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2023 Impact Report
It has been a milestone year at GiveSmart, and our team is excited to share more about what our nonprofit partners accomplished! This report highlights our customers’ fundraising achievements and remarkable creativity and offers insight…
Fundraising Assessment Travel Plans
How can you map out better fundraising and financial management? As you’re mapping out your upcoming year of events and campaigns, it’s important to look at your past fundraising and donor management journey. Did you…
GiveSmart’s 2024 Annual Fundraising Calendar
Important Dates with Strategies to Steward Donors GiveSmart’s popular Annual Fundraising Calendar delivers the major holidays, recognized awareness moments, days of giving and connection, and fun days (mostly food-related) worth celebrating. Fill out the form…
5 Social Media Stats Nonprofits Need to Know
Social media may be free to use, but each channel is invaluable for nonprofit organizations. Whether you use social media to raise awareness for your mission, gain more donors and volunteers, or do other things…
Checklist for #GivingTuesday Success: How to Attract New Donors on #GivingTuesday
#GivingTuesday is all about getting new donors involved with your organization that may not have been otherwise. It is also about trying new fundraising and supporter engagement strategies. To help you rally your team, supporters,…
Creating your Landing Page for Success
To maximize giving and engagement, each of your fundraising landing pages should be user-friendly and informative. You can create opportunities that help you reach and exceed your fundraising goals by better leveraging a fully equipped landing…
Complete Mobile Strategy Guide
How text-to-donate and other mobile optimizations boost fundraising for nonprofits Smartphones have revolutionized our communication and connection with loved ones, the causes we are passionate about, and the world at large. As technology progresses, it…
The Fundraising Pyramid
Are you treating your donors like an ATM? Fundraising is often too transactional. Don’t let it be at your organization! Fundraising the right way should involve building authentic relationships with investors who are committed to…
Your Go-To Guide for Donor Segmentation
Better nurture and engage your donors Giving trends are a bit bleak, with a steady decline in the overall number of both new donors and retained donors over the past few years. As of 2022,…
6 Ways to Increase Revenue During Your Next Fundraising Event
Your organization spends hours upon hours planning and executing fundraising events to reach your fundraising goals. But what else can you do to raise more once the action starts? With these six great strategies, you’ll…
The Ultimate Data-Driven Auction Fundraising Guide
What if you could confidently predict which items would send bidding into overdrive? By using insights hidden within data—from your organization and from outside—you can. With data-driven insights, you can identify exactly the right items…
6 Stats to Help Nonprofits Navigate Economic Instability
Uncertain economic times are, unfortunately, pretty certain. According to a recent Community Brands survey, most nonprofits are confident that the economy will stabilize in 2023, there are things you can do to find stability amidst…