The Chronicle of Philanthropy
MARCH 11, 2025
Three nonprofit leaders share the new ways theyre approaching major-gift fundraising in a post-Covid world from Zoom-forward fundraising to outside-the-box events. By M.J. Prest Getty Images Three nonprofit leaders share the new ways theyre approaching major-gift fundraising in a post-Covid world from Zoom-forward fundraising to outside-the-box events.
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MARCH 7, 2025
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Ann Green
MARCH 10, 2025
Your nonprofit needs a skilled, dedicated team to advance its mission. Use these onboarding best practices to set your new hires up for lasting success. By Debbie Willis Every new employee brings passion, talent, and a fresh perspective to your nonprofit. However, recruiting and retaining these essential team members is not always easy. In fact, 60% of nonprofit leaders report experiencing staff-related concernswhether thats a lack of staff capacity or losing staff because they cannot provide co
Selfish Giving
MARCH 5, 2025
Today, I'm answering readers' questions on my upcoming presentation at this year's Corporate Partnerships Conference (CPC25) , How to Create a Lead-Generating Partnership Newsletter. Joe, Can you elaborate on why a partnership newsletter is so important to corporate partnership programs? - M.Y., Chicago Great question! Let me answer this in two ways: Keeping current partners engaged.
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand
Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!
Joan Garry
MARCH 12, 2025
The world feels heavy right now, and shutting down is temptingbut its not the answer. Glennda Testone shares what she recently discovered as the antidote to fuel ourselves and our leadership: community. The post A Dolly Parton Party Reminded Me Why Community Matters appeared first on Joan Garry Consulting.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
MARCH 7, 2025
GiveDirectly has delivered more than $800 million to over 1.6 million people, primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa. Now it is experimenting with, and learning from, cash payments to recipients in the United States. By Stephanie Beasley Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP GiveDirectly has delivered more than $800 million to over 1.6 million people, primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Stanford Social Innovation Review
MARCH 6, 2025
By Alison Powell , Chris Addy & Gayle Martin Collaborative giving has surged over the past 10 years. Indeed, nearly half of the 300-plus collaborative fundsentities that pool or channel resources from multiple donors to nonprofitsthat responded to Bridgespans annual survey of collaboratives were founded in the last decade. Theres a good reason for this increase: Executed well, philanthropic collaboratives offer donors the chance to multiply the impact of their giving.
The Charity CFO
MARCH 7, 2025
Like many leaders of business, I find myself having seasonal ebbs and flows with work demands. Its no secret that accountants have a busy season. I get asked all the time – how do you survive the busy season of accounting? For accountants, its typically January through April. Not only is this a busy volume of work to get done – its a double whammy being in the Midwest with the dark and gloomy cold weather days.
Jeff Brooks
MARCH 6, 2025
I was talking to a fundraiser for a medical charity about how they talk to their donors. They had a pretty amazing advantage: A large majority of their donors had close personal connection with the disease the charity was focused on. The donors came in several groups: People who have the disease. Close family member of people who have the disease. People who know people who have the disease.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
MARCH 5, 2025
By M.J. Prest Marco Bello Maribel Perez Wadsworth, CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, shared news about the Knight Foundations $25 million investment in the American Journalism Project. Also, the Lilly Endowment gave $22.4 million to the Aspen Institute to support grassroots community leaders, and the Airbnb Community Fund disbursed $8.5 million to 160 community-based nonprofits.
Speaker: Jennifer Hill
Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.
NonProfit PRO
MARCH 5, 2025
Having cleaner data helps nonprofits work more efficiently and effectively. Here are four ways to keep bad data out in the first place.
Candid
MARCH 6, 2025
Given the challenges U.S. nonprofits are facing in 2025, can they count on continued charitable giving from individual donors? Dunham + Companys latest Donor Confidence Survey offers a hint of optimismcontingent on economic conditions going forward. Fielded between November 10 and 25, 2024, among 1,492 U.S. donors who gave at least $20 to charity in 2023, the survey found 79% of those who planned to continue giving said theyd give the same amount or more this year.
Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit
MARCH 6, 2025
Your nonprofits membership program provides a sustainable revenue stream that you can rely on year-round. With the right benefits and marketing strategies in place, you can cultivate a tight-knit community of familiar faces who will be the first to sign up for your events, participate in your fundraising initiatives, and speak out on behalf of your cause.
Jeff Brooks
MARCH 12, 2025
Good fundraising writing starts with good sentences. And they can be hard to write, because most of us have bad habits in our writing that needlessly weaken our sentences. Heres help from the Publication Coach Blog, at 7 sentences you should stop writing to improve your sentence structure : Sentences beginning with prepositional phrases. Its a weak start.
Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System
Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
MARCH 6, 2025
Psychologists have unlocked new ways to help you speak your supporters love languages and cultivate lasting ties. By M.J. Prest Getty Images While love languages have long been a fixture in pop psychology for improving romantic relationships, new science is emerging that learning to speak donors love languages forges lasting connections between nonprofits and their supporters.
NonProfit PRO
MARCH 10, 2025
Here are three mistakes nonprofits must be aware of to avoid common pitfalls in omnichannel marketing efforts.
Big Duck
MARCH 12, 2025
This article shares advice for nonprofits working with agencies after youve made big branding decisions and are managing the new brand.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
MARCH 9, 2025
By Shannon Whitehead , Content Strategist at Neon One a software that connects nonprofits with the technology and resources that empower them to build a community of generosity. A peer-to-peer campaign (or P2P) is a type of fundraising where individuals organize and host a campaign on behalf of a nonprofit organization and collect donations from their friends.
Speaker: Radhika Samant and Todd Wuestenberg
Employee recognition has often been deemed a "feel-good" initiative, tied closely to rewards. While we understand its importance, we tend to associate recognition with intangible outcomes like engagement and sentiment, rather than direct impacts on retention and high performance. In today’s workplace, the true ROI of recognition lies in its ability to regenerate tangible, business-driven results.
Jeff Brooks
MARCH 11, 2025
Back when I was an English teacher, students cheating on their writing assignments was one of the things we worried about. What is cheating? Its getting someone other than oneself to write your paper. Its cheating because the entire purpose of a student paper is for a student to write it. These days, with free AI applications that can spit out an essay on any topic in seconds, I can only imagine how much more challenging it must be to prevent student cheating on papers.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
MARCH 10, 2025
A new study finds just 36 percent of major foundations feel confident assessing the technical feasibility of AI proposals, raising concerns about philanthropy's response to a rapidly evolving landscape. By Sara Herschander Getty Images A new study finds just 36 percent of major foundations feel confident assessing the technical feasibility of AI proposals, raising concerns about philanthropy's response to a rapidly evolving landscape.
NonProfit PRO
MARCH 6, 2025
The "2025 State of the Nonprofit Sector Report" revealed concerns about funding programs and services, staff shortages and more.
Clairification
MARCH 10, 2025
Legacy gifts dont fall from the sky. Legacy donors arent delivered by storks. You wont find them hiding behind cabbage leaves. Youll mostly find them living in your donor database, volunteer roster, alumni mailing list, membership roll, client files, service purchasers, and anyplace else folks connect with you and have a positive affiliation. An affiliation with you.
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Candid
MARCH 5, 2025
To navigate the ongoing disruptions in the social sector, nonprofits need more than financial capital alone. In this article, Ill share why nonprofits need three types of capitalfinancial, social, and psychologicalto survive and thrive in todays turbulent context, as well as how to cultivate each of them. Financial capital: the money for the mission When we think about what nonprofits need to survive, money often comes to mind first.
Jeff Brooks
MARCH 5, 2025
Someone passed last month who may have had a big impact on you, though you most likely havent heard of him. Peter Elbow was not a fundraising person. He was an academic, through and through. He wrote a fairly important book about Chaucer. But thats not why Im celebrating him today. Peter Elbow changed the way writing is taught in universities. And that has made it possible for many more people to become proficient at writing — people who under the old way of teaching, were pretty much bloc
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
MARCH 10, 2025
The money establishes a fund that will provide U.S. Olympians and Paralympians with $200,000 for each Olympic Games in which they compete. By Maria Di Mento Cal Sport Media via AP Images Paralympians Paul Schulte, left, and Ellie Marks, lead the 2024 U.S. Paralympic Team into the closing ceremony as flag bearers in September 2024. Plus, Fordham University landed $100 million, and Vanderbilt, University of Virginia, Cornell Tech, and two other universities landed multimillion-dollar gifts.
NonProfit PRO
MARCH 11, 2025
Theres nothing like education sessions and meeting your peers at nonprofit sector conferences. Here are the events slated for 2025.
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand
Is your organization ready to build a recurring giving program that not only sustains but also propels your mission forward? 🚀 In this new webinar with industry visionary Tim Sarrantonio, we’ll guide you through the critical steps to establishing and scaling a successful recurring giving program. Whether you’re starting fresh or enhancing an existing program, this session will provide the strategies you need to deepen donor relationships and secure long-term support!
Top Nonprofits
MARCH 12, 2025
As you plan the fundraising events on your nonprofits calendar this year, you likely have questions about which formats will attract the largest audience: in-person, virtual, or hybrid. You may think in-person events are your only option now that the pandemic is far behind us, but thats not the case. Virtual and hybrid events absolutely still have a place in the nonprofit fundraising world.
Bloomerang
MARCH 5, 2025
Its been 35 years since my father passed away, but I still vividly recall how he would bring closure to discussions about how to resolve a decision: Besides, its simply the right thing to do. After a fulfilling career as an advancement practitioner for three different institutions of higher learning followed by an equally satisfying chapter serving as a fundraising trainer/ consultant, that sentiment conveys even more significance.
NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 12, 2025
Credit: Francisca Espina Have you ever heard of the classic Brothers Grimm tale, The Golden Goose ? It begins with one person touching the magical golden goose, and from that moment, the person becomes bound to it, unable to break free. In their desperate struggle to escape, they unknowingly pull others along, one by one, until a growing procession of souls is tethered to the goose.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
MARCH 5, 2025
With philanthropy's logic models and impact measures, pursuit of charitable good is no longer a unifying force. Collective charity can restore our power to create belonging for all. By Hali Lee Getty Images With our logic models and impact measures, pursuit of charitable good is no longer a unifying force. Giving circles and mutual aid can restore our power to create belonging for all.
Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson
Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.
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