Fifteen ways to improve your online fundraising

In honour of the 15th anniversary of CharityVillage, following are 15 ways your organization can make it easier for your donors, advocates, and members to support and donate to your organization online.

How to impress the wired wealthy and capitalize on the rise in online giving

It probably comes as no surprise to many of you that online giving is growing. What may be surprising, however, is that the very wealthy are among those that prefer giving online. Generally speaking, however, they are frustrated with nonprofit websites.

Philanthropic Trends Quarterly: What’s in store for you?

It certainly is a complex time for fundraisers but thanks to KCI’s latest edition of Philanthropic Trends Quarterly, they can gain valuable insight on the newest trends in philanthropy in pursuit of their next steps.

Eyes on the prize: The state of prize philanthropy in Canada

The pros and cons of prize philanthropy, where large sums of money are given to organizations that fulfil large-scale goals.

An introduction to grant reports

No matter what the guidelines or deadlines for your particular grant, you’ll eventually need to sit down and explain to your funder how you spent all those dollars and cents.

Fundraising Q&A: How to market tribute gifts and planned giving

This article discusses how to market memorial gifts and planned giving programs to donors.

Municipal-nonprofit partnerships: The future is now

Contemplating entering into partnership with a government body is something that can send shivers down the spines of executive-level staff at nonprofits and charities. But sometimes appearances can be deceiving and approaching a government – municipalities for the purpose of this article – can result in pleasant surprises, if you do it right, that is.

Fundraising Q&A: What to do after accepting emergency grant funding

This article discusses the problems with crisis or emergency funding and how to prove your organization is financially viable after accepting an emergency grant.

Funder stewardship: Talk is not cheap

How do grantees steward these vital relationships when granting is at a standstill? And where do they go from here?

Managing endowments during difficult financial times

This article provides some ideas for what a charity can do when it has insufficient income from an endowment fund to meet its disbursement quota under the Income Tax Act.