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06 March 2009

Recession May Encourage More Creative Donations to Nonprofits

When corporate donors and sponsors are forced by a recession to rein in their spending, charitable donations can take a hard hit. Yet the motivations for giving have not changed. Business owners still want to help a good cause, as well as get a tax... (read more)
Posted Friday, 06 March 2009 at 10:10 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 4 comments
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06 February 2009

Online Payment Processing for the Small Nonprofit

Online payment processing may sound "high-tech" and complicated, but even the smallest nonprofit can easily get set up to receive payments through its website. To bring it down to the absolute simplest terms, your nonprofit will need 3 things in order to handle online payments by credit card: a link or button, a payment gateway, and a merchant account. (read more)
Posted Friday, 06 February 2009 at 1:04 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 21 comments
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26 January 2009

Budget-Stretching Help for Nonprofits

When a recession hits, non-profit organizations can do three things to keep on an even financial keel: 1.) Increase your income, 2.) Cut your costs, and 3.) Use your resources more effectively. Two recent articles from Fieldstone Alliance give practical advice to help nonprofits get by in tough economic times. (read more)
Posted Monday, 26 January 2009 at 12:53 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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10 December 2008

Online Donations Still Up in a Down Economy

What does an uncertain economy mean for the bottom line of nonprofit fundraising efforts? "Overall, the news is good," says Sarah DiJulio, Executive Vice President of M+R Strategic Services. The economy may be down, but online donations are up -- so far. (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 10 December 2008 at 3:30 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 2 comments
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14 October 2008

Contests Help Nonprofits Get Buzz and Build Community

For nonprofits, a well-run contest is often enough to raise a significant amount of money in ticket sales, entry fees and straight-forward donations But what about those contests that don’t have an entry fee or other fundraising tool connected with... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 14 October 2008 at 6:17 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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02 October 2008

Selling Nonprofits to Generation Y - on Paper

Nonprofits often take lessons from corporate research into what drives the "citizen-consumer" — especially teens and young adults, the first generation born into this high-speed, high-tech world. Miriam Kagan (GenerationYGive) has been wondering, along those lines, could catalogs be Gen Y’s version of direct mail? (read more)
Posted Thursday, 02 October 2008 at 6:55 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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26 September 2008

Case Study: Calgary Meals on Wheels Takes Campaign Online

Many of us are familiar with the Meals on Wheels concept - to deliver nutritious and affordable meals to people in need: seniors, convalescents, and people living with disabilities. In desperate need of a new facility in which to prepare all those meals, Calgary Meals on Wheels has just launched a major capital campaign - and a new website. We asked Leann Hackman-Carty to tell us about it... (read more)
Posted Friday, 26 September 2008 at 6:53 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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08 September 2008

Online Donations: Survey Shows Potential for Growth

The American Express Charitable Gift Survey , released late last year in partnership with the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University , sought to answer two key questions: “How do people give online?” and “How much do they give per donation?”... (read more)
Posted Monday, 08 September 2008 at 6:42 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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02 September 2008

What's Turning Off Your Donors?

"As a donor to charity, what do we nonprofits do that irritates you? What’s caused you to stop giving to a charity?" Marc Pitman asked the tough questions on LinkedIn , a social-networking site with a business/professional focus where the demographic... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 02 September 2008 at 2:31 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 3 comments
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28 August 2008

44% of Donors Check Out Your Nonprofit Online

When your nonprofit sends out its next fundraising direct mail appeal, how many potential donors will be heading to the Internet before they decide if they want to donate? The number of people checking out your organization online may be higher than... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 28 August 2008 at 4:19 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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14 July 2008

Free Toolkit for Selecting Donor Management Software

Selecting a donor management system is a big decision for any nonprofit. The right software can go a long way to helping you manage those vital donor relationships — but moving to any new system calls for an investment of time and money, and the software selection you make now will affect the work of your organization for some time. How do you choose which donor management software will be right for your nonprofit? (read more)
Posted Monday, 14 July 2008 at 5:24 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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08 May 2008

How Well Does Your Website Work for its Users?

How easy do you think it should be to make a charitable donation? Getting a charity to accept your money might not be quite as easy as you'd think — if the charity's website is designed to meet its own needs, that is, rather than the needs of the people... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 08 May 2008 at 6:52 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 5 comments
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03 April 2008

NPT Offers Free Corporate Philanthropy Search Portal for Nonprofits

A new online search portal just launched by The NonProfit Times, in partnership with internet search company NOZA, gives nonprofit fundraisers free access to more than 4,300 searchable records of major corporate gifts to U.S. charities valued at $1 million or more. (read more)
Posted Thursday, 03 April 2008 at 2:17 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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04 February 2008

Nonprofit Internet Strategies Seminar comes to Toronto

The Toronto ePhilanthropy Chapter presents the 2008 Nonprofit Internet Strategies Seminar on Tuesday, 12 February 2008, in Toronto, Ontario. Whether yours is a small or large nonprofit, this in-depth seminar is designed to cover the questions you have,... (read more)
Posted Monday, 04 February 2008 at 5:08 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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30 January 2008

Online Fundraising 101

Should your organization be investing in online fundraising? The latest benchmark data says yes . Internet use is growing at an astronomical pace, and a prime donor demographic leads the way. In 2007, the Internet adoption rate for American adults... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 30 January 2008 at 10:40 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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