.

Fundraising 220

Fundraising Fundraising Children Communication 220

NonProfit PRO

JULY 18, 2022

Hatch has developed a platform for nonprofit organizations that leverages ethical AI to enrich donor data and predict individuals’ giving with funding from prominent investors.

Ethics 220

Ethics Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit Organizations 220

NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 23, 2023

Armanino announces the launch of its Strategic Development Outsourcing service, providing a resource for nonprofit organizations. This new service brings a development approach powered by data and analytics to help organizations focus internal resources effectively.

Fundraising 242

Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits Nonprofit Organizations 242

Ann Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Its important for you to remember these four words – Ask, Thank, Report, Repeat If your nonprofit follows this fundraising formula, you should be more successful. Many organizations just practice Ask, Ask, Ask. Going a step further, fundraising expert Penelope Burk recommends seven touches before asking for another gift.

Retention 147

Retention Food Fundraising Fundraising 147

Candid

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The Latinx community is often missing from philanthropic discussionsboth about donors and about nonprofit organizations. population, but from every measurement in philanthropy including grants to Latinx-focused nonprofit organizations to representation among board members and staff, you wouldnt know there were 62 million of us.

Fundraising 52

Fundraising Fundraising Culture Education 52

Candid

AUGUST 12, 2024

However, the larger the organizations size, the more board members they have, hence the lower the percentage of those few BIPOC and women board members.” Another reason may be that boards tend to focus on fundraising. The post Why do smaller nonprofit organizations tend to have more diverse boards?

Nonprofit Organizations 105

Nonprofit Organizations Nonprofit Organizations Race and Ethnicity Recruitment 105

Ann Green

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

It also brings us to the start of the busiest time of the year for nonprofit organizations, especially if you’re doing a year-end appeal. Fundraising Consultant Tom Ahern refers to this as letter writing by committee. We could be looking at another tough fundraising season. How To Write A Fundraising Appeal In 5 Steps.

Fundraising 220

Fundraising Fundraising Food Values 220

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Most nonprofits rely on a few annual fundraising events to bring in much-needed donations and to raise awareness for their cause. There are so many forms of fundraising events, from charity runs to fundraising festivals. These goals will help you plan your event with a specific objective and fundraising target in mind.

Recruitment 104

Recruitment Nonprofits Management Food 104