Category Archives: NPT
GoFundMe, Meta Combine On Sharing Features
GoFundMe and Meta announced new sharing features intended to drive more donations to nonprofits. Through the collaboration, donors and nonprofits might be able to more easily share the causes they care about with their social networks. Nonprofits using GoFundMe’s software company, Classy,
Nonprofit Mailers Cautiously Laud Postage Increase Pause
Nonprofit mailers and related organizations are being urged to thank members of Congress who supported the recent cancellation of an anticipated increase in the postage rate. The thank-you effort was spurred by Keep US Posted, a nonprofit advocacy group that
Fundraising Coupling: Fiscal Sponsorship Under Section 501c4
In the exempt-organizations context, fiscal sponsorship is a relationship through which a tax-exempt entity (sponsor) agrees to accept donations on behalf of another entity (project) that is, traditionally, not tax-exempt, including everything from informal associations of people to newly incorporated
Former Data Executives Sentenced To Federal Prison
Two former executives of Epsilon Data Management were sentenced to federal prison terms after being convicted of selling targeted lists of U.S. consumers for the benefit of mass-mailing fraud schemes that defrauded hundreds of thousands of Americans out of tens
DonorDrive Acquired By Bonterra
The nonprofit tech buying spree continues. Social good software company Bonterra has acquired DonorDrive, a provider of peer-to-peer and digital fundraising solutions. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition is part of Bonterra’s drive to build, acquire, and
Court Date Pending For Daniel’s Law Data Suits
New Jersey’s Daniel’s Law, which penalizes the dissemination of names and residential addresses of judicial, law enforcement, child protection investigators and other covered individuals, is having a significant damping effect on marketing efforts – including nonprofit solicitations – aimed at
Wiens To Head Sales At Bloomerang
Eileen Wiens is the new chief sales officer for Bloomerang, the donor, volunteer, and fundraising management software platform for nonprofits based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Her primary objectives will be to transform the sales organization, oversee business development, new customer acquisition and
Submittable Adds 3 Brands Under Its Umbrella
Social impact platform provider Submittable has acquired grants platform WizeHive, which recently scooped up platforms Bright Funds and WeHero. The deal brings together four social impact brands for grants management and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Terms of the deal were
Some Donors Put Politics Aside, Give To Opposite-Attracting NPOs
Photo from @DepositPhotos Americans are divided along progressive and conservative lines when it comes to politics and often even the nonprofits they support. But exclusive new data shows there are Americans who give to both types of organizations, say a
‘Rough’ Time — Gameplaying Shiba Inu Raises $70,000 And Counting
Gaming fundraiser PB connected for an extra-innings home run while playing the 1994 videogame Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball during a July Fourth 2024 fundraiser. The two-run shot, a majestic arc that landed in the left field seats,
