I am on a number of LinkedIn groups that are primarily concerned with nonprofits and fundraising. Recently on one of the groups there was a lot of discussion about the selection of a fundraising/donor management software package. To be honest, I was amazed by the outpouring.
Buzz words come and go for various reasons. I guess that is why they call them “buzz” words. Popular one minute and gone the next. One buzz word I wish would fly off into the great unknown is the word sustainability as it relates to nonprofits. The rough definition of sustainability is the capacity to endure (thank you Wikipedia). Why are nonprofits content to just build capacity to endure? Continue reading
I have become a Criminal Minds and CSI junkie. Some of the stories are horrific and emotionally brutal. For me, it is all about the puzzle – putting the pieces together. I love watching the story unfold and the solution come together; even though some of the stuff portrayed is pretty gruesome. I also love who-done-it novels for the same reason; solving the puzzle.
I just had an interesting conversation with a co-worker in my office. We market MatchMaker FundRaising Software to a wide-range of nonprofit organizations. The result is that we work with a very diverse group of end-users.
Welcome to MatchTips! MatchTips, a newsletter from MatchMaker FundRaising Software, provides fundraising tips and technology information to nonprofit organizations.
In this issue of MatchTips we discuss recent studies conducted on women in philanthropy and technology use in nonprofit organizations. In addition, we provide tips for fundraising, board management and e-mail campaigns.
Nonprofits are doing a good job keeping up with technological change but still are not satisfied with their current level of information technology, reflected by the survey conducted by the Listening Post Project at the Center for Civil Society Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
The study, conducted by researchers at the Women’s Philanthropy Institute at the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy, shows that women at every income level give to charity more than men do — and they tend to donate more money on average than their male counterparts.
Heritage Designs and Northwest Software Technologies combine donor management software with event management technology for enhanced view of supporters
Heritage Designs, LLC and Northwest Software Technologies, Inc. have collaborated to provide a solution for nonprofits to easily manage all fundraising and auction activities. By integrating MatchMaker FundRaising Software Enterprise Edition and Northwest Software Technologies’ Auction-Tracker®, a nonprofit can share all aspects of an auction event including ticket purchase information, auction donations and purchases, sponsorships, event donations and more.
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Heritage Designs, LLC releases MatchMaker FundRaising Software Canadian Edition
Heritage Designs, LLC, a leader in fundraising software for the nonprofit sector, introduces the release of MatchMaker FundRaising Software Canadian Edition. The Canadian Edition was developed and designed to meet the specific needs of nonprofit agencies in Canada, including automatic receipt numbering, address formatting and cultural labeling.
I love owning my own business. Almost everyday I feel like I make a difference – I help a nonprofit organization move forward in reaching their mission. That is very cool.
