My Fundraising Blog

Leverage Your Donors’ Summer Activities for Fundraising

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:47:00 GMT

This week one of our nonprofit clients was challenged by a donor to find a way raise funds by leveraging the 50-mile bike ride the donor is taking this summer. After discussing several approaches...

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Reports Are Now Easier to Find and Use

Thu, 27 May 2010 21:59:00 GMT

The new Greater Giving Online release, which includes Event Software Online and Join Me (our new peer-to-peer fundraising tool), includes a new Reports section within Project Home, located right under Project Tasks. From the Reports section, you can now access and...

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Product Launch Imminent!

Tue, 18 May 2010 22:54:00 GMT

Many of us at Greater Giving are attending product training this week for our newest product—Join Me, which we’ll be releasing in early June...

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Small Nonprofits—It’s Not Too Late to File

Wed, 12 May 2010 21:25:00 GMT

Want to retain your tax-exempt status? More than 200,000 small charities and nonprofits with revenues of $25,000 or less could lose their tax-exempt status next week if they don't file a federal tax form by Monday, May 17th. This requirement goes back to a 2006 law that says nonprofits with revenues of $25,000 or less...

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Holiday Wishes from Auctionpay

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:15:00 GMT

The Benefit Blogger will be on vacation until early January, 2010. Please check back with us then for some exciting changes to our Website...

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How can an online auction augment my live and silent auctions?

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:32:00 GMT

The number of items in your online auction will be influenced by the role the online auction plays in your fundraiser. Will the online auction preview your live and silent auctions and allow pre-event bidding to drive up the opening bid...

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Looking forward to this week's a-Thon webinar

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:55:00 GMT

We’re finalizing the content for next week’s webinar on a-Thons, and we’re looking forward to sharing some great ideas with attendees. Our speaker, Julie Taylor, works for American Heart Association as a market consultant. Before that, she was Senior Director of Start! Richmond Heart Walk for three years...

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Getting to the right number of items for your silent auction

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:25:00 GMT

Keep your guests and your venue in mind when procuring silent auction items. You want to have items that appeal to every taste and budget, but if you’re like most organizations, you’ll have limited viewing time and display space...

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How many items should you have in your auction?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:53:00 GMT

We get lots of questions about item type, number and placement for live, silent, and online auctions. If you’re planning a spring auction, it’s not too soon to define your item strategy so you can efficiently procure the right items for your fundraiser...

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Is It OK to Lose Control?

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:17:00 GMT

Traditional media—press releases, brochures, even Websites—allow an organization to maintain control of their message and manage their public perception. Social media is all about your audience having control...

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