Fundraising Archive

Now Nonprofits Outside the U.S. and Canada Can Fundraise on Facebook Too

November 9, 2009
Since the popular Facebook fundraising App Causes was built using GuideStar’s database of nonprofits in the United States and Canada, only nonprofits in the U.S. and Canada can utilize Causes’ fundraising tools. There are some amazing nonprofits at the grassroots working miracles daily with relatively small amounts of cash, but unfortunately, since no international database of verified nonprofits exists,...

Five Things Your Nonprofit Needs to Know About Web 2.0 Donors

September 17, 2009
Over the last few years we’ve heard a lot of discussion about nonprofits and their use “Web 2.0” and social media. Much of the focus has been on the fundraising tools themselves … What are they? How do they work? Do they work? But very little analysis has been made about how Web 2.0 donors are different. I am...