Fundraising

HelpAttack!, a new Austin-based start-up, offers nonprofit organizations the opportunity to collect year-end gifts through Twitter. The online service allows social media users the ability to give to their favorite philanthropic causes, simply by updating their social status online. Online fundraising is the most rapidly growing way for nonprofits to receive funds from individuals. According to Convio, 35-42 percent of ...

Don’t ask me why. That’s a lot of ladies in power suits in one room for me. But read on. This issue is packed with a ton of great content about the landscape of Central Texas nonprofits. You can read the best nonprofit magazine in the world here. http://issuu.com/givingcityaustin/docs/issue5?viewMode=magazine&mode=embed Thanks, DJN

::Special Guest Post from my friend Austin :: On September 7th this year, the aftermath of hurricane Hermine washed into my childhood home in Round Rock and displaced my parents.  More than a foot of water washed through our stuff leaving soaked carpet, mud, and a huge mess to clean up.  It was a disaster that hit more than 600 ...

Now I try and remain vendor agnostic but this was a great demo of very cool software from the folks at BlackBaud. Of course how much would an ipad cost for each of your fundraising folks? But would that be worth the investment if it was their full time work machine?