Remember the Kevin Costner movie called Field of Dreams? It is about an Iowa corn farmer that hears voices and interprets them as a command to build a baseball diamond in his fields. He does, and the Chicago Black Sox come. The whole mantra of the movie was — “If you build it, he will […]

CauseVox was integral in the success of Shower Strike. Having a web platform that was easily accessible by participants, donors, and admin, that was sleek and user friendly, that enabled much greater social media potential, and empowered advocates, made fundraising much easier, much more fun, and much more effective. – Sarah Evans, Well Aware This […]

The New England Nordic Ski Association (NENSA) just finished up their online fundraising campaign through CauseVox. In the end, they were able to raise over $50,000, beating their original goal of $25,000. Skyler Davis, the youngest member of the US Ski Team and a supporter of NENSA, raised over $1,300 and generated more than 175 […]

Stories have the unique power to inspire feeling, connection, and action. They capture the hearts and minds of your audience in unimaginable ways. We use stories everyday — in our conversations with donors, in our mailings, and even our Tweets. Because storytelling is so important for online fundraising, we’ve rounded up a few recent articles […]

We recently published the 7 Habits of Effective Personal Fundraisers, a free eBook that helps your supporters fundraise better. It’s gotten raving reviews from readers. One of the readers, Emily Rotella, asked if we were going to write one up for team leaders in group fundraising. After finding out she has a wealth of experience […]

About Fundación Runa? Fundación Runa provides tools and resources to indigenous communities and farmers’ associations working towards their vision of sustainable development in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Runa focuses on three core areas: social empowerment, community development, and environmental management. Campaign Techniques Runa sought to raise $5000 to send two indigenous leaders, Ernesto Huatatoca and Patricio […]

Jon Stewart describes Story Pirates really well. He says, “The Story Pirates teach kids a love of creative writing.  It helps kids to see that their words and ideas are really important.  I believe that what the Story Pirates are doing is helping America, nay, humanity – helping humanity itself. It’s crazy entertaining.” We recently wrapped up […]

Online fundraising is all about making it personal. Here we talk with Rene B. and her online fundraising efforts for ULC. She shares her fundraising journey and techniques. So far, she has raised $980 through her personal network. Check it out below. Tell us a little bit about who you are. I started as a […]

“Not one fundraising platform comes close to CauseVox. The process of creating our site was quick and intuitive to learn, and the team at CauseVox was always available for questions. The entire experience was phenomenal!” — Tammy Tibbetts/Cynthia Hellen, GIRLS WHO ROCK About GIRLS WHO ROCK GIRLS WHO ROCK (GWR) is an annual crowd-pleasing, change-making […]

Bill Murray has raised $13,000+ on his fundraising page just by sending out an email. If you’ve been reading the news the past few weeks, you’ve heard about the crisis in the Horn of Africa. Bill Murray is doing something about it. So far he’s raised enough to provide 500,000 meals in Africa. Read more […]