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Online Fundraising Blog » grassroots fundraising http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com A blog about raising money online for charitable causes, social media fundraising, and other nonprofit fundraising ideas from Firstgiving.com Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:00:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 3.10.10 Updates to your FirstGiving Account http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/3-10-10-updates-to-your-firstgiving-account/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/3-10-10-updates-to-your-firstgiving-account/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:24 +0000 Ashley Morrison http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5537

As of today we are offering an easy way for your supporters to raise awareness about your cause, and help ask for donations. You can find icons on your supporters fundraising page that link directly to their Facebook and Twitter accounts. We’ve also added a feature for donors that allow them to “share” the page they [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/3-10-10-updates-to-your-firstgiving-account/feed/ 0 Jodie Nelson Paddle Surfs for Keep a Breast Foundation http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/jodie-nelson-paddle-surfs-for-keep-a-breast-foundation/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/jodie-nelson-paddle-surfs-for-keep-a-breast-foundation/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:46:49 +0000 Ashley Morrison http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5481

Jodie Nelson likes to hold the distinction of the first woman. She was the first woman to be towed into enormous barrels in Tahiti’s Teahupoo, and was one of the first female surfers even to attempt tow-in surfing. On March 28, 2010, Jodie will become the first woman to paddle surf from Avalon, on the island of Catalina, to [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/jodie-nelson-paddle-surfs-for-keep-a-breast-foundation/feed/ 0 Killing 5 birds with one stone: Haiti Lumiere de Demain http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/killing-5-birds-with-one-stone-haiti-lumiere-de-demain/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/killing-5-birds-with-one-stone-haiti-lumiere-de-demain/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:00:20 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5448

For the past ten years, Haiti Lumiere de Demain has been supporting educational and environmental opportunities for people living on the Haitian island of La Gonave. Last year, their programs served over 6,000 students in 19 schools. Then last month, life changed. 6 of the 19 schools, serving approximately 2,000 students, were destroyed by the earthquake [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/killing-5-birds-with-one-stone-haiti-lumiere-de-demain/feed/ 1 This week’s nonprofit fundraising Best Practice: February 19 – Provide fundraising incentives http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-february-19-provide-fundraising-incentives/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-february-19-provide-fundraising-incentives/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:00:30 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5401

Our friends at the Southern Tier AIDS Program (STAP) are using their annual fundraising walk/run as an opportunity to create stronger ties in their community: This year, the folks at STAP have partnered with their local YMCA to provide a free 1-year family membership to each of the top three fundraising teams. What’s more, they’re giving [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-february-19-provide-fundraising-incentives/feed/ 0 This week’s fundraising Best Practice: February 12 – Offer opportunities to raise money from your website http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-february-12-offer-opportunities-to-raise-money-from-your-website/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-february-12-offer-opportunities-to-raise-money-from-your-website/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:00:27 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5374

Our friends at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) have been very busy supporting Haiti disaster relief efforts over the past few weeks. In the wake of so much need, the IRC knows that when people give, they often wish they could do even more to help. So, in addition to asking their supporters for donations, they’ve [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-february-12-offer-opportunities-to-raise-money-from-your-website/feed/ 0 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/ 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/ 1 This week’s 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/ 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 Free Webinar: Raise $1,000 a day for 30 days 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/ 3 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/ 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 Haiti disaster relief update: people on FirstGiving 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 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/ 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 This week’s nonprofit fundraising Best Practice in Action http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/11/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-20/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/11/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-20/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:26 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5092

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. . . Encourage repeat fundraisers to set [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/11/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-20/feed/ 0 Nonprofit spotlight: Samaritan’s Purse http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/11/nonprofit-spotlight-samaritans-purse/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/11/nonprofit-spotlight-samaritans-purse/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:00:02 +0000 Ashley Morrison http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5081

Each month, we highlight a couple of our nonprofit partners who have unique fundraising events, great success stories, or something else fantastic going on that we’d like to tell you about. Next up in our nonprofit spotlight fundraising series is Samaritan’s Purse. Since 1974 Samaritan’s Purse has followed Jesus parable of The Good Samaritan, by giving [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/11/nonprofit-spotlight-samaritans-purse/feed/ 0 This week’s nonprofit fundraising Best Practice in Action http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/11/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-19/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/11/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-19/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:00:28 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5063

Looking for a creative nonprofit fundraising event idea? Our friends at Nutfit have partnered with local nonprofit Action for Boston Community Development for an adventure race this month. It’s one of the most creative ideas we’ve seen, and it’s for a great cause. We caught up with James Moore of Nutfit to learn more about [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/11/scavenger-hunt-adventure-race-to-benefit-local-nonprofit/feed/ 1 This week’s nonprofit fundraising Best Practice in Action http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/10/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-18/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/10/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-18/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:00:28 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=4990

Today we bring you another installment in our weekly series of nonprofit 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. . . Encourage supporters who can’t [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/10/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-17/feed/ 0 Free webinar: Ghosts are scary; raising money online is not http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/10/free-webinar-ghosts-are-scary-raising-money-online-is-not/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/10/free-webinar-ghosts-are-scary-raising-money-online-is-not/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:00:24 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=4936 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/10/free-webinar-ghosts-are-scary-raising-money-online-is-not/feed/ 0 This week’s nonprofit fundraising Best Practice in Action http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/10/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-16/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/10/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-16/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:00:04 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=4912

Today we bring you another installment in our Best Practice in Action series. 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. . . Don’t let inclement weather keep you from fundraising [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/10/this-weeks-nonprofit-fundraising-best-practice-in-action-15/feed/ 0