Lots of charities run matching campaigns with claims like “Give today and double your impact!” We’re generally skeptical of these claims, wh...
How fundraisers succeed even when times are tough
Take a look at this chart. It's the results of an informal poll on Facebook of members of The Fundraisingology Lab . They were asked to...
What Did Sisyphus Dream Of?
"In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was condemned by Zeus to endlessly try to push a large rock to the top of a hill, an activity Zeus had ri...
Stewardship a critical element of in-memory fundraising, research shows
Good stewardship is a vital element of in-memory fundraising, research by Legacy Foresight and its consortium of 55 charities and hospices h...
2020: The Year that Changed Grantmaking
2020 will be remembered as the year that changed grantmaking. Foundations are in the midst of a sudden and unexpected upheaval of long-held...
How to get a lot smarter about donor retention
Do you have good donor retention? The right answer to that is complex. There's a lot of detail behind the big picture of retention, an...
How to Support Antiracism in Yourself & in the World
"Today, the serious and deadly problems caused by our racism are even more obvious than they were in 2016, and as people in the United ...
How much do UK charities receive from Amazon Smile?
Amazon Smile is part of Amazon's charitable giving activity, where it donates a small percentage of each purchase made to the buyer'...
Lockdown sees rise in donations through children’s pre-paid debit card card
Prepaid Visa debit card for children gohenry has seen donations to NSPCC by its users rise 22% since lockdown. The NSPCC and gohenry have b...
Student Opportunities Festival starts today
The Student Opportunities Festival kicks off today (29 June). The online festival is The National Association of Student Fundraising’s alter...
Zora Neale Hurston: How It Feels to Be Colored Me
"A genius of the South, novelist, folklorist, anthropologist"--those are the words that Alice Walker had inscribed on the tombston...
John Welwood: On Spiritual Bypassing & Human Relationship
"When we are spiritually bypassing, we often use the goal of awakening or liberation to rationalize what I call premature transcendence...
6 Tech Considerations Before You Build a New Website
We get it—a new website is a tantalizing endeavor. When you find yourself with the resources to pull it off, all you can think about is that...
Fundraising Regulator & IoF issue guidance for return to public fundraising
The Fundraising Regulator and Chartered Institute of Fundraising (IoF) have today published two pieces of guidance to support the return to ...
eBay UK announces £1.7m funding & training support package to boost charity online retail
eBay UK today launches a package of financial support and training to help more charities use online retail to raise funds with the pandemic...
Rogare project examines ethics of legacy fundraising during emergencies
The question of whether it is ethical to conduct legacy fundraising during a pandemic and other emergencies has been explored in a new proje...
Centre for Strategic Philanthropy opens at University of Cambridge
A new Centre for Strategic Philanthropy has been established at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School. The Centre is dedicated t...
Objections to fundraising during pandemic explored in Rogare project
Fundraising think tank Rogare has published the findings of a project to develop counter-arguments to the most frequently encountered object...
People Helped You Whether You Knew It Or Not
In 1964, William "Lynn" Weaver, joined 13 other black students in the integration of an all white high school in Tennessee. From t...
Successful fundraising is easier than you think
Here's everything you need to know to get great fundraising results, from Stephen George's Blog, at 10 saviours of the fundraising ...
The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 153: Leadership During Times of Change
Leadership During Times of Change How do leaders embrace their role in the new normal today? What does it mean to lead strategically and pu...
Sir Lenny Henry to give Convention’s opening plenary speech
Sir Lenny Henry will be Fundraising Convention Online’s opening plenary speaker next month, the Chartered Institute of Fundraising has revea...
Charities call on Government to temporarily increase Gift Aid
A coalition of charities and sector bodies led by CAF, the IoF, Charity Finance Group, and Charity Tax Group is asking the Government to tem...
Neil Heslop appointed next CEO of Charities Aid Foundation
Leonard Cheshire Chief Executive Neil Heslop is to take over the reins at The Charities Aid Foundation, succeeding Sir John Low, who is reti...
Amisha Harding: The Accidental Activist
"Amisha Harding was reluctant to join the crowd after seeing how some protesters clashed with police, vandalized property, and left sha...
4 hard questions that will make your fundraising stronger
Being a hard-nosed skeptic will make you a much better fundraiser. Asking uncomfortable questions about your organization, what you do, an...
City Bridge Trust tells charities to use funding where most needed during Covid crisis
The City of London Corporation’s charitable funder, City Bridge Trust, has told charities that they can use its funding for core day-to-day ...
Liz Tait to join GOSH Charity as Director of Fundraising
Teenage Cancer Trust's Liz Tait is to join Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital Charity as Director of Fundraising: a new role fo...
No Victims, No Heroes: We Are Each Other
By some definitions, Jolanda van den Berg might be dubbed a philanthropist, a social entrepreneur, a life coach, or even a mystic. But Jolan...
3 one-minute revisions that will improve your fundraising
Here's a quick way to make your fundraising message a lot more effective" Three EASY Copy Changes , from the Better Fundraising bl...
Week-long summer matched fundraising campaign Champions for Children launches
Summer matched fundraising campaign from The Big Give and The Childhood Trust, Champions for Children, launches today (23 June). Launched in...
Cohort two of Jane Slowey memorial membership open for applications
ACEVO is looking for applications for cohort two of the Jane Slowey memorial membership from female CEOs from a BAME background or with a di...
Frugi opens Happy Childhood Fund offering up to £5,000 per project
Ethical and organic baby and children’s clothing company Frugi has launched the Happy Childhood Fund: an initiative aimed at helping improve...
Humanitarian aid & development charities call on PM to reverse decision on DFID merger
Following last week’s announcement by the Prime Minster of plans to merge DFID with the Foreign Commonwealth Office, nearly 200 UK aid and d...
Totto Chan: The Little Girl at the Window
"This engaging series of childhood recollections tells about an ideal school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with f...
The Nonprofit Accounting Cheat Sheet
Nonprofit Accounting: The Cheat Sheet Whether you’re a newcomer or native to the land of nonprofit accounting, you’ve no doubt realized tha...
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