GivingTuesday is arguably the biggest international social media fundraising event for nonprofits and charities. Occurring after the Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday shopping blitzes each year, GivingTuesday was created as a day to give back. GivingTuesday 2019 stats GivingTuesday gifts: +4 million Total amount donated: $511 million Whole Whale prediction: $502 million Compared to 2018: +$131 million ~ 28% In …
10 Simple Ways Nonprofits Can Prepare for A Successful #GivingTuesday
Giving Tuesday, the international day of giving, is fast approaching! Giving Tuesday is certainly growing in popularity, but success on this special giving day comes with a caveat. Much like donors don’t give to you simply because they have lots of money, donors are not going to give you money SIMPLY BECAUSE it’s Giving Tuesday. That can’t be the only …
Nonprofits, social media and fundraising: #GivingTuesday is a few of my favorite things
I know you’ve heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. To most, these are revered celebrations of online consumerism and the chance to stomp on strangers for the lowest priced television. In response to this, but also as a great idea in and of itself, #GivingTuesday has been embraced by the nonprofit and philanthropic world as an alternative to the …