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Highest Online Donations for Nonprofits in 2016

Tech Soup

In 2016, overall charitable giving increased 1 percent and online giving was up 7.9 These results are based on the largest analysis of charitable giving data and come from the 2016 Charitable Giving Report. Overall giving grew approximately 1 percent in 2016. percent in 2016 compared to 2015. Online donations were 7.2

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The Meaning of Philanthropy, Not Fundraising – Part 1

Clairification

I’ve always insisted that no single person could possibly receive credit for a donation. “ Donors don’t give because of development staff ,” I’d tell program staff. “ They give because of the great work you do! This is exactly the premise of the groudbreaking report commissioned in 2016 by the Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr.

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Does your nonprofit mission statement drive donations?

Candid

I was familiar with using data from Candid to evaluate a nonprofit as a prospective employee or when considering giving a donation—I love digging into a 990 ! from 2016–2018 and added a number of financial metrics to the spreadsheet. The post Does your nonprofit mission statement drive donations?

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Billionaire Bernie Marcus to Rich People: Get Off Your Rear Ends and Do Something Good

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The 94-year-old Home Depot co-founder has donated roughly $2 billion so far, including big bets on the Marcus Autism Center and the Georgia Aquarium. By Maria Di Mento Courtesy of the Marcus Foundation Bernie Marcus speaks at an event celebrating a major gift to Piedmont Hospital in 2016.

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Microsoft Office 2016 Is Now Available!

Tech Soup

The newest version of Office is now available as a donation through TechSoup! Eligible organizations can request the following Office 2016 products for Windows: Office Standard or Office Professional Plus. And for Mac, the 2016 versions of these products are available: Office for Mac. PowerPoint. Project or Project Professional.

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8 ways to serve and keep post-election “rage givers”

Future Fundraising Now

It happened in in 2016, and is likely happening again. Last time, a handful of organizations got a big windfall of rage-motivated donations. Give them reasons to believe their donation will make the difference they hope for. Encourage the to get involved in ways beyond donating: advocacy, volunteering, events.

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Storymakers 2016 Winners

Tech Soup

The Storymakers 2016 campaign surpassed all of our expectations. Now, without further ado, here are the winners of Storymakers 2016. TechSoup is particularly proud that Adobe products , available through our donation program, were used in the video's production. Thanks are due to many people involved in Storymakers 2016.