Fundraising

Several Factors Contributed to Rise of Charitable Giving in 2018
March 4, 2019 at 12:43 pm

Charitable giving continues to show increased growth year after year, with research to back it up. Blackbaud’s “Charitable Giving Report: How Fundraising Performed in 2018” reported that overall giving in the U.S. increased 1.5 percent on a year-over-year basis...

Fundraisers: The Times, They are a Changing’
January 15, 2019 at 11:30 am

Nonprofits continue, with undiminished passion, to seek out ways to change the world for the better. The historic gains the markets have seen in recent years have encouraged nonprofits to take on greater challenges than ever before. These are exciting times to be a fundraiser, but aren’t they always?...

Dec. 31, 2018: The Day Fundraising as We Know It... Died?
January 8, 2019 at 12:00 pm

2017 was a milestone year in charitable giving in the U.S., surpassing the $400 billion mark for the first time. Over that year, we’d done much thinking about the state of philanthropy as it related to the divisive political times...

#NPPTrendingNow Ep 67: Donor Journey Mapping Best Practices
November 30, 2018 at 12:53 am

Welcome back to #NPPTrendingNow, a weekly video series where NonProfit PRO Editor-in-Chief Nhu Te breaks down the top three coveted stories of the week. Here's what we've got going on for you this week: PayPal and Facebook partner for #GivingTuesday, building a powerful nonprofit board and donor journey mapping.

How to Increase Donation Efficiency
November 13, 2018 at 10:41 am

To the benefit of nonprofits, their donors and the causes they serve, increasing donation efficiency can be tackled in surprisingly straightforward fashion...

The Nonprofit Chatter Ep 3: Integrated Fundraising
October 23, 2018 at 12:52 pm

In this episode of the Nonprofit Chatter, Nhu Te, Editor-in-Chief of NonProfit PRO, and Taylor Shanklin, VP of Marketing at Pursuant, explore insightful ideas behind integrated fundraising. We will be joined by Clay Buck, chief development officer of The Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada, and Rebecca Segovia, EVP at Pursuant...

The Skunk at the Gala
October 4, 2018 at 12:10 pm

Since you think you’ve heard all of the objections to holding your annual gala and you believe you’ve answered all of them, I challenge you to work around this one! It’s the granddaddy of strategic fundraising truisms...

#NPPTrendingNow Ep 60: Breaking Down Nonprofit Silos
September 28, 2018 at 12:33 pm

Welcome back to #NPPTrendingNow, a weekly video series where NonProfit PRO Editor-in-Chief Nhu Te breaks down the top three coveted stories of the week. Here's what we've got going on for you this week: monthly donor retention, breaking down silos and hiring a consultant for a fundraising campaign...