Entries by Adam Weinger

Nonprofit Basics: Volunteer Management

Volunteers are a powerful force for driving your nonprofit’s fundraisers and on-the-ground impact. Long-term volunteers, especially, can provide more than just short-term assistance with events or projects. Rather, their commitment, time, and skills can help you complete your mission and achieve your goals. Keeping track of your supporters’ involvement is crucial for ensuring they’re in […]

Nonprofit Basics: A Guide to School Management Systems

To students, school is more than just a source of education. School is a nurturing place for intellectual enrichment, socialization, emotional development, and much more. Technology can empower the way you provide these essential resources to students. These days, software solutions for schools help teachers and staff manage their day-to-day tasks, from facilitating fee payments to organizing […]

How to Start a Matching Gift Program [For Companies]

Thousands of companies host matching gift programs that encourage and amplify employee giving to nonprofit causes. When an individual works for such a company, they are able to make a donation to their favorite charitable organization and request a corporate match as well. This stretches the impact of their initial gift further, allowing them to […]

How to Advocate for a Matching Gift Program to Your Employer

Matching gifts are one of the simplest and most impactful ways for nonprofit donors to amplify their support for their favorite causes. Unfortunately, not all companies offer these initiatives⁠—which is why you’re searching for best practices on how to advocate for a matching gift program. You’ve come to the right place! Double the Donation is […]

Nonprofit Basics: Sponsorship Levels

For nonprofit organizations, your relationships with corporations and businesses are indispensable for your financial success and growth. As you prepare for upcoming fundraising events, consider creating sponsorship levels to maximize corporate support. Presenting sponsor packages to corporations can alleviate time constraints and financial burdens on your fundraising team, as well as encourage a wider range […]

Nonprofit Basics: Donation Request

Nonprofits require consistent funding to work toward their missions, making effective fundraising campaigns crucial for success. Just having robust fundraising software isn’t enough—you need a compelling reason for people to donate. A well-timed, well-written donation request provides this reason—it can connect passionate supporters to giving opportunities. What is a donation request? When a nonprofit organization […]

Live Auction – Nonprofit Catalog

A live auction has the potential to raise significant funds for your organization. When your auction is held live, you give donors the chance to be recognized publicly for their giving, increasing the desire to give big. Additionally, a talented auctioneer can use the time-limited nature of a live auction to your organization’s advantage to yield the highest […]

Nonprofit Basics: Fundraising Thermometer

Fundraising campaigns are a nonprofit’s bread and butter when it comes to getting donations. Since these campaigns can last for days or weeks, donors and participants need to be able to track the progress made. Nonprofits use a variety of marketing tactics to promote their progress, including social media posts, email reminders, and other forms […]

Nonprofit Basics: Strategic Philanthropy

A significant amount of time, resources, and effort goes into powering social change. Many of the problems we strive to address today require well-researched and detailed strategies from a variety of actors in the nonprofit sector. To make sense of this process, funders have turned to the model of strategic philanthropy. With principles that are […]