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AmFund’s Best and Worst Dates for Special Event Fundraising

DipJar

And don’t forget about hurricane season! Late summer and early fall bring hurricanes to certain parts of the country. Take a look at the calendar and map out all of the big sporting events. After analyzing the calendar for 2022, AmFund predicts the most popular Spring 2022 fundraising date to be: February 12th, 2022.

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Why Celebrity iCloud Hacking Should Matter to Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

No doubt that's a simplistic view of a complicated process, but what really concerns me is the perpetrators were able to access text messages, calendars, address books, phone call logs, real-time GPS of where people were at any given time, and any other data that was saved or backed up to the cloud. Back Up Your Data Securely.

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How Can We Make Charitable Giving A Year-Round Habit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's a few ideas to help make charitable giving get on your calendar each month for 2009. It's also one of the worse months for hurricanes and the Red Cross has made it easy to give a donation with your cell phone through its text 2 give program. January: Have a January birthday? Ask people to donate to a cause instead of gifts.

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13+ Lovely Valentine’s Day Fundraising Ideas and Strategies for 2022

Whole Whale

But the bigger takeaway here is that February 14 is possibly the biggest untapped day of giving on the calendar. Let’s take a second to play a quick association game: Think about a natural disaster, such as a hurricane or an earthquake. Americans spent around $18.2 billion on gift-giving, flowers, and chocolate on Valentine’s Day 2017.

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Why You Need Diversified Fundraising For Your Small Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

It’s normal to feel pangs of fear every time a big event happens – hurricanes, earthquakes, war, global humanitarian crises – taking away some of your donors’ attention. Do your research to find flaming hot opportunities and create a deadline calendar so you know what to apply for and when. Get 10 grants. Create a plan and work it.

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An Amazing NpTech Social Media Link Buffet: Take Your Pick!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mozilla Week of Service Begins September 14th: Mark your calendars and sign up to offer your geek skills to your local community for a service project this week. September is Preparedness Month: We know that September is usually a bad month for hurricanes and other natural disasters. NTEN has two fantastic events this month!

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Fundraising Dips In First Quarter Of 2009

Care2

Prior to this study, the Index of the National Fundraising Performance had only been showing a gradual decline in donor numbers since the US Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005. While these numbers may seem alarming, it’s common to see a decrease in donations and donors in Q1 since it’s the slowest fundraising period in a calendar year.

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