Your organization offers a valuable service to the community and you are passionate about raising funds to accomplish your mission. Sometimes, though, the work of raising funds can be a… Read More »
Fundraising
School Auctions & Fundraising
School Specific Auction Tips School auctions have unique challenges that require creative solutions: tight timelines, an all-volunteer workforce, and often an event team that changes personnel every year. With early… Read More »
What to Say When Your Board Tells You to Create the #IceBucketChallenge”
#IceBucketChallenge” Campaign It was pretty incredible, wasn’t it? Over 2,330,000 videos popped up on the web of people dumping buckets of ice over their heads. (I still can’t believe that!)… Read More »
What is Giving Tuesday and How Do I Promote It?
#GivingTuesday #GivingTuesday™ (#GT) is a movement to create a national day of giving added to the calendar on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. In the same… Read More »
Raising Money with Golf Events
How to Raising Money with Golf Events Golf events offer enormous potential for raising funds. Over 800,000 golf tournaments are held in the U.S. each year. While the average golf… Read More »
Greater Giving Auction Planner Checklist
Get your FREE Auction Planner now. Gala season is upon us as we head back to school and say goodbye to the sunshine. It’s time for many auction planners and fundraisers… Read More »
Guest Post: Understanding the Bidder Brain (Part 1)
Understanding the Bidder’s Brain (Part 1) All too often bidders end up overbidding as a result of one unavoidably irrational part of the bidding process – themselves. The allure and tension of… Read More »
The Greatest Fundraising Best Practices Straight from the Experts
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 »
Online Cause Promotion: 7 Free Nonprofit Tools
Online Promotion: 7 Free Nonprofit Tools A solid, online promotion plan comes in two parts: establishing your non-profit presence in online circles, and monitoring your reach as you begin using… Read More »
Guest Post: Six Steps to Integrate Double the Donation’s Matching Gift with Greater Giving
Include Double the Donation’s Matching Gift with Greater Giving Fundraising Page This article outlines Greater Giving and Double the Donation matching gift integration so you can provide donors with matching… Read More »