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March 20, 2025

Golf Tournament Fundraiser Guide

As one of the most popular types of charity events, golf tournaments let participants live out their PGA Championship fantasies — all while giving to a meaningful cause.
These fundraising tips to discover how to use the green to earn a little green for nonprofit goals and causes.

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April 2, 2025

Top 3 Reasons to Connect with GiveSmart by Momentive at AFP ICON  

There’s so much to do in Seattle, the Emerald City. From Pike Place Market to…

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April 1, 2025

70+ Proven Fundraising Event Ideas for Nonprofits

No matter a nonprofit’s yearly fundraising budget, organizations recently shared that events make up nearly…

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March 17, 2025

5 Ways to Use Silent Auction Data for Successful Fundraising

About one in four donors give to a nonprofit via an auction. If you’re running…

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March 14, 2025

Take Control of Your Giving: How Donor Portals Enhance the Donation Experience

Why waste donor touchpoints on receipt pulls? Effective donor management means giving donors seamless access…

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March 12, 2025

Best Practices for Collecting Fundraising Campaign and Donor Data

Your nonprofit’s fundraising success depends on various factors, some outside of your organization’s control. There…

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February 20, 2025

The Best Charity Golf Outing Games

Charity golf outings are a popular fundraiser for many nonprofits and associations. With interest in…

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February 3, 2025

Exploring Sponsorship Opportunities for Your Fundraising Event

Sponsors are crucial for nonprofit organizations and events. They help you reach new audiences, enrich…

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January 23, 2025

Forecasted Fundraising Trends for 2025

Nonprofit staff have grit. With an ever-increasing demand for programming and services alongside a decreasing…

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January 22, 2025

How to Fundraise Effectively During Event Season [Top Tips]

Event season is quickly approaching. Is your fundraising organization prepared?  According to Double the Donation,…

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January 21, 2025

30 Best Silent Auction Ideas That Don’t Cost A Dime

Collecting silent auction items for your next fundraiser takes a lot of consideration — you…

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January 17, 2025

How to Avoid Being Ghosted by a Donor

Are you feeling like your donors are swiping left after swiping right? You are not…

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December 16, 2024

Volunteer Recruitment and Management: Why Bother? 

Where would your nonprofit be without its volunteers? From acting as peer-to-peer fundraisers, committee members,…

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We needed a platform to make sales online and to track and display ads for our sponsors. GiveSmart was perfect. We ended up making close to $15,000 more than we had hoped for. Definite better ROI than we anticipated. The interface is easy to use and provides plenty of options to get help if needed.

Michelle M.

The Rotary Club of South Whidbey Island

Using GS has created ease in auction bookkeeping, payments, and generating post-event thank you/tax letters. While we were online during COVID, our interactions with our GiveSmart via phone, email, and zoom were seamless. A representative always got back to us within the day. I would recommend GiveSmart to anyone doing a large online event.

Julie G.

MicroFinancing Partners in Africa

GiveSmart is highly flexible - you can use it for [a] simple registration and check-in, to full-scale galas with complex order forms, onsite upsells, live auctions, seating management, and more.

Jamie F.

Hope Chest for Breast Cancer

GiveSmart is easy to use and ideal for virtual events and can be used for in-person events to manage the silent auction, seating charts, and check-in to the event. Being able to use the platform for unlimited events within the contract year is very useful and being able to add other users and volunteers for different levels of access is helpful as well.

Dawn L.

Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County