General Fundraising

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Participating in a Giving Event: Everything You Need to Know

Participating in a giving event? We’ve got everything you need to run a winning a giving event campaign. Participating in a giving event is an excellent way to broaden your donor base, acquire new supporters, and engage your community. But how do you run a campaign? What are giving events all about? And, importantly, how do […]

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How to Ask for Sponsorship

Learn how to ask for sponsorship, whether your nonprofit is looking for event sponsors, ongoing partnerships, or help with a specific campaign. These 11 tips will help you determine how to ask for sponsorships! Nonprofit fundraising is all about asking. But even for nonprofits that have gotten the hang of asking donors down pat, it

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20 Church Fundraising Ideas

Church fundraising ideas to help you raise money, engage members, and help your community! 20 church fundraising ideas to help inspire your next campaign. Faith organizations are a mainstay on Mightycause. Church fundraising on Mightycause is diverse — we host everything from mission trip fundraisers, fundraisers for specific programs, to holiday fundraisers. These church fundraising

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Tools to Increase Your Nonprofit’s Year-End Gift Size

With end of year fundraising reaching its peak in December, now is likely the time you are reviewing your moves management practices. Moves management is the process by which to move your donors down the funnel into major gifts. “With each step in the process, you hope to increase your donor’s awareness, interest and commitment

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How to Get People to Donate NOW: Year-End Messaging That Works

It’s crunch time for year-end fundraising. The last three days of the calendar year are the highest volume days for nonprofit fundraising. So, it’s important that your year-end messaging be on point. Your appeals need to be tailored to encourage people to give now, not later. But how do you do that? How do you optimize your emails

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10 Fundraising Tips for Year-End

The end of the year is the busiest and most generous time of the year for giving. What does your nonprofit have planned to make the most of this critical time of the year? If you haven’t started planning your end of year fundraising strategy yet, don’t fret, Mightycause has you covered with 10 Fundraising Tips

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Facebook Fundraising Hurts Nonprofits: How, Why, and What to Do About It, from Mightycause’s CEO

Is Your Nonprofit Getting Zuckerpunched? The tech world has repeatedly witnessed Facebook executing bold daylight robberies of ideas, features and technologies from a variety of competitors. The Snapchat team can painfully attest to the brazen heist of their innovative “Story” feature. Facebook added this into their Instagram product and then mercilessly leveraged their massive reach

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Beyond the PayPal Donate Button: Announcing New Mightycause Pricing

Finding a nonprofit fundraising platform can be frighteningly similar to buying a car. Want pricing information? You’ve got to fill out a contact form and set up a call with a salesperson. Then you sit through an hour-long sales pitch, only to find out the platform is way out of your budget and doesn’t have what

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NEW: Fundraising Event Registration & Ticketing on Mightycause

Fundraising events are as diverse as the causes they benefit. On Mightycause, we’ve seen everything from marathons and 5ks, bicycle races, dance-offs, read-a-thons, galas, and beyond. The Mightycause platform is flexible enough to host any kind of event. We’ve built in options that allow you to customize your event so it operates the way you

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20 Creative Event Fundraising Ideas

Events that resonate with your supporters and community can be game-changers for nonprofit organizations. Events can bring in much-needed revenue, raise awareness of your cause, and help you build connections with donors, sponsors, and community partners. These 20 creative event fundraising ideas from the Mightycause team that will help you get inspired for planning your

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