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30 Silent Auction Items that Don’t Cost a Dime

Collecting silent auction items for your next fundraiser takes a lot of consideration—you need to know where to begin, fight donor fatigue, and think of refreshing items from past years. We’ve seen what works in silent auctions and what doesn’t. We’ve put together a list of 30 silent auction items sure to help you raise money.

Giving Tuesday Communication Templates

Your Giving Tuesday communication plans need to be established and ready to go across all of your channels ahead of the big day. This includes email, social media, and text messaging.

Use this messaging guide to copy and paste easy, pre-made templates that you can edit and schedule to make it easier for you and your team.

2023 Annual Fundraising Calendar

Important Dates with Strategies to Steward Donors, GiveSmart’s popular Annual Fundraising Calendar delivers the major holidays, recognized awareness moments, days of giving and connection, and fun days (mostly food-based) worth celebrating.

70+ Proven Fundraising Event Ideas for Nonprofits

The key to having a successful nonprofit fundraising event is encouraging engagement while keeping it fun. To make your initiatives fun, try these exciting new ideas and see what your donors value the most.

Golf Tournament Fundraising Guide

Does your event include instant buy items, such as mulligans, golf contest entries, sign-up parties, to-go meals, and more? If it doesn’t, you should certainly consider it! The typically lower price point opens access to more donors. Our golf tournament fundraising guide can help you in planning.

15 Games to Raise Money at Fundraising Events

Games are a great way to raise additional funds, entertain supporters, and keep guests engaged through participation. Some friendly competition may also increase your fundraising potential as donor competition fuels fundraising.

Giving Tuesday Toolkit

How to Run a Tricky Tray

The Tricky Tray, also known as a basket raffle or penny sale, is a common fundraising game used to draw in donors who can only give a little, but enjoy the art of competition and games of chance.

Wine Pull 411

Has your organization ever considered fundraising with a wine pull? If the answer is no, wine not?

We dive into the details regarding how you can hold a fundraiser with wine both in person and virtually. This fundraiser is a fun, unique way to entertain guests and raise money.

Build an Effective Outreach Strategy

Building an effective nonprofit outreach strategy must be approached thinking about everyone your organization touches: recipients, donors, sponsors, partners, volunteers, board, and employees of the organization. This resource helps you lay the groundwork for effective outreach.