Fundraising database and charity CRM Donorfy is the first charity fundraising CRM to be listed on the Microsoft AppSource directory for busi...
Applications open for London Small Theatres Grants Scheme
The London Small Theatres Grants Scheme is offering awards of up to £5,000 to small theatres in London which are undertaking building projec...
Burning Insight
Dr. Jay Bansal lost his home in the Tubbs fire last year in California. He reflects: "Fire is a powerful and destructive force, as well...
WaterAid appoints new global web development partner
WaterAid has appointed Manchester-based digital and creative agency Access as its global web development partner. The appointment follows a ...
5 products raising funds for charity
Here are five more products raising funds for a variety of good causes: from supermarket charity promotions, to specially designed sporting ...
7 favorite topics of boring fundraisers
One of the main culprits for poor fundraising results is boring fundraising. Here are seven topics to avoid if you don't want to be a b...
Who’s moving? Recruitment round-up
Here is some of the most recent mover news from the sector, including the retirement announcement of RNLI's Chief Executive, and a new D...
Embracing JOMO, The Joy of Missing Out
"Fear of missing out, or FOMO, is a common sensation in our high-pressure, social media-frenzied world, particularly in Western society...
New site links unwanted toiletries with local causes
A new website is helping people donate their unused and unwanted toiletries to good causes. Toiletries Amnesty aims to reduce waste and supp...
London’s SMEs looking to increase support for local causes, research shows
Over two thirds (69%) of the capital’s SMEs say they do not currently support charities in their borough or the wider London area, but the m...
Bosses at leading UK science institute accused of bullying staff
Scientists allege Wellcome Sanger Institute management pressured workers to quit In the science lab, some bullies can thrive unchecked for ...
In the science lab, some bullies can thrive unchecked for decades
Bullying claims suggest a scientist’s life is at odds with the profession’s noble ideals Bosses at leading UK science institute accused of...
It’s Time to Get Ready for Giving Tuesday!
In this strange fundraising climate, here’s a trend we can all appreciate: Now in its seventh year, #GivingTuesday donations continue to gr...
Is the donor always right?
NO, says the Experience Matters blog, at Customer Experience Myth #1: The Customer Is Always Right : Like all human beings, customers aren...
What Fundraisers Need to Know About How Women and Men Give During Retirement
The number of retirees is growing quickly. In the United States, 10,000 Baby Boomers will turn 65 every day through 2030. What do nonprofit ...
Unknown Hero: A Conversation with Loren Cole
Loren Cole was first recommended to Richard Whittaker as someone who could help prepare tax returns for his non-profit. Driving up to his ho...
£2.5m available for businesses providing positive social impact
The sixth round of the Community Business Fund will open next month, offering grants of between £50,000 and £300,000 to businesses in Englan...
IoF to speak at Westminster Briefing on diversity & equality in charity sector
The Institute of Fundraising’s Chief Executive Peter Lewis and Sufina Ahmad, Chair of its Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) panel ar...
Diversity Excellence Standard launches for consultation
Digital platform Charity Excellence Framework has created a Diversity Excellence Standard aimed at helping charities improve diversity and e...
Charity bodies & funders unite with proposal for community wealth fund
An alliance of charity bodies, supported by funders, has put forward a proposal for a community wealth fund that would use unclaimed financi...
Mid-Level Giving: Stuck in the Middle with Who
I recently released a new whitepaper , Finding Value in the Middle: An Examination of Mid-Level Giving . This topic has been of keen inter...
Allocation of discretionary funds from Q2 2018
In April to June 2018, we received $1.2 million in funding for making grants at our discretion . In addition, GiveWell’s Board of Directors ...
7 Tips for Building a Healthcare Fundraising Program
“All I do is special events. I honestly don’t know how to build a full fundraising program.” This is the voice of many healthcare developme...
A type of statistic that works in fundraising?
Is there a way to persuade people to care by using statistics? Maybe. It's not by bowling them over with huge numbers. That just tell...
Why Looking for the Good in Others Matters
How do you provide kindness? When it seems like nothing else is good in the world, that feeling becomes even more important. Learn what mora...
Premier League charity AITC & GivePenny launch connected giving campaign
Premier League charity Albion in the Community (AITC) has launched a campaign with GivePenny to raise £100,000. AITC is aiming to raise the ...
New Central South Regional Group for IoF
A new IoF Regional Group covering Guildford, Portsmouth, Southampton, Bournemouth, Swindon and Salisbury is launching, with its first meetin...
7 steps to creating record-smashing direct mail this year-end
The moment was so clear and obvious that I could virtually hear a click . The moment I became a fundraising writer. I was already a write...
5 Tips for the Perfect Online Donation Form
First things first: There is no such thing as a perfect donation form. Let’s get that established right up front. The title of this article ...
Rachel Callender Sees Superpowers
When Rachel Callendar's baby was born, she was overwhelmed with the negative words used to describe what she saw as the beautiful child ...
Live Unbound: Above All Else
In 1992 Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld woke up in a hospital bed, severely injured and unaware of what brought him there. All he knew was a message hi...
Gloria Steinem gets behind a brand pays more than lip service to a cause | Rebecca Nicholson
The feminist and activist is to be applauded with her choice of charity Gloria Steinem is the latest face of the newish beauty company the ...
Health 3.0: Where Medicine Needs to Go
Health 1.0 is run as a cottage industry without evidence-based guidelines, quality measures, or standardization. Volume trumps value. This m...
8 Creative Fundraising Ideas to Advance Your Mission
Fundraising for your cause is exciting, challenging and should be unique to your mission. Annual appeals, #GivingTuesday and end-of-year fu...
'Gestures of sharing and love' … the mini libraries giving books to the community
In an era of funding cuts to public services, the Little Free Library scheme in Leeds is making reading accessible to all As the general el...
How to Put the Power of Law in People's Hands
What can you do when the wheels of justice don't turn fast enough? Or when they don't turn at all? Vivek Maru is working to transfor...
5 products raising funds for charity
Here is a selection of the products raising funds through a donation of proceeds this month, ranging from cake, to a shed, and clothing, and...
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