Qgiv

OCTOBER 6, 2021

By sharing instructions on how to give on mobile devices, they were able to attract donations from givers on the go. They raised 101% of their fundraising goal for Giving Tuesday, raising more than $8,000 for those they serve! Chicago’s Green City Market Program. Chicago’s Green City Market Program kept it simple.

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Qgiv

MAY 13, 2021

It’s based on the idea that, when people donate, they aren’t really giving to your organization. Instead, consider this: Northern Illinois Food Bank’s hybrid 5K/10K fundraiser raised more than $189,000! As a fundraiser for a youth development organization, you’re likely aware of how hard it is for kids to contain their energy.

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Not long ago, accepting cryptocurrency donations seemed like a pretty fringe fundraising offering. Michael serves on the board of Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art in Chicago where he lives. He is also a member of the all-volunteer workforce at NeighborShare, a new nonprofit raising funds for di-rect community needs.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

GivingTuesday is an opportunity for people to give back to their communities by donating money, volunteering their time, or advocating for causes that they believe in. GivingTuesday 2023 by the Numbers Most leading headlines focus on the overall total dollars raised on GivingTuesday. Click here to see a larger version of this graph.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 1, 2023

With fundraising and technology at the forefront of the conversation, we’ll explore best practices and learn how to leverage the latest technology to raise more. Representation from all of the main players in the CRM and donation platform games are here. Where: Downtown Chicago. Don’t want to travel? Engage For Good.

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Not long ago, accepting cryptocurrency donations seemed like a pretty fringe fundraising offering. Michael serves on the board of Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art in Chicago where he lives. He is also a member of the all-volunteer workforce at NeighborShare, a new nonprofit raising funds for di-rect community needs.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Nearly one-third of annual giving happens in December, with the last three days of the year accounting for about 12% of yearly donations. However, it’s not always easy to draw in those donation numbers. Place collection boxes in easy-to-find, highly-frequented areas, and drop a few toys in yourself to get the donation ball rolling.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

Whether you are fully dependent on donations or utilize a variety of revenue sources like government grants, corporate partnerships, major contributions, or membership fees, successful fundraising is key to maximizing your impact on your mission. Check out the story of our work with the Chicago Repertory Ballet to learn more!

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Wouldn’t you rather your event progress, grow and raises more money every year? Susan G Komen Chicago made a great effort to renew the Survivor Parade associated with its Race for the Cure in 2010. Make sure that you keep clear records of who participated last year, what team they were on, and how much they raised.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 2, 2012

Personalized letters do somewhat better, and become more important for larger donations: 21 percent thought a personalized thank-you letter was important, and for gifts over $10,000, that number increased to 41 percent. percent (on average $70,000 more was raised when $10,000 more was spent). Alumni donations and college’.

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

million peer-to-peer volunteers raised over $1.3 A supply drive works great for nonprofit organizations that need supplies like food donations , office supplies, and more! Some of their participants raised over $10,000 in their house party. Using a mix of social media and email communications, more than 9.4 Movie nights.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2010

I had the pleasure of meeting her back in 2008 at the Making Media Connections Conference in Chicago where I delivered the keynote. This year it is Kara C is trying to raise the extra funds to get herself to the NTC. Last year, my friend, Eddie Harran, successfully launched a campaign to get to the NTC from Australia. Why don't you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

I first met Jen at BlogHer in Chicago last summer at the Global Women's panel. Georgia Popplewell from Global Voices asked people if they would consider donating their schwag for the Cambodian bloggers conference. I was going to blog it on BlogHer for my next deadline, but Jen raised what we she needed in 24 hours.

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Care2

MARCH 12, 2015

Image credit: Olaf Meyer Relationships last longer than donations and produce a win-win environment. Explaining why you need a recurring gift and what impact it will have is crucial to raising support. She holds an MBA from The University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, and a B.S.B.A What are their other interests?

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Tech Soup

JULY 3, 2013

Brad Egel, a decade-long fundraising resident of Chicago and cancer-awareness advocate, had no personal ties or engagement with cancer victims or survivors. After the walk, Brad was so moved and inspired by the community that he began to raise money on his own. Eventually, Brad wanted a way to reach beyond his trusted and loyal donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

He wanted to raise some money to help the local orchestra and test some ideas. Since this was an experiment to test social networking, I did not send an appeal to friends and family in the way people do when they raise funds for a run or walk, or want you to vote for a particular contest. Here is what he learned. Technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

That Tweet, out in the wild for about an hour, did not go unnoticed by Twitter followers, Beer bloggers , and, of course, Wendy Harman at the Red Cross who got awakened in the middle of the night with a call from a staff person in Chicago wanting to know about the Tweet. Thinking quickly, they did disaster recovery on the rogue Tweet.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 19, 2020

Taking 545 steps in heels, making and donating 545 masks, and committing 545 acts of kindness stood out among other impressive physical challenges. Getting into the community – Staff and volunteers have come together to personally deliver yard signs to participants who have raised $50. My favorite features: Their events calendar.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 11, 2022

When the Chicago chapter of the Special Olympics launched their 2022 Polar Plunge fundraising campaign, they implemented a Fundraising Hub to track donations from multiple sources in a single location. How Special Olympics Chicago uses Qgiv’s Fundraising Hub feature. We’d love to show you around! Request a Demo.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

Many of these tools use crowdsourcing techniques, which engages large groups of people via the Internet to do important tasks like raise money, collect information on needs in a stricken area and get them out to first responders, translate information in to several languages, or map the crisis in useful ways.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 30, 2014

Talk to us on our terms and let us donate our time and money the way we’d like to.”. If they want to volunteer or donate on their own terms, why not be cool with that if it ultimately accomplishes your mission? We donate like we buy—impulsively.”. And we need to do so in their language. And that’s okay. In fact, it’s great!

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Tech Soup

JULY 7, 2015

Public Good is a new donation platform from the people who revolutionized grassroots online giving for the 2012 Obama presidential campaign. Customizable mobile-friendly donation forms that are easily embedded into an existing website. The ability to download all of your donor and donation data. Integration with social media.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 30, 2011

Crowd-funding taps social networks to help others | The Tennessean | tennessean.com: "CHICAGO — At first blush, crowd-funding may sound like just another attempt to raise money online by getting as many visitors as possible to donate to a cause."

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Neon CRM

JULY 14, 2023

Email #1: Save the Date Your donors shouldn’t be surprised when they receive a message on GivingTuesday asking them to donate. Our goal is to raise $7,500 that will provide summer camp scholarships to 75 students—but we’ll only reach that goal through the kindness and generosity of people like you. Will you help?

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Students build off the work of alumni going back to the 1980’s raiseing funds to attend the national conference in January each year. Depending on the number of students and the location of the city selected, students have raised as little as $12,000 or as much as $40,000 in three months time.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 16, 2014

Nonprofit Hub will participate in the conference in-person in Chicago and online at our desks starting on Wednesday, June 18. When you think of what gets shared in the social world these days, very rarely is it a link to an organization’s website, donation page or anything along those lines. It’s #MCON14 week!

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 3, 2015

So when Anna learned that $13 billion worth of shoes, clothing, and accessories are donated each year across the U.S., Instead of selling a designer jacket for $2 in a thrift store, what if we could take the jacket, maximize its value and donate up to 55 percent of the proceeds to any cause chosen by the donor? Every member is a hero.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 29, 2014

This year, the Alliance Management Institute was held in Chicago during the coldest storm on record with -12 to -45 degree weather. It gave me inspiration to pursue areas that make my heart tick, provided insight on what not to do for a degree, and let me see Chicago. One thing I would love to tell donors is that not donating is okay.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2016

When I was growing up in Chicago, my dad used a variation on the parental cliché: “Just because everybody else is jumping into Lake Michigan doesn’t mean you should, too.” However, we don’t need to make a donation; many of us want to and we are glad we are able to do so, but it’s not a need for survival. So our “Me, too!”

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

s Team RMHC Chicago Marathon participants have several opportunities to run and train together. Contact your local barista to host a day to raise awareness giving supporters the opportunity to meet you, and learn more about your upcoming event and your mission. to raise money and awareness for you. Pick Up the Phone.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 5, 2016

If you have no idea what I mean by that, you’re clearly not a product of the Chicago Public Schools.). In fact, Network for Good noted in its “20 Must-Know Fundraising and Social Media Stats” last fall that according to Boomerang, “88% of dollars raised comes from 12% of an organization’s donors.”

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 14, 2012

This topic came up earlier this month at the Run Walk Ride Roundtable discussions in Chicago. It’s obvious on the screen at a glance where I should click to Donate, Get Involve and Share on Social Media. Check out our whitepaper on How to Raise More Money with IFEs. In my eyes, it's a win-win for you and them!

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

Curious to know what kind of emails are driving donations? Come learn why so many rely on Sage’s fund accounting and fundraising solutions, hosted services, and donation processing tools and enter for your chance to win an iPad. The new Kindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, Graphite, 6" Display with New E Ink Pearl Technology.

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See3

OCTOBER 29, 2007

Right now, AVODAH has houses in New York, Washington and Chicago. We will need to raise money for this effort, and there are lots of logistical challenges. Learn more about AVODAH and make a donation while you’re at it.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

But before we get to far here’s a simple way to think about task-based fundraising contest: Instead of asking participants to raise a [insert $ amount here] ask them to complete a series of tasks that will lead to them raising more money. donations of $60 each resulting in $450 raised in a single day. .

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 20, 2014

In 2013, donors in the 265 cities raised more than $822 million online—a whopping 61% increase from 2012. Additionally, online donations grew by 31% from 2012 to 2013, from nearly $6.4 million to more than $8.3 million. . Most Generous Cities by Region: From a regional perspective, the West has the most cities in the top 25 with 8.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 20, 2021

The Salesforce Faithforce Chicago chapter partnered with Girlforward to host a career day event with refugee girls. To raise awareness for the plight of refugees, UNHCR has designed the 2021 World Refugee day toolkit to inspire conversation and volunteerism from now until World Refugee Day. Sign up to donate and learn more.

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