We were invited to take part in a crowdfunding panel this past weekend for TechWeek in Chicago. It’s interesting to see that fundraising concepts apply to both in the for-profit and non-profit world. Here’s a break down of my top three take-aways from the session. For the majority of crowdfunding campaigns, you will be relying […]

Personal fundraisers are your individual supporters that fundraise for your non-profit or cause. They love your non-profit, but struggle to get the most donations possible. We’ve seen lots of people spin their wheels to figure out how they can get their friends and family to support your non-profit. Help them today. The 7 Habits of […]

I firmly believe that strong storytelling leads to more donations. Storytelling is the substance that fundraisers need to use to be more effective online fundraisers. Because of that, we interviewed Cara Jones, Founder at Storytellers for Good and an Emmy Award recipient. She shares her expert advice in how non-profits can use storytelling for fundraising, […]

For the past few weeks, we’ve been putting together a study of the habits of successful personal fundraisers from within our online fundraising platform. The interesting thing, aside from those habits, is that there are two characteristics that come up again and again with successful personal fundraisers. I hypothesize that the two characteristics are social […]

I met Albert last year during an annual Synergy Ministries training weekend. He was part of an elite consulting team that went to Ghana to help an NGO over there solve the community’s social problems more effectively. This year, Albert’s going to an NGO in Kolkata India to enhance their startup micro-finance. He has to […]

We recently sat down with PR expert Shonali Burke at the Non-Profit 2.0 Conference in DC. Her mantra on telling stories and community building really resonated with our thesis on fundraising. She asked us for tips on how to run better fundraising campaigns and here’s an excerpt from her article. Check out the full version […]

“The future of fundraising rests in peer to peer engagement. Causevox offers an essential tool that is easy to use and affordable.” – Ruthellen Rubin, Camp Rising Sun Camp Rising Sun integrated CauseVox into their fundraising strategy and launched a multi-pronged, online fundraising effort to raise money for their cause. Camp Rising Sun strives to […]

Running an online fundraising campaign is like participating in a football game — you want your team (support base) to show up. When your supporters don’t show up, then you’re not going to get the fundraising results that you want. What’s the best to make sure your supporters show up? Ask them. Remind them. Reward […]

I’ve worked with Jerry for a long time at endPoverty as well as Synergy Ministries. Most recently, he helped Unique Learning Center (ULC) launch an online fundraising campaign. Jerry also took the extra effort to create his own fundraising page and has raised over $1000 for ULC. Here are his fundraising tips and techniques. Tell […]

Jonathan Han speaks us today about his fundraising page with Unique Learning Center and how he has been able to raise over $800 in donations. Check out both the fundraising techniques he has been using as well as some of the challenges with fundraising. Tell us a little bit about who you are. Well, I’m […]