Crowdfunding 101: Insights from 400k Kickstarter and Indiegogo Campaigns

To better understand which crowdfunding campaigns are successful, Shopify partnered with HiveWire to analyze over 400,000 completed Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns. We present those findings here. Here are some interesting points we’ve uncovered: • When it comes to raising money, women may be better off going to the crowd: 37% of successful campaigns are run by female founders, while only 5% of VC investments go to female founders.

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Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC)

The Hong Kong Green Building Council Limited (HKGBC) is a non-profit, member led organisation established in 2009 which strives to promote the standards and developments of sustainable buildings in Hong Kong. The HKGBC aims to raise green building awareness by engaging the public, the industry and the government, and to develop practical solutions for Hong Kong’s unique, subtropical built environment of high-rise, high density urban area, leading Hong Kong to become a world’s exemplar of green building development.

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Nonprofit Impact Matters: How America’s Charitable Nonprofits Strengthen Communities and Improve Lives

Infographic | December 26, 2019

America’s 1.3 million charitable nonprofits feed, heal, shelter, educate, nurture, and inspire people of every age, gender, race, and socioeconomic status, from coast to coast, border to border, and beyond.

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Why Donors Give: Infographic

Infographic | December 9, 2019

We asked 3,000 year-end donors to tell us why they gave to find out what they care about most. Our conclusion: donors give out when they believe in your mission and know you do good work in the community you serve. They don’t care as much about self-interested reasons for giving, such as knowing someone on your Board or getting a tax deduction.

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Creative Ideas to Heat Up Outdoor Fundraising

Infographic | April 27, 2022

To get the most out of longer days and warmer wearther, tap into these 12 new outdoor fundraising ideas that are sure to heat up your mission!

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What We Learned from Social Giving During a Time of Social Distancing [and Looking Forward]

Infographic | November 15, 2021

The 2021 Giving Experience Study explores insights from 1,026 Social Donors who donated through event and peer-to-peer fundraising in the last 12 months.

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Year-End Fundraising by the Numbers.

Infographic | June 7, 2022

Nobody said year-end fundraising would be easy. And since no two organizations are exactly the same, we all experience different challenges and successes. But we can all agree on one thing—year-end giving is extremely important to the success of your organization. Of those polled as part of the Nonprofit Insiders Network, 28 percent said that they raised between 26 and 50 percent of their total annual income from the year-end ask alone. Plus, 100 percent polled used direct mail for their year-end campaign and only 17 percent used in-person asking to garner donations.

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8 Strategies to Give Donors Confidence Attending In-Person Events

Infographic | November 10, 2021

8 Strategies to Give Donors Confidence Attending In-Person Events is here to help you throw a successful fundraiser that eases donors back into in-person events. We share the types of events you can throw that donors want to attend, strategies for ticketing and registration, contactless check-in, giving options and more. You’ll learn the best ways to reduce points of contact while enhancing guests’ experience for an in-person event that will make face-to-face connections with donors exciting again.

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Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC)

The Hong Kong Green Building Council Limited (HKGBC) is a non-profit, member led organisation established in 2009 which strives to promote the standards and developments of sustainable buildings in Hong Kong. The HKGBC aims to raise green building awareness by engaging the public, the industry and the government, and to develop practical solutions for Hong Kong’s unique, subtropical built environment of high-rise, high density urban area, leading Hong Kong to become a world’s exemplar of green building development.

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