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If you own a nonprofit, your main goal is to bring awareness to your cause and raise as much money as possible. Whether you have a nonprofit in healthcare, education, or anything else, everything you do is for the greater good. While you plan for big events, auctions, and partnership meetings; you may find it ...

When clients come to us to consult about partnering on their special event or fundraising endeavor, we take a careful look at their Board first and foremost to determine their prospective reach, and therefore fundraising potential. Questions to keep in mind: What has the Board done previously to garner fitting honorees and event leadership to ...

The planning and execution of a non-profit fundraising event can take months of preparation, but my favorite parts of these events are the actual event days: on site (once again, thank goodness), everything is in motion, any and all problems WILL be solved as they occur. Mostly because it's event day, and there is no ...

Peer-to-peer fundraising is an online fundraising strategy that empowers your supporters to raise money on behalf of your organization by tapping into their existing social networks. With a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign, your supporters are transformed into volunteer fundraisers with the ability to support your organization on a grassroots level. By leveraging these three tips from ...

It's the question every nonprofit asks as they gear up for another year of fundraising: How do we retain our donors? The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) and the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy at the Urban Institute releases annual survey findings each year, revealing some interesting trends in donor retention. Over 70% of donors ...

It's 9pm, mid-February, 2015, and as my eyes glaze over I am trying to multi-task to count the amount of checks I have left to scan while laying the ones I'm scanning down on the printer in the correct order of dates. Before I know it, I lose track of where I left off, second ...