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Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In northwestern Pennsylvania, the Erie Community Foundation’s event, Erie Gives has raised more than $10.6 Nonprofits need more than just a platform and sample messaging to be successful with online fundraising, even during a big effort like Give Local America or Giving Tuesday. Still, some damage was done, according to Ms.

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[VIDEO] Major Donor Stewardship – Strategies That Build Lasting Relationships With Your Most Significant Givers

Bloomerang

Like I said, as the senior director of stewardship and communications at the University of Pennsylvania. As Steven said, I’m Valerie Harris, lately of the University of Pennsylvania, now of vharrisprojects.com where I provide courses, workbooks, webinars, and other resources for fundraising professionals.

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[VIDEO] Where to Find Potential Donors to Support Your Cause

Bloomerang

One of my go-tos is I always love seeing those emails come in because there’s always great advice from Chad. Many of them will do like a little sample screening for you so you can see what it looks before you make the investment. So I have a sample donation reply card on the Resource page. And what can I say?

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