Nonprofit Trends

When you think about donor experience as an essential part of relationship building, it becomes a critical part of your strategy and planning. Your donors will appreciate it.

Funraise CEO, Justin Wheeler, discusses the problem with nonprofit job postings.

If your nonprofit is interested in diving into the Facebook deep end, your donors will need a clear, concise, and compelling how-to. Here's a template that any organization can customize just for that purpose.

What is Apple's Mail Privacy Protection Policy? And even more importantly, what can nonprofits do about it? Get the skinny on all of it right here.

International Fundraising Update! Funraise has updated donation forms to reflect the most up-to-the-moment, easily customizable multi-language and multi-currency offerings available to nonprofit organizations.

Funraise CEO, Justin Wheeler, discusses how to take a high-performing nonprofit to the next level.

We've collected 8 examples of various social tactics that you can use as inspiration to plan your own super-successful social strategy. This Giving Tuesday, try one of these social media tactics and you could be seeing a big win.

Have you ever thought about Giving Tuesday as a way to kick off an awareness campaign for your nonprofit as well? Running a peer-to-peer campaign that leads up to Giving Tuesday is one way to get lots of eyes on your nonprofit, at a moment when people are motivated to be generous.

Combined with the giving day juice that Giving Tuesday brings, an event is a way to boost donations, engagement, and overall awareness of your nonprofit—just when the busy year-end fundraising season is starting.

Setting up a custom fundraising website for Giving Tuesday could mean the difference between getting halfway to your fundraising goals and doubling your donations.

Stop Soldier Suicide has promised to close the gap that stretches between soldiers at risk for suicide and the U.S. population—by 2030. Take a look at Stop Soldier Suicide's fundraising stats... and be prepared to be inspired!

In 2020, Stop Soldier Suicide raised $4M and gained 100k new donors through Facebook fundraising alone, allowing them to shrink the gap that stretches between soldiers at risk for suicide and our national population. Here are 7 tips from these fundraising leaders.

In just 16 months, Innocence Project raised $10M online with Funraise as their digital fundraising partner... and there's still room for Innocence Project to grow!

More and more digital donors are making donations on their phones while living their lives. Let’s talk about some proven ways to make it easy peasy for your donors to give and how to optimize your online donation forms.

Funraise CEO, Justin Wheeler, discusses moving past the stigma of the Overhead Myth.

Solving the lapsed donor problem at your nonprofit is kinda like plugging a bunch of leaks. With testing and consistent investigation, you can lessen the leaky lapsed donors each year.

By bringing quotes into your nonprofit's stories, you add additional voices and perspectives and (in some cases) valuable social proof for your cause. Read on for your definitive guide to great nonprofit storytelling through quotes.

A communications plan helps you become more strategic with your nonprofit’s communications. Let's go through the essential parts of a communications plan so you can build your most effective plan yet.

Action Against Hunger has seen awesome results from a long conversion rate optimization test that compares donation pages with pop-up donation forms—one of many experiments that Action Against Hunger regularly performs. Read on for guidance and examples from their Digital Lead, Andrew Chappell.

After hearing how Andrew achieved such amazing results for Action Against Hunger, it's obvious that his advice can be a proven gamechanger for nonprofits ready to increase donations. Get your own gamechanger.

Funraise CEO, Justin Wheeler, discusses the 100% model charities adopt.

With Funraise's team coming from all corners of the nonprofitsphere, the team prioritizes making our tools accessible to nonprofits everywhere. Here's how we respond to queries so that Funraise's true cost—and savings—is highlighted.

Finding ways to optimize your fundraising efforts and tools is your path forward. Let’s talk about some ways you can do this as a team of one.

Funraise CEO, Justin Wheeler, discusses why your nonprofit should build up financial reserves.

If you’re using WordPress, Funraise’s Donation Form WordPress plugin is the easiest and code-free-est way to add a donation form to your website. This article covers how to install and use it.

Since Squarespace is one of the internet's most popular site-building platforms, we've written this article with instructions detailing how to embed your donation forms on a Squarespace site.

Action Against Hunger asked, "Can a better donation form improve conversions?" Their scientific approach to this question resulted in a surprising response as they tested Funraise's Pop-Up donation forms on their website.

With the pressure nonprofits are under these days, you’re probably gathering as many ideas as possible to help your nonprofit surpass its fundraising goals. Here’s a list of 10 fundraising hacks worth trying.

Funraise CEO, Justin Wheeler, discusses why nonprofits shouldn't pay platform fees—and what Funraise is doing about it.

Funraise, the nonprofit industry's leading digital fundraising platform, announced the elimination of donation-based platform transaction fees with their Donors Cover Fees model.

A recap of the exciting and awesome products launched the Funraise Future live product premiere event on May 18, 2021.

Now that Luminate CRM is losing support from Blackbaud, it's the perfect moment to do something better for your fundraising, like get Funraise. Here's why.

Turn your donors' giving experience into a conversation. Custom questions take the donation process from generic form-filling-out-ing to an engaging moment of generosity and give you the power to grow your budget while growing closer to your supporters.

Custom campaign websites improve your fundraising results. Plus, custom stuff just looks rad and makes you feel like a boss. We want you to have that boss feeling all the time, so Funraise made an incredible fundraising website builder.

Justin Wheeler, Funraise CEO gives the reasons behind Funraise's new donor portal mobile app for nonprofits. Giving by Funraise is an easy-to-use mobile app for donors to view and manage their donations.

To inspire your fundraising this summer, we’ve put together a list of fun-in-the-sun fundraising ideas that'll engage your donors and help you raise money for a good cause.

If you're thinking of hosting an outdoor fundraising event, it may be a breath of fresh air, but it also may be nerve-wracking for you to plan and for your community to attend. Here's how to get back on that event-planning horse.

Need a zakat al-mal calculator for Ramadan and interested in ways you can leverage Funraise Giving Forms to meet different giving requirements? This is the conversation for you!

Your digital presence is the backbone of successful fundraising campaigns and donation management. That digital presence works for you—even when you’re not working—by engaging, informing, and broadening your organization’s audience. Let's Get Digital!

We know tackling the website project requires staff time and money, but the long-term payoff for maintaining a modern, accessible website justifies the investment. With a few simple changes, you’ll start describing your nonprofit’s site as easy, successful, and profitable! Let's Get Digital!

For some of you, this might be a painful truth: you can’t ignore social media any longer if you want your organization to grow. By sharing content on social media platforms, you can grow your audience substantially and support your fundraising initiatives. Let's Get Digital!

You have a new website, you updated your social media pages, and you’ve signed up for Funraise Free... but how do you actually accept all of those donations? You’re going to need a payment processor. Let's Get Digital!

How does a donation button solve fundraising concerns? Consider the one-click buy option on Amazon: just one little button that automatically charges, ships, and confirms your order. A donation button does that... for fundraising. Let's Get Digital!

Building comprehensive, updated email lists is a legit challenge. But the good news is that we can help you streamline this process and stop the manual madness altogether. Let's Get Digital!

Many nonprofits struggle to collate donor information, and as a result, they lose important data. Now imagine this: you sit down at your computer and open one program that contains everything you need to oversee your donor management. Let's Get Digital!

Congratulations, you’re doing great!! Getting started with Funraise takes just a few steps and then you're ready to launch successful fundraising campaigns with these must-take steps.

Creative donor stewardship is one way to stand out in the hearts and minds of donors. Make a plan to do something special for parents this year that will add a little extra delight to your donor relations!

Read how DIGDEEP increased donations during the COVID-19 pandemic using Funraise technology to pivot their rallying cry and relate their cause to handwashing.

Ken Norwood has lots to say about Safe Families' nonprofit's relationship with Funraise and how they found triple-digit success in donor acquisition and online giving revenue by using Funraise's forms.

Funraise is awarded Best Customer Support 2020! An industry-leading digital fundraising platform, Funraise is now leading the nonprofit technology industry in customer support, according to Software Advice and Funraise users.

Adding a donation form to your donor-facing emails has the potential to unlock next-level donations and supporter engagement—try it in your next email!

You probably didn’t launch or start working with your nonprofit to fundraise, but at the end of the day you need to keep the lights on, and to effectively create change, you need cash flow. And while nonprofits have been managing this in one way or another for decades, you now have more choices than ever when it comes to choosing a fundraising platform.

If you decide to make a game out of raising the money your nonprofit needs to operate and achieve its mission, there’s a good chance your donors won't be the only ones having fun!

Increasing donor retention can be fun! Donor stewardship can be a highly effective donor stewardship strategy. Let’s get into the nuts and bolts of how you can implement thank yous as a donor retention strategy.

To help you dive into Spring fundraising, we’ve put together this list of unique fundraising ideas for Spring. Get inspired, get creative, and get ready to raise some money!

Get the real download on how automated tasks can benefit you and your donors. Put a process into place: when a task has to be done, why it needs to be done, and who needs to finish the task.

As the pandemic hit, Rising TIDE needed to shift their programming—fast. Without a team of tech pros, they built an action-focused fundraising site through Funraise in a few minutes and inspired the community to give.

GoFundMe Charity is closing, starting on March 31, 2021. Here's what to do: Pull all of your data from GoFundMe Charity. Sign up for Funraise Free. Redirect any fundraising campaigns to your Funraise account. Breathe easy.

By customizing your campaign sites, you're creating a more elegant and memorable donor experience. In the digital age, that's key!

Once you get a donation page set up, you'll need to make sure there are actually eyes and fingers on it, bringing the donations. Here’s a quick and easy guide to how to do exactly that.

Funraise, the nonprofit industry's leading digital fundraising platform, released a new fundraising website builder that stands shoulder to shoulder with today's most forward-thinking website technology.

Let’s take a look at five nonprofit trends for 2021 and how you can utilize them to the fullest.

The beautiful thing about our digital-driven world are the ways that technology can do the heavy lifting in our day-to-day. Consider using Funraise’s mobile app if you’re a Funraise user. (And if you’re not, check out Funraise Free!)

No matter the size of the gift, International Women’s Day is a wonderful way to say thank you to women who donate to your cause. Here are a few stewardship ideas you can try out this year.

As LiNK's gala season approached, they decided to go all-in on virtual events, and with the help of Funraise, a few practice runs, and a whole lot of laughter, they tamed virtual events and raised over $1M to rescue and empower North Korean refugees.

Every year, Liberty in North Korea holds two galas that typically raise $1.5M. Cue 2020: a year that ravaged nonprofits' ability to fundraise as usual, and LiNK was left with a tough choice—go virtual or go home. See how they raised over $1M virtually.

By establishing a major donor strategy, small nonprofits set themselves up for long-term success. Major donors are integral to the health of small nonprofits—and when 88% of your donations come from 12% of your donors, it’s clear where nonprofits should focus their efforts.

Did you know? Website visitors are 82% more likely to spend money if they’re engaged in live chat. Can you guess how many nonprofits use chatbots? 12% of NGOs worldwide use live chat.

MLK Day serves as a reminder of the racial justice work still to be done and ways that we can support the cause every single day, in every single situation.

You don’t have to keep all of your donor and donation information in spreadsheets anymore. You can try using—drumroll please!—a donor CRM.

Funraise CEO, Justin Wheeler, discusses year-end fundraising in 2020 and nonprofit fundraising in 2021.

How will the pandemic impact giving? Will donors give less or will donors give more because they see the effects of the pandemic? Survey findings from The Nonprofit Alliance and RKD Group show surprising results.

If you’re new to the world of digital fundraising, here are the first steps to help your nonprofit and its team of unicorns become digitally fluent.

The emotional and mental health challenges that 2020 left us with cannot be understated. When you ask 2020-weary donors, remember that the most powerful thing we can extend is empathy and a we’re-in-this-year-together promise to continue the work.

For the Children's innovative spirit has carried their supporters (even the ones who aren't digital wunderkinds) into the digital realm, and Funraise is right alongside, leading the charge.

Fundraising campaigns can benefit from bringing together different types of fundraisers. Peer-to-peer fundraising and giving days are a match made in fundraising heaven; when you put them together, you get big success (and big $$$.)

As your year-end fundraising campaign unfolds in December, keep an eye on campaigns stalling out. Try a combination of tactics to see what will grab donors' attention and get a response.

A recap of the exciting and awesome products launched in the Funraise Future live product premiere event on November 17, 2020.

Justin Wheeler, Funraise's CEO, talks about the decision to make Funraise free for all nonprofits.

Funraise CEO, Justin Wheeler, discusses the direction of nonprofit fundraising in 2021.

“We decided to offer a free plan because we believe every nonprofit, no matter their size or budget, deserves to have access to the technology they need to succeed." —Justin Wheeler, Funraise CEO and Co-founder

No matter your size, mission, or problems (whether you've got 99 or 1), we think you could benefit from Funraise. But if any of the following reasons resonates, Funraise might not be for you...

Your supporters want to donate online in a friendly, smooth donation experience in all kinds of places, using all kinds of devices. Why not give them what they want?

Email continues to be a great digital direct response channel for nonprofits. As you build your email calendar for December, here are 3 non-negotiable emails you've gotta include in your plans.

If you’re thinking of ignoring Giving Tuesday 2020, take a deep breath and then don’t. Here are three reasons you absolutely cannot afford to ignore Giving Tuesday in 2020.

“How much is this going to cost us?” In theory, Giving Tuesday will come out to little or no cost for you, which is why we suggest that every nonprofit take part... but keep in mind that time is money!

A well-planned and executed messaging arc will take your fundraising campaign to the next level through consistency and sophisticated narrative development. It's also a piece of cake.

There’s many a pitfall that could prevent your nonprofit from succeeding this Giving Tuesday—but they’re all easily surmountable and simply avoided, so think carefully about what could go wrong and then avoid 'em like the plague.

Is Giving Tuesday 2020 predicted to shatter records or fall flat? Get the up-to-date-est predictions so you can manage your team's expectations.

Nonprofit Tech for Good asked global donors and non-donors what's behind their decision to give. Here are five takeaways that every fundraiser should know for succeeding in this most unusual year.

Let's take a peek at email, social media, and local press as the three contenders to get all your Giving Tuesday time and energy. Read what each channel can do for you, the return on investment you can expect, and what you’ll have to put in in terms of time and effort.

What is white saviorism? Where does it come from? How does it affect the nonprofit sector? Join nonprofit leaders as they use pop culture to explore white saviorism through the lens of American pop culture.

As your nonprofit continues to navigate fundraising during COVID-19, remember that relevance is a key component of urgency. The more relevant you can make your ask, the better.

With today's email integrations and automations, you can get your nonprofit up and running with a fully functional email program faster than you’d ever thought possible.

Email fundraising is still very much alive. In just a month, we witnessed a record amount of fundraising revenue come through email for a nonprofit client—just shy of $200k. Read on to see how you can make email work for your nonprofit.

Since the COVID-19 crisis began, nonprofits have been forced to constantly adapt to the changes. From WFH to taking a program online to meeting donors where they want to give, it seems like each week poses a new challenge.

DAFs are now within reach for everyone! Hear how Millie, a workplace giving platform, decided to make it possible to open your own DAF for $20.

By integrating a few key changes to your stewardship and communications, your nonprofit will be on its way to building even greater trust with its donors.

Remember—no matter what your organization’s mission is or where you're meeting your event attendees, you can craft a fundraising pitch during your event to win over the hearts and minds of donors.

Giving Tuesday is primed to grow bigger every year. Here are five reasons why your participation is extra-important.