Elevate Your Fundraising Event

Welcome to the fundraising event learning hub. A collaborative community of industry experts and thought leaders are here to help provide nonprofit best practices, event courses and planning tools to elevate your next fundraising event. Let’s create a movement around your mission and raise more money for your cause. Welcome to Elevate.

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What is Elevate?

At Elevate, we believe in the power of bringing people together. Our online learning platform is designed to help nonprofit professionals, fundraisers and event planners get the tools they need to take the guesswork out of fundraising events. Our webinars, workshops, books, and downloadable tools will help you plan inclusive events that inspire donors to give and truly connect with your mission. We’ve spent years building a supportive community that’s passionate about fundraising and events. So join us—let’s change the world together.

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Fundraising Books

Fundraising Books

Add these fundraising books to your library. Get inspired by books from industry leaders on topics like event planning, fundraising, storytelling, guest experience and more.

Templates + Tools

Templates + Tools

These nonprofit event planning templates are designed to help provide tools and tips for nonprofit event planning. These fundraising event resources will take the mystery out of planning your next fundraising event.

Classes

Classes

These fundraising courses provide the hands-on instruction you need from wherever you are. Learn from real-world case studies and live demos led by fundraising, storytelling and event planning experts with years of experience in the field. New classes are added every month.

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Elevate Conference

The Elevate Conference is a masterclass in fundraising events. We bring nonprofit and fundraising professionals together from all over the country to network, share resources, take part in demos and get hands-on experience with our team of experts. Join us for Elevate 2025 on March 12 and March 13, 2025 at AVENUE in Portland, Oregon and online. This is your chance to take your fundraising event to school and get practical tools you can implement right now to elevate your storytelling, fundraising strategy and donor experience.

Register for the Elevate Conference

We’re gathering amazing resources in nonprofits and fundraising for the Elevate Conference on March 12 and March 13, 2025! Join us as we help you innovate what’s possible at your next fundraising event.

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Every month, we’ll get in touch with our latest news, resources and upcoming events, all designed to help you succeed. Join us!

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The Fundraising Elevator Podcast

Listen in as Samantha Swaim and Kristin Steele join nonprofit experts in conversation to help you change the world with your mission. In their conversations with industry leaders, they break down the science of giving and actionable tools you can use to start fundraising more effectively at your next event.

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