Excerpt of Chapter 2 A HIGHER BID How to Transform Special Event Fundraising Success with Strategic Benefit Auctions Are fundraisers, charity galas, and benefit auctions right for you? In most… Read More »
Fundraising
Guest Post: Creative Fundraising Captures Revenue
Silent auctions, live auctions, and fund-a-need presentations—these are fairly reliable fundraising methods. They are also quite common. Guests won’t be surprised to encounter them, and subsequently may not be inspired… Read More »
Double Fundraising with Matching Gifts
Matching gifts is easy for donors and monumentally beneficial to your organization. A matching gift is a donation made to a nonprofit by a matching donor (e.g., an employer) under the provision that an… Read More »
Emeril Lagasse Foundation Raises the Bar with Greater Giving Mobile Bidding
We sat down with Molly Loubiere, Event Coordinator at the Emeril Lagasse Foundation, after their 10th Annual Carnivale du Vin Fundraising weekend. They used Greater Giving Mobile Bidding for their two-day fundraiser and… Read More »
Reaching Diverse Donors: Engaging Women Donors
Reaching Diverse Donors: Engaging Women Donors This is the second in a series on reaching donors from all walks of life, to help you better engage your entire potential donor… Read More »
How to Write the Perfect Fundraising Email
Writing the Perfect Email The perfect fundraising email is a little bit science, a little bit creativity, and a lot personality and spark. As you craft your email, think about the… Read More »
Help Your Donors Realize Giving Goes Beyond One Day Giving Events
Extend Donor Giving Beyond One Day Giving Events Your organization never stops working to achieve its mission; there’s always another initiative to pursue or problem to solve. So why should… Read More »
Guest Post: 9 Tips to Create a Fundraising Culture in Your Organization
The most successful organizations know that fundraising is the responsibility of every single associate and board member. However, the burden of raising funds often falls solely on the development staff,… Read More »
5 Ways to Avoid Fundraising Stress
For many people, work and all the pressures of day-to-day life can be overwhelming. Yet no matter how we are feeling on the inside, life usually doesn’t slow down to… Read More »
15 Amazing Auction Packages
How do you rejuvenate tradition? Every year benefit auctions have live auction events and offer packages, and every year it feels harder and harder to get that package with a wow-effect…. Read More »