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Nonprofit life

Beasts Unite: The Story of a Dinosaur and a Goldfish Who Fought for Animal Rights

ChatGPT can help nonprofits engage with donors and even write content—such as a short story about a dinosaur and a goldfish who create a new nonprofit.

Nonprofit life

Everyone’s talking about ChatGPT—nonprofits included.

What is ChatGPT and should nonprofits care? ChatGPT can help nonprofits brainstorm, write emails, plan fundraising events and more. Just check its work.

Nonprofit life

Movies that are all about the nonprofit life.

#nonprofitlife movies are hard to find. Animal rights. Environment. Zeffy—there are 0 about our 100% free fundraising platform. Instead: 8 nonprofit films-ish.

Nonprofit life

Is 0% Overhead for Nonprofits Possible, Fair, or Necessary?

What’s a good overhead ratio for nonprofits? Can you save on fundraising platforms? Yes, with Zeffy. The TL;DR: nonprofit overhead is complicated.

Company news

Zeffy doubles down on free with the first zero-fee POS for nonprofits.

Zeffy has launched a free point-of-sale (POS) system called Tap to Pay that allows nonprofits in the US to accept payments in person. | Zeffy blog

Nonprofit software

Avoiding the hidden costs of “free” software for nonprofits.

6 Popular Fundraising platforms that claim to be free, but really aren’t.

How to start a nonprofit

How to build a nonprofit organization from the ground up.

How #YesSheCanCampaign Founder Zaniya Lewis built a nonprofit organization from the ground up.

Tips & best practices

15+ spooktacular Halloween fundraising ideas for nonprofits

From Halloween candy grams to zombie fun runs, these 7 Halloween fundraising ideas will boost donations for your nonprofit.

Fundraising ideas

You’ll FALL for These 24 Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits

From bake sales to bonfires, explore 24 fall fundraising ideas perfect for nonprofits. Learn how to attract donors and maximize your fundraising efforts.

Nonprofit guides

5 unexpected places to find Canadian nonprofit grants.

Where to find grants for nonprofit organizations in Canada. From nonprofit government grants to operating grants for nonprofit organizations—Zeffy can help.

Tips & best practices

5 online donation form best practices.

Simple, flexible, and recognizable online donation forms will help your nonprofit collect more donations. These online donation form best practices can help.

Nonprofit guides

How to ask for sponsorship for a nonprofit organization.

How you ask for sponsorship is the same whether your nonprofit is looking for a local business to sponsor your peer-to-peer campaign or for a corporate sponsor.

Tips & best practices

How to promote your nonprofit: 3 free ways to promote your nonprofit event.

Find out how to promote your next NPO event at no cost and save more funds for your cause.

Tips & best practices

8 steps to prepare for your nonprofit’s fundraising gala events.

A fundraising gala budget, planning a fundraising gala checklist, fundraising gala invitations—what a nonprofit needs to know about planning a fundraising gala.

Nonprofit guides

Your 2-minute guide to GivingTuesday 2022.

Get all the information you need to start building your nonprofit's GivingTuesday campaign: Giving Tuesday campaign examples.

Nonprofit guides

5 free ways for your nonprofit to improve donor relations.

Learn more about how to personalize communication with donors in order to improve donor relations with these 5 techniques.

Nonprofit guides

How to get corporate sponsors for your nonprofit.

Learn how to get local businesses and corporate sponsors for your nonprofit organization's fundraising events with our step-by-step guide.

Nonprofit guides

Volunteer retention ideas you can start implementing today.

How to retain volunteers in a nonprofit organization. How to keep good volunteers interested, engaged, and involved.

Nonprofit guides

A nonprofit’s guide to writing a thank you letter.

Why it's important to say thank you to donors, volunteers, participants, everyone. How to write a donor thank you letter with donor thank you letter templates.

Company news

Zeffy Joins Global Movement of Over 5,000 Certified B Corporations™

B Lab™ certifies Zeffy as a business with positive social, and environmental impact.

Company news

Simplyk rebrands to Zeffy and expands to the United States

Simplyk, North America’s first 100% free fundraising platform, today announced a rebrand to Zeffy as the company expands to the United States.

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Welcome to Zeffy’s blog

A tool for your nonprofit.