Fundraising Events in the Covid Era: Here’s What to Consider
As we look ahead to a time when in-person events can resume, here are some lessons to apply from the onset of the Covid-19 crisis.
By Yolanda F. Johnson
Contributor
Ask an Expert: How to Host Engaging Virtual Fundraising Events
A nonprofit CEO, an events director, and a fundraising consultant specializing in events answer reader questions.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
How 4-H Turned Its Largest Fundraising Dinner Into a Virtual Event
Because the national council’s expenses were lower, the group met its net fundraising goal. Just as important, it found a way to connect with corporate supporters and attract some new donors.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
How to Make the Most of GivingTuesday or Any Giving Day
Some nonprofits spend months planning creative digital campaigns for the fundraising sprint. Others use the day to thank donors or inspire their supporters to give back in other ways.
Creative Ideas for Giving Tuesday 2015
An organizer of the annual giving day shares advice on how to participate in the event this fall.
By Tony Martignetti
Contributor
Revenue Cuts Will Hurt Some Nonprofits More Than Others
The pain will be widespread but some groups, such as food banks and arts groups, the damage will be more severe.
What We Have Learned From Crises and Can Use in Coronavirus Age
Most important: Reach out to big donors now because those who feel ignored sometimes stop giving altogether when the economy and the situation around the world brightens.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Nonprofits Raise Nearly $2 Billion Online and Off on GivingTuesday
As the day that kicks of year-end appeals wrapped up, U.S. nonprofits had raised an estimated $511 million online and twice as much offline. Many organizations fared better than in 2018 and took advantage of a variety of creative approaches to draw attention. Still, some say the deluge of email appeals may be turning off donors.
By Emily Haynes and Eden Stiffman
Kids Choose Their Donors in a Twist on Sponsorships
The program, called Chosen, is an effort to empower beneficiaries and reinvigorate donors whose giving has been flat.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
How a Small School With No Alumni Network Raised $10 Million
A school that serves students from families at or below the poverty line exceeded its campaign goal by $300,000. The median gift was $150.
By Kellie Woodhouse
Contributor
Bike-athon Founder Looks to the Future After a Record-Breaking Year
With nearly 10 percent growth in 2018, Billy Starr talks about the first-, second-, and third-generation of riders who are fueling his cycling event’s against-the-odds success.
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor
How One Founder Started a Nonprofit — and Raised $1 Million
The daughter of an alcoholic wanted to help youths who had experienced trauma.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
An Accidental CEO Builds Up a Grass-Roots Charity
Kathleen Ruddy wanted to be a doctor. Instead, she’s built the charity world’s biggest supporter of pediatric-cancer research.
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor
A Cancer Charity Uses Competition and Recognition to Keep Volunteers Engaged
Among other things, the group has a web page that spotlights the events, teams, and participants that raise the most money each year. Volunteers love the competition.
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor
Harvard Raises $9.6 Billion in Capital Campaign: Daily News Roundup
It surpassed its goal by more than $3 billion. Plus, Sloan Kettering is coming under fire for its deal to share cancer-patient data with a for-profit; a veterans charity raised $6.5 million in Florida but allegedly gave none to charity; a big donor’s Facebook post with photos of two black women has roiled the University of Mississippi; a tool used to measure nonprofit efficiency is inaccurate, a study finds; and much more on nonprofits and the law; big gifts and grants; and weekend reads.
Facebook processed more than $45 million in gifts during 2017’s event — about 15 percent of the total share of estimated contributions.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor