http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com A blog about raising money online for charitable causes, social media fundraising, and other nonprofit fundraising ideas from Firstgiving.com Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:00:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/haiti-disaster-relief-update-patrick-mccrann-for-partners-in-health/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/haiti-disaster-relief-update-patrick-mccrann-for-partners-in-health/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:00:59 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5343 We recently caught up with Patrick McCrann, leader of the “Run for Haiti” project.  It’s a team of athletes working together to raise money online for Haiti disaster relief efforts, and they’ve raised over $29,000 in just 4 days. How did they do it? Not only did Patrick raise money online; he challenged his personal network [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/haiti-disaster-relief-update-patrick-mccrann-for-partners-in-health/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-february-5-find-fundraising-opportunities-from-an-existing-event/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-february-5-find-fundraising-opportunities-from-an-existing-event/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:00:40 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5345 Our friends at Teen Futures know how to mobilize grassroots support from their community. They’ve teamed up with the Pasadena Marathon to give their supporters the opportunity to run for a reason. What’s more, the folks at Teen Futures created this simple YouTube video to help their runners, walkers, and bikers start raising money online right [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-february-5-find-fundraising-opportunities-from-an-existing-event/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/free-webinar-raise-1000-a-day-for-30-days/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/free-webinar-raise-1000-a-day-for-30-days/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:58:52 +0000 Ashley Morrison http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5351 Nonprofit organizations are seeking fresh ideas that will help lead to more donations and volunteer engagement.  FirstGiving presents a FREE Webinar about online social fundraising while showing how one nonprofit raised $1,000 a day for 30 days online. You can easily design a similar fundraising program for your supporters as well.  Join the Webinar to learn how. Please [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/free-webinar-raise-1000-a-day-for-30-days/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-publicize-event-goals-for-your-supporters/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-publicize-event-goals-for-your-supporters/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:00:07 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5334 Our friends at the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC) are getting the ball rolling early for their annual fundraising walk. Last year they exceeded their goals, thanks to their committed support community, and this year, they are setting the bar even higher. The folks at BARCC know that setting the right expectations and good communication [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-publicize-event-goals-for-your-supporters/feed/ 1 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/people-on-firstgiving-abe-clark-is-running-across-the-usa/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/people-on-firstgiving-abe-clark-is-running-across-the-usa/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:00:41 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5306 Many of us think of a marathon as a long way to run. And it’s true, 26.2 miles is a long way. But Abe Clark is planning on running 2862 miles – all the way across the USA – alone and unsupported. It is a monumental goal and one that has only [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/people-on-firstgiving-abe-clark-is-running-across-the-usa/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/big-fundraising-for-special-operations-warrior-foundation/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/big-fundraising-for-special-operations-warrior-foundation/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:41:37 +0000 Ashley Morrison http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5301 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/big-fundraising-for-special-operations-warrior-foundation/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-interview-with-rahul-and-kit-of-the-fletcher-school-part-2/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-interview-with-rahul-and-kit-of-the-fletcher-school-part-2/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:44:38 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5298 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-interview-with-rahul-and-kit-of-the-fletcher-school-part-2/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-interview-with-rahul-and-kit-of-the-fletcher-school-part-1/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-interview-with-rahul-and-kit-of-the-fletcher-school-part-1/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:37:09 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5290 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-interview-with-rahul-and-kit-of-the-fletcher-school-part-1/feed/ 1 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-people-on-firstgiving/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-people-on-firstgiving/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:01:11 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5262 We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: it’s incredibly heartening to see how quickly FirstGivers are responding to support Haiti disaster relief efforts. This story just in from 5 year-old Lily’s mom: When I told my daughter about the earthquake in Haiti and told her that they would need lots of help, she asked, “what [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-people-on-firstgiving/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-ways-to-help/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-ways-to-help/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:53:11 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5259 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-update-ways-to-help/feed/ 2 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-security-update/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-security-update/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:29:26 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5247 It’s incredibly heartening to see how quickly FirstGivers are responding to support Haiti disaster relief efforts.  Unfortunately, there have been more than a few reports of online donation scams over the past few days, so we wanted to take this opportunity to explain how FirstGiving ensures that the money you raise for Haiti relief efforts [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-disaster-relief-security-update/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-relief/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-relief/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:59:47 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5219 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/haiti-relief/feed/ 2 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/nonprofit-fundraising-best-practices-january-7-share-fundraising-tips-on-your-facebook-page/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/nonprofit-fundraising-best-practices-january-7-share-fundraising-tips-on-your-facebook-page/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:00:26 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5213 Our friends at the Cure JM Foundation are registering supporters for their annual February fundraising event and encouraging them to raise money online for a very important cause: a cure for Juvenile Myositis. Since they know that many of their supporters spend time on Facebook, the Cure JM Foundation uses Facebook to share fundraising [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/nonprofit-fundraising-best-practices-january-7-share-fundraising-tips-on-your-facebook-page/feed/ 1 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/news-from-firstgiving-new-nonproft-account-reporting-clean-up/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/news-from-firstgiving-new-nonproft-account-reporting-clean-up/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:00:18 +0000 Ashley Morrison http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5195 Many of you use the data from the FirstGiving reporting area to integrate with your database or complete mail merges. Processing a lot of data by hand can be time consuming and frustrating, so we have made your life a little easier. Previously, when a donor or fundraiser made a donation or created a page, the data was entered into our [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/news-from-firstgiving-new-nonproft-account-reporting-clean-up/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/what-exactly-is-a-form-990/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/what-exactly-is-a-form-990/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:01:58 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5184 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/01/what-exactly-is-a-form-990/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/12/do-you-wiki/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/12/do-you-wiki/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:33:40 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5178 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/12/do-you-wiki/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/12/news-from-firstgiving-your-new-nonprofit-account/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/12/news-from-firstgiving-your-new-nonprofit-account/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:00:39 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5170 This holiday season, we bring you a gift our nonprofits have asked for–a more useful nonprofit account area. You now have access to more information, presented in a clear, easy-to-use format. The changes we’ve made will help you better manage your FirstGiving nonprofit account, permitting you to spend more time fundraising for your cause and less [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/12/news-from-firstgiving-your-new-nonprofit-account/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/12/nonprofit-fundraising-best-practices-december-18-help-your-supporters-communicate-their-fundraising-efforts/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/12/nonprofit-fundraising-best-practices-december-18-help-your-supporters-communicate-their-fundraising-efforts/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:00:45 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5162 Today we bring you another installment in our series of fundraising Best Practices in Action.  This week’s Best Practice is. . . Give your supporters resources to help them communicate about their fundraising. It’s Polar Plunge season, and our friends at Special Olympics Florida are getting ready to take the plunge. Matthew Levy, VP of Resource [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/12/nonprofit-fundraising-best-practices-december-18-help-your-supporters-communicate-their-fundraising-efforts/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/12/nonprofit-fundraising-best-practices-dec-11-start-talking-about-online-fundraising-early/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/12/nonprofit-fundraising-best-practices-dec-11-start-talking-about-online-fundraising-early/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:00:22 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5158 Today we bring you another installment in our series of fundraising Best Practices in Action. This week’s Best Practice is. . . Start talking about online fundraising early. Our friends at the Autism Society of Minnesota are planning ahead for their annual “Steps of Hope” walk. Although the event won’t take place until the end of [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/12/nonprofit-fundraising-best-practices-dec-11-start-talking-about-online-fundraising-early/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/12/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-21/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/12/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-21/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:49:53 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5138 Today we bring you another installment in our weekly series of fundraising Best Practices in Action. Each week, we’ll highlight an organization that has done an incredible job of promoting its online fundraising efforts with FirstGiving and show you how to do the same. This week’s Best Practice is. . . Create some excitement around [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/12/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-21/feed/ 0