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, 12 Mar 2010 13:00:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/boston-marathon-spotlight-jesse-vetter-for-metropolitan-boston-housing-partnership/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/boston-marathon-spotlight-jesse-vetter-for-metropolitan-boston-housing-partnership/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:55:05 +0000 Ashley Morrison http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5540 Jesse Vetter’s doctor lightheartedly said that he could run a marathon after his 14th knee surgery. Jesse took that literally and will be participating in the 114th running of the Boston Marathon this year. He is running to support Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership (MBHP), which provides an array of services to provide those in need with [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/boston-marathon-spotlight-jesse-vetter-for-metropolitan-boston-housing-partnership/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/boston-marathon-meet-up-with-team-hoyt/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/boston-marathon-meet-up-with-team-hoyt/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:24:47 +0000 Ashley Morrison http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5509 On Wednesday, March 3, 2010, FirstGiving fundraisers gathered at Dillon’s, just steps away from the Boston Marathon finish line, for a night of team building, networking, and fun. Dick Hoyt, a seasoned marathon and endurance athlete, gave a motivational speech to Boston Marathon runners. Rick Hoyt, Dick’s son, was a strongly felt presence throughout the [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/boston-marathon-meet-up-with-team-hoyt/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-march-5-reach-your-event-goals-with-virtual-participation/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-march-5-reach-your-event-goals-with-virtual-participation/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:00:30 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5499 Our friends at Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association (RSDSA) are masters of community building around fundraising events. They’re running their annual walk in June, and they didn’t want a conflict with the event date to stop their supporters from being part of it. For people who are unable to make the event, the folks at RSDSA [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/03/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-march-5-reach-your-event-goals-with-virtual-participation/feed/ 0 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 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-february-26-use-your-firstgiving-page-to-provide-event-information/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-february-26-use-your-firstgiving-page-to-provide-event-information/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:00:38 +0000 Beth Pickard http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5466 Our friends at Bright Hope have a 5K fundraising run and walk coming up in May. Since participants are going to register for the event and create fundraising pages from Bright Hope’s FirstGiving page, they’ve clearly displayed all the event information there: On their FirstGiving page, Bright Hope provides: The event name and date Registration costs [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/this-weeks-fundraising-best-practice-february-26-use-your-firstgiving-page-to-provide-event-information/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/boston-marathon-spotlight-susana-hodgers-for-team-brigham/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/boston-marathon-spotlight-susana-hodgers-for-team-brigham/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:00:43 +0000 Camille http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5370 FirstGiving is located in Boston, home of both the Boston Marathon and chilly winters.  Susana Hodgers has decided to brave both for the first time – she’s never run a marathon, and she’s also never experienced a New England winter! Susana is raising money online for Brigham and Women’s Hospital to help fund breast cancer-related community [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2010/02/boston-marathon-spotlight-susana-hodgers-for-team-brigham/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/ 3 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/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/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/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 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/12/politicians-and-fundraising/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/12/politicians-and-fundraising/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:06:17 +0000 Ashley Morrison http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5119 It probably comes as no surprise but, politicians really are some of the best fundraisers out there.  They have a lot of experience in rallying people around a cause, and they also keep these people involved throughout the campaign. FirstGiving doesn’t do political fundraising but….. Yousef Al Otaiba is the current United Arab Emirates Ambassador to the United [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/12/politicians-and-fundraising/feed/ 0 http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/11/happy-thanksgiving-from-team-firstgiving/ http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/11/happy-thanksgiving-from-team-firstgiving/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:13:20 +0000 Ashley Morrison http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/?p=5101 Thanksgiving is by far my favorite holiday, I love to sit back, eat turkey and watch football by a fire.  There is no stress about gifts, (except for my Mom who will be First in line at Macy’s for Black Friday), and usually it is a family affair that is filled with tradition.  One tradition that I am [...]]]> http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2009/11/happy-thanksgiving-from-team-firstgiving/feed/ 0 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