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Partnering up with GiveMN.
Join us for our three-part training series with our friends at GiveMN.
GiveMN, a Minnesota-based nonprofit, is one of the founders of giving days and has been igniting generosity and growing giving since the very first Give to the Max Day in 2009. Since that first giving day, more than 750,000 donors have given over $400 million to 14,000 nonprofits and schools using GiveMN.org. In addition to Give to the Max Day, the GiveMN team also hosts Give OUT Day, the nation’s only LGBTQ+ giving day.
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Resources for Participating Nonprofits
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Checklist to Prepare for LSGS 2025
To help you prepare for Live Solano Give Solano (LSGS) 2025, our team has put together a checklist of the most important things to keep in mind. This list is a starting point so feel free to add your own tasks and reminders
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Meet the GiveMN Team
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Courtney Backen
Courtney (she/her) is a St. Paul-based fundraiser with over a decade of experience in fundraising. As GiveMN’s Senior Director of Community Impact, Courtney oversees Give to the Max Day and Give OUT Day in addition to year-round fundraising education programming. Since joining the team in 2020, she’s helped raise more than $140 million for nonprofits and schools across Minnesota.
Cat Clement
Cat (she/her) is a Brooklyn, New York-based fundraiser and GiveMN’s Senior Fundraising Coach. With an extensive background in political fundraising and organizing, Cat brings heart, humor, and authenticity to every fundraising training she hosts! An expert in ethical storytelling, Cat is excited to help you develop a meaningful and effective message and strategy that takes your organization to the next level.
Feature Spotlight: Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
Peer-to-peer fundraising is a great way to mobilize your most passionate supporters. These supporters create their own fundraising page to share with their network to expand the reach of your organization and bring in new donors and gifts. Think of it this way:
- We, the Solano Community Foundation, promote the Live Solano Give Solano campaign to the community.
- You, the participating organization, promote your organization page to your contacts.
- And your supporters, by hosting peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns, promote your organization page to their peers (hence the name peer-to-peer).
As an organization administrator, your job is to steward your fundraisers and make the idea / process of peer-to-peer fundraising fun for your supporters. Set your fundraisers up for success by:
- Starting early: Now is the time to start identifying your potential peer-to-peer fundraisers and developing an outreach strategy to ask for their support.
- Being informative: We encourage you to consider your organization’s goal for Live Solano Give Solano, and determine how much of that goal could be reasonably attained with the help of your peer-to-peer fundraisers. Make sure your peer-to-peer fundraisers know exactly what you’re expecting of them so they can help you reach your goals!
- Making it easy: Provide your peer-to-peer fundraisers with the resources they need to be successful.
- You can start by creating a fundraising template which means your peer-to-peer fundraisers don’t have to start from scratch with their fundraising pages!
- Be sure to share the Peer-to-Peer fundraising toolkit with your interested supporters! This toolkit provides them with a detailed walkthrough of the peer-to-peer fundraising feature on Mightycause including how to sign up, build, and share their fundraising page.
Additional Resources
Mightycause has a full library of support articles, video walkthroughs and tools to assist you as you get ready for your Live Solano Give Solano campaign.
Looking for something more general, or a deep-dive on a topic like how to engage your board, peer-to-peer fundraising, or general nonprofit fundraising? Check out our Resource Library! We've got everything you need to run a great campaign, a full catalog of webinar content, and more!