2020 was a good year to decide that virtual events are the way to go. Kimberly Searles, the Outreach Coordinator at Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation (AFFCF) discovered this when midway through a virtual walk campaign, COVID hit and quarantine went into effect.  But with some flexibility and a focus on impact, their CauseVox […]

When COVID-19 hit in early 2020, hundreds of nonprofits were forced to scramble to adjust their plans for fundraising events. Summit Assistance Dogs was one of them. Their annual Unleash Your Love luncheon was scheduled for early May. After shutdowns and quarantine orders, they made the tough decision to move the event to a virtual […]

On May 25, 2020 George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, watched by three additional police officers. In the time that has followed, Minneapolis and the surrounding cities have been the site of protests, riots, looting, violence, increased police presence, and massive chaos. Minnesotans are standing up and saying that they will not […]

In 2020, galas and other fundraising events look a little bit different from the way they used to. Ok maybe quite a bit different.  Even as some areas are lifting stay-at-home orders, big gatherings are simply not an option for the foreseeable future. As a responsible nonprofit fundraiser, you’re looking around wondering how you can […]

A few years ago, text-to-give was a buzzword that had lots of nonprofits excited. Some people were convinced that it would revolutionize giving for younger generations. But we’ve had enough time to see how well text-to-give works and here’s the truth: text-to-give is dead in 2020. Don’t believe us? Let’s take a look at the […]

Your donation form should be helping you get more donors — whether it’s on your website, or on your crowdfunding, peer-to-peer fundraising, or virtual campaign site. To make sure you’re getting as many donors as possible, your focus should be on increasing your donation form conversion rate – which is the percent of people who […]

So you’ve decided that you’re not going to let a little thing like a pandemic get you down: you’re still going to do your work and get a fundraising campaign going for your organization. Cool…but now for the tricky part: what on earth are you going to do for this virtual fundraiser? Your normal events […]

The nonprofit world feels like living in a snow globe these days: every morning you wake up, someone’s shaken your world, and the snow has fallen differently. Things are changing constantly and there’s so much happening that it’s hard to keep up. In this climate, it feels like asking for money is out of place […]

Every fundraiser wishes someone would do their job for them, which is why peer-to-peer fundraising has become so wildly popular: why ask people for money when you can get your supporters to ask their friends? It’s such a simple concept. Alas, as many of us have learned the hard way, choosing the wrong peer-to-peer fundraising […]