volunteerism

Volunteer mobilization

Flickr photo courtesy of dheuer

If you work for a non-profit organization, big or small, chances are you rely on the generosity of volunteers at some point during the year.  And now that the weather is warming up, it’s a great time to be thinking about how to get your volunteers outside and involved in your events! Your organization’s volunteers [...]

Firstgiving partner spotlight: VolunteerSpot

We recently launched Firstgiving’s partnership program, and periodically, we’ll be blogging Partner Spotlights to introduce you to our new partners.  Like us, our partners work with non-profit organizations doing wonderful work for a variety of causes, and we’re helping them raise more money online.  Today we’re speaking with Karen Bantuveris of VolunteerSpot. How did you [...]

December Awareness Month

‘Tis the season for celebrating and giving, and whatever you’ve got on your wish list, we hope your December is lovely.  It’s also the season for year-end giving, and if you haven’t heard already, we’re offering a fundraising stimulus package to help you out with that. Here are some additional words of encouragement from Conor’s [...]