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Kickstarter founder launches new nonprofit concept

It's always interesting to speculate about which new ideas and websites are likely to change the world of online fundraising forvever. Over the last five years I've written about some that have changed the landscape dramatically and others that seemed...

October 8, 2014 Read More

Blackbaud Index shows healthy nonprofit results and optimism for year end

A very warm welcome back to the Miratel blog and today sees the release of the monthly nonprofit fundraising report from Blackbaud that provides us with one of the most valuable overviews of the state of the nonprofit sector. The...

October 7, 2014 Read More

How Vine can help build your online fundraising audience

Nonprofit fundraising has always been deeply associated with engagement of your audience and in 2014 this applies especially in the online arena and getting the most from the various tools, platforms and social media channels that are available to you....

September 11, 2014 Read More

Key information about text donations for nonprofits revealed in new survey

A brand new survey from the mGive Foundation provides even more illuminating data about text donating to nonprofits and can genuinely help charities to strategically assess the best approach to launch mobile giving campaigns. I consider the report to be...

September 10, 2014 Read More

New Blackbaud Index shows a period of very stable growth for nonprofit fundraising in 2014

Welcome back to the blog as we continue the week with encouraging nonprofit fundraising news from Blackbaud as the most recent data from The Blackbaud Index is released which includes data through the end of July 2014. The Blackbaud report...

September 9, 2014 Read More

New study highlights value of annual funds for nonprofits

A brand new study by the Nonprofit Research Collaborative reveals that organizations are much more likely to reach or exceed their yearly fundraising goals if they operate an 'annual fund'. While that information could be considered somewhat intuitive the report...

July 17, 2014 Read More

Top tips to thank donors for online contributions to your nonprofit

Online nonprofit fundraising strategies are incredibly important, it would be foolhardy to delay making any needed  revisions to your donation landing page and continue to monitor how your audience are interacting with these pages. Over the coming months I'll be...

July 15, 2014 Read More

5 tips to help your nonprofit fundraising content get shared on Facebook

Using social media to help reach your online nonprofit fundraising goals is an important ongoing concern for organizations of all sizes. While almost all charities now have some presence on Facebook are you doing all you can to help your...

July 10, 2014 Read More

Blackbaud Index shows nonprofit fundraising heading into a slow summer of growth

The May Blackbaud Index for nonprofit data has just been released and the nonprofit fundraising results continue to demonstrate that the sector is still showing modest growth versus 2013. Considering that we're measuring a very large sample of data via the Blackbaud report which...

July 8, 2014 Read More

M+R Benchmarks Report reveals email and social media trends for nonprofits

Welcome back to the blog, from time to time there are nonprofit fundraising studies released that contain so much information that it is impossible to review all of the findings in a single blog post. Such is the case with...

May 13, 2014 Read More

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