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How to do a Last-Minute Giving Tuesday Campaign

Even with no planning ahead, you can still do SOMETHING for your organization for Giving Tuesday!

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How to Set Up Your Nonprofit Facebook Page to Accept Donations Through Facebook

Facebook now offers a way for nonprofits to collect donations, right inside your Facebook page. The total cost to use this service is about 5% of each donation.

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Facebook Launching New Fundraising Campaign Builder for US Nonprofits

Facebook is rolling out a comprehensive donation campaign tool, much like gofundme.com, to enable nonprofits to run fundraising campaigns and collect donations seamlessly inside Facebook.

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Nonprofit Fundraising Via Social Media – Best Practices

Online giving accounted for about 2 billion dollars in 2014, and increased 8.9% over 2013. Online giving has increased every single year so far.1 So how can you take advantage of online donations, and how is the process different from offline donations?

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Facebook Launches New 100% Free Donate Button for Nonprofits

Facebook unveiled a “Donate Now” button this week to make it much easier for non-profits to take contributions on Facebook, at NO CHARGE to the nonprofit or the donor! However, this allows Facebook to collect credit card numbers and other billing info for Facebook users that could mean millions for its ecommerce and gaming initiatives.

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Google’s New Mobile Tool for Nonprofit Fundraising – One Today

This week, Google launched One Today, its latest offering as part of the Google for Nonprofits program. (If you’re not a part of this program, it’s free and easy to sign up–if you’re a 501(c)3, you need to do it!

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The Social Media Fundraising Formula: How Nonprofits Can Raise More Money Using the Internet

I have seen nonprofits cautiously embrace social media over the last five years, but they still aren’t completely sure how to use it for fundraising. This session will teach you how, and help you get you Executive Director and Board of Directors excited too! We’ll look at successful social media fundraising campaigns, and some not-so-successful […]

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The Best Way for Nonprofits to Accept Credit Cards in Person – An Alternative to Square Up or Paypal Here

If your organization is not accepting credit cards onsite—for adoption fees, donations, spay/neuter or vaccination fees, boarding costs, service payments or anything else—you’re missing out on a big source of revenue. I have used Paypal Here, Square and PhoneSwipe extensively, all in the animal rescue field. I recommend PhoneSwipe, hands down. Here’s why.

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