August 2021 Key Fundraising Days
August 1: American Family Day
August 1: World Lung Cancer Day
August 4: Coast Guard Birthday
August 7: Purple Heart Day
August 10: World Lion Day
August 12: International Youth Day
August 12: World Elephant Day
August 17: National Nonprofit Day
August 18: Women's Suffrage
August 19: World Humanitarian Day
August 25: National Park Service Founders Day
August 26: Women's Equality Day
August 26: National Dog Day
August 29: International Day Against Nuclear Tests
News, Updates & Things We Want To Share
5 Step Plan for #GivingTuesday
#GivingTuesday is right around the corner and if you are looking to boost your fundraising this year now is the time to get started. Launching a successful fundraising campaign takes some planning and we have a 5 Step Plan that will help you get started.
5 Easy To Execute Fundraising Ideas That Can Be Done Virtually
A lot of organizations are facing a significant deficit right because of lost revenue from canceled fundraising events or the inability to engage people face to face. In this article, we cover some of our favorite fundraising ideas that can be done quick, easy and virtually.
Six Tips To Increase Online Giving Donations
Want to increase your online giving donations? Try these 6 proven strategies to launch and promote online giving to increase usage and your donations.
Reason Funding Welcomes Living Hope Christian Center
On July 17, 2020, we were happy to launch the new Reason Funding website for the Living Hope Christian Center in Middleburg, FL.
Action Plan For First Time Donors
First-time donors are a blessing and sometimes a surprise when they happen. After that initial donation, you need to start executing your first-time donor plan to ensure that they stay engaged with your organization.
Why Facebook should not be your website
While Facebook is good at delivering content, promotion, and sparking outrage it is not good at fully representing your brand and letting you engage your key audiences on your terms. Facebook is a box and you must stay in that box or you end in Facebook jail.
Massive Reason Funding Release - 8 Donation Page Enhancements
The ability to accept online donations is at the heart of just about every nonprofit and faith-based organization’s fundraising strategy.
Get Ready For #GivingTuesdayNow
With one week to go before #GivingTuesdayNow you should be using your goto social media platforms and website every day to promote your campaign to inspire support for your organization.
It is time to rediscover your website
With the recent downtime related to the Coronavirus, a lot of organizations are rediscovering their website and investing time into focusing on their digital presence. Here are some tips on what you can do to make the most of your online presence.
COVID-19 Impact - Pathways For Change
As part of our community partner outreach in response to COVID-19, we have reached out to several of our clients and partners to talk with them about how the Coronavirus Pandemic has impacted their organization. Today we talk to Kassie Wrobel from Pathways for Change.
Four Simple to Execute Virtual Fundraisers
So you have canceled your latest fundraising event and from the looks of the news coverage, there appears to be no real end in sight of this whole Coronavirus thing. At this point, it is either go online or flatline.
Is your nonprofit prepared for Coronavirus?
Watching the nightly news nowadays is truly a surreal experience. You try to plan for everything, but most organizations don’t have a plan in place for a nationwide shutdown because of a global pandemic. Unfortunately, this is the new normal
Reason Funding Profile: Studer Community Institute
In April of 2016, Studer Community Institute (SCI) became one of the very first Reason Funding customers by connecting our fundraising platform to their Wordpress website so that their supporters could easily contribute to the organization online or on their mobile devices.
Five Steps To Protect Donor Data
The holidays are around the corner and tis the season for data breaches and scammers. Now is the time to review your security protocols.
10 Benefits to Nonprofit Organizations That Have Great Website Design
Building a website for your organization should not just be a box that you check at the end of the day. A great website is your opportunity to sell your “why” and “how” 24 hours a day 365 days a year. It is the best place to inspire and motivate people to your cause.
Are you ready for Giving Tuesday?
Giving Tuesday is the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving. It follows the trend of Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday but its purpose is to spark charity giving for a single day out of the year.
The Power Of Web Forms
What do you know about the people going to your website? Are you making it easy for them to contact you or learn more about your organization? Are you using web forms to their full potential on your website?
Isn’t it all the same anyways? Difference between Peer-to-Peer and Crowdfunding
Need to begin a fundraiser? Not sure where to start? We break down the differences between peer-to-peer and crowdfunding platforms.
Update your website in minutes with our Visual Builder
Feel empowered to take charge of your website by using Reason Funding's Visual Page Builder to update your website.
Reason Funding parent company DigiGroup Purchases ClearGive
We are pleased to announce the sale of the ClearGive platform to DigiGroup Holdings (DGH). The original creators of ClearGive now lead the Nonprofit and Ecommerce Product Team for DGH and they will be taking over management of ClearGive.
Peer to Peer 101
Peer to Peer Fundraising or Social Fundraising is a grassroots-based model that enlists a charity’s supporters to raise money on behalf of the organization.
Crafting The Perfect Call to Action
It can be difficult to craft the perfect copy for your website or donate pages that create the action to support your cause and get people engaged.
How Web Accessibility Boosts SEO
If you are a business owner, you’ve probably thought about varying ways to increase views on your website and gain engagement. But have you ever contemplated web accessibility?
What is web accessibility?
In 1990, the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed by Congress. It would be the first law in US history that addressed the civil rights of peoples with disabilities
Secure Your Website With A Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
What you need to know about Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to ensure that your website is secure and that you remain in good standing with Google and your website visitors.