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Does thinking about a year-end giving push stress you out? With more than half of all nonprofits starting to plan their year-end ask in the fall, it’s hard to avoid the pressure as September looms.

Let’s be honest. People can get tired of giving. Donation requests have become ubiquitous, whether you’re opening mail from your local firefighters, answering the phone because your college is calling, or even checking out at the grocery store and...

Update 10/13/22: Glad you're still along for the ride! Today, we learned that the efforts of our industry lobbying on behalf of nonprofits have paid off. Mastercard is exempting nonprofits and charities from the new recurring payment regulations....

We’re going to nerd out on you again.

Even though we are all guilty (admit it!) of scrolling through some kind of social media fairly often, we sometimes hear that social media isn't always the best way to get your message out. So what’s a nonprofit to do?

So...have you thought about your strategy for your year-end appeals? We know how powerful fourth-quarter fundraising can be, but putting some strategy - and best practices - behind your asks can help ensure success.

It’s been a wild few years for nonprofits. Need went up, donations went up. Need kept increasing, but nonprofit donations started decreasing as life steadied. In-person events disappeared, and if your virtual game wasn’t up to par, it was hard to...

Ah, the lazy days of summer. The beach, good books, maybe a margarita or two. A steel drum playing in the background. Time to think about nothing more than relaxing.

If you’ve hit the ground running in your nonprofit, you know that fundraising can quickly take off—and take on a life of its own.

On the heels of our late-April product feature release, CharityEngine has issued another update giving clients more transparency into their data.