CharityEngine Blog

Attracting new supporters is a long, resource-intensive process. That’s why your organization should make the most of every conversion by encouraging monthly giving. It’s much easier to convert a one-time donor than to find a new monthly donor!

Americans give almost $500 billion annually to charities. That’s good news. But with more than 300 million people in the United States, nonprofits face an enormous amount of competition. Competition for visibility, competition for donors,...

Similar to major gifts, planned giving is the accumulation of long, engaging relationships between donors and nonprofits. A thoughtful and considerate planned giving program opens your nonprofit up to a significant source of funding and provides...

Every nonprofit starts small. Most grow, and some want to grow quickly and strategically. One of the most crtiical decisions when you're ready for explosive growth is this: am I ready for serious fundraising software?

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!

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.