Expert Tips, Tutorials, and Resources for Non-Profits & Charities.
At Charitable, we’re always listening to our users and building the features they need to get more donations from their website, faster! We’re thrilled to introduce Charitable 1.7.0.8 which gives our users greater control over their campaigns than ever before. Importing and Exporting In Charitable 1.7.0.8, we have introduced a new Tools tab with new…
Today, I’m excited to share that Charitable is joining the Awesome Motive team led by Syed Balkhi. Wes and I launched Charitable in 2015 because we were tired of seeing non-profits use hosted fundraising platforms that charge hefty fees and strip them of the ability to brand & control their donation pages. Other WordPress donation…
A donation ‘Thank You’ email can be really easy to miss. However, these seemingly simple thank-you letters to donors are more like a donor retention hack. When done right, they can be very effective at converting one-time donors into repeat donors or donors for life. Although you have some flexibility when it comes to the…
The bones of running a charity campaign aren’t too dissimilar from one drive to the next. However, using the same concepts and execution time and again can make your nonprofit organization look stale and uncreative. This is going to hit home with regards to your donation figures. Of course, there’s a lot of work you…
Running a nonprofit means having to ask for donations — all the time. Even the most established nonprofits find fundraising challenging. But the best part is that online giving is on the rise. Over the last year, it increased by 12.1%. Moreover, many donors (41%) even committed to monthly donations. You, too, can benefit from…
There’s no denying how social media can help make or break your fundraising efforts. This is especially true for some of the bigger platforms such as Facebook. A savvy nonprofit will lean on and leverage the millions of Facebook users in order to boost a campaign. However, the huge user base isn’t the only benefit…
As Spiderman knows, with great power comes great responsibility. However, while hoping to start a nonprofit organization is a noble endeavor, you might struggle to best channel that responsibility. Giving back to society is one of the best ways you can contribute to good causes, but you’ll need a good nonprofit business idea to hook…
One of the most important aspects of fundraising that’s often overlooked by non-profits is the ‘experience’. Let me explain. Fundraising and donations are not just about collecting money. It’s about creating an experience that connects donors to your cause and keeps them coming back. Through my years of working with non-profits, I’ve seen firsthand how…
March has been another busy month for us, and we’re excited to roll out another new extension this month: Annual Receipts.
We’re only a couple months into the year, but we have been busy with updates to Charitable, its extensions, and the launch of a brand new plugin: Charitable GoCardless.