02 Feb 2012 No Comments
We’ve recently revamped our online event registration tool within our nonprofit account. Among many important updates, your supporters can now instantly create their own fundraising page during the registration process. Since the update was released in early October 2011, our top organizations have increased their active fundraisers per event, year over year, by at least [...]
20 Dec 2010 No Comments
Charity inspires goodwill, as proven by a current fundraiser launched by the Christianity, Atheism, and Islam groups in the social news site reddit.com. Together, they’ve raised over $55,000 from among their group members. We asked redditor Jay Hazen, of the subreddit group r/aheism, if he could answer some questions about the fundraiser and the reddit challenge. This is part two of a three-part interview about this amazing fundraising collaboration and challenge.
20 Dec 2010 No Comments
Charity inspires goodwill, as proven by a current fundraiser launched by the Christianity, Atheism, and Islam groups in the social news site reddit.com. Together, they’ve raised over $55,000 from among their group members. We asked redditor Margaret Crymes, a member of the subreddit group r/christianity, if she could answer some questions about the fundraiser and the reddit challenge. This is part one of a two-part interview about the amazing fundraising collaboration and challenge.
13 Dec 2010 1 Comment
Time and time again, our most successful fundraisers tell us that their success started with a strong letter of appeal asking friends and family for donations. Learn more about their advice.
03 Sep 2009 No Comments
Firstgiving’s Account Management Team has been on the road for the past few months, talking with our nonprofit partners about how to raise more money online and listening to your feedback. One thing you’ve told us is how helpful it is to receive an automatic email when someone creates a new fundraising page for your [...]
06 Aug 2009 1 Comment
Firstgiving’s Account Management Team has been on the road for the past few months, talking with our nonprofit partners about how to raise more money online and listening to your feedback. One thing you’ve told us is how helpful it is to receive an automatic email when someone creates a new fundraising page for your [...]
02 Jul 2009 No Comments
Each month we highlight a couple of our nonprofit partners who have unique fundraising events, great success stories, or something else fantastic going on that we’d like to tell you about. Next up in our nonprofit fundraising series, the nonprofit spotlight, is Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and their Wisconsin Football Coaches Association All Star Charity [...]
09 Jun 2009 No Comments
When your supporters donate to your nonprofit through Firstgiving, they automatically receive a thank-you email which includes a message that you can customize. Today’s Tip: Make sure to include your IRS details in your thank-you email. If donations made to your nonprofit are tax deductible, then contributions made to your nonprofit through the Firstgiving site [...]
29 May 2009 9 Comments
Firstgiving’s Account Management Team has been on the road for the past few months, talking with you about how to raise more money online and listening to your feedback. One thing you’ve told us is how helpful it is to receive an automatic email when someone creates a new fundraising page for your nonprofit. But [...]
06 Aug 2008 1 Comment
This morning, we left you with a cup of coffee and some thoughts about the true cost of your time. We arrived at the conclusion that it sometimes makes your life easier (and less costly) to pay for a service rather than doing something on your own. Now, let’s extend the analogy. You are an [...]
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