SWEET Online Fundraising Blog

For Nonprofits Mobile Web is better than Apps

2012-01-11T17:11:55-05:00

Here's a short list of reasons why nonprofits should focus more on making making their websites mobile friendly and less on App development. Creating and Maintaining an App is expensive. Making your existing website mobile-friendly is easy and not so...

Mobile Version of SWEET Pledge Fundraising Website Shows Great Promise

2012-01-06T15:05:31-05:00

In the online fundraising world, "great promise" means donations. In the 1st week after we launched the mobile verison of http://hope.cupidsundierun.com, 60 donations came through from Iphones, Ipads, or Android devices. Most orgs don't see 60 donations from mobile users...

Recession-proof your nonprofit

2011-08-15T09:29:42-04:00

Make your nonprofit recession proof. Here's a link to one of a long list of articles that shows that there is a lot of anxiety in nonprofit circles over the economy. http://www.npr.org/2011/08/13/139589747/nonprofits-watch-anxiously-as-market-wobbles S--t happens and it's happening now. Here are...

JRunners Raise Over $90000 in the 5K Run for Our Place

2011-06-03T19:41:13-04:00

It's always nice to spotlight our clients who make the most of their event with the SWEET Fundraising Software for A-thons. JRunners (http://www.jrunners.org/) did just that in a recent 5K Race (http://ourplace5k.jrunners.org/) where they raised over $90,000 for Our Place....

Save the Harbor / Save the Bay Hosts Successful Winter Swim-a-thon Fundraiser

2011-04-11T11:17:50-04:00

I'm not a huge fan of swimming in cold weather. But it's definitely more palatable if it's done in the name of a good cause. Save the Harbor / Save the Bay's (http://www.savetheharbor.org/) mission is to restore and preserve Boston...

Bookspring Read-a-thon in Texas Lets Students Raise Money for Books for Students

2011-02-28T15:40:21-05:00

So far, over 3000 elementary school students in Texas have created their fundraising pages on SWEET and have raised close to $150,000 in the Read-a-Thon. Everything is bigger down in Texas! The money they raised goes toward providing books and...

Webinar Recording: Personal Fundraising - Why Your Organization Needs to Leverage the Most Effective Form Of Online Giving

2010-11-24T14:54:46-05:00

https://www.gatherplace.net/gp/jview.jsp?pf=82705188&confirmed=true Here's a link to a 40-minute webinar discussing the undeniable merits of online fundraising using the 'peer-to-peer' / 'personal'/ 'friends asking friends' fundraising model. The Webinar also includes tips on how to get such a program started at your...

Study Shows That 35% of Online Giving Is Prompted by a Personal Ask

2010-11-16T22:43:46-05:00

A recent study by AFP yielded some very revealing results about Personal Fundraising. Whether you call it Personal Fundraising, Peer to Peer Fundraising, Friends Asking Friends, or Viral Fundraising it's all referring to the same dynamic that involves supporters of...

Mario Marathon Raises Money for Children’s Hospital [LIVE VIDEO]

2010-11-15T09:40:22-05:00

Mario Marathon Raises Money for Children’s Hospital [LIVE VIDEO]. Good idea. In my quest to find new and effective fundraising ideas for you, I stumbled across Child's Play Charity (www.childsplaycharity.org). They run an event called Mario Marathon. You can get...

Memphis Grizzlies Charitable Foundation is donating $425,000 to 15 area nonprofit organizations

2010-11-06T09:23:30-04:00

The Grizzlies Foundation is getting it done. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/2010-11-05-1163176569_x.htm They've raised over $26.1 million since 2004. They've funded numerous Memphis area organizations including the New Ballet Ensemble & School, Memphis Prep Program, Leadership Memphis, ArtsMemphis, the Memphis Child Advocacy Center and...