The Stay-At-Home Auction We’re witnessing a small movement towards “Stay-at-home auctions”. More and more, the cost of putting on a big event can outweigh the benefits for smaller organizations, schools,… Read more »


The Stay-At-Home Auction We’re witnessing a small movement towards “Stay-at-home auctions”. More and more, the cost of putting on a big event can outweigh the benefits for smaller organizations, schools,… Read more »

In the world of fundraising, missing paperwork equals missed donations, which can be tough to swallow when every dollar counts. Using a content management system and automating business processes ensures… Read more »

This is the first in a series on reaching donors from all walks of life to help you better engage your entire potential donor base. In future installments, we’ll talk… Read more »

Congratulations! You just got elected Auction Chair. You’ve got a big job ahead of you, but we are here to help. Here are some tips for first-time Auction Chairs to… Read more »

Giving Tuesday Google Hangout on Ideas with the Biggest ROI Together with Double the Donation, Giving Tuesday and 92Y’s Kait Sheridan, America’s Charities’ Sarah Ford, and America Scores Bay Area’s… Read more »

We’ve gathered some cutting-edge fundraising best practices from experts after an impromptu get together in Portland. The discussion yielded an abundance of tips, fundraising challenges, best practices, and visions for the future… Read more »

Leveraging Hallmark Holidays to Drive Donations Historically, Americans are the most generous during the holiday season—with some non-profit organizations receiving more than 80% of their annual donations during the holidays. But… Read more »

Make the best use of your amazing volunteers—and retain them for years—with these three tips to use when training your volunteers. Volunteers are an invaluable and indispensable resource to your non-profit… Read more »

Would you believe I starred in the Nutcracker Ballet as the Snow Queen? Courtesy of a fabulous benefit auction item! It’s true. For this prestigious walk-on role, my 15… Read more »

Many nonprofits today communicate their message by only using their in-house website, social media sites, emails and newsletters— thinking that other media outlets are out-of-reach or too expensive. However, the most successful and well-known nonprofits understand what the media is like today, and create relationships with them to effectively get their message out to the masses at little or no cost.