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Why Unauthorized Donation Pages Are a Real Problem for Nonprofits

This month, 23 state Attorneys General and Secretaries of State sent a letter to GoFundMe expressing grave concerns about the platform’s creation of donation webpages for more than...

Engage Younger Donors Through Creative Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

Younger donors aren’t disengaged — they’re giving differently. One quirky fundraising example highlights how peer-to-peer fundraising can help nonprofits stay relevant, even when s...

Community Fundraising Events: How Unique Ideas Can Grow Your Donor Base

Unique, community fundraising events can do more than raise money. They can grow your pipeline, deepen local support, and make your cause the talk of the town. Here’s how one lip s...

How to Reduce Donor Friction and Increase Average Gift Size

Discover how Cheddar Up helps nonprofit organizations and PTAs streamline their digital giving and event management. In this guest feature, we explore best practices for simplifyin...

M+R Benchmarks 2026: What Online Giving Growth Means for Your Donor File

Online revenue jumped 15% in 2025, driven largely by one-time gifts, donor-advised funds and heavy year-end giving, according to M+R “Benchmarks” 2026. The findings highlight stron...

Why everyone should love fundraising

Here’s a secret — a beautiful secret — about fundraising: Your organization is doing two sets of good deeds: Your mission and your fundraising. A lot of folks in the nonprofit worl...

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It's the month of May, and you know what that means? Fundraising time! Google and their ad networks, Facebook, and X have squeezed us out of much of our revenues so we really need...

3 things you need to know about fundraising design

Somebody says your design is dated and ineffective. So you’re looking into changing everything. Before you do that, read this post on the Infinity Concepts blog: When Good Design F...

Canadians donated $529 million online last year, but there’s a problem

Fewer small donors are sustaining growth, raising concentration concerns for non-profits

Club Car Wash Launches Annual Fundraising Campaign After Winning 2026 Cause Marketing Activation Award

New Open Donation Methods Boost Support for Children's Miracle Network

How to raise funds in time of crisis

One of the hardest things for nonprofit organizations to do is admit they need donors. That’s too bad, because donors need to be needed. Here’s an excerpt from a letter I got recen...

15+ Adoption Fundraiser Ideas for Raising Funds for Adoption

If you’re hoping to adopt, you already know one of the biggest hurdles: cost. Domestic adoptions can range from $20,000 to $45,000 or more. That’s why so many hopeful parents turn...

Fundraising Growth in 2025 Continues to Mask a Shrinking Donor Base

Nonprofits saw their strongest fundraising growth in years — but fewer donors are fueling it. New FEP data reveals a widening gap between dollars raised and participation, raising...

The Spiritual Side of Relationship Fundraising Every Fundraiser Should Understand

Fundraising has very little to do with money — at least that's the argument here. From $5 memo-line notes to six-figure wires, every gift represents a human being letting go of som...

3 powerful ways to use social proof in your fundraising

One fundraising mistake that’s so tempting to make: Telling donors that hardly anyone is supporting your cause … thus their gift is extra important. It seems like a good idea. It’s...

PayAdmit Helps Charities Build Modern Donation Payment Infrastructure

Charitable organisations operate under specific constraints when it comes to payment infrastructure. Every percentage point of donation processing fee reduces the amount reaching t...

How a tiny change in a Facebook ad doubled donations

Here’s an eye-opening test from NextAfter: Will Testing Different CTAs in Facebook Ad Copy to Increase Donor Conversions. A Bible distribution agency in Canada ran a set of Faceboo...

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Nonprofit Donor Solicitation: How Caution May Be Costing You Donations

Nonprofits have worked to avoid over-soliciting donors, but new data suggests that caution may be going too far. When organizations do ask, most people give — raising new questions...

Marketing as a Revenue Engine Helps Nonprofits Navigate Funding Instability, Data Shows

New data highlights how nonprofits with system-driven marketing approaches achieve stronger donor retention, clearer revenue visibility, and more stable funding outcomes amid ongoi...

Why Donors Are Making Smaller Gifts

Fundraise Up’s Tara Broughel and Matt Bowe key findings from the “Pulse of the Donor” benchmark report, including why more donors are giving smaller gifts and how mobile, social, a...

Ditch Donor Drop-off: The Complete Guide to High-Converting Donation Pages [Ebook]

Your donation page is the "moment of truth" for every supporter. This comprehensive guide from Donorbox and Nonprofit Hub shares actionable insights on modern donor expectations, s...

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5 Mindset Shifts That Overcome Nonprofit Board Fundraising Reluctance

Board fundraising reluctance is one of the most common frustrations in the sector — and one of the most solvable. Here are five mindset shifts help nonprofit leaders reframe the as...