Small teams often feel pressure to find new donors, but oftentimes the fundraising advice available is written for larger organizations with staff who focus only on fundraising and who may already have an established donor base. Small nonprofits might not...
GivingTuesday lands on Tuesday, December 1 this year. For many nonprofits, it is the busiest single fundraising day on the calendar. Increasingly, it is also just the opening whistle. At Raisely, we looked at anonymized, aggregate donation data from nonprofits...
There’s a moment in every Giving Season when someone asks, “How are we doing?” Usually, the answer starts with dollars raised and how close you are to the goal. That makes sense. Charities need revenue to deliver their programs, and...
Original Broadcast Date: October 22, 2026 Summary: Every donor who lands on your website arrives with a spark of generosity. They’ve already been moved by your mission—the question is whether your digital experience helps that spark grow or quietly extinguishes...
Grant research can turn into a numbers game. Find every open opportunity, apply to as many as you can, and hope a few land. Most teams learn the hard way that this burns hours and morale without improving results. Every...
Interested in learning more? We have partnered with DonorPerfect to host a free webinar. Register now! Fundraisers have always worked with some degree of uncertainty. Donor priorities change. Grants aren’t renewed. Costs increase. Staff capacity shifts. A campaign that performed...
In almost every webinar or talk I give, someone asks me the same question: how can a small, overstretched team keep up with donor stewardship? My answer is always to start with some basic automations to cover your bases. But...
If you’re the only person handling fundraising at your nonprofit, you are not alone. And you’re not doing it wrong. Your challenge is to navigate a complex role with limited time, tools, and support. An organization with one staff often...
Are we ready to let direct mail evolve? If we were designing direct mail from scratch today, would we structure it the same way? Or are we still operating inside production rules that no longer exist? Digital print has given us...
As gifts of securities become a bigger part of charitable giving in Canada, charities of every size have an opportunity to make this tax-smart way of giving easier to understand and simpler to execute. For years, most charities have built...
