On Giving Tuesday, all eyes are on philanthropy. But even with the grandiose gestures and effort, is Giving Tuesday enough?

On behalf of the Gravyty family, we would like to wish you a happy Thanksgiving. Although this year has been filled with challenges, today provides us a time to relax and reflect on the importance of family, togetherness (from a distance), and giving back.

In this series, we take a look at the current news impacting the nonprofit sector, specifically fundraising. Our intention is not to be reactive, but to be proactive in our analysis of the news and consider how fundraising and philanthropic efforts can improve outcomes and adapt to meet the times.

Nonprofits are entering their busiest time of the year as they begin end-of-year giving campaigns. But nonprofits and their donors may get more than they bargained for as this surge makes the “Golden Quarter” a golden time for cybercriminals as well.

Filling your portfolio with proposals can take years of relationship building, meaning it will be a couple of years before you see a return. So how can we fill the major gift pipeline with proposals so that you can increase revenue in half that time?

With the growing number of data breaches in the nonprofit sector, data security is no longer a nice-to-have. Protecting your donor’s private data is a business-critical must-have.

Ramping a fundraiser to the point where they have a pipeline full of proposals can take three or more years -- especially if the gift officer inherits a cold portfolio. But what if there was a way to ramp a fundraiser in half that time?

World-renowned author Tom Davenport recently penned an article in Forbes highlighting Gravyty, and how Arkansas State's Taylor Buxbaum is using Gravyty's tools to complement his fundraising strategy - and seeing the results.

In this series, we take a look at the current news impacting the nonprofit sector, specifically fundraising. Our intention is not to be reactive, but to be proactive in our analysis of the news and consider how fundraising and philanthropic efforts can improve outcomes and adapt to meet the times.

We are in an unprecedented year dealing with issues in real-time that are well outside of our control. The presence of security threats, both human and cyber, is going to define the next decade as technology continues to get more and more advanced.