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Nonprofit fundraising changes and growth in 2014

Nonprofit fundraising donations and indeed the variety of methods used to donate have seen an impressive 2014 so far on aggregate. While totals funds raised in North America by nonprofit organizations is on track for modest improvements the sector itself...

December 9, 2014 Read More

Blackbaud Index reveals which nonprofit sectors are performing best in 2014

Welcome back to the Miratel blog and as we're at the beginning of another month it's time to take a look at one of the most important reports to assess the performance of nonprofit fundraising in the United States as...

December 3, 2014 Read More

#GivingTuesday has arrived – these 5 steps can help your day blossom

After months of planning for thousands of nonprofits the day has arrived - today is #GivingTuesday following the back-to-back events of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Today is the 3rd annual Giving Tuesday - an event that grows each year...

December 2, 2014 Read More

Donor-advised funds contribute growing ratio of all funds to nonprofit sector

Donor-advised funds are a growing segment of the overall landscape of philanthropic giving in the United States according to a comprehensive new report compiled by the National Philanthropic Trust. In terms of total nonprofit fundraising the ratio from donor-advised funds...

November 26, 2014 Read More

4 reasons mobile text fundraising looks set to continue to grow

Few changes in nonprofit fundraising over the last few years have been as dramatic as the rise and rise of mobile text fundraising or SMS. SMS stands for Short Message Service and is the primary text messaging service component of...

November 25, 2014 Read More

Online fundraising requires balance between SEO & Social Media (part 2)

Last week I wrote the first of a three-part series about how nonprofits need to use Social Media and SEO to help build their online audience and ultimately develop their online fundraising strategies. In the previous blog post we explored...

November 20, 2014 Read More

4 Key Findings from new UBS nonprofit study

While some may tend to automatically define philanthropy as nonprofit fundraising donations, the circle is completed when volunteering is added to the equation. For so many having the opportunity to give time and effort to support a cause is viewed...

November 18, 2014 Read More

A social media case study for nonprofits – Cecil Shorts III on Twitter

While we often write about the value of nonprofits incorporating a broad range of social media tactics to improve their online reach and fundraising potential we don't often present a case study. As a result I thought it would be...

November 13, 2014 Read More

Online fundraising requires balance between SEO & Social Media (part 1)

Nonprofit Fundraising success has at its heart a recipe of providing services that people wish to support and also being found by the donors who want to assist with donations and/or volunteering. We write frequently here about how to best...

November 12, 2014 Read More

10 Top Nonprofits According to Online Influence

Social media for nonprofit fundraising is a topic we often cover due to its impact on how charities now engage with their supporters. According to the 2014 Fundraising Technology Trends Study, 80% of fundraisers agreed with the statement that “better...

November 7, 2014 Read More

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