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What Halloween candy taught me about fundraising

Future Fundraising Now

Isn’t it like reaching into their brains and turning a switch that makes them donate? People who don’t want to donate won’t donate. The moment you decide to ask people to donate, you are in the “manipulation” business. This post first appeared on October 29, 2015.)

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Trends in education funding’s share of philanthropic giving 

Candid

Between 2015 and 2022, education nonprofits consistently received the largest percentage of total grant dollars from institutional grantmakersan average of 27%followed by health (21%) and public benefit organizations (19%). Lets take a look at what our latest report shows.

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18 Free Non-profit Webinars For June 2015

Wild Apricot

In June, you can choose from among 18 free webinars that offer up a host of insights, ideas and practical tips on topics like: Leveraging your Database, Gaining Microsoft donations, Avoiding Mobilegeddon and Creating Volunteer Handbooks. Take a look at our list!

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Fiscal Year-End Reminder — Place Donation Requests Before June 30, 2015

Tech Soup

Several people have responded to this blog asking about requesting donations. Make sure your nonprofit, charity, foundation, or library gets all of the hardware or software it needs from TechSoup before our fiscal year ends on Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Hi everyone! So why the rush? Our fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30.

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Online Education Events for Nonprofits in July 2015

Tech Soup

How To Raise More Money With Email: A Step-by-Step Guide to Increasing Opens, Clicks, and Donations CharityHowTo / Webinar / Fee: $69. How To Raise More Money With Email A Step-by-Step Guide to Increasing Opens, Clicks and Donations CharityHowTo / Webinar / Fee: $77. July 14 — 3 p.m. July 14 — 3p.m. July 15 — 1 p.m.

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News by the Spoonful: TechSoup's 2015 Tech Predictions

Tech Soup

We recently polled our TechSoup employees and NetSquared community on what they see as looming large in 2015. Prices on all this gear will continue to drop in 2015, and the effect on nonprofit offices will be an acceleration of the "bring your own device" (BYOD) trend. What they said may surprise you. Privacy and Security.

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See You at the 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference!

Tech Soup

Will you be joining us in Austin for the 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference ? Did you know that the average nonprofit saves $12,000 with TechSoup donations? Not receiving TechSoup donations yet? Box , Twilio.org , Caravan Studios , and TechSoup are celebrating you on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.