CharityEngine Blog

Let’s talk about old cars. Maybe you have a workhorse of a car that you’ve loved. It gets you around town and it takes the cheap gas. Sure, the left-back window doesn’t actually go down, but you have others. And maybe sometimes the air conditioner...

You wanted a new nonprofit CRM. You did the research and watched the demos and read the reviews and scratched your head, wondering how you would ever get from “Maybe I need a new CRM” to slicing and dicing donor data with ease, managing donor...

You know the feeling. You and your team have spent months planning an event. Your donors are ready to invest in your mission, and you want to be sure it’s easy for them to give. And the donors are ready, credit cards out! You’re relieved knowing...

Online Auctions! Advocacy! Blast texts and fraud protection! The bells and whistles sound pretty great, right? Who doesn’t get wowed by all the capabilities of shiny, robust fundraising software? It’s like walking into a gourmet grocery store...

We recently asked this pertinent question: Have you hugged a donor today?

Everything is fine. Your nonprofit donor management system is fine. Maybe it’s just spreadsheets and hey, that may be old school, but it works. Or maybe you started years ago with a great constituent relationship management (CRM) solution and, as...

Have you ever wished a software company would listen to your ideas about how different features could make your life easier? 1 We know. Most of the time, your wish remains just that...a wish. Not with CharityEngine. We have a laser focus on your...

Which do you want to hear first, the good news or the bad news? We can start with the good news. According to the FEP’s analysis, 2021 saw an increase in dollars donated. And for the bad news? Retention rates were low in 2021….negative-numbers low.

You’re running one of almost 1.5 million nonprofits in the U.S. You’ve hung on through a pandemic, an election, and countless natural disasters. You’re tired of challenges. Is 2022 the year we let out a collective national nonprofit sigh and go back...

As an individual fundraising on behalf of a school, you know what students are capable of achieving with the support of monetary donations. However, you also know the challenges associated with setting up and running a successful school fundraiser,...