Great Canadian Giving Challenge and a chance to win $20,000 from CanadaHelps is just around the corner!

As many charities know all too well, summer months often mean a rise in temperature and a dip in donations. It was eight years ago that CandaHelps launched the Great Canadian Giving Challenge, a month-long event in June, aimed to...

How to craft effective email campaigns 

Email is one of the most powerful marketing tools, but it’s often under-utilized by non-profits. Your email subscribers are a highly-engaged audience who want to hear from you – but are you communicating with them regularly?   According to Campaign Monitor,...

CharityVillage Connects: Celebrating the 2021 CharityVillage Award Winners

At the end of a challenging year that disproportionately impacted the nonprofit sector, we're bringing you an episode of celebration featuring those whose efforts went above and beyond during this historically difficult time.  In November 2021, Charity Village launched our inaugural CharityVillage Conference and Awards, honouring the...

CharityVillage Connects: Post-Pandemic Fundraising and Beyond

In this episode, we focus on the devastating impact COVID shutdowns and restrictions had on fundraising, how nonprofits pivoted and embraced new digital tools to transform their fundraising models in record speed. Join our host, CharityVillage President Mary Barroll, to...

How to Stop Overthinking and Start Raising Money Online

Original Broadcast Date: Thursday, November 18, 2021 Summary: In this webinar, Mary Barroll and Daryl Hatton discuss the widespread myths of crowdfunding that limit the revenue potential and stop nonprofits from successfully engaging their communities in advocacy and giving. With the...

4 easy strategies to help you have the best holiday fundraising campaign ever!

With just 80 days left in 2021 (where did the time go!?) Here are a few easy tips to help your organization raise as much as possible this holiday season, and work towards better engagement and relationships with all of your donors.  If your...

Small Shop Stewardship: Tools for nonprofit staff, leaders, and board members

Original Broadcast Date: September 23, 2021 Summary: Many staff members of small teams have the responsibility of wearing multiple hats within their organization. So how do we manage to adequately develop, and maintain relationships with donors with a lack of time and...

How can you push for equitable research? Here are 4 ways

After witnessing the world spiral in the past few months (and seeing how far we must go to achieve social justice), I think we all can agree that there are no quick routes to work through the social injustices around...

How two local hospices doubled their peer-to-peer event goal using CharityVillage Crowdfunding

In 2020, Hospice Orillia and Mariposa House Hospice were forced to quickly transition their annual Hike for Hospice fundraising event to a virtual format. Despite the hard work of the fundraising team, the 2020 virtual event brought in only half the revenue of...

The Future of Fundraising Events

Original Broadcast Date: July 15, 2021 Summary: The vaccines are rolling out, the world is slowly moving to a new normal, but 2019 events are never coming back. So what the heck do you do? Based on data collected from hundreds...