Ann Green

AUGUST 27, 2024

Although nonprofits and businesses seem different, they share many similarities. Discover lessons nonprofits can learn from their for-profit counterparts here. Certain strategies apply to organizations in both industries—and nonprofits can experience major benefits from following in the footsteps of certain successful businesses.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Image: “ In Communion with Dorian” by Renée Laprise/ [link] Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2024 issue, “Supporting the Youth Climate Justice Movement.” It provides a comprehensive platform for capturing, managing, analyzing, and visualizing geographic data from diverse sources.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 25, 2023

Many in the nonprofit sector look at their income statements (also known as the “profit and loss” report), but unless you’re a chief financial officer or perform a similar role, you may spend far less time looking at your organization’s overall financial position. These assets help nonprofits deliver on their missions by generating income.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

They might be new to nonprofit boards. Or even if they’ve served before, they might never have received training in fundraising, board governance, conflict management, or the nuances of hiring and managing an Executive Director. Look for an executive coach who specializes in nonprofit management and mediation.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 22, 2023

Nonprofit organizations rely on the commitment and active engagement of their board members to make a significant impact in their communities. In this blog, we will explore the signs of a successful nonprofit board by examining the specific areas where board members can contribute their time.

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Guest Blog by Jon Osterburg of Jitasa In recent years, “sustainability” has become a buzzword for many fields and practices, and nonprofit finances are no exception. Financial sustainability means that your nonprofit has both the foundation and momentum to fund your operations year-round while working toward future expansion.

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Selfish Giving

MARCH 20, 2019

Here are a couple resources for you: How One Nonprofit Raises Millions with Charity Pinups 7 Key Takeaways for Cause Marketers from 2017 America's Checkout Champions Report A key report produced by Engage for Good on the health of checkout charity fundraising comes out every other year. Strategic Partnerships Associate, ACLU (NYC) 2.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

Creating a nonprofit business plan is an important step for any organization whether you’re about to launch or are well established in your community. . A nonprofit business plan is slightly different to the commercial sector. Government funding and donor support. Financial projections. Board recruiting.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MAY 3, 2017

Is program sustainability something your nonprofit talks about? More than ever, program sustainability is a concern for nonprofits and the grantmaking organizations that fund them. If you’ve ever seen this question on a grant application before, I’m guessing it’s one that you and many other nonprofits struggle to answer confidently.

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The NonProfit Times

AUGUST 13, 2024

Fundraisers starting with page 35 – titled Moving Past the Barriers – are presented with five solutions for activating donors. By providing a mental path to limiting options, fundraisers can spur activity. ** Burdensome and tedious tasks. For some, donating is as simple as writing a check.

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The Charity CFO

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Nonprofits exist to meet a societal need or provide a public benefit. Unlike an organization whose primary goal is to make money, nonprofits exist to meet a community’s needs. That said, while it’s not your primary purpose, your nonprofit must find ways to make money. . How do nonprofits make money?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

You might be inspired to bring your idea to life by starting a nonprofit. million registered nonprofits in the United States, making these charitable organizations a staple of modern society. However, any new nonprofit needs a strong foundation to thrive. Around 30% of nonprofits cease to exist within 10 years of their founding.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 17, 2025

Image credit: Dall-E by OpenAI Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? 7 The lack of robust data systems to track and manage the allocation and utilization of funds across healthcare centers led to inefficiencies and poor accountability.

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Selfish Giving

APRIL 10, 2017

Also on the chopping block are big donations to nonprofits. According to Engage for Good , an industry group that helps companies and causes engage consumers and employees around social issues, large checkout fundraisers like Kmart's raise hundreds of millions of dollars for nonprofits. "We 2016 America’s Charity Checkout Champions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2022

Google Ad Grants are a terrific fundraising and marketing tool that Google makes available to nonprofits and charities. A Google Grant provides $10,000 each month to nonprofits to spend on Google Search ads. Google Grants can be a great fundraising option for almost all nonprofits. So what are Google Ad Grants ?

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NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 25, 2023

Image Credit: Askar Abayev on pexels.com Leaders in the social sector hear it all the time: nonprofits should run like a business. The distinct purposes of businesses and nonprofits require unique approaches. Of course, nonprofits are businesses. The distinct purposes of businesses and nonprofits require unique approaches.

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Anedot

OCTOBER 22, 2024

We are actively seeking a dynamic and energetic individual to join our Social Services team as a Bilingual Case Manager. In this role you will be responsible for providing comprehensive case management services to clients, with a focus on delivering support in both English and Spanish.

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MNA Association

JANUARY 22, 2024

Position Title: Public Policy Director Reports to: Executive Director Approved by: Executive Director Date: January 22, 2024 Job Description Position Overview The Public Policy Director plays a pivotal role in advocating for the interests of nonprofits across Montana.

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Ken Goldstein

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Perhaps you have board members who (wrongly) believe that nonprofits cannot play any role in politics, and don't want you to take a stand on those very questions where your voice is most needed to be heard. 501(c)(3) organizations are free to takes sides on ballot measures as a lobbying activity, subject to normal limits on lobbying.

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

MARCH 3, 2023

The Mid-South Nonprofit Conference + Catalyst Awards will offer a keynote address + 12 breakout sessions The Mid-South Nonprofit Conference returns for its 5th year and aims to address barriers, solutions, and best practices within the nonprofit sector.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Metro Area Nonprofit Sector. For example, at the end of an event I attended this summer of about 50 Black nonprofit and philanthropic leaders, as we milled around saying our goodbyes, Black women shared that they were on medication—mostly anxiety, depression, and heart medicine—as a result of taking leadership.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

One of the shortages occurred in 2020 and another in 2022 ; each affected more than 100,000 residents, leaving them without safe water for drinking, bathing, flushing toilets, and other essential daily activities. For the last few years, there have been major clashes between Mississippi’s state government and its majority-Black capital city.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 18, 2024

Here, we aim to help philanthropists interested in adding this form of “getting” to their giving activities determine whether and how to incorporate it into their work. However, actively getting resources from peer funders to augment one’s own theory of change and grantee portfolio (fundraise) is relatively new. Consider alternatives.

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MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Mission and Values Montana Nonprofit Association provides leadership for Montana’s nonprofit sector and partners with Montana’s charitable nonprofits to promote a sustainable, networked, and influential sector. MNA’s staff team is engaged, collaborative, committed to growth, and passionate about MNA’s unique mission.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 2, 2024

The leaders of a nonprofit community garden want to help residents move up the value chain by selling food products from their homes, but state law restricts food production to commercial kitchens or farms. To make progress on our most pressing public problems actually requires reaching out across social boundaries.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Plain Language Movement started in the 1970s based on the idea to make it easier for the public to read, understand, and use government communications. Plain Language Resources: Big Duck’s Plain Language for Nonprofits. Plain Language Association International. Resource: How to Write a Nonprofit Impact Report.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2024

The federal government has also committed $1 billion to fund solar rooftop energy, with an initial allocation of $450 million announced last July. Again, this is far short of the pace required for the Puerto Rican government to meet its renewable energy generation targets. But challenges persist.

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MNA Association

JUNE 12, 2023

TLDR; Many anti-nonprofit proposals this session stemmed from negative perceptions of nonprofits. Finally, we are still awaiting the governor’s signature on issues critical to the nonprofit workforce: the Best Beginnings scholarship program and closing the Medicaid Provider Rate gap. Read along for the full details.

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A 2019 report from a government study found “false positives to be between 2 and 5 times higher in women than men.” An ecosystem of scientist- and scholar-led nonprofit organizations has emerged to fight bias in AI systems. Though the charges were later dropped, the violation of Derrick Ingram’s privacy is still alarming.

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Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

A lack of standardized demographic data not only hinders our collective work to create a more equitable sector; it also requires nonprofits to take time away from their mission-driven work to respond to disparate requests by funders for this information. Watch the video clip “How do we work better with nonprofits?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

The number of low-cost or free online resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as mobile media continues to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options that will be available to your nonprofit in coming years.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2023

From smaller, newer nonprofits to larger charitable organizations, measuring performance is a universally shared need, especially in the realm of fundraising. But for organizations that offer direct services to constituents, such as social services nonprofits, there’s another layer of complexity— impact measurement. Services Delivered.

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NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In early 2022, California’s Central Valley water district experienced theft by its own former general manager. Over the course of 23 years, former general manager Dennis Falaschi stole $25 million worth of water. If they sell this water to tanker operators, that makes it a commercial activity.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

In contrast, a 2017 report found that only 5 percent of nonprofits were using artificial intelligence, and only 28 percent of nonprofits were using data for predictive or prescriptive purposes. The public sector isn’t much different. In the private sector, market forces drive investment in data to stay competitive.

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 29, 2024

Nonprofit leaders need to commit to a mindset of continuous learning and professional development to remain relevant and effective in their current roles. Look for opportunities that cover topics relevant to nonprofit leadership, including strategic planning, fundraising, board governance, and program management.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Elevating Business IT: Managed Services Solutions in New Jersey In ultra-modern unexpectedly converting enterprise surroundings, the era performs a pivotal role in using innovation , efficiency, and increase. Managed Services Solutions provides a comprehensive approach to addressing the evolving IT wishes of organizations in New Jersey.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

DECEMBER 20, 2020

How to Train Your Nonprofit Team in 5 Easy & Effective Steps. Nonprofit training is a critical component of running a successful organization. Nonprofits hire for passion. That’s why the key to successful nonprofit growth is to find the perfect balance between passionate team members and mission experts.

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