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Blackbaud Acquires Kilter, an Activity-Based Engagement App

NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 23, 2022

The addition of Kilter will give Blackbaud’s nonprofit and corporate customers new ways to engage their audiences through everyday health and wellness activities.

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Common Sense Activities to Fulfill Fiduciary Duty

NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

An annual board assessment can help a board identify and address structural and process challenges to fulfilling fiduciary duties. Here are five ways this process can fail, and how to avoid them.

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Vanguard Charitable Adds New Investments with Emphasis on Active Management

NonProfit PRO

APRIL 26, 2023

equity options and active-strategy investments. For the second time in six months, Vanguard Charitable has added new investments to enhance its donors’ charitable asset allocation options. The 16 recently added investments offer donors greater portfolio customization capability, especially among U.S.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

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Art + Activism = Change. But It's a Formula Philanthropy Largely Ignores.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Shifting cultural attitudes is the key to lasting social change. That’s why grant makers need to encourage and support alliances between artists and advocates. By Ken Grossinger Shifting cultural attitudes is the key to lasting social change. That’s why grant makers need to encourage and support alliances between artists and advocates.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Please note that in order to receive the Activity IDs for HRCI and SHRM, you must be present during the live webinar for at least 50 minutes. Activity IDs cannot be provided to those who view the webinar recording.

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Charitable Gift Activity Nearing Pre-Pandemic Levels

NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 17, 2022

BNY Mellon Wealth Management released its 2022 Annual Charitable Gift Report, which found that charitable giving started to rebound in 2021 after declining in 2020, with the number and total dollar amount of gifts increasing 10%, and the average gift size also increasing (27%).

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NDN Collective Taps Next President to Lead Indigenous Activism

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 31, 2025

Prest NDN Collective Wizipan Little Elk Garriott will serve as the NDN Collectives next president. Also, new executives have joined Comic Relief U.S., Consumer Reports, the JCC Association of North America, the Marshall Project, and the Union of Concerned Scientists.

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MacKenzie Scott: Look for a More Active Year After a Quiet 2023

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 5, 2024

By Ben Gose Jörg Carstensen, picture alliance, Getty Images More clues about where the billionaire's giving is headed may emerge as early as this month when the winners of her first call for proposals are announced.

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How to Find and Activate Non-Donors on Giving Tuesday

NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

I’ve seen two truths: People want to help those in need and be part of a movement. Giving Tuesday offers both opportunities in one day — Nov. 29 this year — which is why your organization should start planning a Giving Tuesday appeal now.

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How To Cultivate Community Affinity Throughout The Generosity Journey

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

🤝 Industry expert Tim Sarrantonio will explore data-backed strategies to engage supporters as active participants in a community that values their contributions and shared ideals.

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Nearly 3 out of 5 People Plan to Participate in Charitable Activities at Year-End

NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A data brief by Fidelity Charitable, shows that nearly 3 out of 5 people plan to participate in charitable activities in all forms at year-end.

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Data Axle Nonprofit Launches Email Cooperative Data Directly Connected to Donation Activity

NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Data Axle Nonprofit announced the launch of new email data in the company’s robust omnichannel cooperatives, Apogee and DonorBase.

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How to Activate Social Proof Marketing for the Year-End

NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

In the digital age, social proof has more importance than ever. The fear of supporting an organization that doesn’t make an impact is a primary concern for donors. So, the concept of social proof counters those concerns.

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Where Volunteer Management Meets True Activation

NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Finding volunteers is just the startactivating them is where real impact happens. The Community Volunteer Center (CVC) from StratusLIVE seamlessly connects, engages, and mobilizes volunteers for meaningful action.

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GivingTuesday Raises $3.6 Billion for Charity, Up From Last Year

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Nonprofits sought to strengthen ties with donors and organize activities to bring communities together after a bruising election season. Nonprofits sought to strengthen ties with donors and organize activities to bring communities together after a bruising election season.

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Inconsistent Regulations, Crackdown on Civil Liberties Hinder Nonprofits, Experts Say

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

APRIL 22, 2024

Conservatives are pushing laws to block services to immigrants and limit activities of racial justice and environment groups, said lawyers and scholars at a meeting last week. Meanwhile, federal and state efforts need more resources and new approaches.

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Iconiq Impact Awards $56 Million Through Its Education and Economic Mobility Co-Lab

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Prest Abraham Sculley Students attend an Active Minds Speakers event at Sam Houston University. Active Minds works to expand access to mental health care for students.

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Camp Management Software | How to Run a Successful Camp

Affnetz

MAY 21, 2024

This will help you tailor the curriculum, activities, and overall experience to meet the needs and interests of your target audience. Develop a curriculum that aligns with your chosen theme and incorporates hands-on activities, interactive workshops, and engaging presentations. Will the curriculum be flexible?

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Why Wealthy Donors Are Distancing Themselves From Nonprofits

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 13, 2023

As many wealthy individuals and families now prefer working through intermediaries, such as lawyers, DAFs, and donor advisories to handle their giving activities, nonprofits are finding this increased distance to be challenging. Here are some tips to help your organization adjust.

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The Best Major Gift Ask Isn’t a Pitch

NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Instead, incorporate active listening into your major gift asks. Fundraisers rarely engage in balanced dialogues with donors.

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A New Way to Engage Advisory Boards in Fundraising Success

NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Here's how to make sure they actively participate. As part of your fundraising strategy, advisory board members must engage in fundraising.

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Nonprofit Survey Unveils Gen Z Insights Into Advocating for Top Issues

NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

American Student Assistance conducted a quantitative study of more than 2,000 13-18-year-olds from across the nation to gain insights into Gen Z's attitudes and behaviors around activism.

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What the YMCA Taught Me About Community, Civil Society, and Democracy

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 18, 2024

The lesson of the activity was to teach the campers to set goals, strategize, and effectively communicate to accomplish the goal. Ryall YMCA on a field trip to YMCA Camp MacLean in Burlington, Wisconsin. They participated in a team-building exercise where the campers were passed a hula hoop around the circle while holding hands.

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Study Finds P2P Walk/Run Programs Struggling With Staffing, Facebook Fundraiser Declines

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 17, 2024

A study by Nuclavis found that peer-to-peer fundraising programs are struggling to activate fundraisers and retain past participants in 2024.

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Why You Ghost Your Strategic Plan

NonProfit PRO

JULY 15, 2024

Almost every organization has a strategic plan, but most ignore them in everyday activities. Here's why, plus how to stay true to your plan.

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4-H Teams With Netflix's 'Spy Kids: Armageddon' to Launch a New E-Learning Platform

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The platform, Clover, features more than 220 educational activities for students ages 5 to 18 on topics as diverse as farming and space exploration.

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Reverse Board Inaction With Informative Reports

NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 14, 2022

During the meeting — and this may be the only activity that happens at the meeting — there will be reports. Sometimes it feels like one report after another with an occasional question thrown-in and some member moving, and then the board votes to accept the report. And then, the meeting is over. Is this what you really signed up for?

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Study: More Than 80% of Parents Successfully Model Philanthropic Behavior for Their Children

NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 1, 2023

A new study shows that children are following in their parents’ charitable footsteps, with 81% of parents who give reporting that their children under age 18 also participated in a charitable activity in the past year.

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Nonprofits and Foundations Work to Curb Plastic Use, Moving Away From a Focus on Recycling

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Jasmin Rostamnezhad Volunteers from Driftwood Recovery and Active Recovery Coaching picked up a lot of plastic during TrashBlitz Austin. By Kay Dervishi. New research prompted more funding and advocacy.

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Measuring Your Nonprofit Marketing Success

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 17, 2022

Another popular approach to marketing measurement is tracking Activity, Reach, Engagement, and Impact, which basically takes “Outcomes” above and splits it into Reach and Engagement. Activity, like outputs, measures what you create. Reach is how many people saw what you created. That will increase your reach over time.

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Social Media Demographics Nonprofit Communicators Need to Know in 2023

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 7, 2023

Social Media in General The typical social media user actively uses an average of 7.2 male (no data on other genders) Time spent per day: 33 minutes Instagram Number of monthly active users: 2 billion Largest age group: 18-24 (30.8%) Gender: 48.2% Social Media in General The typical social media user actively uses an average of 7.2

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What's Behind the Uneven Rates in Volunteerism: a Look at Fla. and Wyo. Point to Answers

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

APRIL 17, 2023

Florida faces the opposite problem as volunteers who left during Covid resist returning to in-person activities. Wyoming chalked up a big increases in volunteers during the pandemic as retirees and companies were attracted to open spaces to help local charities and the interest continues to build.

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Are You Ready for a Capital Campaign? 5 Questions to Consider as You Plan for the Future

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 16, 2022

They build energy around a bold vision for the future, engage leaders and key stakeholders in fundraising activity, and grow a strong culture of major giving. Capital campaigns are one of the most effective ways to galvanize transformational support for a nonprofit’s community.

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How to Successfully Forecast the Future for Your Nonprofit

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 14, 2023

Nonprofits often feel under-resourced and spend their days rushing from one activity to the next, frequently operating in firefighter mode. While we can’t give you more time in a day, we can provide some guidelines to help ensure your organization is staying relevant for the people and communities you serve.

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Did You Know?

NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Your account manager is a free resource available to help you activate the full suite of experts and resources available throughout Amazon. Did you know every nonprofit using any one of the 250+ services available from Amazon Web Services (AWS) has a dedicated account manager? Meet your account manager today!

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A Solution for Nonprofits Dealing With Rising Energy Costs

NonProfit PRO

MAY 1, 2023

Organizations facing skyrocketing energy costs need to actively work with their development director and executive staff to access available tools to lower utility costs, create savings, and utilize the savings for programs and services. Here is a strategy that may help your organization to do so.

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Go Beyond Board Recruitment With the Theory of Change

NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Throughout the nonprofit sector, there is significant activity around building a board that is inclusive and reflects the constituency of each nonprofit. The end result: more effective services. But recruitment is just the first step in achieving these outcomes. One tool that can help: The Theory of Change. .

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Why Organizational Values Matter to Fundraising and Strategy

NonProfit PRO

MAY 20, 2022

As my team introduced the activity, a board member spoke up and said, “We’d like to focus on strategies and goals. At a recent strategic planning session, I was working with a nonprofit to create organizational values. Why should we take the time to focus on organizational values?”.

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Former Student Activist Couple Gives UCLA $10 Million for Ethnic Studies Centers

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Helen and Morgan Chu were part of a multiracial coalition of student leaders whose activism led to the creation of UCLA’s four ethnic studies centers in 1969. By Maria Di Mento UCLA Donors Helen and Morgan Chu’s connection to ethnic studies at UCLA dates back to their days as undergraduate activists in the 1960s.

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How to Engage with the Right Person, at the Right Time, in the Right Way

NonProfit PRO

APRIL 23, 2023

Scaling your fundraising efforts are the key to effectively managing your donor relationships AND your organizational mission activities.

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Open Philanthropy Gives $150 Million for Global Health, Climate, and Education

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 18, 2023

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Part of the Global Education Program at the Gates Foundation, students participate in a language activity in a middle school in India.

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Virtuous Acquires Volunteer Management Platform VOMO

NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Virtuous, a nonprofit CRM and responsive fundraising platform announced that it has acquired VOMO, the award-winning volunteer mobilization platform designed to recruit new volunteers, manage the volunteer experience, and activate volunteers to grow giving.

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Blackbaud Expands Peer-To-Peer Solutions With New Mobile Capabilities

NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Blackbaud is doubling down on its investment in peer-to-peer fundraising with the evolution of Good Move, its activity-tracking mobile app. The development will transform the app into a powerful mobile participant center for Blackbaud TeamRaiser.

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Communicating With Confidence: 5 Tips to Communicate With Groups Effectively

NonProfit Leadership Center

JUNE 3, 2024

When communicating with others, actively think about choosing (M)eaningful words and taking an (I)nterpersonal approach that is inclusive and purposeful. Active and engaged listening is essential to effective communication. Practice M.I. communication. Identify your listening style. They are all about the message. Avoid ethnocentrism.

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Blackbaud Acquires Kilter, an Activity-Based Engagement App

Common Sense Activities to Fulfill Fiduciary Duty

Webinars

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Vanguard Charitable Adds New Investments with Emphasis on Active Management

Webinars

Art + Activism = Change. But It's a Formula Philanthropy Largely Ignores.

Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Charitable Gift Activity Nearing Pre-Pandemic Levels

NDN Collective Taps Next President to Lead Indigenous Activism

MacKenzie Scott: Look for a More Active Year After a Quiet 2023

How to Find and Activate Non-Donors on Giving Tuesday

How To Cultivate Community Affinity Throughout The Generosity Journey

Nearly 3 out of 5 People Plan to Participate in Charitable Activities at Year-End

Data Axle Nonprofit Launches Email Cooperative Data Directly Connected to Donation Activity

How to Activate Social Proof Marketing for the Year-End

Where Volunteer Management Meets True Activation

GivingTuesday Raises $3.6 Billion for Charity, Up From Last Year

Inconsistent Regulations, Crackdown on Civil Liberties Hinder Nonprofits, Experts Say

Iconiq Impact Awards $56 Million Through Its Education and Economic Mobility Co-Lab

Camp Management Software | How to Run a Successful Camp

Why Wealthy Donors Are Distancing Themselves From Nonprofits

The Best Major Gift Ask Isn’t a Pitch

A New Way to Engage Advisory Boards in Fundraising Success

Nonprofit Survey Unveils Gen Z Insights Into Advocating for Top Issues

What the YMCA Taught Me About Community, Civil Society, and Democracy

Study Finds P2P Walk/Run Programs Struggling With Staffing, Facebook Fundraiser Declines

Why You Ghost Your Strategic Plan

4-H Teams With Netflix's 'Spy Kids: Armageddon' to Launch a New E-Learning Platform

Reverse Board Inaction With Informative Reports

Study: More Than 80% of Parents Successfully Model Philanthropic Behavior for Their Children

Nonprofits and Foundations Work to Curb Plastic Use, Moving Away From a Focus on Recycling

Measuring Your Nonprofit Marketing Success

Social Media Demographics Nonprofit Communicators Need to Know in 2023

What's Behind the Uneven Rates in Volunteerism: a Look at Fla. and Wyo. Point to Answers

Are You Ready for a Capital Campaign? 5 Questions to Consider as You Plan for the Future

How to Successfully Forecast the Future for Your Nonprofit

Did You Know?

A Solution for Nonprofits Dealing With Rising Energy Costs

Go Beyond Board Recruitment With the Theory of Change

Why Organizational Values Matter to Fundraising and Strategy

Former Student Activist Couple Gives UCLA $10 Million for Ethnic Studies Centers

How to Engage with the Right Person, at the Right Time, in the Right Way

Open Philanthropy Gives $150 Million for Global Health, Climate, and Education

Virtuous Acquires Volunteer Management Platform VOMO

Blackbaud Expands Peer-To-Peer Solutions With New Mobile Capabilities

Communicating With Confidence: 5 Tips to Communicate With Groups Effectively

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