Accounting terms like general ledger, budget and financial reports might not send shivers of delight up your spine, but they also shouldn’t cause a shiver of dread. A good fund accounting package has everything you need to track the financial aspect of your organization, so your staff can focus on your mission.

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121Giving has a new approach to charitable giving. The recently launched website focuses on getting nonprofit the items they need. Instead of using the platform to collect just monetary donation, nonprofits can use 121Giving’s platform to purchase items to complete their mission at discounted prices.  Read more...

Collecting feedback from events, volunteers or donors is necessary to ensure your programs are effective, but the idea of creating a survey can be daunting. With Survey Monkey, you don’t have to create your own survey, instead you can select from SurveyMonkey’s methodologist-certified nonprofit survey templates.  Read more...

In 2012, Dagmar Schildwach, Chief Development Officer of the Northern California and Northern Nevada chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, was brainstorming for ways to help her organization simplify the electronic payment process during the group’s fundraising walks. Up to that point, her chapter had been using traditional and unwieldy credit card machines that also required an electronic outlet to power them. Read more...