Big Fundraising Ideas

MARCH 18, 2025

Whether you aim to purchase new sports equipment, fund a class trip, or renovate the library, your fundraising efforts can gain a major boost through sponsorships. It is easy for a message to slip through the cracks. This guide provides a detailed look at securing sponsorships for your school fundraisers.

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Blackbaud

AUGUST 12, 2024

Nonprofit financial management is the process of managing the money that flows through your not-for-profit organization. Depending on your organization’s focus and activities, you may have different types of funding, such as grants, contracts, donations, program fees, sponsorships, or merchandise sales.

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GiveSmart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

And what fees are companies using to nickel and dime an organization, making their “free” contract actually too good to be true? With GiveSmart, whether an organization raises $1 or $1 million, their software contract and credit card fees are fixed, and we don’t add on more and more fees like some others do.

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2015

Each volunteer can carry up to 600 pounds of food, and logistics are coordinated through an online application called the Robot , making this model replicable and easy to handle with only one full-time employee. America: A Wasteland of Plenty. In the U.S., Results That Matter. The impact of this work has been enormous.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2015

As we pass through the 50th Anniversary of War on Poverty, 50 years during which $22 trillion has been spent, we now look at the next 50 years. These tools, in turn, make the delivery of poverty-related services work better, and we're building a company that helps to enable this revolution.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Your organization might be able to save money on its phone service by switching from a plain old telephone service ( POTS ) to a hosted VoIP service through one of TechSoup's partners. Check out the table below to compare VoIP offers available through TechSoup and decide which might be best for your organization. TechBridge.

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Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

However, many state and local government grants are pass-through funding from federal agencies and held to the same rules and regulations. Foundation and corporate grants may not be as stringent as federal or pass-through funding, but the principles of grant management still apply. It doesn’t have to be scary.

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Selfish Giving

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Partnership Contract Lessons from the American Revolution ✊ Is This the End of Amateurism in Cause Marketing ? Aren't companies a pass-through for donations and not eligible for any tax benefits? Taking two weeks off from writing the newsletter is a good idea. At least that's what my wife tells me. It's a chance to recharge!"

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Qgiv

APRIL 15, 2024

One way your donors can help you extend your impact is through legacy giving. Legacy giving is a committed donation a donor plans to leave to a nonprofit organization as part of their estate after they’ve passed away. Here’s a look at seven of the most common types of legacy gifts: Bequests through wills and estate plans.

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Assel Grant Services

MAY 6, 2024

Here are the circumstances that may trigger an audit requirement: Federal, state, and local government contracts may require an audit as part of the nonprofit’s contract for funding. Nonprofits spending $750,000 or more of federal (or federal pass-through) funds in a year must complete a Single Audit.

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AmpliFund

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

As you craft your application, think through what data requests you might receive and what data you’ll need from the application to populate contract documents later when you move approved applications immediately to post-award monitoring. Double check small details that are easy to pass over, like the year.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2013

If your organization is a nonprofit based in California, you may be eligible for additional discounts on VoIP services through the California Teleconnect Fund. Check out the table below to compare VoIP offers available through TechSoup and decide which might be best for your organization. Monthly rate per seat through TechSoup.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

You also can’t contribute to trusts or individuals through a donor-advised fund. Gifts of stock and real property go into donor-advised funds, are liquidated, and then passed on to nonprofit organizations as cash donations. What is a donor-advised fund and why does it matter? Why is the payout higher?

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Assel Grant Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Compliance and best practices in grant management is usually associated with federal grant awards, but it equally applies to state and local government funding, pass-through funding (which likely originated at the federal level), and foundation and corporate grants (though maybe not as stringent). It doesn’t have to be scary.

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Grant'd

MAY 31, 2020

This inconsistency often confuses funding bodies – and with hundreds of applications demanding their time, this confusion means that they’re more likely to pass your application over rather than ask for clarification. So you’ve found a grant that would be perfect for taking your organisation or venture’s mission to the next level.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Ready to learn more about Giving Tuesday and how your nonprofit can make the most of it? Let’s get started! See how Qgiv can help you bring your Giving Tuesday campaign ideas to life! Request Demo. Giving Tuesday FAQs. What is Giving Tuesday? Giving Tuesday is the Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States. Read on to learn more!

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GiveSmart

MARCH 6, 2024

– Unwrapped – To Go Campaign: Unwrapped20.givesmart.com We had three options: We could cancel. We could postpone. We could go virtual. As our largest fundraising event of the year, we knew that canceling just wasn’t an option for us. 2. What was the most rewarding part? givesmart.com 1.

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Blue Avocado

MARCH 3, 2025

Work to create a fairer judicial environment for nonprofits NIA has been working for several years to help pass common-sense laws in the most problematic states to help level the playing field so that nonprofits are not being held accountable for things over which they have no control. Many of these nonprofits have never made a claim.

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Center for Major Gifts

AUGUST 18, 2024

If you’re ready to go beyond annual giving and unlock a more sustainable future through legacy gifts, read on. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll walk you through the entire process of starting a planned giving program. Bequests A bequest is simply a term for a gift made through a will. What is planned giving?

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

It’s helpful to be present at the venue and to go through a visualization exercise with key staff or volunteers. From parking and check-in, all the way through the main event and checkout, it’s important to take time to think through what your safe event should look like! Let’s pretend you’ve got your venue selected. Here we go!

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Blackbaud

OCTOBER 29, 2024

When a software provider has an extensive network of partners, you can be confident they have done the work to build critical integrations that allow data to pass through the systems, like single sign-on, class rostering, profile updates, etc. The definition of “a connected school” could be many different things.

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Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

How to do it Assess your grant or contract language to identify which programs could be impacted by the changes in federal funding. For each grant, estimate how much of the total grant or contract might be affected, and work with your program staff to document the impact on programs and services.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

million generated through 16,364 digital transactions two years ago, and $2.48 million raised through 17,696 digital transactions last year. There’s something about a different month and a little bit more time passing that makes it feel easier to donate again.” It feels very soon. But I wouldn’t be surprise if it is flatter.”

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Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

through OMB Memo M-25-13 issued on January 27, 2025. through OMB Memo M-25-13 issued on January 27, 2025. Yes, but only through the recission process of the ICA through recission proposals which require approval by both houses of Congress. No prior administration has attempted a review of this scope and scale.

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Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), passed in 2021 and 2022, respectively, provide funding for both new and existing (prior to Biden) grant programs over several years. Most IRA funds were appropriated in FY 2022 and are to remain available through FY 2030.

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