NonProfit Leadership Alliance
MARCH 19, 2025
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.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
MARCH 19, 2025
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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NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 19, 2025
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,
Candid
MARCH 19, 2025
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.
Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker
Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
MARCH 19, 2025
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.
Bloomerang
MARCH 19, 2025
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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NonProfit PRO
MARCH 19, 2025
Its OK to talk about overhead with your donors. They get it!Here's a practical way for you to approach this conversation.
NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 19, 2025
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.
iMarketSmart
MARCH 19, 2025
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.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
MARCH 19, 2025
By Nachiket Mor Ashok (name changed for anonymity), an 8-year-old boy from a remote town in Jharkhand, India, had a set of persistent symptoms. He felt nauseous all the time and refused to eat. His parents had taken him many times to see the local doctor, a general practitioner 20 miles away, but despite several drug injections, he showed no improvement.
Speaker: Dave Sackett
Traditional budgeting and forecasting methods can no longer keep pace with today’s rapidly evolving business environment. Static budgets, rigid annual forecasts, and outdated financial models limit an organization’s ability to adapt to market shifts and economic uncertainty. To stay ahead, finance leaders must leverage a future-forward approach—one that leverages real-time data, predictive analytics, and continuous planning to drive smarter financial decisions.
Amy Eisenstein
MARCH 19, 2025
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.
NonProfit PRO
MARCH 19, 2025
Advance Solutions announced the 2025 Partnership for Good Grant initiative to offer technology, consulting services and monetary grants.
Prosper Strategies
MARCH 19, 2025
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
Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit
MARCH 19, 2025
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
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!
Jeff Brooks
MARCH 19, 2025
In direct mail, the reply device is the most active ingredient. If it isnt working, youre in trouble! Here are some things you can do to make sure a reply device does its thing: Make it bigger. In tests, full-page reply devices usually outperform smaller ones. Print it on colored stock. That way it stands out from everything else in the pack. Include all the essential information the donor needs to make the gift.
Big Duck
MARCH 19, 2025
How can nonprofits build resilience? Learn how to support staff, avoid burnout, and strengthen fundraising to create a sustainable future.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
MARCH 19, 2025
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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