Syam Buradagunta
What is a read-a-thon? Students pledge to read a certain number of pages or hours when they sign up. Donors pledge to give a fixed amount or an amount based on the finally tally of pages or minutes read. Once the reading deadline passes, students enter the total number of pages or minutes they’ve read … Read more
Is your school planning it’s next jog-a-thon or walk-a-thon? Looking for an online fundraising software for your school? Small and medium-size schools face even greater challenges than their larger colleagues. Tighter budgets, less staff, yet very important missions and disappearing time. Every minute saved for your school jog-a-thon or walk-a-thon becomes even more valuable to … Read more
Walk-a-thons are successful fundraisers that satisfy the unique needs of both donors and fundraisers, looking for low-stress fundraising and giving options. As donors and fundraisers, there are three simple truths we both can rely on: If you are a donor, you have already decided to give. If you are a fundraiser, you have already decided … Read more
Incentives significantly impact a Peer to Peer Fundraising Campaign by increasing participation, fundraising, and retention when done well. Incentives come in many forms. Products: A top fundraiser in a ride receives a bicycle or gear donated to the event. Branded/Promotional Materials: Fundraisers can earn SWAG for raising money. Cupids Undie Run (www.cupidsundierun.org #cupidsundierun) does a great job with … Read more
Walk-a-thon fundraising software can be simple and easy and most importantly leverage your team’s time. Small and medium-sized non-profits fight even greater challenges than their larger colleagues. Tighter budgets, less staff, yet very important missions and ever disappearing time. With those added challenges, every minute saved for your walk becomes even more valuable to each … Read more
Does your organization have an enormous need, a growing event, and a limited or fixed budget? You are not alone. In fact, SWEET! by Blue Sky Collaborative was built to support those very realities. Events and organizations of all shapes and sizes share many similarities, especially the need to have their fundraising and event software … Read more
Sweet! is a peer to peer fundraising app that is 100% customizable. Over the years, we’ve learned so much from our clients because we are responsive to their needs and ideas. In fact, many innovations in peer to peer fundraising have come directly from our nonprofit clients. In a project with the American Council of … Read more
Time to re-evaluate payment processing at your nonprofit Some nonprofit managers are using this time to re-evaluate their organization’s infrastructure. Whether it is video conference services, phone systems, web hosting or email marketing, now is a good time to explore alternatives before everyone returns to the office. It is a unique opportunity that could cut … Read more
A friend of mine who is running the Boston marathon to raise money for his charity called to ask if people would still donate if the marathon is cancelled amidst the corona virus concerns. Unfortunately, many organizations are being forced to cancel their proprietary peer to peer fundraising events in this uncertain time. Normally, these … Read more
Salesforce integrations can be easy or complex, depending on the needs of the organization and the breadth of the data you want to capture. We have a fair amount of experience with this kind of variety of because we work with each client to tailor integrations to their specific needs. While other fundraising software forces … Read more
Peer to Peer Fundraising is a proven method for nonprofit organizations and their supporters to fundraise. In Peer to Peer fundraising, a charity’s supporters take on the role of fundraisers themselves, asking their friends, family, and colleagues for donations toward that organization. Peer to Peer fundraising can come in many forms. It can be centered … Read more
As we wrap up the soft release of our latest and greatest peer-to-peer fundraising site, I’ve been musing on the importance of a soft launch for the success of your website. After all, in peer-to-peer fundraising you have a lot of different user groups to account for: fundraisers, donors, administrators, volunteers, not to mention “lookie-loos.” … Read more