Cause Vox

Volo Kids built its fundraising around peer-to-peer. As the organization grew, CauseVox helped the team turn all that fundraising activity into stronger donor relationships. 25,000+ kids served 11 markets 100+ staff activated for fundraising Volo Kids Foundation provides free, community-based sports for kids ages 5 to 13, removing barriers like cost, transportation, and experience.

The Foundation for Developmental Disabilities uses CauseVox to run campaigns, events, ticketing, and online giving without adding more complexity to its small team. 3-person team Nearly $450K raised through CauseVox 30%+ year on year growth The Foundation for Developmental Disabilities (FDD) supports individuals with developmental disabilities throughout San Diego and Imperial County. And the entire fundraising is run by a team of three.

GivingTuesday is coming, and however you’re approaching it (a full campaign, a one day push, the kickoff to your year end fundraising) it only works if people actually know about it. That’s where your GivingTuesday email comes in. Social media gets a lot of the spotlight this time of year, but email is still doing the heavy lifting behind the scenes. It’s how you recruit fundraisers, keep your community in the loop, and nudge donors toward that final “yes, I’ll give.” No star power required.

Email marketing is a powerful toolto communicate with your current supporters, cultivate new relationships, and drive donations for your nonprofit. According to HubSpot, on average people receive 121 emails per day. And this year, we expect to see an average of over 361 billion emails sent per day! But, if you’re unfamiliar with using email to get your message out there, and helping it stand out, all of that talk about automation, segmenting, and A/B testing your subject line can be overwhelming.

Your annual fund is open. Your campaign page is live. But donors land on a single generic donation form with no clear sense of where their money goes or what it will do. They give anyway, or they do not. Either way, you have left something important on the table. Designated giving is one of the most underused tools in nonprofit fundraising. When donors can choose where their gift goes, they feel more connected to the outcome.

You have heard the pitch. AI will transform your fundraising. But then you open three different tools and still spend Friday afternoon manually cleaning up donor records before your board report is due. The promise sounds right. The reality, for most nonprofit teams, has not caught up yet. That gap is worth understanding, because the problem is not AI itself. It is where AI tends to show up and what it is usually built to do, so let’s dive into how to use AI in fundraising.

Your appeal letter might be beautifully written. Your case for support might be airtight. But a donor who watches a real person talk about what your organization meant to them will feel something no paragraph can replicate. We’re not just saying that. 80% of the highest-grossing campaigns on CauseVox have used video as part of their fundraising strategy. And 57% of people who watch a nonprofit video go on to donate.

We’ve all been there. Staring at a blank screen, trying to come up with social content that actually resonates, while keeping up with whatever the algorithm wants this month. It’s a lot. But it’s worth the effort. Over 5.6 billion people worldwide are active on social media today, and for a lot of your supporters, it’s where they’ll first hear your name, watch your story, or decide to give.

Running a nonprofit means doing more with less, and that doesn’t just apply to your budget. The good news: a surprising number of software companies offer deeply discounted or free tools for nonprofits. The not-so-good news: a lot of organizations don’t know these programs exist, or they assume the application process is too complicated to bother with. It’s not. So let’s explore the free tools at your disposal.

If you’ve ever tried to send a thank you email to everyone who gave in the last campaign, only to realize your donor list lives in one tool and your messaging lives in another, you know the drill: export a CSV, hope the fields map correctly, re-upload, cross your fingers that nobody who unsubscribed six months ago ends up back in the mix. It’s not hard, exactly. It’s just one more thing standing between you and actually talking to your supporters.