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Working in fundraising can be difficult and the sector has had to adapt quickly in recent years to changes in how we communicate with supporters and how they, in turn, fundraise. Whether it's getting ...

Update: Thursday 15 December We met with Meta yesterday and have been advised on some progress with donation issues. The good news is that a fix has now been deployed for the fundraising progress bar ...

It’s almost the beginning of a new year (eek!) and, if you’re anything like us, you’re busy planning out 2023’s activity. For many Australian nonprofit fundraising teams, that will likely include a Fa...

As one of the first GivePanel customers to run a Facebook Challenge in Australia, Canteen has seen huge success with Facebook fundraising, raising over $1 million for their cause in the last two years...

It’s safe to say that Meta has not slowed down in releasing more features to help nonprofits around the world raise more, and better engage with their supporters on Facebook. Since Facebook Fundraiser...

What would your social fundraising look like if you could reach almost all of your supporters and communicate with them on a platform that offers an almost 100% open rate? With our latest feature rele...

Forward planning may have seemed impossible recently, with more curveballs being thrown at us fundraisers than we know what to do with. But – dare we say it – we’re finally in a space where we can loo...

If you’re a seasoned veteran of Facebook fundraising, you will likely have already partaken in a Facebook Challenge or two. Your supporters have walked 5km a day, given their glutes a workout with squ...

Like many nonprofit organizations, your charity will likely be planning its fundraising mix for the year ahead and deciding what campaign or activity to include. But, if you're yet to try your hand at...

Giving Tuesday is a day we talk about every year, but why? Well, for starters, $2.7 billion was raised in the United States on Giving Tuesday last year. And good news, this was a 9% increase from 2020...

Picture this: you’ve set up your Facebook Challenge, you have supporters in your Facebook Group and you’re sending out the incentives. But the worst has happened… people aren’t fundraising. It’s the s...

Parkinson’s Foundation's fundraising team were understandably wary about launching their first ever Facebook Challenge. As a small team with limited resources, how would they manage to engage all of t...