Mobile

We can all agree there are so many ways to reach donors and ask them to contribute that it’s hard to pick and choose. If text-to-donate is a medium you are considering for fundraising, here is what you need to know to expedite your decision-making process...

Text-to-donate campaigns have quickly gained public appeal, and many successful nonprofits utilize this fundraising tool to increase needed revenue. Many individuals appreciate the simplicity of supporting causes they care about via SMS...

Mobile fundraising company OneCause has announced the acquisition of Great Feats, a peer-to-peer fundraising platform, which will further expand the company suite of fundraising solutions for nonprofits...

Nonprofits have been increasingly seeking out mobile fundraising technology companies to: conduct live auctions with text notifications for auction winners; allow for mobile payments at event check-out; send texts inviting guests to increase their offer when they are being outbid in an auction; save volunteers from conducting telephone outreach or tracking mailed RSVPs by transferring event invitations, ticket sales and registrations to an automated platform; and free nonprofit staffers from doing hours of post-event analysis by offering real time event checkout results...

There is a lot of time and money wasted in inefficient processes within a company. The best way to combat poor strategies is by working to streamline the processes and incorporate technology that can offer solutions...

Gesture, a Chicagoland mobile-fundraising technology company, celebrates helping their nonprofit clients raise over $500 million through the use of mobile technology. The impact for nonprofit organizations who implement mobile fundraising techniques has been a game changer, allowing them to increase revenue while keeping up with growing fundraising challenges. Since 2011, Gesture has worked with over…

Last week, Apple CEO Tim Cook sent an e-mail to company employees, stating his disagreement with President Donald Trump’s comments concerning the violence in Charlottesville. He indicated that Apple will make a $2 million donation to the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League, and said that users would soon be able to donate…

For the last few months, we have been constantly talking about the sector’s changing landscape and how it’s leaning digital. There have been countless reports on the benefits of utilizing different kinds of technologies...

Thyngs, the mobile proximity platform, has added PayPal to its payment options for charities taking cashless mobile donations via its platform. PayPal will be added as a new core payment method for charities using its tap-and-scan cashless donation solutions on items, such as collecting boxes and direct mail, and in-person. The integration will streamline donation…

Every industry—ours included—is transitioning into a more mobile-focused mindset. We are entering (if we haven’t already) a device-dependent era. Like it or not, the majority of people are attached to their smartphones, tablets, what-have-you...