Oct 20th, 2021 Service Area: Fundraising, Service Area: Strategy
Fundraising Pro Bono Highlight: Stakeholder Research
This is a part of a series highlighting how impactful business pro bono support can be for nonprofit fundraising. Click here for information on the full series. Running a fundraising drive at a nonprofit can sometimes feel like you’re yelling into a void. You may have all the data on how critical your mission is, stories demonstrating its impact, and plenty of communications prepared, but unless you have a clear vision of who you’re trying...
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Oct 7th, 2021 Service Area: Fundraising, Service Area: Marketing
Fundraising Pro Bono Highlight: Photography and Videography
This is a part of a series highlighting how impactful business pro bono support can be for nonprofit fundraising. Click here for information on the full series. Running a fundraising campaign is a big lift, especially for smaller nonprofit organizations. You need imagery that grabs people’s attention, copy that moves them to action, and the infrastructure to track success. The good news: volunteers skilled in areas such as...
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Sep 9th, 2021 Service Area: Fundraising, Service Area: Marketing, Taproot Plus
Fundraising Pro Bono Highlight: Search Engine Optimization
This is a part of a series highlighting how impactful business pro bono support can be for nonprofit fundraising. Click here for information on the full series. Let’s get your nonprofit the extra (expert!) helping hands you need to fundraise successfully. Linking up with a digital marketing volunteer for a project focused on search engine optimization is a great place...
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Sep 2nd, 2021 Service Area: Fundraising, Service Area: Marketing
Webinar Recap: Fuel Your Fundraising With Pro Bono
There’s a massive resource gap present in the social sector. Organizations who have solutions for society’s most pressing challenges simply don’t have the financial means or staff capacity to carry out those missions to their fullest extent. It’s why Taproot was founded: to bridge that gap by activating business professionals in support of these vital causes. The pandemic has exacerbated...
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Jul 30th, 2021 Service Area: Fundraising
Power Up Your Holiday Fundraising Campaign with Pro Bono!
Holiday fundraising is an opportunity to inspire while raising awareness about your mission, but planning and running an effective fundraising campaign can be an intimidating undertaking, even if you’ve done it before. There’s good news though: experts marketing, strategy, communications, and tech are on Taproot Plus right now, ready to partner with your nonprofit pro bono! Looking for Some Examples...
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Oct 23rd, 2020 Service Area: Fundraising, Service Area: Marketing
6 Opportunities to Support GivingTuesday Fundraising through Pro Bono
2020 may be winding down, but nonprofits everywhere are winding up for their annual GivingTuesday and holiday fundraising campaigns. This year has been a period of massive upheaval, and for nonprofits one of the biggest challenges (after health and safety) has been fundraising. The pandemic forced nonprofits to cancel crucial fundraising events or move them to unfamiliar to virtual-only settings,...
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Oct 16th, 2020 Service Area: Fundraising
5 Ways to Boost Holiday Fundraising through Pro Bono
2020 has caused major shifts in nonprofit operations, especially when it comes to fundraising. The pandemic has forced nonprofits to cancel, postpone, or move their fundraising events to virtual-only settings—each option leading to challenges of its own. Individual giving has also trended downward, and social good organizations are striving to get the financial support they need to bounce back. Feeling...
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Sep 18th, 2020 Nonprofit Management, Service Area: Fundraising
No Budget? No Problem! How to Launch a GivingTuesday Campaign with Pro Bono
Is your team planning a GivingTuesday campaign this year? That's great! Are you looking for some pro bono expertise to help make it happen? Even better! This summer we hosted a webinar all about how to get started planning your own GivingTuesday campaign using the power of pro bono–you can watch the full recording here. Skilled volunteers can provide extra...
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Aug 11th, 2020 COVID-19, Nonprofit Management, Service Area: Fundraising, Service Area: Marketing
GivingTuesdayNow: Rallying Donors and Volunteers in a Time of Global Crises
2020 has seen massive social upheaval across all industries and sectors, but it has also inspired people of all ages and professions to do what they can to support others. This summer we hosted a webinar on one of the early large-scale days of giving and support: GivingTuesdayNow. Kathleen Murphy, Director of Digital Strategy at GivingTuesday, joined us to share...
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Dec 3rd, 2013 Nonprofit Management, Service Area: Fundraising, Social Impact, Volunteer Consulting
Taproot Foundation celebrates #GivingTuesday with live one-to-one coaching on Google Helpouts
On Friday, hundreds of thousands of Americans line up at malls and retail stores to take advantage of Black Friday savings. Today, Cyber Monday provides the same deals for virtual shoppers. Last year, the nonprofit community came together with a campaign called #GivingTuesday, to remind everyone that the holiday season is about more than commercialism, it's about being charitable. We're...
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