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The other day, I noticed this quote in passing: I can’t think of a more succinct way to describe the organizations and leaders we love working with. We typically run into nonprofits that fall into one of two buckets: 1) organizations resistant to new approaches, looking at technology purely as a cost, vs 2) organizations […]

Impact Upgrade was recently featured in NonProfit PRO‘s “40 Nonprofit Trends for 2020“! Here are some of the trends we contributed. Interested in any of them? We’d love to serve you! A Shift Toward Messaging Solutions We’re seeing a massive shift, in both the nonprofit and commercial sectors, away from custom mobile apps and web […]

Like most organizations, you’ve probably been a part of an event where you’d like to collect contact information from prospective volunteers, donors, or partners. Just a few short years ago, what was the general approach? By default, many would rely on paper and pen at a booth. Or slightly better, a laptop or web form […]

When the income tax standard deduction was raised starting last year, meaning far fewer donors are now itemizing their taxes, we saw a dip in individual giving that was evidently driven mostly by tax incentives. We unfortunately expect that to worsen in 2020, after donors complete their 2019 income taxes and finally realize the extent […]

If you’ve ever used texting and text-to-give platforms like Textiful, Simple Texting, EZ Texting, Mobile Cause, One Cause, etc., you’re used to the concept of “short codes”. As opposed to “long codes” — traditional, 10-digit phone numbers — short codes are the 5 or 6 digit numbers that have been used for marketing and fundraising […]