CommitChange Blog
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Leading with Values
In this age of rapid technological change, accelerating climate crisis, and political instability, it’s more important than ever for mission-driven organizations to consider the implications of the decisions we make every day. Here at CommitChange, it’s our privilege to help the nonprofits who use our platform grapple with the ethical challenges of doing good in…
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The trouble with “sexy” fundraising trends
In the past few years, I’ve noticed nonprofit leaders using an uncomfortable turn of phrase more and more: “make it sexy.” “We have to make our programs sexy.” “We have more money in our budget than we expected, let’s make sure we find someplace sexy for it to go.” “Make it sexy, we need to…
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Important Information About Silicon Valley Bank
CommitChange, LLC and Software for Good, GBC do not have direct exposure to Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank or related institutions. CommitChange’s services are unaffected by SVB’s closure and continue to operate normally. As the situation with SVB and affiliated financial institutions continues to unfold, we have been receiving frequent updates from Stripe on their…
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Why not to use shame to raise small-dollar donations — and what to do instead
It’s our privilege to help nonprofits grapple with the ethical challenges of doing good in a complex and changing world. Here’s the first of a series of articles on how development professionals can lead with their values.
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New Beginnings in 2023
2022 was a challenging yet exciting year for CommitChange. Acquisitions are a scary process for teams, even under the best of circumstances. What ifs and questions loom. Will we be hired to continue our work? Will our customers be taken care of? Will the product we’ve spent almost ten years building continue to be fostered…
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Exciting News From CommitChange
Today, we are excited to announce that Software for Good, GBC, has acquired the assets of CommitChange. The CommitChange team will still be providing the same hands-on support, reliable donation processing, crowdfunding, and event management under the newly formed company CommitChange, LLC. Software for Good is a General Benefit Company based out of Minneapolis, MN,…
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Access Our CITY Newspaper Case Study for Free
CITY News is Rochester’s monthly news, arts, and life publication, and has been in print since 1971. When they came to CommitChange at the beginning of 2020, they’d seen other news companies move to online donations and knew it was an inevitable next step. But once the pandemic hit, they quickly realized they’d need to…
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Open Insulin Foundation: Increasing Access to Life-saving Drugs
CommitChange creates fundraising tools for organizations like OIF to raise funds needed to continue their work. As of this writing, The Open Insulin Foundation has raised nearly $90,000 on CommitChange for its effort to democratize the production and distribution of insulin.
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Making the Most of a Last Minute Campaign
Has the Giving Season snuck up on you? Maybe your organization is small and your team is juggling too much, or maybe you’ve sworn off of Giving Tuesday only to experience fear of missing out as it approaches. Whatever the reason you haven’t started planning your campaign until a week before Giving Tuesday, all is…
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Help Us Save .ORG
Through CommitChange’s six year history, we have always focused on meeting the needs of a variety of nonprofits. Meeting those needs through our service has expanded from our original donation widget to ticket sales and event management, crowdfunding tools and a CRM. Over the last few years, we’ve attempted to meet the needs of a…
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Using Donor Insights for Giving Tuesday Success
Making sure that your donor data is clean and organized can be a large project, but it is key to putting together email and social media campaigns that work. If you haven’t already cleaned up your database, now is the time to merge duplicates, update your email lists, and make sure that you can access…