On his personal fundraising page, Mike Napolitano describes himself as a “48-year old white beggar man, passing the hat for a better tomorrow.” Mike and his community are serious when…
Category: Online Fundraising
Articles regarding online fundraising tips and tools are in abundance with us. From unique fundraising ideas to special event production to school fundraising and more, sometimes, we think we’ve written about everything under the fundraising sun.
We hope our Online Fundraising Today blog has served as a resource to help you raise more money for your charity organizations. We thought we’d share just a few highlights from the most visited fundraising blogs of the year on Online Fundraising Today. So in case you missed them the first time, read on for Our Top Five Blogs of 2017, including:
- Sample Fundraising Event Timeline and Checklist
- 7 Fun Golf Tournament Ideas
- Color Runs – A Popular Fundraising Event
- School Jog-a-thons – a Great School Fundraising Event
- March Madness Fundraising
It seems like Color Runs are popping up all over the place in online fundraising. So what’s all the buzz about? A Color Run is a running event where participants and observers throw brightly colored powder on the runners. The event is generally non-competitive and the emphasis is on having fun. This popular event type has also become a fun and creative way to raise money for non-profit organizations.
Hike-a-thon Raises Funding & Awareness for Hetch Hetchy Valley Restoration
The first week in August, a group of backpackers trekked 45 miles across Yosemite National Park to raise awareness and resources for the campaign to restore Hetch Hetchy Valley, currently…
Sports Fundraising
Summer is officially here, and with that numerous summer sporting events! Softball and baseball teams have started games, summer soccer leagues have kicked-off, summer dance and gymnastics classes have begun,…
Tips to Organizing Successful Charity Auctions
Silent auctions and online charity auctions have become very popular fundraising initiatives for nonprofit and community organizations. Not only do silent auctions have tremendous fundraising potential, but live events are…
How to Evaluate the Success of a Fundraising Event
So you’ve hosted a fundraising event and want to determine how successful the event was for your charitable cause. As with any marketing program, there is not one solid metric…
DoJiggy Online Fundraising Software Featured in BCBR Article!
DoJiggy is excited to share a feature article recently published in the Boulder County Business Journal (BCBR) “Giving Guide”. The article discusses how DoJiggy online fundraising software tools are helping nonprofit…
Walkathon software helps to nearly quadruple total raised.
Richard Newcomb, an expert at event planning, shares how Lutheran Social Services Community Care Centers more than met their expectations in their latest fundraiser by using walkathon software. DoJiggy: Tell…
The Key to Year-End Campaigns: Start Early and E-mail Often
Fundraising Success reminds us between 35 percent to 42 percent of online giving happens in November and December each year. So if you want to capitalize on final quarter giving,…