At the heart of fundraising is a relationship. Not with a dollar, but with a donor. And so the wider the distance between you and your donor, the more difficult and impersonal it will be to ask for help. In the world online fundraising, closing that distance actually means that we need to go beyond […]
Is Your Giving Page Optimized?
“Build it and they will give” is not a good way to think about online fundraising. Just because you set up your giving page with some text, an image, and a giving form does not mean that donors who come to your site will be motivated to give. Not all giving pages are created equal. […]
Secrets to Improving Giving Page Performance
Giving pages are essential to any online fundraising strategy. Here’s how to take your giving page performance up a notch—or three! As online giving becomes more and more indispensable among donors, nonprofit organizations have to start paying closer attention to their giving pages. They are perhaps the quickest way to improve and grow your online fundraising. […]
How Online Security Works
Half the battle in online security is knowledge. Do you know how online security and RaiseDonors work together to protect you? At RaiseDonors, we’re committed to keeping you and your donors safe online. Even if nothing bad has happened to you yet – the risks are high, and the threat is very real. Whenever you […]
Crisis Fundraising Done Right
No one likes to do it, but the time will come when you have to do crisis fundraising. Here’s how to raise emergency funds while keeping your donor relationships strong. Crisis fundraising is a tough fact of our existence. Bad things happen to good people. And bad things happen to good organizations. Epidemics threaten the […]
Encrypted Parameters: Security and Convenience for Your Giving Pages (Part 2 of 2)
At RaiseDonors, we’ve developed technology which allows you to pre-fill the donation page with your donor’s information in an encrypted and obfuscated way. But how do you implement this incredibly secure tool to protect your organization and your donors? That’s what we’re going to talk about in our article today. Now, the following info is […]
Encrypted Parameters: Security and Convenience for Your Giving Pages (Part 1 of 2)
Security is an important, but often overlooked feature when it comes to online giving. In big and small ways, security is a part of every part of the online giving experience. When we first launched RaiseDonors, there was no way to pre-fill donation forms. As time went by, we evolved to allow parameters to be […]
Pre-filled Forms: The Ultimate Gift for Your Donor
Discover how you can make your giving pages even better for conversions by setting up pre-filled forms on your donation pages with RaiseDonors! Before we get to the tech, let’s start with the philosophy. Raising donors is different than raising money. Of course, by raising donors you will also raise money for your organization. But […]
[Webinar] How Automation Transforms Your Online Fundraising
In this webinar hosted by Virtuous CRM & RaiseDonors, we discuss how automation plays a crucial role in promoting generosity in a nonprofit organization. Implementing automation techniques to streamline your online fundraising can help you establish personalized and long-lasting relationships with your donors. It is important to identify the inefficiencies in your nonprofit’s processes and […]
Thanking Donors: a 3-minute chat with RaiseDonors Co-Founder, Stephen Boudreau
In general, it goes without saying that you should thank donors for supporting your cause. Without their donations, your organization wouldn’t be able to perform its good work. Your donors believe in what you do enough to commit their financial resources to help you succeed. Pretty clearly, a thank you is in order when you […]











