February 2024 will mark one year since the Updates page came into being on givelively.org! What began as a place for company and product updates has grown into so much more. Now, the Updates page also includes profiles of the incredible nonprofit members who make our work meaningful and the Give Lively staff who make powerful, practical and free digital fundraising possible. 

In case you missed anything, here’s a look back at this year’s Updates articles.  

Members

We are proud of what Give Lively offers the nonprofit world. However we know the true heroes are the nonprofits themselves. Over the past year, we shared profiles of nonprofits, keeping to a different focus each month. 

• Spotlight on Point of Pride’s 2023 TikTok donation drive
• Six nonprofit organizations supporting the LGBTQ+ community
• Five nonprofit organizations safeguarding our water
• Five nonprofits striving for women's equality
• Five nonprofits in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month
• A picture tells a thousand-mission story
• Four nonprofits in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• Gain inspiration from GivingTuesday 2022
• Six nonprofits in honor of Native American Heritage Month
• Nonprofit roundup in honor of Human Rights Day

Staff profiles

Here at Give Lively, we are a small but mighty team of people who care deeply about their work and impact. We loved drawing back the curtain and sharing a little about the people who make Give Lively possible. 

• Meet: Dave Urban, Give Lively Lead Engineer
• Meet: Ryan Veytsman, Give Lively Data Analyst
• Meet: Amy Truong, Give Lively Relationship Manager
• Meet: Hillary Austin, Give Lively Customer Support Specialist
• Meet: Matthew Connelly, Give Lively VP of Product
• Meet: David Gagne, Give Lively Graphic Designer

Company announcements

As a values-based organization, we place great importance on speaking up against injustice. These articles are meant to make clear our position on world events and our values. We also shared company-wide developments like our partnership with payment processor Shift4. 

• New and expanded Give Lively membership values
• We are proud of Pride
• We reject armed violence and hate speech
• Partnership with Shift4 set to bring even lower payment processing fees
• We’re rolling out the new second-generation payment form
• A security refresher in honor of National Cyber Security Awareness Month
• We save nonprofits tens of millions of dollars – here’s what it means

Product announcements

In these articles, we got granular and shared information about upcoming beta programs, product releases and improvements. If you want to watch the nitty-gritty of product development, make sure you’re keeping up with our Changelog in 2024. 

• 🎶To the left, to the left: The Nonprofit Admin Portal's new left-hand nav bar
• A powerful new donor data management tool: “Line Items (All)"
• Donors can now manage card payments through the User Portal
• Subscribers can now choose what emails we send them
• Zapier is live, now with Zap templates
• Give Lively seeks nonprofit participants for custom question beta program
• GivingTuesday donor FAQs and final preparation for GivingTuesday 2023

Thank you for tuning in this year! We’ll be back soon with more updates. 

As always, happy fundraising!

The Give Lively Team