Tag: online donations

Apple Pay – Good For Nonprofits?

Apple Pay creates the ability to make a secure payment from a smartphone on a website with a single click. We know that the less steps a donor is required to make a gift, the better an organizations chances are for your donor to complete their gift transaction. Apple Pay auto-fills all the information that is stored associated with the card your donor is paying with.

EMV Chip Cards: 7 Things You Should Know

Fraud liability for payment processing organizations will be switching for EMV chip card technology October of this year. Should your organization be doing anything to prepare? We have seven “things” you should know about the EMV Chip Card change that will help you determine if you need to make any changes.

How To Lead The Charity Charge

I am at a unique place in my professional viewpoint as a fundraiser.  After years as a development professional, my professional skills and my faith are now intersecting.  These two areas are now informing one another and one of the passions that has come out of it is how churches could be leading in charity.  […]

Keeping It Real-How Donors Want to Give

Acquiring donations can sometimes feel like an enigma. You’re requiring someone to give you money with no physical commodity being exchanged.  That is a real leap of faith.  Let’s look at this from the prospective of a potential donor and see if we can find some core consistencies that lead to a gift. Make Your […]

Turning the Spotlight on Your Missionaries

The mission field is exploding right now.  Many areas of the earth are being reached with the gospel and experiencing a double digit percentile growth towards Christianity.  The humanitarian work that many over sea ministries and missionaries are doing can be hard for us (Americans) to stay connected with, because their experience is outside of […]

How Real is “Donor Fatigue”?

When I was a fundraiser I attended many events.  You receive invitations from your peers, and you also want to keep tabs on what is happening out there.  When my role was reversed, the first thing I realized was how many times I was solicited.  From the door to the end of the event, someone […]