Movers & Shakers: Cate Mellen Of the Carlisle Family YMCA, Raises $83,607

What is your organization’s story? The Carlisle Family YMCA is an independent stand-alone Y (short for YMCA) as opposed to other areas that might have twenty to thirty branches. Our mission is three-fold: healthy living, youth development, and social responsibility. What does the fundraising campaign cover for the Y? Every year we raise money in […]

Movers & Shakers: Sarah Kaufmann-Fink of MMORE Raises $80,000

It’s quite a powerful combination when personal passion intersects with fundraising, as in the case of MMORE. In March, Sarah Kauffman-Fink set an ambitious fundraising goal to move a research study to the clinic so myeloma patients could have access to this new treatment as soon as possible. Let’s hear more from Sarah now. Do […]

Movers & Shakers: Trinity Grace Church Williamsburg Raises $100,000

With no prior experience in fundraising and barely tapping social media networks, Tyler Stanton and his team were able to raise $100,000 in forty days to successfully launch their church on Easter Sunday. Continue reading to find out how! Can you tell me more about Trinity Grace Church and its mission? Trinity Grace Church-Williamsburg is […]

5 Crowdfunding News To Follow For Success

You spend your days making a difference, thinking about the change you want to make, the story you want to tell, and the money you need to make it all happen. You eat, sleep, and dream about the change you want to enact, the people you want to help. You know your world better than […]

Newsjacking: 3 Steps To Leverage Current Events For Your Nonprofit

In late February, a dress took over the Internet. For several days, tweets and Facebook posts flurried around the world. People swore to blue and black or proclaimed allegiance to white and gold. Though not exactly news, the controversial and, at times troubling photo became a trending topic, and soon every website, newspaper, and news […]

Movers & Shakers: Danielle Festa of Grey2k

Their team might be small, but they’re mighty at Grey2k, an advocacy group for greyhounds in Massachusetts. In 2014, they decided to try CauseVox for their GivingTuesday campaign, and within hours, they nearly surpassed their $5000 goal! Let’s hear more from Danielle Festa about her GivingTuesday campaign success. Tell me more about who you are and […]