Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Based on our analysis that incorporates an adjusted linear regression, trends in Google Search terms around “Giving Tuesday,” and national giving trends, we predict that $3.048 Billion will be raised on Giving Tuesday 202 1. You’ll learn best practices and get immediately-usable tactics for your campaign. since 2012.

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TechImpact

JUNE 10, 2014

a nonprofit raises $17. Walk/run/cycling event fundraisers who send more than 15 emails raise 76% more than non-email senders. The average nonprofit crowdfunding campaign?raises raises $9,237.55. Custom-branded donate pages nested inside a nonprofit’s website raise 6X more money. on #GivingTuesday.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2014

In 2013 online giving grew 13.5% Six times more money is raised through custom-branded donate pages than through third-party donate pages. Online fundraising campaigns should be focused on the online giving habits of their donors. Advertise your fundraising campaigns on your blog. mercycorps.org/donate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Give Miami Day raises record $5.2 Thursday’s Give Miami Day raised $5.2 The Greater Miami Jewish Federation and The Children’s Movement of Florida reclaimed the top two spots this year for the most money raised for the day with $368,739 and $156,925, respectively. million for nonprofits guest post by Jessica Hodder.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Since 2013, the AmazonSmile program has provided shoppers with an easy way to donate to nonprofits like yours. Does this mean my nonprofit can no longer raise money through Amazon? Use this opportunity to try out other online fundraising ideas like hosting crowdfunding or peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2014

New Tips From the Giving Day Playbook on Crowdfunding Campaigns by Marika Lynch. Last year, Knight Foundation published the Giving Day Playbook , a soup-to-nuts guide to 24-hour online campaigns that community foundations are increasingly organizing to promote local philanthropy.

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NetWits

APRIL 5, 2013

The much-anticipated 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark study was released last week. The study advises that “addressing email engagement should be a top priority for anyone involved in raising money and driving advocacy online in 2013.”. It contains online fundraising, advocacy, email, social, and mobile results from 55 U.S.-based

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

In the next few weeks I’ll be making recommendations of which tools and trends in technology nonprofits should prioritize in 2013, but for this year’s post on New Year’s resolutions I wanted to get back to basics. Thus, for 2013, please: 1) Ask for a raise. That’s not acceptable in the 21st Century.

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Achieve

AUGUST 27, 2017

With the busiest fundraising season of the calendar year fast approaching, nonprofit leaders everywhere should be spending much of their time thinking about their fundraising campaigns. But when fundraising isn’t top of mind, nonprofit leaders often turn their attention to another type of activity: the awareness campaign.

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Candid

JULY 7, 2022

This ‘holiday’ began in 2013, when Givver.com promoted it as an opportunity to leverage social media platforms for donations. While giving directly on platforms is still low compared with traditional giving methods, a survey by Classy found that 57% of traffic to fundraising campaign pages comes from social media. Need more convincing?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Note from Beth: As we head into the home stretch of the giving season, there are lots and lots of wonderful holiday giving campaigns and plenty of fundraising data to guide strategy. Frank Barry offers this guest post with some advice about how to succeed with nonprofit fundraising in 2013. become ineffective at raising money).

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 18, 2014

Since then ACCO has continued to be wildly successful through a total of 7 Teespring campaigns, raising over $27,000! But they aren’t done: they continue to launch new successful campaigns. Their current September campaign has been the most successful ever, having raised over $15,600 with still a week left in the campaign.

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NetWits

APRIL 13, 2013

If you’re at The 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference we’d love for you to join us > [link]. Based on research we’ve done it doesn’t look like many nonprofits are raising significant amounts of money (i.e. >$10k) Do you have examples of nonprofits doing exceptionally well using social to raise money?

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Care2

MAY 13, 2014

Email lists and email marketing continue to grow, especially for the nonprofit sector where list size grew at least 14% in 2013, according to the 2014 eNonprofit Benchmark study. For example, on Facebook, you can use Facebook Custom Audiences to target your email list members and further engage them on your advocacy campaigns.

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Care2

MARCH 24, 2014

Crowdfunding alone raised an estimated $5.1B worldwide in 2013. Individuals and organizations are using crowdfunding methods and platforms to raise money for their causes, and it''s working. And how much money is the average crowdfunding donation? Crowdfunding has really taken off in the past couple of years.

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Care2

MAY 13, 2014

Email lists and email marketing continue to grow, especially for the nonprofit sector where list size grew at least 14% in 2013, according to the 2014 eNonprofit Benchmark study. For example, on Facebook, you can use Facebook Custom Audiences to target your email list members and further engage them on your advocacy campaigns.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Blackbaud just released it’s 2013 Charitable Giving Report, showing steady growth for all nonprofits. Given the fact that most money is raised during the last three months of the year, small nonprofits should spend the first nine months training for success during the last quarter. compared to 2012! Build muscles. Set your plan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

For example, we haven’t been raising money with the Internet for very long,” I said. ” From its humble beginnings, DonorsChoose.org has cumulatively raised $335 million and funded nearly 600,000 classroom projects. So is giving money.”. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2013. No, No,” I protested.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Anita Jackson pointed out that the immigration reform movement has done a couple of selfie campaigns, including #Fairdoras. Fedoras for Fairness uses the fedora hat as a metaphor for the many hats that women wear to create a brighter future for all. Although selfies have been around for years , they have gained popularity recently.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2014

Note from Beth: What if your organization embarked on its first ever crowd funding campaign with a goal of raising $50,000 and only raised $10,000? LCF annually raises all of its operating and grant-making dollars and is currently, a $1.2M Why did you decide to do a crowd-funding campaign in 2012? per person.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 27, 2014

These goofy events or campaigns challenge supporters to a number of feats from plunging into freezing water to scaling tall buildings. Many of these campaigns are extremely successful, sometimes raising tens of millions of dollars in just a matter of months.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

These groups have raised over $100 million annually using Givebutter’s modern forms, campaign pages, and event technology. Founded: 2013 Donately was formed four years ago in partnership with creative agency Fifty & Fifty as the founders realized there was a gap in the online donation software market. For Basics.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 19, 2016

Like it or not, money is the fuel of the economy in a capitalist system. According to the National Center for Charitable Statistics at The Urban Institute, 2013 saw $1.74 Younger generations have been raised with it and on it. Treat crowdfunding campaigns similarly to capital campaigns.

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Care2

JANUARY 21, 2013

Are people who like or comment on these videos signing up for organization’s enewsletters, are they donating money, volunteering, taking an advocacy action? Nonetheless the video helped Invisible Children raise significant money, which will be publicly released later this year in their 990 form.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Last year, as Giving Days became increasingly popular, Knight Foundation looked for a way to help the community foundations organizing them make these online giving campaigns even more effective. The campaigns were treated as works in progress. In essence, the grantees didn’t feel pressured to just report “the good.”

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 24, 2014

And we’re not downplaying the intensity of a campaign. When polled, 70 percent of millennials said they were willing to raise money on behalf of an NPO they truly cared about. Plus, in 2013 the top 30 P2P fundraising campaigns raised $1.6 Granted, these were the top campaigns. Peer-to-Peer.

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

For some things, spontaneity is highly desirable, but any fundraising professional will tell you that planning a campaign isn’t one of them. Having a detailed strategic plan in place before embarking on a fundraising campaign can be a huge determinant of its success, even before the first dollar is raised.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 31, 2015

From newfangled technologies to heartwarming causes, it seems like everyone who’s raising money for anything is talking about crowdfunding. It’s the process of raising money for a project or venture from a large number of people. It also serves the dual purpose of raising money AND awareness.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 31, 2015

From newfangled technologies to heartwarming causes, it seems like everyone who’s raising money for anything is talking about crowdfunding. It’s the process of raising money for a project or venture from a large number of people. It also serves the dual purpose of raising money AND awareness.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 5, 2013

Peer to peer fundraising events like runs, walks and rides have become a staple for nonprofit fundraisers, and often bring in more revenue than any other fundraising campaign throughout the year. Returning Participants : Returning participants continue to raise more than new participants.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2015

Do you remember selling chocolate to raise money for your class field trip back in elementary school? Or how about asking your family to purchase gift wrap as a way to raise funds around the holidays? But, with a 60 percent increase in the use of peer-to-peer fundraising between 2012 and 2013 , peer-to-peer is on the rise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2016

But in the wake of last week’s technology meltdown during Give Local America — a May 3 campaign that affected some 13,000 nonprofits in more than 50 places — community foundations, nonprofits, and donors are suddenly feeling uneasy about the future of giving days. Last year, Give Local America raised $68.5 But not this year.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Vancouver, BC: How I Pushed A Campaign From A Floating Village. San Francisco, CA: Let’s Go to the BSR Sustainability Hackathon 2013! Singapore: Clean & Green Hacakathon 2013. Seattle, WA: Fundraising + Technology: How to Raise Money in a Changing Landscape. Tuesday, November 5. Friday, November 8.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Their marketing has tangible results: in 2012 alone they raised $33 million, and over $8 million of that was raised through their online fundraising platform. As each fundraiser shares their campaign with their personal network via word of mouth and online, the number of people who know about charity: water quickly multiplies.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

OCTOBER 4, 2018

John’s had about a dozen members back in 2013 but since then we’ve managed to get it to almost 70. I saw that one of the key campaigns you’re currently working on is a senior living center. Tell us a bit more about this campaign! I’m proud to say that we ran a solid campaign. We have a very active St. Johns auxiliary.

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sgEngage

JULY 6, 2011

To my mind, social networking is the most important development in fundraising since the advent of direct mail campaigns and phonathons and holds the promise of transforming organizations by making them more responsive to the needs and interests of the community. Obviously, we will raise less. We started raising it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2013

Case Foundation (@CaseFoundation) April 13, 2013. Loose ties or people you are connected with on social networks are good for spreading awareness and you need them as part of your campaign, but to raise dollars strong ties are essential. Break it down into smaller, bit sized campaigns. 13ntcbets ow.ly/k24ok. Partnerships.

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