Nonprofit Trends

...otherwise titled as "Why is it easier to buy stuff on Amazon than it is to donate to your nonprofit?"

In honor of Funraise’s shiny donation forms, which make accepting and tracking Venmo payments a breeze—we’re exploring the current Venmo landscape for nonprofits. As a nonprofit organization, here’s what you need to know about Venmo as we roll into 2023.

We’re here with this year's top social media, tech, creative, and cultural trends to turn your annual report into a seriously special storytelling tool.

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.

Got a lot of fundraising to do in 2023? Here's your go-to guide on the key fundraising dates, events, and seasons that you actually need to know.

We’ve got oodles of ideas for nonprofits providing social services within their individual communities to fundraise and flourish!

As we start yet another year of fundraising, it’s easy to fall into the trap of ever-increasing fundraising goals. But by putting people over (non)profit, you and your team can sail into the new year cool, confident, and capable of making an even bigger difference for the world.

Funraise, the nonprofit industry's most innovative digital fundraising platform, is expanding the ease and functionality of their already-friendly donation forms with an upcoming Venmo integration.

As we celebrate another trip around the sun, here are 27 ideas to start your new year of fundraising off right.

The Honorable Harvest is all about living in harmony with the land around us, never taking too much, always seeking the balance. It’s a way of living that’s sustainable, adaptable, and mindful—and it has many salient lessons to offer anyone involved in nonprofit fundraising.

The #HumaneHiringMovement is here! And we're sharing the best humane hiring advice from the best bosses in the (nonprofit) business.

Beginning your humane hiring journey is as easy as keeping this checklist and implementing it step by baby step.

In our hyper-connected world, what impacts the tech, business, and finance sectors impacts us all. So, hot off the presses, here are 2023’s top for-profit trends—and why you, as a nonprofit, will want to sit up and take notice.

Journey with us into the land of social media fundraising–––we promise it's not that scary! We'll take you through expert social media tips and the best nonprofit case studies for winning the social game. Let's do this!

Nonprofits have more potential donors than ever before, but that requires greater cultural and experiential diversity as well. And that means you need to hone those cultural competence skills to effectively raise money worldwide.

Join us on a journey through the wild world of consumer factoids. We’ll share the must-know data points, what the nonprofit sector has to say about them, and how you can apply them to your nonprofit's work.

Funraise and DonateStock have announced an industry-first partnership that makes charitable stock gifting available to thousands of Funraise nonprofit customers.

Just for our favorite nonprofiteers: a comprehensive guide to our lingo. Think of this as your personal glossary for all things Funraise terminology. Strap in.

Today, we’re going to break down P2P with this crash course on peer-to-peer fundraising sites. From snazzy examples to game-changing tips, you’ll find that our guidance is peerless.

Featuring 21 quick fundraising ideas to get you started, our Quick Fundraising Ideas playbook is your guide to using automation, social media, and creative problem-solving to fundraise fast for your nonprofit 🏁🏎

If these tough times have taught us anything, it’s that when the going gets tough, the nonprofits get going. Here’s how you and your organization can respond to antisemitism and hate.

If you aren't using memes to raise your revenue on Reddit, you're missing out. In this guide, we'll take you through the making of a masterful Reddit fundraising campaign.

As the world stands together in solidarity with Iranian protesters and in defense of Iranian women, we urge you to support nonprofits working to advance human rights in Iran.

Human rights organizations fight for justice day in and day out. If you’re ready for liberty and justice for all, for real, read on.

Your donation page is telling a story about you. Is it the right one? Increase conversions with quick actions.

​Pop quiz time! Which of the following statements is more meaningful to donors? A. “Your gift was able to feed 500 people in need,” or B. “Your gift made it possible for Karen to have a hot meal this week.”​

Give your pet an extra belly rub, turn on Sarah McLachlan’s iconic ASPCA commercial, and check out these purrfect animal-focused fundraising examples, ideas, tips, and tricks.

October is LGBTQ+ History Month—the perfect time to uplift and amplify the important work of LGBTQ+ nonprofits advocating for equity and inclusion. We'll take you through 23 unique fundraising ideas to support LGBTQ+ nonprofits—and introduce you to 5 nonprofits raising the bar for LGBTQ+ advocacy.

What are you waiting for? It's time to start leveraging the incredible power of Google and Microsoft's ad grants and other technology to boost your nonprofit's fundraising capacity.‍

Do good, make other people happy, and support causes that matter—this holiday season or any time of year.

If inflation is sending you into a spiral of economic anxiety and payroll panic, you aren’t alone. We're giving you 4 tips to retain generosity during economic hardship.

Funraise Director of Growth and Marketing, David Schwab, shared three surround sound secrets to scale impact that gave him back sanity during the busy year-end push. We got him to expand on those secrets just for you, so read on!

How do you support your teams, volunteers, donors, and clients during turbulent times? Here are some people-centric suggestions on how to forge ahead with agility and resilience no matter what’s going on in the world.

To encompass this unsettled world of ours, the C-suite set has coined the term “VUCA.” What does it mean and how can it help you navigate life as a nonprofit leader in unprecedented times? Read on.

2023 is on its way to being a trend-setting year for nonprofits. And with that intro, read on for our are our top nonprofit trends to keep an eye on in 2023.

Funraise has partnered with Springboard developer Jackson River to deliver a best-in-class integration augmenting Springboard with the robust peer-to-peer capabilities of Funraise.

From Giving Tuesday to year-end gifts, the winter months tend to inspire generosity in both spirit and wallet. Here are some winter fundraising ideas to warm up your donations!

Is Giving Tuesday 2022 predicted to shatter records or fall flat? Get the up-to-date-est predictions so you can manage your team's expectations.

Find out how infusing the hiring process with equity, transparency, and a great candidate experience isn't just the right—and humane—thing to do, but the best thing for your bottom line as well.

Fundraising shouldn't be a downer. Whether you want to feel empowered, distracted from the fray, or like you're making even more of a difference than you do every day, infuse your fundraising with care by using one of these ideas.

Let us break down the many benefits of creating a standalone site for your next giving day campaign. While we’re at it, we’ll throw in some ideas for giving days and tips for bringing it all together.

Our guide goes deep into how to create a subscription website for your nonprofit, including the setup, services to include & more!

Our fundraising campaign sites guide goes through everything you need to build an awesome campaign microsite: types, elements, benefits, & tips.

Overwhelmed nonprofit marketers, take note! This primer sets you on a path to use your digital channels to think and act multi-channel-ly, when you shouldn’t, and how to pull it off successfully.

Funraise, the nonprofit industry's leading digital fundraising platform, is gifting best-in-class Fundraising Sites and Peer-to-Peer Pages to customers for a limited time—just in time for the 2022 giving season.

Our monthly giving programs guide goes through everything you need to run a successful monthly campaign: examples, names, benefits & tips.

From lazy summer days to Giving Tuesdays, the fall months inspire more than pumpkin spice, haunted houses, and cozy hygge. Here are some eerie fall fundraising ideas to make your campaigns spookily successful!

Nonprofit donor management is essential for understanding your donors, growing your relationships with them & gathering data. Here’s all you need to know!

The economy is confusing as all get-out right now, making everyone ask, "What fundraising technologies and tools are mission-critical for my nonprofit, even—or especially—during a recession?"

Welcome back to Nonstop Nonprofit, friends! The podcast has a whole new season ahead, and we're kicking it off with a compilation series loaded with live interviews from AFP ICON 2022!

From babies to kids to young adults, in schools, sports programs, camps, or youth mentoring, fundraising can make a world of difference, one child at a time. These fundraising ideas will keep you young at heart.

Check these best donation platforms for nonprofits to make sure you’re using the perfect charity giving platform for your cause.

Explore 10 Giving Tuesday examples that stand out in a crowd and provide some excellent inspiration for this year's Giving Tuesday campaign.

With all the resources out there, and with the proven global generosity on Giving Tuesday, we say that it's worth participating. If you're on the fence, here are a few options that bring in donations but leave your hands free for other efforts.

We go deep into donor relations, answering your “what is donor relations” question, guiding on donor relationship building & more!

In 2020, Innocence Project came to Funraise on a quest for a flexible, reliable, simple Salesforce integration—a surprisingly tall order. Funraise accepted the challenge and brought the industry's best integration to the table.

Whatever your beliefs, we’re all united by our faith in the importance of doing good and giving back. It’s time for some miraculous faith-based fundraising—and here are the ideas you need to make it happen.

Which auction items make donors raise their paddles and up their bids with abandon? Here are some general tips, tricks, and how-tos for procuring auction items and templates to have auction items flowing in.

Charity auctions are a huge investment of resources. If you’re on the auction fence, we can help you decide if an auction is the right fundraising path for you

If you’re asking yourself, “do I need a CRM?”, the chances are you do. We cover both why you need a CRM system but also why you don’t. (But you do.)

If your response to the recent rolling back of Roe is a need to act, here are organizations and actions that'll make a difference.

Donor management software enables nonprofits to build a relationship with their donors & maximize their business. Here’s why you need one.

Funraise, the nonprofit industry's leading digital fundraising platform, announced the close of their latest $9M growth financing round in June 2022.

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.

Reality TV-inspired fundraisers are all about creating buzz, so check out our real-awesome fundraising ideas below, and make it work, fundraisers!

As a nonprofit, working day in and day out to support a worthy cause, you need to focus your fundraising campaigns on what matters: your mission.

The way you relate to your donors can impact your entire nonprofit strategy. And equitable donor stewardship efforts go a long way toward positive change!

Check out these summer fundraising ideas for your nonprofit. Awesome outdoor fundraisers for June, July & August + a water balloon event.

Here are a buncha ways nonprofits can use Text Engagement to connect with supporters. Having a plan of action will help you make the most out of this exciting nonprofit fundraising technology.

The best, awesome, easy & fun fundraising ideas for schools, incl. high, middle, elementary & pre schools, clubs, student councils & more!

Take a deep breath and host a fundraiser that'll make your supporters whistle a happy tune, forget their troubles, and, hopefully, feel a little extra generous.

Looking for strategies and tips on how nonprofits can retain donors? Here are the 6 top tips for keeping your donors' attention year-round.

Funraise's suite of fraud mitigation tools, including our new Web Application Firewall (WAF), show impressive success in reducing fraud attempts for our customers and protecting nonprofits from common types of online fraud attack.

Browse our donation form template examples for charitable requests, nonprofit pledges, donation boards, fundraising packets, proposals + more!

Funraise CEO, Justin Wheeler, discusses what social fundraising is and what it is not.

Funraise CEO, Justin Wheeler, discusses the moment to turn your focus from major donors to household donors.

As a nonprofit, it’s easy to fight for your cause and voice the values associated with it. But it’s harder to know when to speak up about other important topics. How do you know when to say something?

Tracking your marketing data doesn't have to be complicated or time-consuming. Today we’re going to talk about how to track your nonprofit's marketing metrics so that you can be a total marketing boss!

Complete donate button guide. Benefits, best practices, wording, location & examples of cool, free, red, small, donate here buttons. Read more here.

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.

Funraise, the nonprofit industry's leading digital fundraising platform, released their best-in-class Events & Ticketing tools to every customer—Free.

The best way to achieve your fundraising objectives is to have a well-written fundraising plan to emphasize brand awareness and bring in new donors.. This allows you to focus your efforts a year out in advance.

Join us in supporting organizations working with the people of Ukraine, like USA for UNHCR, Action Against Hunger, One Day's Wages, and more.

It's time to wine, dine, and celebrate! Fundraising galas are a well-entrenched fundraising event for nonprofits everywhere. Keep people involved, engaged, and donating to your cause with a rockin' fundraising gala.

Funraise CEO, Justin Wheeler, discusses investing in a young donor program.

Funraise CEO, Justin Wheeler, discusses post-pandemic trends in fundraising.

Check out these cheap, easy, & free fundraising ideas. Ideal low cost fundraisers for kids, schools, & college with tips on what to sell for your fundraiser.

Whether you embrace technology or feel drained by it all, you've got an obligation to keep an eye on your nonprofit's technology ecosystem.

Because Justice Matters switched their fundraising to Funraise after seeing the extreme accessibility and innovation of the platform firsthand. Then they outperformed all their expectations.

Step by step guides on how to donate & tip bits & money on Twitch using your PC, mobile, PS4, with or without PayPal. Read more here!

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.

Your complete guide on how to ask for donations on text, email, and facebook, including donation message examples, wording to use, and more!

Nonprofits of all shapes and sizes can benefit from having a major gifts program. If your nonprofit wants to kickstart its major gift program, read on for our tips for getting started with major gifts.

Funraise’s Chief Product Officer, Tony Sasso, shares a look into the fundraising features we’re currently building and why.

Awesome, fun & easy virtual fundraising ideas & online events for schools, Zoom, social media, Facebook, raffles, clubs, nonprofits & more!

What’s an equity-focused nonprofit to do? Maybe it's time to look at community-centric fundraising.

An economic crisis isn't an easy storm to weather for your donors, your organization, or for you personally. Here are some practical steps you can take to be better prepared for any financial downturn.

Acquisitions happen, but you don't have to just hang on and hope for the best. Speak up, ask questions, and read between the lines so you can make the best decisions for your organization.

After years of pandemic fatigue, chances are we’re all a little short on socially-distanced fundraiser inspiration. We got you: here are a bajillion and one COVID-approved fundraising ideas and events.

The Great Resignation of 2021 may have a significant impact on nonprofits’ employer matching gift strategies. Find out what it means for your org in this guide!