Telling your story matters much more than you think. It especially does when you’re running a digital fundraising campaign. From a population set of campaigns (outliers removed), we picked the top 15 highest grossing campaigns that CauseVox has powered. In total, this sample set raised $1,203,072 in donations with an average raise of $80,205. After […]

This is a guest post by our friend Howard Freeman. Howard Freeman is Founder and Principal of Zoey Creative Development, a charitable giving consultancy in NYC serving both organizations and also individual philanthropists.  He can be reached at howard@zoeycreativedevelopment.com. The Upper West Side of Manhattan is not the best neighborhood to shop for cheap groceries if […]

Your fundraising site represents who you are and what you stand for. Visitors are looking for who you are and information about your story. When they see it for the first time, they’re thinking: – Can I trust this nonprofit? – What are they fighting for? – Do I identify with them? – Why should […]

We want to help your non-profit make your vision of the world a reality. In order to be successful, you need to help  your supporters visualize your impact and emotionally connect with why you exist (i.e. the people you serve). But we recognize that we can’t possibly work with every organization that’s doing great work. To increase our […]

Nonprofit fundraisers need to understand this: writing fundraising copy is not like writing a paper or a direct mail letter. You can use some of the same techniques, but your approach must be different. When people read online, they have shorter attention spans and they tend to skim content. You need to write in a […]

“There’s nothing that comes close to the effectiveness and power of CauseVox. Every ministry should use their platform.” – Andy Michaels, Synergy Ministries Synergy Ministries raised over $21,000 through their CauseVox fundraising site. This case study reviews fundraising strategies, techniques, results, and lessons learned. About Synergy Ministries Synergy Ministries was founded in 2004, and is […]

“We are so thankful that we found CauseVox! It was the perfect solution for our multi-platform campaigns and we have been able to utilize CauseVox across a variety of projects. Our donors have been thrilled with the features that Causevox offers.” – Noah Barnett, World Help This case study discusses how World Help raised over […]

Bums. Beggars. Pan-handlers. You can see one on every corner of NYC and almost in every subway car. They have a secret. You have to look underneath the body odor and dirt stained clothes. If you look deep enough, you’ll see that bums are some of the best fundraisers in NYC. I’ve seen hundreds of […]

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 […]

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 […]