Fundraising

Parent Experience

4 Tips for Connecting with Supporters Who Are Parents Right Now

Ideas for how social good organizations can connect with supporters and prospective donors who are parents.

Online Giving

Fundraising from 6 Feet Away: Tips for Making Your Giving Day an Online-Only Event

In the coming days many people may start to feel lonely or isolated due to the necessary public health emphasis [...]

Donor Cultivation

Let the Donor Decide: Don’t Assume Giving is Off the Table During a Crisis

Six tips for dealing with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic with donors and providing them opportunities to make charitable donations.

Employee Wellness

Modifying Peer-to-Peer Campaigns When Participants Crave Social Connection

Learn how nonprofits can leverage peer-to-peer fundraising to raise crucial funds and engage supporters during current COVID-19 social distancing guidelines.

Data Insights

3 Ways to Qualify Major and Legacy Gift Prospects

Learn the best ways to qualify new major and legacy donors for your social good organization.

Donor Cultivation

How Social Good Organizations Can Build Community at a Social Distance

Ideas on how nonprofits and other social good organizations can build their communities, engage supporters and stay united.

Employee Wellness

10 Things Fundraisers Can Do From Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ten things fundraisers can do instead of meeting with donors and asking for money during the COVID-19 pandemic

Employee Wellness

Resources to Guide Arts and Cultural Organizations During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Four tips for how arts and cultural organizations can maintain engagement with stakeholders and supporters during the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Event Planning

Tips for a Successful Virtual Gala Experience

Learn to navigate event planning during the COVID-19 era and maximize fundraising while providing your donors with a memorable experience. [...]

Employee Wellness

Tips to Maintain Momentum for Your In-Person Fundraising Events Amidst COVID-19

Fortunately, we live in a time where technology can help bring people together in new and creative ways to fundraise without the requirement of being face-to-face with one another.

Crisis Management

Tips for Communicating with Donors During Uncertain Times

Even in uncertain times, growing long-term relationships with highly engaged supporters is proven to be the most effective and sustainable development strategy.

Alumni Engagement

Q&A with sgLEADERS: Tim Snyder, Wake Forest University

Tim Snyder, associate vice president of Alumni and Donor Services at Wake Forest University, shares his professional insights in this Q&A series on social good leadership.

Advocacy

Celebrating Women Leaders in the Arts & Cultural Sector for International Women’s Day 2020

The Blackbaud Arts & Cultural team celebrates a few women leaders whose work is advancing the sector.

The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 137: Insights from the 2019 Charitable Giving Report

Steve MacLaughlin sits down with Erin Duff from the Blackbaud Institute to talk about Blackbaud’s 2019 Charitable Giving Report, which tracks over $36 billion in U.S-based charitable giving from the Blackbaud Institute Index.