The $2 trillion COVID-19 Stimulus Plan was signed into law this afternoon. Among the many benefits, the emergency relief plan contains several measures that directly apply to nonprofits that we would like to highlight in this blog: The plan includes a temporary universal charitable deduction. The bill enables all Americans to give up to $300... Continue Reading →
Webinar Recording https://www.slideshare.net/runsignup/donations-and-fundraising-during-covid19 Further your mission--but first, take care of your people This is and will continue to be an extremely difficult time for nonprofits. It’s time to go back to basics: engage your communities. People need connection more than ever. Focus on your employees, beneficiaries, and volunteers first, and keep any donations and fundraising... Continue Reading →
GiveSignup.org We are happy to introduce our new GiveSignup website. We feature more of our characters who represent the different ways your nonprofit can generate revenue and engage supporters on GiveSignup: Run/Walk/Rides, Donation Websites, and Ticket Events. The new website design has a single and simple call to action: Get started free. When you get started free,... Continue Reading →
RunSignup announced our free Facebook Fundraiser integration in July 2019. The integration allows your fundraisers to auto-create a Facebook Fundraiser from RunSignup. The amounts raised on RunSignup and Facebook are automatically synced, enabling your participants (and your nonprofit) to raise more and reach fundraising goals faster. It’s already clear from our data that the RunSignup... Continue Reading →
Nonprofits can now create an unlimited number of Donation Forms to grow donations. Donation Forms automatically apply your nonprofit's branding and custom domain or subdomain, giving your nonprofit a 100% white-label solution to collect donations. Donation Forms are both powerful and easy to create so that your nonprofit can raise more and save time: Create... Continue Reading →
Tim Berners Lee, the inventor of the Internet, announced the Contract for the Web today. GiveSignup has endorsed the contract and pledges to live up to the ideals of a better web. Many of the founding principles of GiveSignup came from Open Source principles that are essentially the same as what Tim outlines. With GiveSignup,... Continue Reading →
Many nonprofits, their run/walk/ride partners, individual fundraisers and their donors are being surprised to see Crowdrise.com redirected to an entirely new website - https://charity.gofundme.com/. It is a bit confusing since GoFundMe made no real mention of the Crowdrise brand shut-down and redirect in their press release on October 15, or anywhere on their site. GoFundMe... Continue Reading →
You can see if your event is in a Marketplace State on our RunSignup Public Taxability Matrix. These are states that have passed a Marketplace Facilitator laws which compel platforms that facilitate sales for third party sellers (like RunSignup) to collect and remit sales tax on behalf of their sellers. By January 1, 2020 there will be 38... Continue Reading →
Many states offer nonprofits a sales tax exemption on event fees and sometimes merchandise sales. (Note: selling is different than a buyers exemption). The RunSignup sales tax system makes it simple for nonprofits to comply with the complex labyrinth of collecting sales tax appropriately. There are two things that nonprofits must do to get the... Continue Reading →