“I’d love to give but I don’t have any cash.” Making it easier to donate in a cashless society

by Gillian Holm | Nov 9, 2022 | All blog posts, Donations, Events, Fundraising, Giving

This is one of Tonic Magazine’s most popular articles of 2022 The trend toward fewer cash transactions was happening well before COVID-19. In 2018 Surf Lifesaving NZ shared that revenue from street appeals had dropped 90% over a 6-year period because people no...

Sustainable Funding – Whakatane

by Megan Thorn | Nov 25, 2019

$50 per person (For Bay of Plenty non-profit organisations thanks to Bay Trust subsidy) More details

Sustainable Funding – Auckland

by Megan Thorn | Nov 25, 2019

$120 per person (Tonic Subscribers receive a 10% discount) More details

Boosting Event Fundraising

by Megan Thorn | Feb 1, 2017 | All blog posts, Donations, Events, Fundraising

Last updated February 1st, 2017 For decades organisations have run events as a way of raising money, but many events fall short of their fundraising potential because they are treated as isolated activities and not part of a bigger fundraising plan. To really make the...

Crowdfunding Tips for Non-Profits

by Megan Thorn | Aug 17, 2016 | All blog posts, Donations, Fundraising

Last updated August 17, 2016 Not that many years ago, very few New Zealanders had even heard of crowdfunding and those who had were sceptical of its value as a genuine fundraising tool. I remember watching an interview where one well known New Zealand fundraiser...