What’s YOUR Year-End Giving Plan?
The 4th quarter of the calendar year is the most critical giving season — especially December, where nearly 1/3 of the year’s giving occurs.
Fundraising Tips
Planning for Your Upcoming School-Church Year
A robust annual fundraising plan plays an influential role in the health of a school (at any level) or a church (of any size). Here are some recommendations on how to position your annual fundraising plans for optimal success.
The Impact Volunteering Can Have on Your Nonprofit
Volunteers are a nonprofit’s greatest asset. Without them, the work of creating solutions that improve lives would suffer unavoidable hardship. Here are some ways you can maximize the impact of Volunteering for your nonprofit.
It’s FESTIVAL Season! Tips for Planning Your School & Church Fundraiser
Many schools and churches don’t leverage a fundamental, tailor-made fundraising initiative: a Festival. We’ll educate you on the benefits of Festivals, what to expect when you plan and run one, and some best practices we’ve learned from more than a decade of partnering with schools and churches on their Festivals.
What’s Different with Workplace Giving in 2024? What You Need to Know
United Way agencies and other nonprofits have made an intentional effort towards developing partnerships with companies in its service area with Workplace Giving programs — a structured nonprofit-to-consumer donation model which enables donations directly from employees via pre-tax gifts from each paycheck. Here are some ways the Workplace Giving universe has evolved in the last few years, along with tips to increase engagement with your constituents and get the most out of your Workplace program.
Tips for Schools’ & Churches’ Year-End Fundraising
As their fiscal years end, many schools, churches and religious institutions make their Year-End campaign a priority. This part of a nonprofit’s year allows for the natural alignment of 1) a ‘last push’ for donations to fund ongoing program and operational costs, and 2) reinforcing what this financial support means to a school’s (or church’s) vision and mission.
The Benefits of Designated Giving
Many nonprofits (including a majority of United Way agencies) have made Designations a part of their Giving options, either through Individual (one-time/’Donate Now’ or recurring/subscription) or Workplace Giving campaigns. Here is a comprehensive overview of Designated Giving, its benefits, and advice on how to integrate Designations into your current Giving efforts.
Getting off to a Strong Start in 2024
As your organization marches into 2024, our hope with this month’s blog is simple: to give you some things to think about in terms of your nonprofit’s agenda for the coming year, identify defining trends that will be shaping the near future (and the implications for you), and a little guidance in terms of what can help — and what may challenge — you in the 12 months ahead.
Planning the Perfect Fundraising Event
If you’re on the Executive or Development team for a charitable organization, you know today’s fundraising environment is more daunting and competitive than ever, Whether your nonprofit is a private or public school, parent teacher organization, athletic or club booster….or even a religious or worshipping organization, museum, United Way chapter or something else, we have some suggestions for evidence-based fundraising Event ideas that can help your nonprofit move the needle.
Optimizing Your Nonprofit’s Year-End Success
With so much fundraising opportunity at stake, a solid Year-End campaign strategy should be one of your nonprofit’s primary endeavors. We shed some light on just how important Year-End giving is to the fiscal success of your United Way agency (or other nonprofit), and impart a few tips on how to optimize this important part of your year.