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7 ways to show your supporters love on Valentine's Day

On February 14th, we show our love to those closest to us. And what better day is there to show some love to those who support your nonprofit the most...

Marketing Decent Humans

Decent Humans: Nicholas at Fleece & Thank You

Decent Humans is what we call the incredible community we witness on CrowdRise each and every day doing amazing things for good. And each month, we’re...

Marketing

Social fundraising guide -   Chapter One: Shares have real value

Social fundraising is a critical concept to understand, but can also be a confusing and complicated one. No worries though, we’ve put together a littl...

Marketing

The nonprofit social toolbox is more compelling than ever

Asking for money is historically a social thing. There is a certain level of familiarity and context-awareness required to make the action of giving a...

Marketing News, Research & Trends

20 nonprofit discounts we think you should know about

We’ve scoured the web to find the best and most beneficial discounts for nonprofits. Because... well, who doesn’t love a good discount.

Product Marketing

How we innovated nonprofit fundraising fees

There have always been costs associated with nonprofit fundraising. Whether it’s renting the hall for your dinner event, the fee your bank charges for...

Marketing

Is your email signature actually working for you?

We use Sigstr at CrowdRise and love them. Our intention with this blog is that your nonprofit will see the same value in this service that we do. So, ...

Fundraising Marketing

Social fundraising cheat sheet

Social fundraising is a critical concept for nonprofits to understand. So, we’ve got a little cheat sheet for you to break it down and provide practic...

Fundraising Marketing

3 reasons why you should post a campaign update at the end of the year

End-of-year giving is such a crucial moment in a nonprofit’s annual fundraising strategy. We know this isn’t anything new or revolutionary. But it’s d...

Fundraising Marketing

Top 5 rhetorical questions - holiday edition

It’s the holiday season. That time of year when things are busier, time seems to move faster, and it’s easy to get overwhelmed.

Fundraising Product

Ticketing made easy

For most nonprofits, live events are an integral component of expanding your network, engaging your supporters, and of course, raising more money. And...

Fundraising

Fundraising 101

Did you know that there is a whole team of human people at CrowdRise dedicated to helping you reach your fundraising goals? Seriously. We love this st...

Fundraising

12 incredible examples of peer-to-peer fundraising

Come with us on a magical, tasty walk through sweet peer-to-peer inspiration. We’ll show you 12 real-world examples of organizations just like yours c...

Fundraising Marketing

Newman's Own Foundation $500k Holiday Challenge Invite

With #GivingTuesday and the holidays fast approaching, we wanted to make sure our nonprofit partners, and really all nonprofits were aware of a great ...

Fundraising Marketing

Your next campaign in 5 steps

By now, you’ve probably heard about social fundraising and its importance in keeping your cause relevant, engaged, and growing in today’s online world...

Fundraising Marketing

Your top 11 social fundraising questions answered

We recently hosted a webinar about how social fundraising is changing the way charities think about social media. During the webinar, there were so ma...

CrowdRise Spotlight Fundraising

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Fundraising Marketing

5 things to consider when choosing a peer-to-peer platform

Peer-to-peer fundraising, or getting your supporters to fundraise on your behalf, therefore expanding your network and, ultimately, raising more money...

Fundraising Marketing

3 reasons why you should try social fundraising this holiday season

#GivingTuesday and the holiday season. We all know that this is the biggest time of the year for those in the giving space. Not only that, but we also...

Product

Success in the data: customer success story with iMentor

iMentor is an organization devoted to a powerful educational initiative supporting mentorships between high school students in low-income communities ...

Fundraising Product

The most powerful features for your holiday campaign

With the holidays right around the corner, is your organization set up to have your most successful holiday giving campaign ever? As a result of Crowd...