SWEET Online Fundraising Blog

Current list of Payment Gateways compatible with SWEET Peer to Peer Fundraising Software.

2012-05-14T15:41:44-04:00

SWEET works with any of the following providers. We're adding more all time so ask if you're gateway is not here. Paypal http://www.paypal.com Google Checkout http://checkout.google.com Authorize.net www.authorize.net Sage Payments http://www.sagepayments.com/ IATS http://www.iatspayments.com/ Acceptiva http://www.acceptiva.com BluePay http://www.bluepay.com Cybersource http://www.cybersource.com VANCO...

Myra Biblowit discusses Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector

2012-04-04T10:07:22-04:00

Myra Biblowit, President of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, discusses Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector There are so many challenges facing the sector today. Increased demand for services, steep cuts in government funding, fewer and fewer corporate funders, the list...

Online Giving Benchmark Study Confirms The Obvious but is Interesting Nonetheless

2012-04-03T12:53:56-04:00

Here are some of the key findings in the study: 1. Online fundraising continues to grow robustly 2. Online represents a strong donor acquisition channel 3. Online giving continues to grow fastest for small organizations Some other info can be...

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...