The OpenFundraise Blog

Raise more, keep more.

Practical guides on nonprofit fundraising — fees, donor retention, recurring giving, and the software that helps small teams raise more.

Case Study: How Islamic Center of Rowlett Got 2.5x More Gifts With Everything in One Platform

ICR brought online forms, in-masjid kiosks, offline gifts, donor records, email, and SMS onto one platform. One-time gifts grew 2.5x year over year.

Compare OpenFundraise, Bloomerang, Blackbaud, Virtuous, and Givebutter across retention, donor recovery, predictive insights, and reporting depth.

Compare donor management software across profiles, segmentation, reporting, integrations, and current starting costs.

Audit donation abandonment across conversion benchmarks, mobile checkout, payment methods, trust cues, recurring prompts, and recovery flows.

Compare fundraising software for small nonprofits across fees, automation, recurring giving, matching gifts, and donor tracking.

Online fundraising on OpenFundraise is free, with no platform or processing fees. Only SMS and in-person giving are paid.