October 1, 2025
What is a bequest?According to the National Philanthropic Trust, planned giving through bequests amounted to $45.84 billion in 2024. It’s important for fundraisers to have a basic understanding of what a bequest is, since it’s the simplest way for donors to make a planned gift to your organization.…
Read ArticleSeptember 24, 2025
September 2025 LGL Release NotesThis September 2025 Release Notes edition shares the latest feature updates and fixes LGL developers have made over the past few months to improve and enhance functionality within Little Green Light. Click any item in the table of contents below to link to further details.…
Read ArticleSeptember 18, 2025
4 ideas for an effective year-end fundraising appealYour organization’s year-end appeal is an important opportunity to raise funds for your mission. To help you do that, we’ve gathered four ideas to help you implement an effective year-end fundraising appeal: Idea #1: Incorporate local businesses into your appeal By expanding your appeal beyond…
Read ArticleSeptember 11, 2025
2 important security updates to LGLWe recently rolled out two important security updates to LGL accounts. The first is an improvement to our 2-step verification process, and the second is a new auto logout feature. 2-step verification 2-step verification, also known as 2-factor authentication, is a security feature that protects…
Read ArticleSeptember 4, 2025
How Stephen King’s writing tips can help you craft a compelling fundraising appeal letterIf you need to write an appeal letter for your nonprofit organization, you probably wouldn’t consider Stephen King to be a resource. But his book titled On Writing includes some gems that are applicable to fundraisers, too. Here are 5 tips from Stephen King, the…
Read ArticleAugust 28, 2025
What you need to know about software integrations & LGLIf you want to learn how Little Green Light integrates with many of the software solutions your nonprofit already uses, stay tuned for a few ways you can streamline your work by integrating those tools with your LGL account. LGL-built and maintained integrations Little Green…
Read ArticleAugust 20, 2025
What to include in a letter of inquiryA letter of inquiry (LOI) is sent by a nonprofit to a foundation or other entity that concisely introduces a funding need and asks if the foundation is willing to receive a full proposal. LOIs are a useful tool for both the nonprofit seeking funding…
Read ArticleAugust 12, 2025
Upcoming LGL Webinars and TrainingsLittle Green Light offers several online training opportunities throughout the year, including our popular Basic Training webinar series, our weekly Q&A sessions, and occasional special topic webinars. As a point of interest, we expect to schedule special topic webinars this fall to describe and demo…
Read ArticleAugust 7, 2025
4 key tasks before you leave your fundraising jobAs a fundraiser, your work helps move your organization’s mission forward. If you’re preparing to leave your fundraising job, what steps can you take to help your successor build on your work? Heather Eddy, President and CEO of Kistner Eddy Executive Services (KEES), recommends putting together some key…
Read ArticleJuly 23, 2025
LGL Pro Tip: The value of relative date rangesThe value of using relative date ranges in LGL It is super useful to be able to schedule reports, to save searches, and to create constituent lists in Little Green Light that automatically update. But if any of those are based on dates, you absolutely…
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