Getting started with online fundraising can be difficult and confusing. We’ve heard from many of you that were waiting to set up your fundraising campaigns to fit within our 30 day trial period. Some organizations were even creating multiple accounts to extend their trial — very clever. You’ll be glad to hear that we’ve replaced […]

I remember growing up and listening to the stories my grandparents would tell me about the China Civil War. They would talk about fighting in the war, taking care of the wounded, and eventually escaping to Taiwan. Their stories would capture my attention completely. Stories are narratives that help us understand events, culture, and morals. […]

Let’s talk about one of the first documented instances of supporter-driven fundraising. Bruce is the founder of BBDO, a global ad agency, and is often referred to as the one of the first to do supporter-driven fundraising. In 1925, there was a college in Kentucky called Berea that educated the local towns. The students were […]

I met Yoko Nakano at SXSW during our panel discussion about SXSWcares. After things settled down at bit in the campaign, I asked Yoko to share her thoughts on fundraising for SXSWcares. Check out some of her scientifically-ground tips on how to get your friends, family, and coworkers to give. Tell us a little about […]

On March 11th 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck the northeastern coast of Japan. The massive earthquake triggered a tsunami with waves as high as 77 feet that pushed as far as 6 miles inland. Tens of thousands of Japanese were reported dead or missing and hundreds of thousands were left homeless. That morning, CauseVox […]

Camp Rising Sun is one of our non-profit partners that has used CauseVox as a “home base” for their online fundraising efforts. Rene Pierpont, one of their supporters, has raised more than $2600 through her fundraising page. We asked Rene to share her thoughts on the experience and to give a few tips on fundraising. […]

Supporters create fundraising pages to fundraise on your behalf. Here are some helpful tips to help your supporters get started: 1. Complete the setup of your page. It’ll say “100% Complete”. 2. Regularly send personal emails to everyone you know. Reminders work well. 3. Include your personal link everywhere — your email signature, Facebook, Twitter, […]

We presented at Non-Profit Technology Conference in Washington DC last week about peer-to-peer fundraising. Peer-to-peer fundraising is basically a method of fundraising that gets your supporters to fundraise through their personal networks. It’s the non-profit version of crowd-funding and a part of what we offer here at CauseVox. Check out the presentation. You can download […]

On the morning of the first day of SXSW, I saw the jaw-dropping photos and videos from the Japan tsunami disaster. The news agencies were reporting that hundreds of people have died and tens-of-thousands were missing. In addition, earthquakes and potential nuclear reactor meltdowns posed serious threats to an already disaster-torn country. Without hesitation, we launched […]

Yesterday we launched SXSW4Japan (SXSWcares) to rally the interactive community here to raise support for the Japan Tsunami Disaster. It’s amazing to see the Tweets, the posts, and the chatter all around this event. One of the fundraisers, Taro Radke, has blown away this fundraising effort. So far, he has raised over $1000 for disaster […]