Read the title of this post again. You may be thinking, “It’s a 24-hour fundraising challenge. How can storytelling be the most important part?” Trust us – and let us explain. Each year, the #GivingTuesday movement shines a light on thousands of nonprofits doing good in their communities and around the world, in the middle of […]

30 days / Goal $10,000 / Raised $14,230 Hailing from East Palo Alto, California Heather Biscoe, the development officer of Bayshore Christian Ministries, needed to raise $10,000. This year marked their 30th anniversary so they set out to ask for $30 from each person in their “$30 for 30 years” campaign. Not only did they […]

With so many options for online fundraising these days, it may be hard to decide which platform to use for big campaigns and opportunities such as #GivingTuesday. And with thousands of partners and nonprofits participating in this unique 24-hour giving event, there’s a challenge and an opportunity to make your campaign stand out, whether you’re doing […]

In 2009 Mark Whitehead and Forrest Walden founded Neverthirst to bring clean water to people around the world by using a fitness workout as a fundraising event they call WOD for Water. Five years later not only have they helped 300,000 people, they’ve had an outpouring response that has forced them to scale up their […]

We are less than two months away from #GivingTuesday, December 2, and we’re starting to feel the crunch here at CauseVox. We’ve already heard from some of our nonprofit clients about the campaigns they’re planning, and we hope the resources we’ve provided so far are helpful. Speaking of resources – as a small organization, we […]

As a nonprofit, you need to know the difference between types of donors and the cultivation cycle and timeline for each donor. We just launched a new guide to help you understand the timing and strategy involved with acquiring individual donors, foundation grants, and corporate donors. With this guide, you will better understand how to diversify […]

Data visualization is turning information into imagery, making it hard to digest statistics and numerical figures into easy to swallow pictorial figures. Consider data visualization as the intersection of quantitative analysis and storytelling. Even if you didn’t know what exactly it was, you’ve already encountered data visualization. Anyone who spends any amount of time online […]

Our next Movers & Shakers story comes from a pastor in Virginia Beach, Virginia. In August of 2014 lead pastor, Kris Hassanpour, and his team launched a fundraising campaign to help ease the often bumpy transition of relocating and rebranding their church. By raising $15,000 they hoped to move to a new building and take […]

This week, to celebrate Pro Bono Week, the global celebration of pro bono service, we’re launching a new guide on how you can use volunteers to support your nonprofit. People interested in social good are increasingly looking for more active ways to give back to their communities and to the world – they want to […]

Crowdfunding and fundraising campaigns focused on projects and programs tend to perform better. Donors like to know what they are specifically donating to and the tangible outcomes and like to see their dollars go directly to a beneficiary or social impact program. But the trend of fundraising only for programs is bad for nonprofits. As […]