26 Nov 2010 No Comments
At FirstGiving, we’re committed to Bring(ing) the Giving Back to the holidays. We’ve been to enough holiday parties, and family holiday dinners, where the exchange of gifts has devolved to an exchange of credit in the form of gift cards. One member of our staff even exchanged a gift card for the exact same amount [...]
23 Nov 2010 1 Comment
Have you ever exchanged gift cards of the same value with friends or family during the holidays? Doesn’t it make you feel like your holidays have become more about the exchange of gifts (or gift cards) than about the true meaning of the holidays? Consider this: This year, Americans will spend over $24 billion on [...]
20 Nov 2010 No Comments
Farley Sullivan is a free agent fundraiser. She can’t ignore the human problem of homelessness and in 2007, she decided to do something about it on a large scale. The result is the annual Boston Knit-a-thon fundraising event for the Pine Street Inn‘s permanent housing program. Farley’s life changed when she befriended a local homeless [...]
18 Nov 2010 3 Comments
FirstGiving will be offering regular webinars the third Thursday of each month. However, in December we are offering two new webinars, just in time for end-of-year planning and engagement. See details below – and please join us December 2 and December 16. December 2, 2010. 1pm to 2pm EST Going the Distance with Race Fundraising: [...]
16 Nov 2010 2 Comments
As the annual 2010 Mutt Strut dog parade approached, we enjoyed reading the increasingly excited tweets and updates from TAILS Humane Society. One of the things we noticed was that TAILS used Twitter very well for creating interest and deepening engagement. They also listed regular #FF (Follow Friday) and #WW (Woof Wednesday) shoutouts. We were [...]
11 Nov 2010 1 Comment
This Veterans’ Day, we are struck most by the stories on our site. Fundraisers choose their causes because they have some connection to the cause, a person, or the organization. The connections are often personal, and always compelling. For Veteran’s Day, we read the fundraising stories behind the fundraisers and are highlighting a few. If [...]
08 Nov 2010 2 Comments
A new national survey of donor confidence reveals the growing importance of online giving and peer to peer fundraising. The Campbell Rinker Donor Confidence Survey of 510 donors nationwide highlights important donor trends, including: One out of every two donors has given online and seven out of every ten households making more than $75,000 annually [...]
02 Nov 2010 No Comments
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