Events are making a strong fundraising comeback with many organizations keeping to a hybrid strategy. More than half of 880 nonprofit executives polled reported generating 21% or more of their annual operating budget (AOR) from event and online fundraising efforts during 2022.  One-quarter of respondents reported raising 41% or more of their AOR through event and online fundraising. However, organizations with annual operating revenues greater…

Giving days often carry a chaotic energy that can leach into your planning process if you’re not careful. To prevent duplicative efforts or any tasks from falling through the cracks, you might divide your master task list into different personas. You’d then assign personas to different members of your team according to their strengths and interests.  According to Ally Orlando at DonorPerfect, here are four…

Facebook’s parent company Meta will match the gift of a recurring monthly donor up to $100 per donor after the second gift is made and up to $100,000 per eligible nonprofit, to a total of $7 million for a holiday giving initiative. The announcement, timed to mark the approach of Giving Tuesday on Nov. 28, is a break from the company’s past practice of matching…

Gamers — video and otherwise – continue to demonstrate it is possible to mix good works and high scores. Of late, several different game-focused entities have effectively mixed social consciousness, fundraising and play. Gamers within Utica, New York-based Mohawk Valley Community College’s Strategic Gaming Club will strap themselves into their seats starting on Nov. 11 fueled by a steady flow of Mountain Dew and Red…

There is a chance someone in Willoughby, Ohio will be thinking like Creed Bratton of Dunder Mifflin. It’s just that it will be after a few adult beverages: “I wanna do a cartwheel. But real casual-like. Not enough to make a big deal out of it, but I know everyone saw it. One stunning, gorgeous cartwheel.” A Special Wish Foundation’s Northeast Ohio chapter in Willoughby on…

Is your staff not reaching your major gift goals? Laura Fredricks, fundraiser and author of “The Ask: How to Ask Anyone for Any Amount for Any Purpose,” gives five tips on how you can manage your staff better to raise the gifts your organization needs.  Time management. Meetings do not translate into work. Try to limit meetings to only the essentials. “You have a lot…

In the harrowing task of fundraising in the nonprofit sector, it would seem that the last thing anyone needs is complexity. It’s tough enough as it is. However, in their book “American Generosity,” Patricia Snell Herzog and Heather E. Price discuss the various complexities that lead to people engaging in higher giving, or not. They propose a variety of “recipes” of webs of affiliations people…

Mother Jones, a publishing nonprofit that focuses on investigative journalism and commentary, has shifted its funding focuses from more traditional publishing practices with a combination of new hires and promotions. Emily Cozart Mohammed has rejoined the San Francisco-based organization as vice president of development, a newly created position. Cozart Mohammed has taken on many of the duties previously performed by Publisher Steve Katz, who left…

An online auction of various personal items from the estate of the late Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg grossed $516,090. After administrative costs are deducted, nearly half a million dollars in proceeds will fund The RBG Endowment Fund. Every year, 5.5% of the fund will underwrite programs within SOS Children’s Villages, a nonprofit that provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children. Ginsburg’s ties…

B Generous has launched Donate Now, Pay Later, a donor-focused fundraising loan tool that enables funders to designate philanthropic donations that are immediately given to a nonprofit, but paid for by the funder over time. For tax purposes, funders are given a receipt for the lump-sum donation. Through the program, funders may make donations for as little as $75 up to $50,000. The funder or…

Wounded Warrior Project codified its video game fundraising activities in 2018, as well as general video fundraising content, under the moniker Stream to Serve. Since then, the Jacksonville, Fla.-based nonprofit has raised more than $1 million through some 1,700 campaigns via livestreaming and digital funding platforms such as Tiltify. “We have had the privilege of being chosen [as a beneficiary] by some esports teams, as…