Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

More than a passing fad, crowdfunding is a lucrative fundraising tool that connects your community and builds toward a common goal. Last year on Giving Tuesday, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless used DonorPerfect Crowdfunding for a fun and easy way to energize their supporters to give and share about their $10,000 fundraising goal.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Long standing social good organizations have developed foundational fundraising and engagement methods that have provided for them for decades or more. Dorri McWhorter, president and CEO of the YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, joined host Rachel Hutchisson to discuss how she modernized the organization and is bringing it to new levels of success.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

An important part of being an effective fundraiser is staying up to date on current fundraising trends , industry best practices, and donor preferences. In addition to the info-packed sessions and workshops, these conferences provide invaluable opportunities to connect with other fundraisers, share ideas, and encourage each other.

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OneCause

MARCH 27, 2023

Raise 2023, presented by OneCause, is for nonprofit and fundraising professionals wanting to raise their fundraising game. RAISE is part interactive learning + part crowd-sourcing = and 100% FUNdraising! You will hear the newest ideas to level up your organization’s fundraising initiatives. Hosted in Nashville, TN!

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Not long ago, accepting cryptocurrency donations seemed like a pretty fringe fundraising offering. Is fundraising on the blockchain a good idea for your organization? Michael serves on the board of Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art in Chicago where he lives. Where do you even start to find out more about it?

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Not long ago, accepting cryptocurrency donations seemed like a pretty fringe fundraising offering. Is fundraising on the blockchain a good idea for your organization? Michael serves on the board of Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art in Chicago where he lives. Where do you even start to find out more about it?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 26, 2013

Art Institute of Chicago. Fundraising Mobile Media Social Media' Please give back this holiday season by shopping ethically and generously. American Heart Association. American Red Cross. American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Amnesty International. BeadforLife Store. Best Friends Animal Society. DoGoodBuyUs.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Despite colder weather, the winter season is always a time of warmth and generosity, so just because the year is wrapping up doesn’t mean your holiday fundraising efforts should be too. If you’ve almost reached your fundraising goal, one last end-of-year push could help you not only meet your goal but go above and beyond.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 20, 2021

If your nonprofit has previously harbored the thought that you do not need board members for fundraising, it’s time to reconsider. There’s a lot you can do, and a lot more that you can raise, by engaging your board members in fundraising practices. Make fundraising a core of the organization. Set expectations for board members.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

4) Art Institute of Chicago Museum Shop :: shop.artic.edu. The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Shop sells unique and beautiful objects from around the world in support of the arts. Proceeds benefit Amnesty International, a nonprofit that works for the human rights of all people – no matter who they are or where they are.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2021

Nonprofits learned how to pivot their business models, held fundraising events through virtual platforms, adjusted theories of change, and looked at their staffing models from a new lens.

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

In particular, peer-to-peer fundraising has found great success when it comes to pivoting to virtual, as its engagements already happen primarily online. And just because the events of 2020 may have necessitated virtual fundraising, that doesn’t mean it also didn’t come with its own great benefits. Need virtual fundraising ideas?

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

An important part of being an effective fundraiser is staying up to date on current fundraising trends , industry best practices, and donor preferences. In addition to the info-packed sessions and workshops, these conferences provide invaluable opportunities to connect with other fundraisers, share ideas, and encourage each other. .

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Register for our Event Fundraising eNewsletter to receive more practical fundraising tips like these in your inbox. Click Here to Sign-Up and get 5 FREE Event Fundraising Whitepapers! Experience shows us that only 40% of your 2011 fundraisers will return for next year’s event. That’s a challenging number to digest.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Fall has arrived, and with it comes fundraising season. Naples, Florida, is hosting a meetup on tools for effective email fundraising ; Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, is hosting a series of Giving Tuesday brainstorming sessions ; and Chicago, Illinois, will explore how your CRM can save end-of-year fundraising plans.

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sgEngage

JULY 15, 2021

As technology, nonprofits, and the way we fundraise has significantly changed over the last few decades, so has the role of the operations team. For years, the role of development operations teams has been perceived as a data and technology-focused position within the nonprofit world.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

4) Art Institute of Chicago Museum Shop :: shop.artic.edu. The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Shop sells unique and beautiful objects from around the world in support of the arts. Proceeds benefit Amnesty International, a nonprofit that works for the human rights of all people – no matter who they are or where they are.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

I’m going to share 7 insanely easy online fundraising ideas that are making a huge impact for nonprofits. Then I’ll break down how you can apply 6 additional nonprofit fundraising strategies to grow your revenues TODAY. 7 Online Fundraising Ideas (That Actually Work): 1. Had a 55% increased conversion rate.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Art Institute of Chicago Museum Shop. Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. Based on more than 20 years of experience and 25,000+ hours spent utilizing mobile and social media, Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits is a comprehensive 256-page book packed with more than 500 best practices.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

TAG: As a full-service consultancy, we offer partnership in strategic planning, all things fundraising (feasibility studies, campaigns, development assessments, planned giving, major gift initiatives, donor data analytics and more), board and leadership development, executive coaching, interim staffing and corporate partnership strategy.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 1, 2023

What: Nonprofit fundraising and marketing conference. Who attends : Professional fundraisers, nonprofit communications teams, and tons of vendors. Who attends : Professional fundraisers, nonprofit communications teams, and tons of vendors. Who attends : Nonprofit communications teams, techies, and some fundraisers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 1, 2014

Thanks to a partnership with the Public Interest Registry , Heather Mansfield of Nonprofit Tech for Good was able to report live from the Cause Marketing Forum (Storified) last week in Chicago, IL. CMF2014 || Advice for innovation in #fundraising : pic.twitter.com/rLa7UYpmfD. — @NonprofitOrgs (@nonprofitorgs) May 29, 2014.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Every time we have explored this area, we’ve found that nonprofits that score better on this Digital Maturity Index are significantly more likely to exceed their mission, fundraising, volunteering, and other goals. She is based in Chicago, Illinois. The same is true in this edition. But what about organizational culture?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2008

Social Networking and Web Tools for Chicago Nonprofits. Paul Baker, Webitects; Kara Carell, 501 Tech Club Chicago/Interfaith Youth Core; Todd McMeen, CitizenPowered.org. What are the specific social networking sites in Chicago? What is the connection between social networking and fundraising? Who am I talking to?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2008

in Chicago. " We'll also be at the, "Blogging Birds of a Feather Meet-Up: Green/Social Change" on Friday, July 18th at the BlogHer Conference in San Francisco and I'll also be on a panel on personal fundraising. So, it was a welcomed an opportunity to see Britt again earlier this week.

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Tech Soup

MAY 3, 2013

This guest post was authored by Nancy Palo, a senior consultant on Blackbaud's strategic services team with an emphasis on peer-to-peer fundraising. The more I engage with clients, the more I find myself wishing I knew what I know now when I was on the fundraising staff at a nonprofit. It originally appeared on npengage.com.

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Robert Weiner

MAY 10, 2013

All of these things and more help to keep our records up to date and give them better information and more time to fundraise and friendraise. Columbia College Chicago. We track those who do not wish to be contacted either by mail, phone, email or not at all. Michelle Kolak. Assistant Director. Advancement Services.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Thanking donors well is an essential aspect of fundraising that is often done just once—when the donor makes a gift, or, worse, it’s overlooked entirely. Manager, Direct Marketing Fundraising Services, long-time staff of the national nonprofit Feeding America , knows better. Aaron LaMonica-Weier , Sr. It’s popular ,” Aaron shared.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Chicago Museum of Industry Community Data Leadership Mark Mathyer nptech nten Strategy Fundraising' " After looking at past data and finding new ways to talk about membership, the museum was able to grow its membership base and encourage donors to give more.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2023

All In, All Rise will convene a unique cross-section of attendees, including donors and funders, fundraising and nonprofit professionals, social entrepreneurs, business executives, government leaders, and other influential changemakers. The symposium will be held March 28–29, 2023, at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile at 540 N.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

of total nonprofit fundraising. Online giving is therefore smaller and popular, but not targeted by fundraisers. He is a Chicago-born Oregonian, who moved to Eugene after living abroad in Sudan. The average 2019 online charity donation was $148 , yet online giving represented just 8.7%

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NetWits

JULY 14, 2011

Fundraiser and nonprofit management advocate | Follow @PhilanthropyInk. Digital Content Services Manager, YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago | Follow @steveheye. Community Builder and Technology Evangelist, CommunityConnective | Follow @HeidiEKMassey. 2 – Melody Ann Ross. 3 – Will Coley. Aquifer Media | Follow @willcoley.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 19, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic has unfolded across the world, nonprofit fundraisers have been required to take one of three actions for their spring peer-to-peer fundraising (P2P) campaigns : cancel, postpone, or take it virtual. Three Reinvented Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Campaigns. Virtual suggestion box.

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Qgiv

MAY 13, 2021

A hybrid fundraising event can go a long way to ensure your nonprofit’s financial stability now and in the future. Read on for hybrid event ideas your youth organization can use to grow your fundraising. A hybrid fundraising event is a format that combines the best of in-person and virtual events. What is a hybrid event?

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

‘DOONESBURY’ PULLED BECAUSE OF CHARITY: Trudeau responds to Chicago Tribune’s decision not to run DonorsChoose cartoon - Comic Riffs - The Washington Post : Last Friday, the Chicago Tribune chose — for the second time since last September — not to run a “Doonesbury” strip.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

– Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – "According to the study, “women at every income level give to charity more often than men do. The YMCA of Metro Chicago faced just this challenge in the summer of 2010. Women Rule the Philanthropic Roost!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 5, 2021

As we continue to grow organically and through acquisitions, our philanthropy team supports employees with the opportunity to convene, advocate, and organize like-minded employees into pursuing interests, causes, or endeavors that range from giving back through fundraising and volunteering, to career development and mentoring. .

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