When you reflect on how your own mission isn’t an easy sell, remember that running for president in this country is not for the faint of heart. The cost of running in this year’s election could potentially reach $5 billion! What’s a candidate who bases his very message on refusing to accept corporate contributions to do? Here are some key takeaways from Sanders’ email fundraising campaign...
Experts Dorene Ocamb and Rachel Simon will give the inside scoop on fundraising, advocacy and political engagement in an election year.
A New York nonprofit has pledged to redirect nearly $60,000 in donations received from Donald Trump over the years to anti-bullying programs across the U.S. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a nonprofit that fights anti-Semitism, will use the $56,000 it's received from Trump and his foundation in the past decade to expand its No Place for…
With the presidential election fewer than eight months away, fundraisers, once again, are faced with the uncertainty of whether political giving this year will impact contributions to their respective organizations. It’s only natural for nonprofit executives and fundraisers to be nervous about how the 2016 presidential campaign will impact contributions to their organizations...
Donald Trump claimed it took only an hour to raise $6 million for veterans. “We set up the website. I called some friends,” he said. And, just like that, 20 veterans’ groups were told to expect “a lot of money.” Indeed, if all you’d read about veterans groups in the past few weeks was coverage of…
Donald Trump's campaign manager said Thursday that the Republican front-runner has given more than $100 million to charity. "I know that Donald Trump has donated over $100 million to charitable causes over the last number of years," Corey Lewandowski, Trump's campaign manager, said. "$100 million. That's an insane amount of money by any standard." "We'll…
With the presidential elections heating up, you’re probably busy weighing the similarities and differences between candidates. But, as a nonprofit, you can take away a lot more from election season than simply knowing where candidates stand on important issues. Turns out, you can learn a lot about how to improve your very own fundraising strategies.…
Immigration policies, gun control stances, pizza purchases, musical tastes—a can factor into a person’s decision of who to elect to the White House for the next four years. As nonprofit professionals, the candidates’ propensities for giving might also factor into your decisions. Or at least be something worth knowing...
Just hours ahead of attending Saturday's GOP primary debate in Greenville, S.C., Donald Trump blasted the Republican National Committee (RNC) for a fundraising email he claimed was "illegally" sent using his name. The billionaire went on a Twitter spree against the RNC early Saturday. Trump's recent comments are a response to fundraising messages the committee…
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead on Saturday morning, apparently of a heart attack sustained while visiting a hunting ranch in Texas. He was 79. Scalia, the longest-serving Supreme Court justice in history, was nominated by Ronald Reagan and confirmed by the Senate in 1986. He earned a reputation as the intellectual…
