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Nonprofit life
Quebec’s Law 25 and what it means for nonprofits.

What Quebec's Law 25 means for nonprofits. What your nonprofit needs to do to be legal under Quebec's new privacy law: Law 25.

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Nonprofit guides
Yes, ChatGPT can help nonprofits with their grant applications—as long as you know how to ask.

ChatGPT can do a lot of things, and helping nonprofit grant-writers with their grant applications is one of them, and knowing the right prompts can help.

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Raffle laws
Texas Raffle Laws for Nonprofits: Are Raffles Legal? [2024]

Are raffles and online raffle legal in Texas? Check out our 2024 guide and learn how to hold a raffle legally in Texas if you are a 501c3 nonprofit.

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Raffle laws
New York State Raffle Laws for Nonprofits: Are Raffles Legal?

Are raffles and online raffle legal in New York State? Check out our 2024 guide and learn how to hold a raffle legally in New York if you are a 501c3 nonprofit.

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Nonprofit life
A chat with Y’all about starting a nonprofit in the US.

To start a nonprofit in the US all you need is a cause, passionate people, a President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. Oh, and around $1000.

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Raffle laws
California Raffle Laws: Are Raffles Legal? [2024]

Are raffles, online raffles and 50/50 raffles legal in California? Discover the raffle rules and learn how to legally hold a raffle in California as a 501c3 nonprofit.

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Nonprofit life
Nonprofits paid $2 billion in transaction fees last year.

Nonprofits paid $2 billion in transaction fees last year. Every dollar wasted on transaction fees is a dollar not invested in your nonprofit and their cause.

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Webinars
Webinar - How to leverage ChatGPT for your nonprofit

If you're interested in learning how to leverage the power of AI–aka ChatGPT–to boost your nonprofit's impact, then you won't want to miss our webinar!

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Webinars
Webinar - Hosting a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign on Zeffy.

From peer to peer fundraising tips to how to host a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign on Zeffy, this webinar is your guide to peer to peer fundraising.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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