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Community-Centric Fundraising: Equity, social justice, and an abundance mindsetĀ 

Candid

The Community-Centric Fundraising (CCF) movement was founded by and centers BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) communities worldwide. What is Community-Centric Fundraising? Historically, fundraising has been grounded in a competitive environment that creates a mindset of scarcity and cutthroat nonprofit survival.

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Using Your Fundraising CRM Software to Its Full Potential

Blackbaud

Duplicate-free records have improved our ability to fundraise, reach our constituents, and maximize the time and energy spent by our small staff. Optimizing the use of our fundraising CRM gives us room to take on new projects and adopt new features without a daily struggle against our own databases. But weve done it.

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Best Fundraising Tips Ever: Experts Share Ideas That Work

Blackbaud

In that same spirit, we asked some of our favorite fundraisers to share their best piece of fundraising advice, as a way of paying it forward to other gift officers. If youā€™re looking for fundraising ideas that really work, put our expertsā€™ advice to good use. Then pass it on. We call this our ā€˜Brick Bash.ā€™

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How to be a Leonardo da Vinci fundraiser

Future Fundraising Now

I thought it would be a useful list for future fundraisers who know what still have a lot to learn, so I’ve added my own comments to the advice from Leonardo’s life. When you know fundraising and charitable giving are in the domain of the miraculous, you’ll do much better work. Silos kill fundraising.

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Whatā€™s in My Inbox | Empowering Your Donors to Fundraise

Pamela Grow

Are your donors creating Facebook Fundraisers on your behalf? When it comes to social media, Iā€™m hearing from small shop fundraisers who are exhausted from the never-ending posting. How are you empowering your donors to fundraise on your behalf on Facebook? My mantra, always, is ā€œfocus on what you can control.ā€.

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5 takeaways from the 2024 DAF Fundraising ReportĀ 

Candid

Donor-advised funds (DAFs) are the fastest-growing giving vehicle today, and DAF donors are bucking the downward trend in donor participation , according to the 2024 DAF Fundraising Report. in 2019 to 12% in 2023. Here are five significant findings: 1. million total donors.

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Fundraising Statistics: Incredible Insights to Raise More [Updated for 2021]

Qgiv

It’s nice to talk about fundraising in the abstract and offer up best practices and tips for making the most of your fundraising techniques and tactics. Having said that, we’ve taken a look at some fundraising statistics that we think are very interesting and deserve to be brought to your attention. 12% said animals.