48in48 Nonprofit Highlight – August 2019

Homework House of Holyoke, Massachusetts is a place where children growing up in the most economically challenged neighborhoods can experience learning success. It is a safe place whose staff and volunteers cherish and nurture children so they can learn and grow and find renewed joy in learning! Homework House strengthens the surrounding community by promoting…

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Spotlight on Sima Parekh, the new 48in48 Executive in Residence

48in48 would like to welcome Sima Parekh, who joins us as Executive in Residence to help with strategy and direction for fund raising and project management. Sima has been involved with 48in48 since its inception, volunteering as part of the BKV team in Year One and expanding her efforts in Year Two to lay the…

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Everything A Nonprofit Needs to Know About 48in48

We are gearing up to build websites for 48 nonprofits in Atlanta, New York and London this Fall! Our dedicated volunteers spend a nonstop weekend building websites for these nonprofits because they want to give you something necessary and valuable for free.   What do nonprofits get from 48in48? Professional services provided by industry experts…

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Website Security – How sure are you about your site?

My goal here is to cover some of the basics of website security, in particular, WordPress website security because that is the platform we use for our sites. WordPress websites need the following to be secure: Weekly site backups (real backups in the cloud) Weekly updates of WordPress, themes and plugins Solid, reliable hosting A…

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Three ways Nonprofits can improve fundraising with their website

A nonprofit’s website should be one of its best fundraising tools.  A good site will quickly share what the nonprofit does, explain why that is important, and ask people to get involved through volunteerism and giving. The key to using your website to increase giving is clear communication. If a visitor understood the need and…

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3 ways to improve giving on your nonprofit’s website today

One of the main things that nonprofits need from their website is help with raising funds. Though this is clear, sometimes the best way to go about raising funds on a nonprofit website is not.  So, here are three ways that you can improve giving on your nonprofit’s website today. Ask for donations. I know…

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