The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JULY 18, 2024

While making medical school free is a worthy endeavor, to truly transform health care, Bloomberg needs to think bigger. By Amy Schiller Courtesy of Johns Hopkins University Michael Bloomberg’s $1 billion gift to Johns Hopkins Medical School guarantees the money goes where it’s needed most, but it also ensures education remains a commodity. Students are still consumers paying for a service.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 18, 2024

Data degrades about 2% per month, meaning your database could become a frightening place filled with stale, duplicated and unusable data. Melissa can help you reconnect with lost donors, deduplicate your database, and reduce fraud by making sure your data is up to date and accurate. Just send us 50 contact records, and we can show you how we can cleanse, append and enrich your data.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 18, 2024

By Kathleen Boyle & Tracy L. McFerrin In SSIR ’s Winter 2024 issue, we authored an article advocating for the philanthropic sector to become more intentional with its relationship building, because trust-rich relationships in the social sphere can be transformative in problem-solving. 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 pr

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 18, 2024

Market research is part of the secret sauce for nonprofits' success. Here's how it can help your organization amplify its impact.

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Speaker: Radhika Samant and Adri Glover

The world of work has fundamentally changed. The series of waves that the pandemic began have rippled through the Great Resignation, quiet quitting, the Great Regret, and other eloquent phrases that boil down to the same thing: people aren’t engaged at work or enabled to perform at their best. The truth is that engagement and enablement is more important than ever, but how we do it is the critical differentiator for many organizations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 18, 2024

By Heather Mansfield , founder and editor-in-chief of Nonprofit Tech for Good The average growth rate for social media ranges from 0.64% to 3% per month , depending upon the platform. In other words, the era of organic growth on social media is over. To grow your following on social media, you need to make a concerted effort to let your supporters and donors know how to find your nonprofit on social media. 1) Feature social media icons on every page of your website.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 18, 2024

PHLYSense is a 24/7 property monitoring and alert solution. Organizations get real-time alerts if water is detected, or temperatures reach a hazardous level. The program includes sensors and 24/7 monitoring and support all at no-cost to policyholders with property coverage.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 18, 2024

SureImpact Nonprofit is now available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace to enhance nonprofits' efficiency and data-driven decision-making.

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Clairification

JULY 18, 2024

While you no doubt want more donors of all sizes, you especially want loyal donors who make above average size gifts. Because that’s where you’ll get the greatest return on your investment. Today, let’s talk about major donors. Why? They account for the lion’s share of all contributed income. Studies show over 88% of all funds raised come from just 12% of donors.

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Jeff Brooks

JULY 18, 2024

Everyone wants innovation. Because things could be better. And every innovation creates the need for more innovation. Fall asleep on the job, and you could find yourself caught in a trap. I recently came across a wonderful article in Mental Floss that tells us a thing or two about real-world innovation: The History of CTRL + ALT + DELETE. In the spring of 1981, a programmer named David Bradley was working on IBM’s personal computer project.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JULY 18, 2024

The tax treatment of private foundations and endowments, long relegated to the wastelands of Washington policy debate, is poised to gain visibility through the Republican vice presidential nominee. By Alex Daniels Carolyn Kaster/AP Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio has made his opposition to endowed wealth and the power wielded by progressive philanthropies a part of his political identity.

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Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Is your organization ready to build a recurring giving program that not only sustains but also propels your mission forward? 🚀 In this new webinar with industry visionary Tim Sarrantonio, we’ll guide you through the critical steps to establishing and scaling a successful recurring giving program. Whether you’re starting fresh or enhancing an existing program, this session will provide the strategies you need to deepen donor relationships and secure long-term support!

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TakeTwo Services

JULY 18, 2024

July 2024 marks 13 years since Stephanie and I started TakeTwo! In honor of our “baby” becoming a teenager, I wrote down 13 reasons I love my not-job, to share with our BIPOC consultant friends at Constellation. Here are those reasons, re-posted from the Constellation blog. Within a year of starting TakeTwo in 2011, I instinctively knew I’d never go back to working a traditional job.* Since then, I’ve thanked my lucky stars countless times for choosing this route, but I’ve rarely sto

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JULY 18, 2024

In the wake of the shooting at Saturday's Trump rally, Tim Dixon talks about the work of More in Common, which he co-founded after the murder of British politician Jo Cox, a close friend. By Drew Lindsay Dan Kitwood, Getty Images A memorial event at London’s Trafalger Square for Jo Cox, a member of British Parliament murdered in 2016 a week before Britain’s vote to leave the European Union.

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