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5 Signs Your Employees are Burned Out + What to Do About It

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

The nonprofit sector is full of passion and pressure passion for changing the world for the better and pressure to tackle complex issues with limited resources. Because of this duality, nonprofit employees are particularly vulnerable to burnout. In fact, half of the organizations surveyed by the National Council of Nonprofits reported workforce shortages due to burnout.

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Defying the Odds: The Case for Investing in Organizing Workers in the South

NonProfit Quarterly

Credit: Curated Lifestyle on Unsplash This article introduces a four-part series, Defying the Odds: How Southern Workers Organize, a coproduction of NPQ and the LIFT Fund. In this series, authors share some compelling ways that workers are successfully organizing and why these efforts merit widespread support. As social justice and philanthropic communities grapple with the many challenges of navigating the countrys political shift in their work, they can look for inspiration in the successful,

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Iconiq Impact Pledges $200 Million Through Its Youth Mental Wellbeing Co-Lab

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By M.J. Prest ICONIQ Impact A Syrian girl in Azraq Refugee Camp, Jordan, finds displays Artolutions collaborative art. Also, Open Philanthropy promised $120 million through its Abundance and Growth Fund to advance economic development, and the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation gave $10 million to develop precision therapies for Alzheimers disease.

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Why Donors Stop Giving—And How To Win Them Back For Good

Bloomerang

In a recent study on generational giving by Bloomerang , the most popular reasons donors cited why they stopped giving to a charity were (ranked by popularity): I did not trust that my donation was used wisely I no longer felt connected to the nonprofit I could no longer afford to donate I had a negative experience with the nonprofit The nonprofit asked me for a donation too frequently.

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The Everyday Donor: Unlocking Prospecting Segments Through Behavior Analysis

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!

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What Nonprofits Can Learn From My Fellow Firefighters

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

America's divisions can roil even efforts for the common good, but my Maine firehouse is a testament to the power of unity and shared purpose. By Billy Shore NurPhoto via AP America's divisions can roil even efforts for the common good, but my Maine firehouse is a testament to the power of unity and shared purpose.

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Don’t Hide Overhead From Your Donors — They’ll Understand

NonProfit PRO

Its OK to talk about overhead with your donors. They get it!Here's a practical way for you to approach this conversation.

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Women in the nonprofit sector: Underrepresented, underpaid, underfunded, but making progress 

Candid

Despite comprising the majority of the nonprofit workforce, women in the sector still face gender disparities and challenges, including unequal pay, lack of access to funding sources, and expectations to do more with less. For Womens History Month, weve curated a list of articles highlighting the progress women in the nonprofit sector have made, the gaps they still face, and how theyre working to dismantle barriers.

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Seeing Through the Donor’s Eyes: Introducing the Simplest Way to Understand the Fundraising Process from the Donor’s Perspective

iMarketSmart

Why do so many major gift fundraisers struggle to connect with donors and motivate them to give? There are lots of reasons, and this is a primary topic we focus on in the MarketSmart blog, SmartIdeas. But one of the reasons is that too many fundraisers approach their outreach to donors from the perspective of the organization when they would be much more effective approaching it from the perspective of the donor.

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Comment on Exercise at Work? Walking Your Way to Raising Major Gifts by Soumaila Napon

Amy Eisenstein

Wouldnt it be great if you could exercise while you work? Here are 6 tips to literally "walk your way" to raising major gifts at your nonprofit.

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Advance Solutions, ServiceNow.org Open 2025 Partnership for Good Grant Initiative

NonProfit PRO

Advance Solutions announced the 2025 Partnership for Good Grant initiative to offer technology, consulting services and monetary grants.

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

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Leading Your Nonprofit Through Change & Uncertainty

Prosper Strategies

On March 18, 2025, Prosper Strategies hosted the webinar “Leading Your Nonprofit Through Change & Uncertainty.” The discussion centered on strategies for navigating financial uncertainty, diversifying revenue, and maintaining organizational stability in challenging times. We welcomed guest panelists, including: During the webinar, each panelist shared insights on diversifying revenue in response to potential federal funding […] The post Leading Your Nonprofit Through Change

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Mission Retainable and Donor Retention: How to Inspire Donor Loyalty with Wendy Mercurio of Bloomerang

Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

Donor retention is more than just a fundraising metricits the key to nonprofit sustainability. Yet, retention rates remain stubbornly low. In this episode, we sit down with Wendy Mercurio , Market Researcher at Bloomerang, to discuss the findings from their latest report, Mission Retainable: Research-Backed Strategies to Inspire Donor Loyalty. We explore: Why donors give but dont always stay The biggest challenges in donor retention Strategies high-retention nonprofits use to build loyalty How t

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How can you build resilient nonprofit organizations and teams?

Big Duck

How can nonprofits build resilience? Learn how to support staff, avoid burnout, and strengthen fundraising to create a sustainable future.

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Limited Equity Housing Cooperatives: Why They’re a Solution for Our Times

NonProfit Quarterly

This excerpt is from Beautiful Solutions: A Toolbox for Liberation , edited by Elandria Williams, Rachel Plattus, Eli Feghali, and Nathan Schneider. Copyright 2024 by OR Books. All rights reserved. Reprinted here with permission (CC-BY-NC 4.0). With a 100-unit limited equity housing cooperative, you dont own your apartment. You own 1/100 of all the apartments.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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Resilient Business Strategies in an Anti-Civil Rights Era

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Tynesia Boyea-Robinson & Mahlet Getachew In only a few short weeks, the landscape for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in American government and business has turned upside down. The Trump administration has sought to cast aside basic principles of civil and human rights without changing a single law, and their success so far has turned on fear, bullying, and misinformation to achieve one thing: preemptive compliance.

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Beautiful Solutions: A Conversation with Eli Feghali and Rachel Plattus

NonProfit Quarterly

Truth to Power is a regular series of conversations with writers about the promises and pitfalls of movements for social justice. From the roots of racial capitalism to the psychic toll of poverty, from resource wars to popular uprisings, the interviews in this column focus on how to write about the myriad causes of oppression and the organized desire for a better world.