CharityEngine Blog

It’s go-time. Pedal to the metal. Step on it. It’s almost GivingTuesday, and we’ve got three last-minute reminders that will add some wallop to this, the inaugural event of year-end fundraising.

Well of course we’re thankful for turkey, because who isn’t? That’s kind of boring. We challenged our team members to dig deep and tell us something else they’re thankful for this Thanksgiving week.

Maybe your vendor is adding capabilities by acquiring competitors. Maybe the lack of support leaves you wanting to tear your hair out, or maybe the system has just gotten too hard to use. You know it’s time…time to switch to a new nonprofit CRM.

You know, we developers tend to keep our heads down developing things. But every now and then, I realize we’ve added some cool features to our nonprofit CRM, and I feel as though I should share them a little more widely.

When you strip everything else away, most nonprofits want to create social change. It can be ending hunger, supporting military veterans, helping underprivileged youth advance, or pushing the limits of medicine to treat and cure diseases. But many...

It takes a lot of systems, working together, to run a nonprofit. You need robust and reliable email automation, donor management, and even payment processing to be synced and running smoothly to ensure a great experience for your donors—and to keep...

Nonprofits know they should be sending emails to donors often, but sometimes it seems like every single email sounds the same. How can you spice up your emails so they get noticed?

This is what we like to call a how-the-sausage-gets-made article. Your nonprofit wants to make a technology change, and you’ve picked a new system. You have heard (over and over and over) how great this new technology is. You’ll meet your...

Are you thinking of your nonprofit’s year-end campaign with dread? So much work on top of so much work, right? And much like Halloween décor in August, it can seem like it’s right in front of you before you’re ready to deal with it.

Okay, it’s time to get real. What’s your nonprofit’s plan for GivingTuesday? If you find yourself reaching for a brown paper bag, relax. We’ve got you.