Understanding the full cost of fundraising is a pillar of responsible nonprofit management and financial stewardship.

The pitfalls to avoid across event design, marketing, management, run of show and more.

Read Give Lively's Terms of Use for the rules and conditions that apply when using our fundraising platform.

A highly engaged board doesn't just govern; they actively fundraise, advocate and lend credibility to your cause.

Give Lively products facilitate fundraising during virtual events, campaigns and appeals. We’ve pulled together a thorough list of useful tips and best practices about (1) using Give Lively products during virtual events and (2) livestreaming and virtual events in general.

We updated our Terms of Use to add clarity about our donation disbursement practices, our refund policy and third-party fees.

A guide to weighing trade-offs and choosing the best format for your audience, capacity and goals.

Give Lively values all people and the health of our one and only planet. This is expressed most emphatically in our publicly stated progressive values against which we review every membership application to ensure nonprofit alignment. But we also abide by these values internally, encouraging and supporting our team’s efforts to rally around ideas that demonstrate our beliefs and commitments.

The editorial guide outlines the style to be followed in drafting, editing and reproducing written material by and about Give Lively. We ask that it be used to ensure brand consistency everywhere Give Lively is present, both internally and externally.

Learn what Give Lively and Stripe do to forestall credit card testing, and what additional voluntary efforts you can make to do even more.

When both nonprofits and Black-owned businesses thrive, so too do social good and economic equity.

Learn about the application process to become a Give Lively member.

Nine steps to turn your next fundraising event into a genuine revenue and relationship builder.

Learn about how to maximize Text-to-Donate.

Wondering how your nonprofit can raise funds from institutional sources? Review our guide to the most common institutional funding sources for nonprofits.

Let’s make caring for the planet an essential part of the holiday season. Here are some helpful tips!

Free live and on-demand webinars for nonprofits. Get practical fundraising strategies, donor retention tips, and tech insights from Give Lively and industry experts.

Revisit GivingTuesday 2023 and how Give Lively supported nonprofits raising funds that day, free of charge.

Review Give Lively's Master Service Agreement, the terms that govern use of our free nonprofit fundraising platform.

Practical and heartfelt ideas for nonprofits to honor their volunteers this Volunteer Appreciation Week – and beyond.

In this guide, we review Text-to-Donate best practices and examples of how it can be implemented as a vital part of a fundraising strategy.

A review of the important ways you can refine your campaign and call-to-action language for GivingTuesday and beyond.

We are inspired by the work these nonprofits do to help women and girls with HIV/AIDS.

Learn what IRS databases we reference for nonprofit data.

A primer about livestreaming virtual events. This is for any nonprofit organization not clear about what livestreaming is, how to do it, whether it can be a fundraising boost and how Give Lively products can be used in tandem with it.

How to build a lean, modular fundraising tech setup for nonprofits – with a free on-demand webinar and a guide to integrations.

The rollout of California’s Assembly Bill 488 has been difficult and alarming for many nonprofits… and us too.

The new design structure is more straightforward for donors to navigate (including people with visual/other impairments) and flexible for nonprofits to build.

We've had a busy and rewarding year of growth and development, propelled by collaboration with our member nonprofits.

We moved the navigation bar in the Nonprofit Admin Portal from the top to the left.

Learn how to get support from Give Lively.

Looking for where to donate for Pride Month? These Give Lively member nonprofits are leading examples of breakthrough work in LGBTQ+ rights, community care and queer liberation.

What you need to know to help donors access their 2024 tax summary.

How donors can access their 2023 tax summaries.

A civil right since 1990, accessibility is still a major overlooked fundraising opportunity.

Learn about how to get the support you need from Give Lively.

Help donors by simplifying new tax complexities and empowering them to maximize impact.

Learn successful GivingTuesday campaign strategies from Give Lively members.

We have done our best to answer your questions here in the Resource Hub, but if the answers aren’t quite right or you can’t find them, our customer support team is standing by to help you. Due to the volume of requests, we are currently unable to accommodate support phone calls.