Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

By Rob Leighton , Executive Director at iMission a full-service digital-first marketing agency working exclusively with nonprofits and social sector organizations. Successful nonprofit fundraisers have always understood the power of personalization in effective communications. Later, you can migrate the less critical data.

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Ann Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Diverse revenue streams provide a sustainable financial foundation for nonprofits. Explore revenue streams your nonprofit should pursue in this guide. This is a great way for nonprofits of all sizes to bring in a steady stream of revenue. Evaluate your mobile fundraising logistics. The good news?

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Candid

JANUARY 23, 2025

Nonprofits thrive or fail based largely on the success of their fundraising efforts, but fundraising alone cannot ensure sustainability. Research shows the impact of prioritizing grassroots engagement and localized impact on nonprofit sustainability. Share stories of impact from donors, volunteers, and beneficiaries.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

As a nonprofit, you’re always looking for creative and effective ways to raise funds and awareness for your cause. In today’s digital world, online fundraising is essential, and merchandise offers a fantastic opportunity to engage your supporters and generate revenue.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Yet, as a lifelong advancement professional for three institutions of higher education, and now as a fundraising consultant/trainer, I have serious questions about the potential of artificial intelligence, or the ubiquitous AI, in the profoundly unique discipline of resource development. Nothing is as personal as fundraising.

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Candid

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Despite the importance of raising money well, the majority of small to midsize nonprofits use suboptimal strategies—methods that are expensive, time-consuming, and yield only minimal returns on a lot of hard work. These are the kinds of revenue strategies that keep nonprofits just surviving instead of scaling. Fundraising mistake #2.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The share of professionals being approached by employers outside fundraising shows how tough it is to hold on to talent, experts say.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 13, 2025

The same spirit can and should apply to nonprofits in carrying out essential resource development responsibilities that empower them to more robustly fulfill noble missions to touch, improve, and save more lives, especially helping those who are struggling. Not every nonprofit leader has 525,600 minutes to make resolutions come true.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Here are five reasons why your fundraising software might not be working for your nonprofit — and what you can do about it.

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Ann Green

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Effective financial management is critical for your nonprofit to grow and thrive long-term. By Jon Osterburg If you work for a new nonprofit, your team’s primary goal is probably to get your operations off the ground and start furthering your mission. Explore four considerations for achieving financial sustainability. Methodology.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 2, 2025

Donor retention isnt just a numberits the pulse of a nonprofits long-term impact. Yet every year, fundraisers face the same uphill challenge: keeping donors engaged, committed, and connected to their mission. More importantly, how can nonprofits close it? Whats driving this retention gap?

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 9, 2024

California recently amended a law regulating digital fundraising platforms. Here are some of the changes nonprofits should look out for.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 6, 2024

Version2 launched with the goal of advancing the development of autonomous AI for fundraising in the nonprofit sector.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

APRIL 17, 2024

More than a third of nonprofits saw funding increases; three-quarters had job vacancies By Emily Haynes More than a third of nonprofits saw funding increases; three-quarters had job vacancies

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

A golf fundraiser should be a hole-in-one for your nonprofit, but often, hidden mistakes can make you lose revenue, limit participation, and frustrate donors & guests. Are you missing out on big sponsorship deals? Struggling with low player turnout? Losing revenue at check-in and checkout?

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Candid

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

For the last 20 years, I have held the title of “fundraiser”—to be more exact, a Black and Indigenous woman fundraiser. Thriving, not just surviving, as Black fundraisers For Black fundraisers, the work is often more than just a job; it’s deeply personal. Wellness, for Black fundraisers, is a revolutionary act.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 2, 2024

You’ve sent a fundraising email to your nonprofit’s email list. And that’s when you know it’s time to troubleshoot your fundraising email. And that’s when you know it’s time to troubleshoot your fundraising email. For many nonprofits, most emails go to their entire list with little to no targeting.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

APRIL 24, 2024

The author of "Fundraising for Introverts" shares how the trait can be a real benefit in the nonprofit world. By Emily Haynes Getty Images The author of "Fundraising for Introverts" shares how the trait can be a real benefit in the nonprofit world.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 31, 2024

Jamie Lamont at Sinai Health Foundation joins The NonProfit Voice to discuss how to leverage the power of peer-to-peer fundraising events.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Because nonprofits place great emphasis on year-end campaigns, it’s crucial to understand how year-end fundraising is shaping up this year.

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NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 7, 2023

On the final day of Nonprofit POWER in Baltimore, Maryland, Bill Stanczykiewicz, senior assistant dean for external relations at Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, led the keynote session, “Fundraising in Turbulent Times” to help the nonprofit professionals in the room make sense of data and the wealth effects of charitable giving (..)

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

We’re heading into the busiest, most lucrative time of the year for nonprofits— end-of-year fundraising. A time when many nonprofits raise 25-50% of their entire budget. My fundraising bestie, copywriting dynamo Julie Cooper , shared this little gem. Your donor does not read every fundraising email you send.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Nonprofit leaders, academics, and funders weigh in on donor influence and free-speech politics, following the resignation of Penn President Liz Magill Following the resignation of Penn President Liz Magill, nonprofit leaders, academics, and funders weigh in on donor influence and free speech politics.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Launching a new nonprofit is an exhilarating feeling. And that means you have to figure out how to fundraise for your new venture. Should you start a GoFundMe or turn to a Facebook fundraiser? Here’s something to keep in mind, starting now: self-funding a nonprofit is not sustainable. But big goals cost big money.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 30, 2024

M+R's annual “Benchmarks” report revealed five key takeaways on nonprofits' digital fundraising strategies.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Dive into all the research to learn how successful nonprofits weather any challenge. report to see why fundraisers are so optimistic about the future, and how your nonprofit stacks up. report to see why fundraisers are so optimistic about the future, and how your nonprofit stacks up. Read the full (and free!)

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Karen Cincotti, Mary Sorensen and Noel Beebe discuss the findings of a survey evaluating the peer-to-peer fundraising landscape in 2024.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

End of year is the most lucrative, high-stakes fundraising there is. A solid year-end fundraising plan can help! I’m here with an end-of-year timeline and fundraising communications calendar to make end-of-year fundraising as easy as pie. Just follow my timeline below to create your year-end fundraising plan!

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Ann Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In theory, that sounds nice, but in reality, it’s a day when nonprofit organizations unleash an onslaught of transactional fundraising appeals by email, text, and social media. Given what’s likely in the next administration, nonprofits will need to work harder to combat any government funding cuts and policy changes.

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The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 7, 2025

Fundraising isnt always about money. According to Lynn Margherio, founder and CEO of Cradles to Crayons, volunteerism is the backbone of many successful nonprofits, even though attracting and retaining volunteers can be challenging. Sometimes people want to support a local nonprofit, but they dont know where to start.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2024

By Heather Mansfield , founder and editor-in-chief of Nonprofit Tech for Good According to the Nonprofit Tech for Good Report , 27% of nonprofits worldwide have experienced a cyberattack (email phishing, website hacking, ransomware, social media attack, etc.). Cybersecurity at your nonprofit must be a priority in 2024.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

End-of-year fundraising is like our version of the Superbowl. With many nonprofits raising as much as 50% of their budget in December alone, there’s a lot at stake — and a lot of end-of-year fundraising problems to overcome. If you’re like most nonprofits, it’s around 30-40%. They aren’t! Don’t believe me?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 27, 2024

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Todays question comes from a nonprofit leader who wants metrics and advice on how to justify and calculate fundraiser salaries: Dear Charity Clairity, I am looking for some updated industry standards for fundraising metrics around staff positions.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 10, 2024

I was meeting with my friends from Allies Against Slavery the other day to share fundraising ideas when someone said they’d received 147 text messages in just two days about the election. All that noise could have you worried about how to navigate year-end fundraising in an election year, amidst the high volume of election ads.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 9, 2025

By Shannon Whitehead , Content Strategist at Neon One a software that connects nonprofits with the technology and resources that empower them to build a community of generosity. 2) Dig Into the Details As with any fundraising campaign, there are logistics to consider with a P2P campaign. How will you keep track of results?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The top 10 posts on Nonprofit Tech for Good in 2024 reflect the trends that nonprofits were most interested in this past year. Happy holidays and cheers to 2025 Upcoming Certificate Programs In 2025, Nonprofit Tech for Good will offer three low-cost certificate programs for nonprofit professionals.

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NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Here are five that can help guide your fundraising strategy. It’s crucial to stay up to date with trends in philanthropy.

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