This is a detail from that famous lithograph by M. C. Escher, Relativity . I think it's a perfect picture of ineffective fundraising,...
The sgENAGAE Podcast Episode 87: Digital Transformation of Fundraising
What is digital transformation, and how is it impacting fundraising in the social good community? What does digital transformation mean for ...
Into the Middle of Nowhere
Imaginations run wild in this touching video of young children as they explore their surroundings at an outdoor nursery in Scotland. With ad...
Go on! Dare the young to fundraise, CAF research suggests
Offering daring fundraising events may help to get more young people involved in raising money for good causes, according to research by Cha...
Stamp pricing error to net Action for Children up to £60,000
A pricing error by Royal Mail will see up to £60,000 go to its charity partner Action for Children. Last week, Royal Mail announced increase...
14 brands supporting charities: corporate fundraising round up
Here are 14 of the corporate partnerships with charities to have caught our eye this month, from Deutsche Bank's fundraising for Cure Le...
Solar farms to deliver over £2m for local community projects
Communities in Shropshire, Kent and Isle of Wight will receive over £2m over 20 years from surplus profits generated by solar power, all of ...
Help! My boss wrecks our fundraising every time! 3 things you can do
It happens all the time: Executive directors, presidents and vice presidents, board members -- people who have the power to change your fun...
New categories announced as 2019 National Fundraising Awards open for entries
The Institute of Fundraising has opened entries for its 2019 National Fundraising Awards, and announced four new awards. The National Fundra...
The Joy of Being a Woman in Her Seventies
"When I told my friends I was writing a book on older women like us, they immediately protested, "I am not old." What they me...
Asda funding provides almost £2m for foodbanks
More than 90 food banks across the UK have been awarded a share of almost £2m of funding through the Asda Fight Hunger Create Change campaig...
TCV offers free membership as part of 60th anniversary celebrations
Community volunteering charity TCV is offering free membership in celebration of its 60th anniversary, to both new and existing members. Its...
BHF seeks Heart Heroes
The British Heart Foundation is seeking nominations for its 2019 Heart Heroes awards. The Heart Heroes awards launched last year and honour ...
6 Ways to Harness Your CRM Solution as A Change Management Tool
I’ve gone through one CRM solution implementation at a large, public university and I’m about to embark on another. Implementing a CRM solut...
Trusts Research – How to find new Funders
Trusts research is a key part of the trust fundraising function so if you have already addressed the other factors that determine your succe...
When your donor doesn't respond
Maybe you've heard this insight: Our donors give 2.4 times a year. So we should only send three appeals a year. Sounds reasonable. I mea...
Creating the Perfect Editorial Calendar – A Cinderella Story
The daily scramble. The sweeping moments of panic. The Google Calendar crammed with notes to share this on social and send that email. ...
The Geography of Sorrow
In this interview, psychotherapist Francis Weller, author of The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief, invit...
Charity Commission & Fraud Advisory Panel launch fraud resilience survey
The Charity Commission and the Fraud Advisory Panel is to contact 15,000 charities to ask them to participate in a survey on resilience. Lau...
Children’s services funding plummets, charity analysis reveals
Funding available for children’s services has fallen by a third per child in England since 2010 according to an analysis of official figures...
Children help Plan International UK create latest integrated fundraising campaign
Children who are sponsored by donors with children’s charity Plan International UK are the stars of a new integrated campaign, which they he...
Benchmarking study puts WWF in first place for third sector provider of customer service
The WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) was the best performing organisation for customer service in the UK third sector throughout 2018, accor...
10 ways to make sure your donors don't give
Fundraising is all about a call to action. You want the donor to do something -- usually make a donation that makes something good happen. ...
Hands Across the Hills
Hands Across the Hills formed in response to the 2016 United States presidential election with the goal of bringing together people who vote...
Royal Academy Schools receive £10m donation
The Royal Academy Schools has received its biggest ever donation – a gift of £10m from Julia and Hans Rausing. The donation is the most sign...
Changes to Wills Notification Service could affect charitable spend on good causes says ILM
The Institute of Legacy Management has raised concerns over whether there will be a new Wills Notification Service in place when the Smee ...
JustGiving launches new Gaming for Social Good hub
JustGiving has launched a new initiative to encourage gamers and game publishers to grow the world of charitable giving through computer gam...
Five tweets for fundraisers on 25 February 2019
So many tweets about fundraising, so many good ones to choose from, but as always we narrow them down to a manageable five at a time. So her...
Maya Soetoro-Ng: Ceeds of Peace
Learn the roots of peace building in this engaging recap of an interview with Maya Soetoro-Ng. Maya is an educator, peace builder and non pr...
Ana Valdes-Lim: The Reward is in the Process
Ana Valdes-Lim is the first Filipina graduate of New York's prestigious Julliard School. She was cited as one of their 100 Most Outstand...
10 ways to make your nonprofit website more effective
If you want to make your website more effective, a lot of what you should look into is pretty undramatic -- making it work better and serve...
When the Market is Our Only Language
Many in the West revere the creation of wealth. Anand Giridharadas wants us to examine this and how it shapes our lives together. In this ch...
IWITOT showcases 18 campaigns we all wish we’d thought of
A couple of hundred fundraisers yesterday packed out the Amnesty International auditorium in London to hear 18 fundraisers share the fundrai...
Over 100,000 people sign up for Lent generosity movement
Over 100,000 people have so far signed up to Stewardship’s Lent campaign 40acts, which encourages people to complete a simple and meaningful...
95th anniversary campaign sees Lepra turn to Facebook fundraising
To mark its 95th anniversary, Lepra is inviting people to support it via a new appeal that uses Facebook’s fundraising platform. “Your Prese...
Power to Change releases £4.5 million for community-led housing
Independent trust Power to Change is investing a further £4.5m in community-led housing through two new funds. Power to Change is launching ...
Tales from the Secret Giver #2: Dear Friend… and other stories
Much of the feedback we’ve seen since launching our Secret Giver Scheme nearly two years ago, has reinforced just how important some of the ...
Fundraising at the Speed of Life
Higher education advancement teams from around the country are noticing that alumni participation is shrinking, even as donations and commit...
Why focus groups and surveys always lie to us
Some of the biggest fundraising disasters I've witnessed had "iron-clad" approval from focus groups and/or donor survey resea...
13 Ways of Looking at Community
"Community cannot take root in a divided life. Long before community assumes external shape and form, it must be present as seed in the...
Five tweets for fundraisers on 21 February 2019
Here's another round-up of tweets that might help, inspire or simply tweak the curiosity of fundraisers. They cover the possible offence...
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