NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 6, 2023

All the while, they noticed signs of distress around them—including a stark rise in food insecurity exacerbated by the pandemic. “We We saw news reports which were showing people waiting in very long lines for food. They decided to start their own nonprofit, with the goal of getting food to those in their community who needed it.

Food 98

Food Homelessness Public and Nonprofit Management Recruitment 98

Ann Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

With all that’s gone on this year, if you’re still sending generic, organization-centered communication, you’re doing a huge disservice. I know there has been some conflict about donor-centered vs community-centered, and I think we can have both. You can’t communicate with your donors without focusing on them.

Communication 147

Communication Homelessness Retention Food 147

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Lilly and 15,000 young people in our area are hungry, homeless and may never “be O.K.”. But the people who teach our children, work at our food pantries and run our shelters are asking you to help – starting Monday, September 16 – the first day of the Upper Valley’s ambitious “Are you O.K.?” Want to help? Email JanB@bunch.com ”.

Homelessness 216

Homelessness Children Food Universities 216

Ann Green

JUNE 11, 2024

I believe one of the most important aspects of communication (written and verbal) is to make sure your audience understands you. In nonprofit communication, organizations will overcomplicate things or use jargon and other language donors don’t understand. I’ve never liked the term food insecurity because it’s so impersonal.

Healthcare 169

Healthcare Food Homelessness Medical 169

Ann Green

APRIL 13, 2020

Just like your fundraising material, your thank you communication needs to address the current COVID-19 outbreak. For example – Thank you so much for your generous gift to the Eastside Community Food Bank. If it’s too hard to create a video, you could include similar text with a photo of volunteers handing out food.

Food 199

Food Homelessness Communication Fundraising 199

Ann Green

JUNE 5, 2023

One of the most important aspects of communication (written and verbal) is to make sure your audience understands you. In nonprofit communication, people will overcomplicate things or use jargon and other language donors don’t understand. Yet, some nonprofit organizations are still using jargon in their donor communication.

Healthcare 169

Healthcare Food Homelessness Medical 169

Ann Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

This way we can serve even more people at the community food bank. Another problem I see in nonprofit communication is vague, generic language or even worse, jargon. If that’s the case for you, too, tailor your communication to that. Could you help us out a little more this time with a gift of $75 or even $100?

Communication 113

Communication Homelessness Medical Food 113

Ann Green

APRIL 29, 2021

So why are some nonprofit organizations still using jargon in their donor communication? I think people use jargon because it’s insider language that makes them feel like they’re “in the know” in their professional community. But the danger comes when jargon creeps outside of your insular world and into your donor communication.

Healthcare 153

Healthcare Food Homelessness Communication 153

Ann Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

It’s been hard to find steady work and rising food costs make it difficult to afford groceries. Jenna had never gone to a food pantry before and felt ashamed to have to do that. But when she reached out to the Northside Community Food Pantry, she was treated with respect and dignity.

Food 215

Food Homelessness Activism Nonprofit Organizations 215

Anedot

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Organization Overview: Thirty-five percent of all food in the U.S. goes to waste, contributing significantly to environmental damage, with global food waste ranking as the third-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions behind the U.S. Meanwhile, more than 20% of people in the Bay Area face food insecurity.

Management 52

Management Food Environmental Insurance 52

Ann Green

MARCH 25, 2020

Your nonprofit organization needs to continue communicating regularly with your donors. An organization that provides support for homeless families had to close their centers. They’re working to continue to provide food for families, as well as getting them gift cards to buy food. You could also communicate by phone.

Homelessness 160

Homelessness Food Communication Fundraising 160

Ann Green

MARCH 19, 2019

But the danger comes when jargon creeps outside of your insular world and into your donor communication. Instead, you see appeal letters, thank you letters, and newsletter articles laced with cringe-inducing terms such as food insecurity, at-risk youth, underserved communities, and impactful.

Healthcare 150

Healthcare Homelessness Food Communication 150

Getting Attention

DECEMBER 19, 2011

I’m all about the food truck right now. We have a number of food trucks here in Boston, and I just finished watching The Great Food Truck Race on The Food Network. I’m fascinated by the phenomenon and impressed by how food trucks market themselves via social media and other creative approaches.

Food 74

Food Marketing Marketing Homelessness 74

Ann Green

MAY 26, 2022

So why are some nonprofit organizations still using jargon in their donor communication? I think people use jargon because it’s insider language that makes them feel like they’re “in the know” in their professional community. But the danger comes when jargon creeps outside of your insular world and into your donor communication.

Healthcare 142

Healthcare Food Homelessness Communication 142

Ann Green

JULY 7, 2020

If your nonprofit organization works with the BIPOC community, then they are affected by racism. If you’re working on issues such as affordable housing, homelessness, education, health care, etc, these have ties to racism. Stories are one of the best ways to communicate with your donors. Vu Lee addressed this last month.

Homelessness 156

Homelessness Food Culture Communication 156

Ann Green

APRIL 21, 2020

Donor Communications: Now is the time for MORE communications, not less. Both by not communicating enough and/or sending something that’s uninspiring. A better subject line would be – Find out h o w you’re helping families continue to put food on the table. HEARTBEATS AND REMARKABLES OF NONPROFIT COMMUNICATIONS.

Retention 147

Retention Food Homelessness Health 147

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

I paid close attention to their experience as a donor, and I stayed in close communication with them. In doing so, you keep your donors interested through frequent communication. When I worked at a food bank, I worked to understand my Ideal Donor. How many homeless people will get a meal because your donor chips in $50?

Nonprofits 98

Nonprofits Public and Nonprofit Management Foundations Homelessness 98

Ann Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It’s been hard to find steady work and rising food costs make it difficult to afford groceries. Leah had never gone to a food pantry before and felt ashamed to have to do that. But when she reached out to the Eastside Community Food Pantry, she was treated with respect and dignity. How are you making a difference?

Food 173

Food Homelessness Activism Nonprofit Organizations 173

Ann Green

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

You can say something like this – Over the past two years, we have seen triple the number of people at the Riverside Community Food Bank. Thanks to donors like you, we are able to meet our demands and provide local residents with boxes of healthy food. Now she’s able to bring home healthy food for her family.

Food 165

Food Homelessness Activism Nonprofits 165

Bloomerang

AUGUST 18, 2021

For many of us, summer fundraising can be frustrating because often our donor communications during this season yield less-than-ideal results. . Determine if a summer fundraising campaign would help your communications. Send out several targeted communications to them prior to the event. .

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Fundraising Fundraising Homelessness Medical 138

Candid

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

that serve the homeless population. Candid made it easy for us to search for nonprofits that serve the homeless and have tax statements on file. Two studies conducted with a sample of 200 of the thousands of nonprofits in America is hardly grounds to re-work your fundraising and communication strategies.

Homelessness 137

Homelessness Nonprofits Associations Food 137

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

In-Kind Gift Donation Receipts Whether you run a food bank, thrift store , homeless shelter, or disaster relief organization, any nonprofit that collects physical items (or accepts in-kind services) must know the differences between cash and in-kind donation receipts. Communications can easily get lost among larger companies.

Disaster Relief 52

Disaster Relief Public and Nonprofit Management Retail Charitable Contribution 52

Bloomerang

APRIL 5, 2024

EXAMPLE: If you work at a food bank, you may believe the fact that you distribute food via pantries located in neighborhood schools, churches, and community centers is super important. As counter-intuitive as it may seem to you, most donors don’t want to know how the sausage gets made (or food gets delivered).

Food 125

Food Homelessness Poverty Education 125

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Sometimes it’s a matter of zeroing in on a single aspect of your organization’s work or an unexpected story, such as two volunteers falling in love while serving soup side-by-side in the homeless shelter’s kitchen. Or your food bank receiving dozens of 55-gallon barrels of peanut butter (that happened to me once!).

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Food Poverty 122

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 11, 2023

Are you currently and consistently communicating with those you will mail to? That means communicating with donors BETWEEN mailings so they feel emotionally connected to your mission, which paves the way to a donation. Don’t ask your donor to make a gift toward your food box program and buy tickets to the upcoming gala.

Fundraising 111

Fundraising Fundraising Homelessness Food 111

Getting Attention

MARCH 25, 2013

Communications Assistant , Red Rover (Sacramento, CA). Communications Associate , Ohio Council of Community Schools (Columbus, OH). Communications Coordinator , Food Trust (Philadelphia, PA). Communications & Development Intern , The National Alliance to End Homelessness (Washington DC).

Public and Nonprofit Management 68

Public and Nonprofit Management Marketing Marketing Homelessness 68

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 12, 2023

And I knew that unstable, unaffordable, and unsafe housing meant families had to choose between rent and food, utilities, medicines, and childcare. We need to address major issues like housing and homelessness in ways that impact the overall well-being of the people living in low-wealth communities, particularly people of color.

Philanthropy 116

Philanthropy Homelessness Public and Social Policy Foundations 116

Selfish Giving

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Santander’s Someone Else's Shoes shows the misunderstood realities of homelessness [VIDEO]. For every download, the bank is donating $1 to organizations like Boston-based Heading Home that aid the homeless. Director, Philanthropy Communications, Cleveland Clinic (Beachwood, OH) 3. Brain Food 1.

Homelessness 100

Homelessness Retail Medical Food 100

Getting Attention

JULY 15, 2013

Communications Assistant , Food and Water Watch (Washington DC). Communications Associate , ACLU of Maryland (Baltimore, MD). Communications Manager , California Native Plant Society (Sacramento, CA). Communications Officer , Community Renewal Society (Chicago, IL). New Opportunities.

Marketing 69

Marketing Marketing Homelessness Associations 69

Getting Attention

MARCH 22, 2012

2) Communications Associate. 3) Communications Associate and Director of Development and Communications. National Alliance to End Homelessness (Washington, D.C.). 4) Communications Coordinator , EMILY’S List (Washington, D.C.). 5) Communications Director , Progress Michigan (Lansing, MI).

Marketing 58

Marketing Marketing Homelessness Associations 58

Getting Attention

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

I was thrilled to see this Facebook post this from the Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless (ECHH), one of our favorite clients. Branding and Messages fundraising message development Nonprofit Communications nonprofit marketing What' Subscribe today.

Homelessness 76

Homelessness Nonprofits Food Marketing 76

Ann Green

OCTOBER 1, 2019

This will help us serve more families at the Parkside Community Food Bank. Your gift will help us purchase winter coats for homeless children. Think about how much your donors will appreciate this nice gesture. Here’s a sample note. Dear Steve, Thank you so much for upgrading your gift to $75. Write an amazing letter.

Retention 133

Retention Homelessness Children Food 133

The Agitator

MARCH 31, 2013

Sooner or later you’ll have a ‘tribe’ that truly adores your organization, no matter how much you abuse them or how little you communicate. But we’ve reconsidered after hearing the story of a small food bank that was operating quite successfully, thank you, feeding several people out of someone’s home kitchen. Charity Navigator.

Homelessness 84

Homelessness Retention Food Energy 84

The Agitator

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

Or it can be indirect — the local performing arts center vs the museum, the local food bank vs the homeless shelter, the cancer group vs the heart group. Make sure you both practice and communicate them clearly and consistently. Tags: Don't Miss these Posts branding charities communications fundraising.

Homelessness 63

Homelessness Children Food Communication 63

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. The local organization could identify someone working at the intersection of food and legal advocacy.

Collaborations 132

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management 132

The Agitator

JUNE 25, 2018

Here are some of the titles of journal articles that faced me: Pictures of me: user views on their representation in homelessness fundraising appeals. The ethical dimension of fundraising in the homelessness sector. People with food security issues are hungry. That’s just on the first couple of pages.

Homelessness 65

Homelessness Food Children Ethics 65

The Volunteer Hub

AUGUST 1, 2021

“Volunteers are the life-blood of The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank. We wouldn’t able to achieve our goals without the commitment of our supporters,” said John Bode, Food Center & Volunteer Manager,” The Jacobs and Cushman San Diego Food Bank. Volunteers are crucial to the work we do at Miriam’s Kitchen.

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Volunteerism Volunteerism Food Recruitment 98