Since fundraising tactics have been forever altered through the evolution of digital technology and changing platform preferences of prospective donors, fundraisers must take charge of their strategies to engage the most donors. Combining first-party data — data collected and owned by a company or nonprofit on purchase histories, preferences, digital interactions, app use of individuals – and omnichannel marketing to edge past the competition in…

Public Interest Registry (PIR), the Reston. Va.-based nonprofit that coordinates dot-org website domains, has added dot-charity, dot-foundation and dot-gives nonprofit top-level domains to its offerings. In addition to dot-org domains, PIR also operates the dot-ngo and dot-ong domain names. The organization plans to add dot-giving to the domains it represents later this year. PIR did not indicate from whom it had acquired the three domains,…

The nonprofit BitGive has agreed to transfer all of its intellectual property and financial assets, including its trademarked GiveTrack cryptocurrency blockchain donation platform, to Heifer International in Little Rock, Ark. BitGive’s leaders had been in talks with Heifer for nearly a year. The platform recently stopped accepting Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency donations and this week announced the asset transfer that includes the GiveTrack technology, brand…

Those who love American military history, especially the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and the Civil War, but prefer their information in short, bursts should search online for Garry Adelman or Callan Shea. The two are the most prominent TikTok presences behind preservation nonprofit American Battlefield Trust (ABT).  Adelman serves as ABT’s chief historian, and is a frequent on-camera presence for the nonprofit’s videos.…

In our current virtual work environment, effective leadership skills and strategies are more important than ever. There are behaviors that have helped leaders guide their nonprofits forward while working remotely. To be an effective leader, show your trust and respect for the people you manage. Your team members should know that you have complete confidence in their ability to fulfill their responsibilities. Go out of…

Fundraising events have taken on an entirely different form in the past two years, with many shifting to online venues or some hybrid component of in-person and virtual. Each supporter or donor is different in how they feel about attending events and a new survey examines precisely their preferences when it comes to their attendance. The 2022 Fundraising Event Experience Report by Classy, a San…

A research lab focused on improving the quality of nonprofit data available to social good organizations, researchers and the media, with a focus on nonprofit firmographics and operations, has been launched by GivingTuesday and Humanitas. The Humanitas Research Hub is hosted within the GivingTuesday Data Commons platform, and can be accessed here: https://data.givingtuesday.org/humanitas Humanitas is a Palo Alto, Calif.-based provider of artificial intelligence-powered tools to…

Nonprofit cybersecurity organizations have launched Nonprofit Cyber, a coalition of 22 global nonprofits pledged joint action to improve cybersecurity. All coalition members are nonprofits that serve the public interest by developing, sharing, deploying, and increasing the awareness of cybersecurity best practices, tools, standards, and services.  Coalition members must be a 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6) nonprofit if organized under U.S. law or hold an equivalent status if…

It was a big year for cryptocurrency when it came to philanthropy in 2021, with all signs pointing up. The annual volume of crypto donations and average donations all soared in 2021, according to an annual report by The Giving Block, a Washington, D.C.-based firm that helps nonprofits accept donations of cryptocurrency. The annual volume of crypto donations jumped from $4.2 million in 2020 to…

Black and Latinx women make up only 5% of tech workers and a coalition of nonprofits and for-profits is working to change that low number. Accenture, Broadridge, Girls Who Code, the Girl Scouts of America and Workday have been added to NPower’s Command Shift Coalition, a project of New York City-based NPower. Command Shift Coalition is a consortium of business leaders, community organizations, corporations and…

The years 1999 and 2000 were exciting times in nonprofit technology. Three firms were launched that became household names in nonprofit constituent management (CRM) systems and fundraising – Convio, GetActive and Kintera. The competition for investment dollars and clients was fierce. The three firms received tens of millions of dollars in private equity funding and investment. Kintera and Convio even went public. Leadership at the…