If you’re planning a bowl-a-thon fundraiser for your nonprofit, you’re probably hoping for a bunch of fundraising strikes, or at least to avoid a gutter ball. But what makes a peer to peer bowl-a-thon successful? How can you make sure your event is a hit, instead of a ton of work for no results? Combining […]
Alumni Fundraising: Activate Your Alumni to Donate and Fundraise for Your College or University
In college, were you more likely to attend an event if staff members said it was fun or if your friends wanted to go? While that may seem like an absurdly obvious question, it’s an important one to consider when you’re looking to build your alumni fundraising. Alumni fundraising for colleges and universities is often […]
Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Best Practices For Reaching New Donors
As our online lives become interconnected with those of our friends, the products we use, and the causes we support, it’s important to stand out. One way to do this is by focusing on community-driven fundraising. When you use community-driven fundraising, you’re leveraging the relationships you have with current donors to connect with a broader […]
Choosing The Best Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Platform For You
In the age of social media, nonprofits are adopting peer-to-peer strategies to raise more money. But how do you know what peer-to-peer fundraising platform is best for you? If you didn’t know, peer-to-peer fundraising (also commonly referred to as “p2p”) is an opportunity to leverage your supporters’ personal networks to increase visibility and engagement for […]
Digital Fundraising Strategies That Can Boost Your Donations by 80% or More
Digital fundraising isn’t easy! In our social-media-driven world, your fundraising campaign can easily get lost in a jungle of competing distractions. Long gone are the days when unimaginative, cookie-cutter campaigns got results. While finding the perfect fundraising angle is going to rely on heaping spoonfuls of creativity and inspiration on your part, CauseVox has some […]
Monday Mixtape 029: Storytelling Tips That Will 10x Your Fundraising Results
Monday Mixtape 029: Storytelling Tips That Will 10x Your Fundraising Results Here’s your Monday Mixtape, a weekly newsletter from CauseVox designed to jumpstart your week, challenge your thinking, and inspire you to keep at it. Each week, we’ll hand-pick must-read articles, thinking, resources, and stories for nonprofit fundraisers and leaders and drop it in your inbox. Have suggestions […]
How to Raise More With Your Annual Appeal
Ah, the annual appeal. I’ve run a few of these in my time, and I must say, they sometimes feel like a rush to the finish line. However they are also my favorite appeal to run. Every organization should have an annual appeal, and it’s ideally your biggest appeal of the year. For those of […]
How To Run A Golf Marathon Fundraiser
A day on the fairway can be relaxing and fun, but if you’re planning a golf marathon fundraiser, “relaxed” may not be how you’re feeling. Managing registration, figuring out the event details, and running a fundraising campaign all at once can be overwhelming. And if your peer to peer fundraising software is clunky? You’ll probably […]
6 Top School Fundraising Campaigns You Can Learn From
If you’re a school administrator, or on the PTO, do the words “school fundraising” strike terror into your heart? Are you picturing hours and hours of thankless admin, crates of wrapping paper or lollipops to sell, or shuffling piles of order forms and sign up sheets? It doesn’t have to be that way. Bring your […]
Lessons From North Texas Food Bank’s 130+ Corporate Partner Campaigns on CauseVox
North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) has partnered with community and corporate partners to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars with CauseVox since 2015. We sat down with Ashley Vandenbush of their Corporate Engagement Team to get her advice on online fundraising, corporate partnerships, and using CauseVox to give fundraisers an easy and seamless experience. About […]