2020 was the year of the pivot. For nonprofits everywhere, longstanding events and campaigns suddenly became impossible and the only response was to make changes fast. But sometimes a careful pivot brings more success than an old plan, and that was definitely true for SOS Children’s Villages of Illinois.  When they realized their traditional holiday […]

COVID-19 has changed the face of nonprofit fundraising forever. Sure, we may be slowly moving back to in-person events, but spending a year doing everything virtually has opened up possibilities that we can’t forget now that vaccines are here. That’s why in the second half of this year, we’ll see the rise of the hybrid […]

Social media remains a powerful force for nonprofits to communicate with their stakeholders and supporters. According to the Global NGO Technology Report, 94% of NGOs worldwide agree that social media is effective for creating online brand awareness. Not only that, 36% of social media users say that they have used social media sites like Facebook […]

When it comes to running an event for your nonprofit, one of the essential steps you need to do is set up event ticketing so you can easily sell tickets online. The ticket-buying process is the first impression your attendees have of your nonprofit’s fundraising event before they even walk through the door. So, you’ll […]

Whether you’re creating a receipt for a general donation form on your website or for a specific fundraising campaign, one of the essential components is creating a donation receipt that will get automatically sent to donors following their donation. With automatic donation receipts, you have the ability to immediately acknowledge your donor’s gift, which has […]

When you’re setting up a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign, one of the best things to ensure that your fundraisers create a page that’s optimized to drive donations is by creating a default appeal. A default appeal is the content that auto-fills on an individual’s personal fundraising page during setup, and it’s a powerful tool you can […]

Friends, I’ve been excited to write this post for you for quite a while. As part of the education team at CauseVox I love helping nonprofits improve their fundraising, but I don’t often get to do it myself. That’s why I was absolutely thrilled when my day job decided to host our first fundraiser of […]

During the coronavirus pandemic, many nonprofits needed to navigate their in-person fundraising events to the virtual space. And while many aspects translate seamlessly, one of the questions we hear time and time again is: “How do I get sponsors for my virtual event?”  It’s a great question, because a solid group of sponsors can completely […]

When you put on a fundraising event, the most important element of success is to sell fundraiser tickets: if no one shows up to your event, none of your other metrics will matter.  Whether it’s an in-person event, virtual, or hybrid, nonprofit leaders are always asking how to get people on board. How do you […]

We’re now a few months into 2021 and a full year into the COVID-19 pandemic. With vaccine rollouts underway, nonprofits are still wondering: how do I fundraise during COVID? Will there be a return to in-person events and normal fundraising for 2021? No one can predict exactly how vaccination rollout and the pandemic will play […]