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Recapping Elevate 2026, the Year’s Hottest Fundraising Events Conference

Recapping Elevate 2026, the Year’s Hottest Fundraising Events Conference Over two incredible days in Portland, Oregon, we were privileged to experience a truly special gathering of fundrai

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Smarter Sponsorship Strategies for Your Charity Golf Tournament

Sponsors are the financial backbone of most charity golf tournaments, and securing the right sponsors and the right dollars starts long before a proposal ever lands in someone's inbox.

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The Elevate Q+A Series on Substack

At the Elevate 2025 Conference, attendees submitted their most pressing questions, and in our series on Substack, we answered new questions daily.

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5 Things to Focus on for Fall 2020 Fundraising Events

This may not be news to you, but COVID-19 isn’t subsiding anytime soon. So when you’re planning your fall fundraising events—and even spring 2021 events—you’ll want to think virtua

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Alternative Sponsorship Fulfillment for Cancelled or Changed Fundraising Events

UPDATE: Get our COVID-19 fundraising event toolkit HERE Public health and weather-related concerns occasionally cause nonprofits to cancel events or consider alternatives, like holding a vir

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Webinar: Creating Sponsorship Partnerships that Last

Sponsors not only have the ability to support your fundraising event financially, they have the potential to become long-lasting partners in your work. When you approach sponsors with this i

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Donor Cultivation that Breaks Records

If you find an event model that works for you, it’s important to build on your successes to see increased giving year to year. You’ve done the hard work of finding your sweet spot—the

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How Great Data Built an Inclusive Event

Donor data drives fundraising. It lets you know who your supporters are and how they’re engaging with your work, which helps you retain donors and grow your relationships. Data is also the

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Sponsorship Best Practices Yield Big Results

This spring all of the incredibly hard cultivation work done by Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Development Director at Centro Cultural de Washington County, paid off at their annual Gala de Cultura.

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The Value of Strong Corporate Support

Sponsorships for your event are fundamental to its success. They are the largest potential source of event funding for your organization, and if done strategically, they can make it so that

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