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Peer-to-Peer Crowdfunding Myths & How To Ensure Success

The Modern Nonprofit

The idea of using the Internet to aggregate a crowd to fund a project is a modern complement to, if not a full-on replacement for, traditional fundraising methods that are aging badly in the non-profit space. Help pay for Sally’s cancer treatment. Those quick 911 type fundraising projects are perfect for crowdfunding.

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Making Stories Work for Your Org: What the Data Says

NTEN

Nonprofits are adding stories to their fundraising messages. On a late summer day in Alaska, a polar bear and her one year-old cub began swimming in search of sea ice to hunt for food… Nine days later, the polar bear's treacherous 427 mile swim ended when she found a thin sheet of sea ice. There's just one problem.

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[VIDEO] Get More Grants with Donor Cultivation

Bloomerang

I also want to share with you some tips for engaging your board in fundraising, for utilizing social media, and really leveraging your current connections as part of getting grants. And I’ve just seen we range from Florida to Alaska, California, Indiana, New York, Canada. If you already know what that is, stay tuned. You name it.

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