As we enter the critical fourth quarter of 2015, many nonprofit organizations plan to integrate Giving Tuesday into their year-end fundraising strategy. Now in its fourth year, Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving that follows Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday on December 1st.
The Giving Tuesday movement–organized around the hashtag #GivingTuesday–has seen significant growth year over year. According to one report cited in The Chronicle of Philanthropy, nonprofits raised almost $46 million last year, more than double the amount raised in the event’s first year of 2012. As Giving Tuesday grows in name recognition and awareness, nonprofits are becoming more savvy about how to promote their participation to individual donors. We’ve also seen a rise in the number of resources from those of us serving the cause industry; you’ll find easy links to a few of those resources below. However, we noticed a gap in informational resources for corporations wanting to join the Giving Tuesday movement to make the greatest impact on the cause they support.
That’s why we developed For Momentum’s new Giving Tuesday E-book, Corporate Partners, Activate! This resource, designed for corporate and nonprofit professionals, is now available for free on our website. Corporate partners who want to help their cause partners on Giving Tuesday will find a simple two-page planner for activation and sharing invaluable communication reach and assets. And nonprofit development staff can download this tool and share it with their corporate partners. Leveraging the corporate partners’ audiences will dramatically expand your campaign’s reach. With just nine weeks left before this annual day of giving, we want it to be as easy as possible for nonprofits and their corporate allies to activate! Click here to register for your free Giving Tuesday E-book.
Other Excellent Giving Tuesday Resources
One of the benefits of participating in Giving Tuesday is the global platform and free resources available through the Giving Tuesday website found at GivingTuesday.org. On the website, you’ll find customizable logos, graphics and images for use on your website or social media pages. You’ll also find case studies for both nonprofits and corporate partners.
Blackbaud, a founding partner of Giving Tuesday and services provider for nonprofit organizations, released its “#GivingTuesday Trends: A Closer Look at the Online Fundraising Impact in the United States” report this year. Visit Blackbaud’s Giving Tuesday page to download your copy of the “#GivingTuesday Trends” report or any of a number of their Giving Tuesday tools. The Blackbaud report demonstrates that while large nonprofits are still the biggest benefactors of Giving Tuesday, small and mid-sized nonprofits are finding a more level playing field thanks to the rise of online and mobile donations.
For any Giving Tuesday skeptics, DonorDrive, a peer-to-peer fundraising partner for nonprofits, debunks three Giving Tuesday myths in this blog post, “Is #GivingTuesday worth it for your organization?”
Network for Good offers some great ideas for Giving Tuesday or any day of giving in their “Nonprofit Guide to a Successful Giving Day.”
MobileCause has crafted a “What You Need to Know” infographic that’s bursting with Giving Tuesday statistics. Here’s a couple of social media stats that jumped out as us from the infographic:
- In 2014, 754,600 tweets went out using the #GivingTuesday hashtag
- That same year, Instagram hosted some 7,500+ posts with the #UNselfie and #GivingTuesday hashtags
We hope you’ll add our new Giving Tuesday E-book, Corporate Partners, Activate!, to your list of Giving Tuesday planning tools. If you find the e-book valuable, please share it with your networks. Most importantly, we’d really love to know how you plan to activate on this Giving Tuesday. Email me and share your questions or suggestions for this Giving Tuesday.
