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Actionable guides, expert advice, customer stories, and fundraising ideas to help your organization raise more, save time, and do more good.
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Online auctions give nonprofits more ways to reach supporters, build excitement, and raise funds beyond a physical event. But before launching one, organizations must decide which format fits their goals best.
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A full room is rarely created by one social post or a last-minute email. Attendance grows when a nonprofit gives people a clear reason to come, removes registration friction, promotes the event over time, uses trusted community voices, and keeps registrants engaged until event day.
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Learn how to organize a read-a-thon fundraiser, set reading and financial goals, collect pledges, engage readers, and track campaign results.
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Donated raffle items can lower campaign costs, attract more entries, and introduce your nonprofit to potential business partners. The opportunity is significant: US corporations gave an estimated $43.67 billion to charitable causes in 2025, and corporate giving has increased 60% over the past five years. Still, successful prize outreach requires more than sending the same letter to every local business. You need a legal raffle plan, a clear prize wish list, the right contacts and a request that explains how the business and your community will benefit.
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Fire and EMS teams need more than grants. Compare 5 platforms on features, fees, and fit for equipment, events, and year-round giving.
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Donation buttons work early—until memberships, galas, and auctions live in different systems. Here's what museums need next.
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After a fire or community crisis, donors need clear facts and a trusted place to give. Here's how to build an emergency appeal page that raises funds fast.
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Museum fundraising spans memberships, galas, auctions, and capital campaigns. Use these 10 questions and a scorecard to pick the right platform.
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Smoke alarm drives and open houses aren't just one-day events—use them to launch campaigns that keep donors and sponsors giving all year.
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Pancake breakfasts won't buy a cardiac monitor. 11 EMS fundraising ideas that fit limited staff time and urgent equipment needs.
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From sponsor-a-safe-night campaigns to move-in funds and weather appeals—11 practical ways shelters can raise money without waiting on the next gala.
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Small shelter teams are stretched thin. Seven ways to simplify campaigns, automate donor work, and raise more without adding headcount.
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A-thons, auctions, and crowdfunding each fit different youth orgs. Compare workload, youth role, timeline, and revenue so you pick the right format.
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School fundraising often begins with a clear need: new classroom technology, transportation for a field trip, sports equipment, arts supplies, or support for an after-school program. However, the challenge is choosing a fundraising idea that fits the school’s goal, timeline, volunteer capacity, and family community.
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An online auction depends on several moving parts. Items must be secured, listings created, promotions scheduled, bidders supported, payments tracked, and prizes delivered.
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Shelters need more than one-time gifts. Seven practical ways to fund housing projects—from grants and major gifts to recurring giving and in-kind support.
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A clear seven-day plan to launch a youth fundraising campaign—goal, page, ambassadors, messages, soft launch, and go-live.
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