What’s YOUR Year-End Giving Plan?
The third quarter of the calendar year is the most critical giving season — especially December, where nearly one-third of the year’s giving occurs.
The third quarter of the calendar year is the most critical giving season — especially December, where nearly one-third of the year’s giving occurs.
Shanerock, like many nonprofits, is an organization born of passion and need. In 2010, Eric and Amy Haddad got the news no parent wants to hear – their three year-old son Shane had brain & spinal cancer. Through the next decade of fighting, the Haddad family saw firsthand how difficult it is to try to …
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The Ryan Banks Academy is Chicago’s first tuition-free, co-educational independent school which opened in 2018. The United Way of Greater Cleveland has been in existence for over 100 years and serves people in need over a three-county area. On paper, they couldn’t be more different but online, their needs were remarkably similar. And so were …
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The rug has been pulled out from almost everyone. People feel like they’re overwhelmed with info and not receiving enough all at the same time. And so the question becomes; how do you as a nonprofit offer clear communication, and encourage people to continue their support? While there isn’t one pat answer, there are …
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In a continuing effort to help the nonprofit community, Big River is making a variety of tools available for reduced or no cost. Last month, we announced that we were making our simple donation software available for free to any 501(3)c organization through July 1st. The only fees associated are the transaction fee of 3.7% …
Current events have made abundantly clear what some nonprofits have learned the hard way in the past; events can sometimes be cancelled because of circumstances beyond your control. What used to be an isolated incident due to a venue closing, a vendor going out of business or other reasons is rapidly becoming the new normal …
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Big River Makes Giving Tree Grow Bellefaire JCB makes Holiday Wishes Come True for Over 1200 Children Using Giving Catalog In 1868, the Jewish Community of Cleveland came together to form the Cleveland Jewish Orphan Asylum, a residence for 80 children from 15 states left parent-less by the Civil War. Today, that organization, now known …
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I’m not the biggest fan in the world of roller coasters. I like them just fine, just not going out of my way to find them. And by far the worst part of the ride is that slow ascent. The “click clack, click clack…” of slow, steady process, with the future completely unknown and the …
The underlying philosophy at Big River is that we want to help you manage the Point of Contact (why you’re reaching out to people), and the Point of Contact (how you reach out to them, and what you say when you do). The way we see it, issues with reaching donors aren’t solved by another …