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This is HUGE. 💰 $15,000-for-your-favorite-nonprofits huge! 💰 💕 Nominations are open NOW for Velora's Champions of Change contest! 💕 At Velora, we believe technology and AI should give nonprofit teams more time for the work that needs a human touch. This campaign is one way we’re celebrating the people doing that work every day. We're putting $15,000 directly into the hands of three nonprofits... and 𝗬𝗢𝗨 get to decide who wins! 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚’𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨: 📅 Nominations are open NOW through October 31 Nominate a nonprofit here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gXjpvRJq 🗳️ Public voting runs October 5 - November 6 ☝️ Supporters can cast one vote per day, per verified email address 🔗 There are unique sharing links on the site for each eligible nonprofit, so you can drive more people to vote for them! 🏆 One nonprofit will receive a $10,000 grand prize 💛 Two runners-up will each receive $2,500 🎉 Winners will be announced during Nonprofit MOVE on November 10 Register for Nonprofit MOVE here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gfa4f-ZK Eligible registered nonprofits in the U.S. and Canada can nominate themselves, or you can nominate an organization you admire. Full eligibility rules and campaign terms are available on the campaign page. I can’t wait to learn about the organizations doing meaningful work in your communities!

Your mission needs your energy. So do the systems keeping it going. This week’s Hive Chats are sponsored by our ecosystem partner, Velora , and we’re excited to share something with the whole Hive community: NonprofitMOVE. It’s a free virtual event for the people making nonprofit work happen, including those juggling fundraising, finances, team capacity and tools that don’t always talk to each other. https://lnkd.in/gPu_f3zS Sound familiar? On November 10, nonprofit leaders and practitioners will explore: • Fundraising and donor growth, including stronger donor relationships • Finance, grants and compliance, with systems that support better decisions • Nonprofit operations and AI, including responsible adoption, protecting trust and supporting your people. • We appreciate that the agenda makes room for the human side of all this. Better systems should help our teams find capacity for the work and relationships that matter. 📅 November 10, 2026 🕚 11 AM–5 PM ET 💻 Virtual and free to attend Take a look, save your spot, and share it with the colleague who keeps everything moving behind the scenes.

We're thrilled to be at NIO Summit hosted by NextAfter in Fort Worth this week! 🤠 The conversations have been inspiring, the speakers engaging, and the atmosphere is beyond welcoming. And of course, meeting our incredible Velora customers is always a blast! If you're here, stop by booth B9 and say hi! 👋 ... and hear our very own Kimberly Bottom 🎙️present a "Quick Tips" session tomorrow morning!

Velora was built to streamline and modernize how nonprofits operate. Now, we're hosting an event that takes that same purpose sector-wide! 🌐 We are proud to introduce our first virtual event on nonprofit operations and AI: Nonprofit MOVE (Mission Operations Virtual Exchange) On November 10, 2026, we're bringing together trusted industry leaders and practitioners for a focused day built around four blocks: 🧱 Lay the foundation 🔗 Connect the systems 👥 Protect trust and people 🚀 Put it into practice Across those blocks, we'll cover fundraising and donor growth; finance, grants, and compliance; and where tech, AI and strategy meet. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝘅 𝗶𝘁... 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪. Registration is FREE. Save your spot today 👉 https://lnkd.in/gP7EtcUG Keep an eye out for speaker and session announcements coming soon! 👀

One less thing for your nonprofit team to build this fall? Yes, please. 🙌 This week’s Hive Chats are sponsored by Raisely, part of Velora, and they have created a pretty fantastic offer exclusively for Hive members. https://lnkd.in/gXFu3VJa Their team will build your nonprofit a fully branded GivingTuesday campaign page, for free. You bring your logo, colours, fonts and core story. After a short consultation, the Raisely team will customize a high-performing GivingTuesday template and have your campaign page ready to launch in just 2–4 business days. You’ll receive: 🐝 A campaign page that actually looks and feels like your organization 🐝 A GivingTuesday-specific template designed to help people take action 🐝 A preview and review round before launch 🐝 A video walkthrough, training resources and ongoing support Because “build an entire fundraising page” probably isn’t the only thing sitting on your team’s list right now. Let Raisely take this one. 💜 Claim your free GivingTuesday campaign build.

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Every Velora product plays a distinct role in helping nonprofits move their missions forward. Today, we’re making those product experiences feel more connected with the new Velora App Launcher. 🙌 From within any Velora app, customers can easily move between the products they use and discover new Velora solutions for their evolving needs. It’s a simple change, but a meaningful step toward a more connected future for Velora and the organizations we serve. 🚀

AI is changing fundraising, but how can nonprofits move beyond the hype and use it responsibly? Join us, along with Dataro and Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP Global), on September 16 at 1 p.m. EDT for a practical conversation about: ✅ Where AI creates practical fundraising value ✅ Protecting donor trust through responsible adoption ✅ A glimpse of the AI solutions we’ve been building at Raisely Hear from our very own Director of Product Natalie F. and CGO at Dataro Salvatore Salpietro. Save your spot ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eWVxBkEy

Manual bill entry may seem like a small task. But multiply it across every invoice, vendor, and program at regular intervals... and it becomes time your finance team can’t spend on more strategic work to support your nonprofit mission. AI Bill Entry in Aplos (built with Mission Assistant, our AI foundation in Velora products) helps turn uploaded invoices into bills with extracted details and nonprofit-specific coding suggestions. 🤖 This new AI feature doesn't just help you move faster. It gives you more capacity for the work that creates true mission impact. 👏 Learn More ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gvk6VQSJ

For many smaller nonprofit teams, grant management is rarely contained in one role or one system. It lives across spreadsheets, shared documents, email threads and calendar reminders, often held together by someone who is also balancing fundraising, programs, operations or leadership. This week’s Hive Chats are sponsored by Velora , and we’re excited to introduce something brand new from their team: 𝗩𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗮 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. Velora Grant Management was created to bring that work into one shared workspace, helping teams: • Discover grants that fit their organization • Turn funder requirements into clear tasks • Create and collaborate on first drafts • Track deadlines, responsibilities and submissions • Manage budgets, payments and reporting after an award AI is built into the product, but not as a replacement for the people who understand the organization, its work and the communities it serves. Instead, it can help with some of the time-consuming early work, like reviewing lengthy requirements, organizing information and getting a first draft started. Your team still brings the context, judgment and final voice to every application. This is a brand-new product, built especially with small and mid-sized nonprofit teams in mind. If grants are an important part of your revenue strategy but you do not have a dedicated grant writer or grants department, it may be worth exploring. 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝟭𝟰-𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹: https://lnkd.in/g6q5uH5Q Thank you to Velora for sponsoring this week’s connections and continuing to invest in the people doing the work across our sector.