NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 14, 2025

To make art is to borrow from others, from culture, but under current law, all expressive worksfrom books to blog postsautomatically receive copyright protection. The Copyright Trap The idea of copyright is usually framed as protection: Copyright laws protect creators from having their work stolen or manipulated.

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OCTOBER 25, 2024

PART 2 In Part 1 we looked at results from the recent Generosity Commission Report and how it’s important for you to shift your culture to meet the current moment. Philanthropy is on the subscription bandwagon, too! Donor lifetime value skyrockets from 1.73 In fact, the average annual value of a recurring gift is 10.3

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 27, 2025

As advisors to donors and nonprofits, we know firsthand the impact this wealth can have, and were optimistic that much of it will be deployed through philanthropy or values-aligned investing to address our worlds most pressing problems. Can Women Get Philanthropy Unstuck? In short, philanthropy has a math problem.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2021

This nonprofit culture strategy post is part 3 in a 3-part series. Let’s move now to the third and final pillar: nonprofit culture strategy. . Pillar #3—No More Othering: Your Nonprofit Culture Strategy in 2021 and Beyond. Your culture will make or break fundraising success, especially over the long term.

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Clairification

APRIL 22, 2024

Get on the Pathway to Passionate Philanthropy, Not Forgettable Fundraising Philanthropy is a mindset. An embracing culture. A noble value. Servant to philanthropy. Philanthropy, not fundraising. Fund, “ Beyond Fundraising: What Does it Mean to Build a Culture of Philanthropy? ”

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 6, 2023

Image Credit: Gordon Cowie on unsplash.com Hip hop—the music and its culture— turns 50 this year. That’s because hip-hop culture embraces the principle of “ sankofa ,” valuing the importance of going back to a community after becoming successful and bringing others along.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

How to start a corporate philanthropy program. It’s a great way for companies to promote both corporate culture and values, as well as support the community. It’s a great way for companies to promote both corporate culture and values, as well as support the community. What else matters? This graphic can help.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

—Mark Twain* When philanthropists are passionate about the causes they support, it’s no surprise that they are more likely to partner with organizations that share their values and goals. But philanthropy has few established practices for attending to, much less reacting to, disconfirming evidence.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The Problem With Problem-Solving Solving problems to improve people’s lives has been philanthropy’s raison d’être. However, some criticisms have arisen regarding the approach philanthropies take in problem-solving. Can this vision be applied to philanthropy? Three examples demonstrate the Zero-Problem Philanthropy approach.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 9, 2021

Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase your donor lifetime value. Internalizing and externalizing an organization-wide culture of philanthropy. While donor acquisition is essential, donors are valuable to you based on their lifetime value.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

AUGUST 4, 2021

Are we willing to update and transform our purpose, vision, mission and values to align with what we hear from our mission stakeholders? What are your core values and guiding principles? Do your organization’s values support and amplify the development practice you seek to undertake? Donor Engagement. Advocacy + Storytelling.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 18, 2024

We put forward three recommendations to help realize this goal of “ relational philanthropy ”: 1) commitment to fostering meaningful relationships centered on “we” vs “us/them”; 2) instituting practices that promote shared learning and continuous improvement; and 3) developing a standard of conduct for philanthropy.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

“Simply put, Black women are the backbone of modern day philanthropy.” So asserts a new book, Portraits of Us: A Book of Essays Centering Black Women Leading Philanthropy , edited by Toya Nash Randall, former board chair of Black Foundation Executives and “curator and catalyst” of Voice. And that’s really what the book is about.”

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Candid

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Or you could attend a convening or a conference hosted by Native Americans in Philanthropy. Spending time to understand Native communities’ worldviews has helped us honor their expertise, values, and lived experience. But take the first step now. It’s the relationship that matters most to Native communities.

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Clairification

APRIL 25, 2024

Get on the Pathway to Passionate Philanthropy, Not Forgettable Fundraising In Part 1 I laid out why philanthropy inspires, and fundraising tires. This makes people think it’s all about money, when really it’s all about valued outcomes. This makes people think it’s all about money, when really it’s all about valued outcomes.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

This article is the third installment of NPQ’s series on Community-Driven Philanthropy. The management of millions of acres of land by Indigenous people, supported by new capital resources, would allow Indigenous cultures and languages to flourish again. Understanding the Power Dynamics of Resourcing.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 14, 2025

I also think we can expand our influence by example, by continued experimentation and innovation, and by speaking up to change how others in philanthropy approach their work. The AJH Foundation and ActionAid UK have adopted this model and speak highly of its effect on organizational culture and productivity.

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Candid

MAY 9, 2023

Little has been known about how philanthropy has—or hasn’t—supported them, until now. Candid and ABFE partnered to create and publish Philanthropy and HBCUs: Foundation funding to historically Black colleges and universities. HBCU staff insight In short, HBCUs add considerable value to society.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2023

The cultural sector is seeking alternatives to business-as-usual. This article introduces a new series, titled “Remember the Future: Culture and Systems Change,” co-produced by Art.coop and NPQ. Efforts to remedy historic race-based harms by prioritizing care for land, resources, people, and cultural expressions are flourishing.

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Candid

JANUARY 14, 2025

Candid nonprofit profiles showcase data provided by the nonprofits themselvesinformation that can help donors discover organizations aligned with their values and review key programmatic and operational detailsin an at-a-glance format. We saw significant spikes in overall traffic, nonprofit profile views, and searches. Human services 3.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 22, 2022

I write a LOT about the role of the fundraiser as “ philanthropy facilitator.” ” This individual guides people along the pathway to passionate philanthropy. Philanthropy facilitators don’t do the work for donors, but with them — standing by their side along the journey.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 20, 2023

By Phil Buchanan , Alyse d’Amico & Leaha Wynn Organizational performance depends on thoughtful policies and practices with respect to employees and culture. Often, culture is simply neglected. We have come to believe in six people and culture approaches that in many respects go against the grain.

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NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 14, 2024

I believe that culture is far more important than structure, but structure is where we get stuck. So my consulting practice focuses on how to move quickly and thoughtfully through questions of structure, land that , and then work to build a healthy, joyful, liberatory culture. AV: So many ways.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Fineberg of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation penned an op-ed for the San Francisco Chronicle, lamenting philanthropy’s inability to join forces to amplify and expedite impact. As a result, donors must reinvent the wheel, identifying prospects and doing due diligence from scratch.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 10, 2022

Think of yourself, instead, as a “ philanthropy facilitator.” Philanthropy” translated from the Greek literally means “ love (philos) of humanity (Anthropos).” . Rather, it’s giving an uplifting opportunity to enact a passionately held value. Don’t think of yourself as a “fundraiser.” That sounds like it’s all about money.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 31, 2023

Image Credit: cottonbro studio on unsplash.com Rural America is far more diverse than how it is portrayed in media and popular culture. Philanthropy often relies on large, national intermediaries that lack local knowledge and relationships. This article is the second in the series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 14, 2025

When everyone understands their role in philanthropy and works together toward shared goals, fundraising becomes a collective effort rather than a solitary burden. I define internal team alignment as ensuring everyone understands their role and shared mission in philanthropy.

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DECEMBER 18, 2024

population, but from every measurement in philanthropy including grants to Latinx-focused nonprofit organizations to representation among board members and staff, you wouldnt know there were 62 million of us. There is a culture of silence and hard work many of us working at Latinx nonprofits are raised in. We are 20% of the U.S.

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Clairification

OCTOBER 21, 2024

After all, everyone benefits from increased philanthropy. Facilitating philanthropy is not rocket science, yet folks unaccustomed to the relationship cultivation and solicitation required to land major donations are fearful because they don’t know how to do it. What’s holding you back? Not just development staff.

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 8, 2022

We need physical, social, cultural, and mental space to understand what it means to live at this complicated and wondrous intersection of ethnicity, race, gender, and sexuality that is Black bisexuality+ on our own terms and within value systems that give our experience meaning, our lives purpose, and our realities affirmation.

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Clairification

MARCH 27, 2023

Customer service, like everything an effective organization does, changes people.” — Seth Godin Part of the Problem is Culture Think about it. This also happens at nonprofits without a donor-centered culture of philanthropy. You ignore what they’ve told you or shown you.

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iMarketSmart

MARCH 7, 2025

The better we communicate the key elements of relationship-building and storytelling, the more our practice will strengthen and the more we will be valued by those seeking to understand how to establish and sustain best practices. Jim Langley is the president of Langley Innovations.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 5, 2025

This is why so many of us involved in philanthropy and nonprofits look forward to each new day with a renewed sense of hope and optimism. Philanthropy brings out the very best that is in them reflecting Abraham Lincolns better angels of our nature. These three alliterative words were not chosen haphazardly.

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Nonprofit Megaphone

APRIL 7, 2023

As a result, cultivating a culture of philanthropy is essential for nonprofit organizations to achieve long-term sustainability and impact. Nonprofit board members play a critical role in creating and maintaining a culture of philanthropy.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Part of the job of being a true philanthropy facilitator is showing donors how they might benefit from being a little more generous. Philanthropy” – aka “love of humanity” – works best when everyone wins – your organization, the donor and the community. Remember this: Fundraising is a value-for-value exchange.

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Candid

JULY 28, 2022

Last month, I had the pleasure of attending the Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP) and Native Americans in Philanthropy (NAP)’s joint convening, Power in Solidarity. Grounding our work in culture and values : Almost every session I attended brought attendees back to who we are and what values we hold.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Everyone wants to know that they are valued and part of the team including your board members. Community & Culture Working together lifts everyone up! Learn how culturally responsive leadership can help bring out the best in your nonprofits team. A values-based performance appraisal system means you measure what you value

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