Consolidation and acquisition of name brands in the fundraising technology space continues. Heritage Designs, parent of MatchMaker Fundraising software, has been acquired by Arreva, a cloud-based donor relationship management and online fundraising software firm. Headquartered in Phoenix, Ariz., and privately held, Heritage Designs launched in 1998. Founder Diana Hoyt will stay with the firm, according […]

You believe in your organization’s mission and, mostly, so do your donors. If it’s a reasonably large-sized ask, you probably want to do it in person. Donors might not think that’s such a good idea. A lot of things will immediately come to mind if a donor declines to meet. And, the reason might not […]

For many nonprofit leaders, the term “grants management” conjures up visions of navigating an ever-changing labyrinth of rules and regulations. While there is a learning curve when managing regulation-heavy grants from various levels of government, it’s nothing diligence and determination can’t conquer. “The first step is understanding what’s required and putting systems in place to […]

CDS Global, a business solutions provider to nonprofits, and Classy, creator of online fundraising software, are partnering to leverage each other’s solutions, technologies, and industry expertise for online and offline giving activity connectivity. “CDS Global has a long history of providing the operational solutions and support that nonprofits need to advance their missions and focus […]

Nonprofits that operate on a calendar year budget typically must file their Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 990 on May 15. This year, however, they had a new tax to pay. #NonprofitTaxDay came and went on May 15, with the National Council of Nonprofits and other advocacy organizations trying to garner attention on the new […]

Size of organization does not matter when it comes to soliciting planned gifts from donors. What does matter is the professionalism of the fundraising team. Just as a like a stack of cash can be benchmarked, so can the team. In the book, “Planned Giving For Small Nonprofits,” the authors describe what it takes to […]

Brands, rather than governments, are primarily responsible for driving social change. And, purpose will become more important during the coming year with business strategy and purpose strategy more connected. Those are a few of the takeaways nonprofit managers should be studying from a new report by Quartz Insights and Waggener Edstrom Communications (WE) in New […]

Cannabis is going mainstream. Even former U.S. Speaker of the House of Representative John Boehner is getting into the action with Canadian firm Acreage Holdings. Nonprofit managers have challenges developing guidelines on dealing with employees who are under the influence, are suspected of being under the influence or who might have indulged the previous night. […]

By Meredith Ferguson As a leader of a nonprofit organization, you might be looking toward the future with some uncertainty. Mobile giving, peer-to-peer fundraising, increasing social consciousness and an influencer culture, just to list a few, are developments that make leading an organization in 2019 vastly different than it was in 2009. There are no […]

A July 29 sentencing date has been set for a former United Way executive who plead guilty to scamming the United Way of Santa Rosa County (UWSRC) out of at least $650,000 over a seven-year period. Guyland W. Thompson, 65, a former Milton, Fla., mayor and ex-United Way of Santa Rosa County executive director, admitted […]

A California bill that would change how nonprofits registered in the Golden State value restricted Gifts In Kind (GIK) sailed through the state Assembly yesterday, days after it was released out of the Appropriations Committee. Assembly Bill 1181, sponsored by Assemblywoman Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara), who serves as chair of the Nonprofit Select Committee on […]