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New Tips from the Giving Day Playbook on Crowdfunding Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In Kansas, for example, the Wichita Community Foundation reached out to a local tech alliance to help with social media updates. On Colorado Gives Day, the foundation recruited five teams of college students to stand on corners and raise awareness—providing a physical presence in the community.

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Socialnomics Book Report

Connection Cafe

That means if you are a horse organization in Wichita and “horses, Wichita” doesn’t bring you up wicked fast, kiss those web visitors goodbye. “By engaging constituents directly, [the Obama campaign was] able to raise a staggering $660 million in campaign contributions.”

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The Most Generous Online Giving Cities in the U.S.

Connection Cafe

In 2013, donors in the 265 cities raised more than $822 million online—a whopping 61% increase from 2012. Wichita Falls. We also applied some additional statistical rigor used in The Blackbaud Index , which has become a trusted and valued source of nonprofit fundraising information since its launch four years ago. million. .

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