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Year-end Starts Now!

Over 25% of the average nonprofit’s annual fundraising is made in the last 2 months of the year. However, most nonprofits don’t start their year-end planning until October.

Fundraising on Facebook

Facebook recently launched Facebook Fundraisers, which enable individuals to solicit donations from their friend networks on behalf of causes they support…

New Ideas from Strategic Services – May 2017

Each month, we share the most innovative ideas we see in the nonprofit technology industry. Here are three of our favorite ideas from last month…

Integrating Search Function with Donation Forms

Can your donors find the participant or team they want to support on your event site? Many P2P fundraising events face this challenge…

The Ideal P2P Platform Scorecard, Part 2

The Ideal P2P Platform Scorecard, Part 2

In Part 1, we looked at snapshots of two veteran P2P fundraising platforms, TeamRaiser and Classy, and what kind of nonprofits they could be ideal for. Now, we will look at three other platforms—two proven players in DonorDrive and RallyBound and a relative new kid on...

The Ideal P2P Platform Scorecard, Part 1

The Ideal P2P Platform Scorecard, Part 1

With plenty of peer-to-peer fundraising platforms to choose from, nonprofits may feel overwhelmed when it comes to figuring out which one fits best. No one platform is perfect for every organization—thus all that competition. But each platform is perfect for certain...

A Breath of Fresh Air

A Breath of Fresh Air

Easterseals teamed up with the CVS Health Foundation and the American Lung Association to offer resources for those on the journey to better health and smoking cessation. Charity Dynamics focused on refreshing and enhancing the existing site by implementing best...

Find Your Ideal P2P Platform

Find Your Ideal P2P Platform

Peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising has become critical to the success of many nonprofits, large and small. Having a good P2P platform on your side can help your constituents easily achieve their fundraising goals and allow you build stronger connections with those...

P2P Donors: From Lapsed to Engaged

P2P Donors: From Lapsed to Engaged

Convert Lapsed P2P Donors into Engaged Donors Nonprofit organizations count on their participants to go out each year and cultivate new supporters in order to make their peer-to-peer fundraising a big success. And in doing so, they bring in new donors to the...

Donation Form Success Starts With a Test

Donation Form Success Starts With a Test

Measure Success Through Donation Form Testing Testing ads is standard procedure in the advertising world when it comes to determining the effectiveness of a particular ad. It’s no different and just as essential for nonprofits. Testing gives organizations the hard...