CharityEngine Blog

Running a nonprofit is a pretty hefty job. As soon as you start looking for the answer to a question from your Board, your computer crashes and your staff panics. When you’re overwhelmed, it’s easy to lose sight of nurturing your donor relationships.

Most of the time, the usual fundraising outreach efforts are perfect for your nonprofit. You get a huge bump in revenue with a carefully considered end-of-year campaign, and you sprinkle a few more campaigns throughout the year to meet your...

The last few days of the year are seductive. We’ve made it through most of December, which is just so darn busy, and we have a little time before the New Year’s Eve sparklers or implementing those (perhaps overly) optimistic resolutions. There’s a...

All you have left from Thanksgiving is pants that don’t fit as well as they used to, and the holidays are staring you in the face. If you haven’t hit your nonprofit’s fundraising goals, it’s too late, right? NO!

There you are, logging into your CRM to check recent transactions. You see a huge increase in donations, but with rising alarm, you note that most of them are for $5. You know that’s a hallmark of thieves testing stolen credit cards, and with...

Does it ever seem like every nonprofit CRM is the same? Technology that manages donors and automates email doesn’t sound like rocket science, so what can really make one system better than another? 

Grants are to nonprofits like water is to a fish: absolutely critical if you’re going to keep swimming. And no matter the size of your nonprofit, seeking grants can and should be a significant effort.

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.

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...

Talking to nonprofits every day keeps our fingers on the pulse of what questions they have. And a biggie is, “Am I ready for serious donor management technology?”