GEO may seem like yet another indecipherable acronym, but peel away the jargon and you’ve got a digestible concept. GEO for fundraisers means structuring and writing content on your chosen fundraising platform’s campaign page so AI can synthesize it and then recommend it.
The end of the year is one of the most valuable times to connect with your community. As you plan the appeals you'll send in the last few weeks of the year, make sure you consider including three groups of supporters who are often left out of year-end campaigns: recurring donors, GivingTuesday donors, and volunteers.
Preparing for agentic AI starts with strengthening the foundation already in place. This post features 5 ways nonprofits can prepare for Agentic AI. The future won't belong to nonprofits with the most AI tools. It will belong to the ones whose AI has the most comprehensive understanding of every supporter.
Through Civic Shout Joint Actions, organizations can either host joint actions or participate in joint actions hosted by others. Participating organizations earn a $2.25 ad credit for every petition signature they generate.
Consignment auction items have become increasingly popular. By providing access to premium experiences and high-value auction packages without upfront costs, consignment can help organizations build stronger auction catalogs, attract more bidders and reduce the burden on staff and volunteers.
As print marketing tools, stickers are uniquely rooted in self-expression and authenticity, and when applied by mission-driven nonprofits, they can help engage and build awareness. Also, stickers are among the highest-margin fundraising products with markups that can reach 300%.
By empowering sponsors to actively promote your tournament, your reach expands far beyond your nonprofit’s networks, helping fill your field and build a stronger partnership with businesses who already support you.
2,006 donors were asked about their giving behavior, preferences, and motivations. 718 of those respondents had a history of making recurring donations, and their answers gave some fascinating insights into what inspired them to make that ongoing commitment.
SMS storytelling is an underused strategy by nonprofits. Texts get opened, they feel personal, and the barrier to respond is lower than almost any other channel. When you ask a question, people answer. And what comes back can become some of your most compelling content.
Professional benefit auctioneers are unsung heroes who often come through time and time again for their nonprofit organizations, instrumental pieces of the fundraising process in helping nonprofits collect donations and raising on average 30% more than their amateur auctioneer counterparts for their good causes.
To a donor, submitting an online donation is instantaneous—a single, satisfying click. But the donor only hears a click. The nonprofit feels the ripples. Beneath the surface of that seemingly simple online donation is a complex, multi-layered financial and technological ecosystem.
A lot of nonprofit professionals dread dread tracking key performance indicators (KPIs). Tracking the wrong fundraising metrics—or even using the right metrics in the wrong way—can be intensely stressful. But tracking the right things can actually help you simplify your job while getting better results.
If you think your organization is too small to start using AI, you’re probably just the right size. With advanced cloud-based services that can access and process big data at scale, it’s not just the biggest enterprises using machine learning and other types of artificial intelligence. Even smaller nonprofits are using AI tools to raise more money, particularly from...