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For many nonprofit leaders, 2026 is the year of urgent revenue diversification. Federal grants, contracts, and pass-through funds can no longer be treated as guaranteed.
The right nonprofit CRM software helps you track supporters, segment donors, automate follow-up, and connect fundraising results to real people.
In this guide, we compare 12 of the best nonprofit CRM tools for 2026.
One was built for simple online giving. The other was built to run your entire fundraising program. This guide shows you exactly where the gap opens up, and why nonprofits that want to raise more keep choosing RallyUp.
You only have one week to raise money.
With seven days, the best fundraiser is the one with the fewest dependencies.
A raffle is regulated as gambling in nearly every state because it contains all three elements that legally define gambling: you pay for a ticket, a random drawing and a prize. When all three are present, the activity is a lottery.
Retention costs less and offers more value than acquiring new donors. See how to calculate your retention rate and find proven donor retention strategies.
If you’re weighing fundraising platforms in 2026, Zeffy has almost certainly come up. It’s free, it’s friendly, and “100% free” is a powerful pitch. So let’s do the honest thing and set it next to RallyUp — feature for feature, fee for fee, raffle for raffle, gala for gala.
A 50/50 raffle is a fundraiser where the money you raise is the prize. Supporters buy entries, the pot grows, and at the end your nonprofit keeps half while one or more winners take the other half. There’s no prize to source, no sponsor to chase, and the math gets surprisingly large, surprisingly fast.
This guide breaks down silent auction vs raffle: how each works, which one raises more in different situations, what rules to keep in mind, and how RallyUp’s Full Stack Fundraising helps you run both in one connected Campaign.
If your team needs $5,000 for tournament fees, uniforms, equipment, travel, hotel blocks, field rentals, or athlete scholarships, the fundraiser should feel easier than the expense. Here is the plan.
Find the best church fundraising platform by comparing platforms like RallyUp, Tithe.ly, Pushpay, and Aplos based on features, fees, and ease of use.
Find 16 food fundraising ideas, including bake sales, local cook-offs, spaghetti dinners, and food trucks, with practical steps for running each one.
Compare text-to-give platforms like RallyUp, Bloomerang, Snowball, and Give Lively. See pricing, features, and find the best fit for your nonprofit.