Guides

Are you treating your donors like an ATM? Fundraising is often too transactional. Don’t let it be at your organization! Fundraising the right way should involve building authentic relationships with investors who are committed to…

Better nurture and engage your donors Giving trends are a bit bleak, with a steady decline in the overall number of both new donors and retained donors over the past few years. As of 2022,…

Your organization spends hours upon hours planning and executing fundraising events to reach your fundraising goals. But what else can you do to raise more once the action starts? With these six great strategies, you’ll…

What if you could confidently predict which items would send bidding into overdrive?  By using insights hidden within data—from your organization and from outside—you can. With data-driven insights, you can identify exactly the right items…

Uncertain economic times are, unfortunately, pretty certain. According to a recent Momentive Software survey, most nonprofits are confident that the economy will stabilize in 2023, there are things you can do to find stability amidst…

Find success with these engaging fundraisers It can be difficult for schools to constantly come up with fun, unique fundraising ideas. It takes a lot of time, preparation, and planning to host a successful fundraiser….

A Guide to Creating the Perfect Assets for Your Ambassadors  A comprehensive fundraiser toolkit is an essential part of your nonprofit’s peer-to-peer campaigns.  These toolkits help volunteer fundraisers get their individual or team fundraising pages…

GiveSmart’s suite of fundraising, events, and donor management platforms is full of its own superpowers, and investments in the technology are continuously improving to functionally meet your needs as a nonprofit. Within the last few…

Engage, Entertain, and Keep Your Donors Coming Back   With the average cost of getting a new donor being 5x greater than retaining an existing one, you need a plan for retaining your donors for the…

We surveyed hundreds of organizations—nonprofits supporting animal welfare, health and human services, arts and culture, and the environment as well as K-12 schools, universities religious institutions, and others—to get a better understanding of their experiences…

It has been a milestone year at GiveSmart, and our team is excited to share more about what our nonprofit partners accomplished! GiveSmart is honored to power thousands of schools, associations, and nonprofits. This report…

Retaining donors is tricky business! In an ever-shifting atmosphere of fundraising, the data in this infographic can guide your organization’s retention strategies to keep donors coming back for your mission. We’ve compiled this resource to help…