Remove Communication Remove Community Development Remove Education
article thumbnail

Medical Ship Docks in Sierra Leone for Free Surgeries and Training

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Mercyships.org Disclosure: The author is a journalist and has been serving as a volunteer writer in the Communications Department on board the Global Mercy since January 2024. Floating Doctors similarly offers mobile healthcare, education, and community development to underserved communities worldwide.

Medical 115
article thumbnail

Busting the Overhead Myth

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

It’s essential to communicate the value of these investments to stakeholders to shift the narrative and recognize that strategic overhead spending is crucial for achieving long-term mission impact. This transparency not only educates funders but also corrects misallocated “overhead” costs. What is the Overhead Myth?

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

You Are Not The Expert: Tips for Designing Content for Communities Not Your Own

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

The base of every marketing education is learning how to define your target audience and deliver messages that will resonate with them, influencing them to complete some identified call to action. For the past 8 years, I have been nearly exclusively working with Black-led nonprofits and nonprofits that serve predominantly Black communities.

article thumbnail

8 Ways to Keep Donors Engaged after a Giving Day

Ann Green

Build relationships through personalized newsletters and other forms of communication—the telephone and in-person chats are still valid tactics. Create community. Develop a community. Communications donor relations fundraising planning communications donor retenion' Keep in touch. People want to support you.

article thumbnail

Seven Steps to Overcoming the Fear of Calling Potential Funders

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

In deciding, consciously or not, to skip the cultivation phase, you lose incredible opportunities to connect with people who can facilitate the funding you need to educate young children, house the homeless, or preserve the environment. The sad reality is that though things are slowly improving, most grant proposals will not be funded.

article thumbnail

22 Statistics About #GivingTuesday Donors Worldwide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

International development and relief – 6%. Education and literacy – 5%. Community development – 3%. Public media and communications – 0%. 16) GivingTuesday donors say the following communication tools are the most likely to inspire them to give: Email – 35%. Print -13%.

article thumbnail

From Scarcity to Inspiration: Rethinking the Value of Nonprofit Facilities

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: itsnnnoa on unsplash.com Nonprofit facilities communicate, and we need to be more conscious, thoughtful, and vocal about what they say about who and what our organizations value. For years, I have directed IFF , a community development financial institution that specializes in nonprofit facilities lending.

Values 122