How Nonprofits Are Making the Most of Giving Season 🎁

The end of the year is all about gratitude, generosity, and connection β€” and nonprofits are leading the way. During our recent webinar, attendees shared how they’re using creative campaigns to drive donations and celebrate community.

Here are a few real-world ideas from your peers:

  • Matching Donations: Leveraging a matching gift to encourage contributions.

  • Donation Contests: Creating a friendly competition to boost giving.

Video Testimonials: Creating a social media video campaign featuring donors and board members to build social proof and connection.

Other ideas included:

  • Fundraising & Drives:

  • Giving Trees: Setting up trees for specific causes, such as "Santa to a Senior" Specific Drives: Organizing food drives, toy drives, or collecting specific items like socks for veterans in care homes.

  • Donor & Member Engagement:

    • Gratitude: Featuring gratitude posts and gathering quotes from people served by the organization to use in donation campaigns.

    • Website/Tech Adoption: Running a member promo to encourage logging into a new website, with gift card giveaways as an incentive.

  • Membership Offers: A city government organization is offering a half-off holiday deal on annual memberships.

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