The Chronicle of Philanthropy
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Overused acronyms and jargon aren’t just confusing — they make it harder for nonprofits to achieve their goals. By Jeff Raderstrong Getty Images Overused acronyms and jargon aren’t just confusing — they make it harder for nonprofits to achieve their goals.
NonProfit Leadership Center
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Nonprofit organizations face unique challenges when it comes to cybersecurity. Limited budgets, lack of dedicated IT staff, and the ever-evolving nature of cyber threats can make it difficult to stay protected. We recently asked nonprofit leaders about their top cybersecurity concerns. They expressed eight challenges that we’ll address by offering best practices to overcome them. 8 Cybersecurity Concerns & Solutions for Nonprofit Leaders 1.
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Veteran fundraisers recommend nonprofits set specific goals, enlist their volunteers, encourage donors to give early, and more. By Rasheeda Childress Giving Tuesday Employees at the Charities Aid Foundation participate in a GivingTuesday event. Veteran fundraisers recommend nonprofits set specific goals, enlist their volunteers, encourage donors to give early, and more.
NonProfit PRO
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Candid, GivingTuesday, and Network for Good released "Dollars and Change," a study of charitable giving trends in the U.S. from 2015 to 2022.
Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy
OCTOBER 28, 2024
The donation comes from Bill Miller, a retired financier who graduated from the university in 1972. By Maria Di Mento Washington and Lee University Bill Miller donated $132 million to his alma mater Washington and Lee University, allowing the school to adopt a need-blind admissions policy. Plus, Rochester businessman Phil Saunders gave the University of Rochester Medical Center $30 Million to support orthopaedics, nursing, and medical school faculty.
NonProfit PRO
OCTOBER 28, 2024
GoFundMe and Meta partnered to enable nonprofits and donors to share causes they care about through Meta social media platforms.
Nonprofit Leadership Zone brings together the best content for advertising professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
NonProfit PRO
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Take control of your grant process with GrantHub Pro! Whether it's post-award management or full lifecycle tracking, our software makes every step easier. Plus, explore bonus features like funder search to discover new opportunities. Get real-time insights, stay compliant, and boost collaboration—so you can focus on what really matters: securing more grants and maximizing your impact.
NonProfit Quarterly
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Image credit: Getty Images for Unsplash One of the chief responsibilities of a nonprofit board is to determine executive compensation. But fulfilling that responsibility can be challenging. Boards must contend with a variety of factors, from applicable state and federal laws to the nonprofit’s financial constraints to competitive pay practices to organizational values and the salaries of the rest of its staff.
Get Fully Funded
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Whether you’re a fundraising pro or completely new to the process, choosing the activity you center your fundraiser around can be a real challenge. What kind of activity makes sense for your organization? What would your attendees be most interested in? How can you keep your events fresh year over year so repeated attendees don’t get bored? It’s a lot to think about!
NonProfit Quarterly
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Image credit: Mercyships.org Disclosure: The author is a journalist and has been serving as a volunteer writer in the Communications Department on board the Global Mercy since January 2024. In August 2024, the Global Mercy, the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, docked at the port of Freetown for a 10-month field service to provide surgical operations and educational training by invitation of the government of Sierra Leone.
Speaker: Radhika Samant and Todd Wuestenberg
Employee recognition has often been deemed a "feel-good" initiative, tied closely to rewards. While we understand its importance, we tend to associate recognition with intangible outcomes like engagement and sentiment, rather than direct impacts on retention and high performance. In today’s workplace, the true ROI of recognition lies in its ability to regenerate tangible, business-driven results.
The Killoe Group
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Executing your silent auction should be a breeze. Use these steps and best practices to run an unforgettable auction that significantly accelerates giving.
Bloomerang
OCTOBER 28, 2024
More than anything else, nonprofits are fueled by passion. This is a wondrous motivation behind inspiring gifts of time, talent, and treasure generously given to touch, improve, and save more lives, especially to help those who are struggling. Dreams go hand in hand with this passion to champion good works that are visible in a multitude of essential ways — advancing education, healthcare, human services, arts and culture, economic development, animal welfare — and a host of other ingredients of
The NonProfit Times
OCTOBER 28, 2024
There is an acrimonious presidential election in just a few days and the current political climate in the United States requires a measured approach to advocacy. Faced with growing political polarization, nonprofit leaders maintain a nonpartisan or bipartisan stance as a strategic necessity. They frame their advocacy within their mission and needs of their communities.
Foundation Group
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Effective maintenance and management is essential to keep your nonprofit’s website fresh and user-friendly. Try these four tips to revitalize your site.
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Stanford Social Innovation Review
OCTOBER 28, 2024
By Radha Rajkotia , Elizabeth Brown & Allison J. Anderson It’s old news, by now, that there is little investment in programs that help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) grow in low- and middle-income countries. Almost 10 years ago, an article in this magazine called for more SME funding, revealing that only 1 percent of overseas development aid goes toward supporting them.
Candid
OCTOBER 28, 2024
From 2015 to 2022, charitable giving in the United States saw significant fluctuations, shaped by economic cycles, social movements, and global events. Yet, despite the generosity of donors, the allocation of funds to nonprofits has often lacked consistency, predictability, and equity—factors critical to ensuring long-term impact and sustainability in the sector.
Non Profit AF
OCTOBER 28, 2024
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Anedot
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Location of Program: Marin Headlands, Sausalito, California Reports to : Director of Pathology, Dr. Pádraig Duignan Program Classification: Seasonal externship/rotation: January 1 – December 31, 2025 Benefits: No benefits Program Overview The Veterinary Anatomic Pathology Resident Rotation is an opportunity for anatomic and clinical pathology residents in established programs (traditional and non-traditional tracks) or those that have recently completed a program, to gain experience in marine ma
Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson
Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.
Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls
OCTOBER 28, 2024
SAN 101: How Storage Area Networks Support and Protect Essential Workloads Businesses with critical workloads require reliable and high-performance storage solutions in this age of data. SAN (Storage Area Network), a dedicated high-speed network provides access to consolidated, block-level storage and plays an important part in enterprise IT infrastructure.
Nonprofit Leadership Podcast
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Measuring impact is crucial for nonprofits striving to create sustainable change. In this episode, Dana François, Program Officer for Family Economic Security at the Kellogg Foundation, joins Rob to discuss strategies for effectively measuring program impact. Dana shares insights from the Kellogg Foundation’s Pockets of Hope campaign in Haiti, a targeted initiative to strengthen food systems… Source Measuring impact is crucial for nonprofits striving to create sustainable change
Get Fully Funded
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Whether you’re a fundraising pro or completely new to the process, choosing the activity you center your fundraiser around can be a real challenge. What kind of activity makes sense for your organization? What would your attendees be most interested in? How can you keep your events fresh year over year so repeated attendees don’t get bored? It’s a lot to think about!
The Charity CFO
OCTOBER 28, 2024
In a recent episode of A Modern Nonprofit Podcast, host Tosha Anderson sat down with Dr. Tiffany Slater, an nonproift HR expert and founder of HRTailorMade. The conversation centered around common HR risks faced by nonprofit organizations and best practices for avoiding potential pitfalls. Here’s a recap of the key insights shared during their discussion.
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.
Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls
OCTOBER 28, 2024
How Metaverse Technology is Redefining Digital Experiences In the rapidly evolving digital innovation landscape, metaverse technology stands out as a transformative force reshaping our virtual interactions and experiences. As we venture into the 21st century, the metaverse concept is transitioning from science fiction to reality, promising to revolutionize how we work, play, and connect in digital spaces.
Donorbox Nonprofit
OCTOBER 28, 2024
The costs of running a nonprofit quickly add up. Between donor communication, engagement activities, and organizational needs, your income needs to stretch quite far. And while fundraising events and campaigns are meant to raise money for your nonprofit, they can become expensive. Defining your goals is an essential step in managing your organizational expenses.
Anedot
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Location of Program: Marin Headlands, Sausalito, California Reports to : Clinical Veterinarian, Dr. Emily Whitmer Program Classification: Seasonal externship/rotation: March 1 – Sept 30, 2026 Benefits: No benefits Program Overview The Marine Mammal Center Clinical Veterinary Externship Program provides veterinary students in their clinical year the opportunity to gain exposure to marine mammal medicine, pathology, rehabilitation, and husbandry.
NonProfit Quarterly
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Image credit: Colin Lloyd on Unsplash Since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, women experiencing pregnancy complications have been turned away from hospitals. In Idaho, where an abortion ban took effect immediately after the decision, patients have been denied necessary healthcare, leading to at least six pregnant people needing to be airlifted out of state for abortion services.
Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader
In today’s competitive market, pricing is more than just a number — it’s the cornerstone of profitability. The right pricing strategy ensures that you capture the true value of your offering, paving the way for sustainable growth and long-term success. Join Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader, in this exclusive session where he will explore how a well-crafted pricing approach balances customer perception with business objectives, creating a powerful tool for securing both competitive advantage a
Fundraising Leadership
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Issue 277 — October 28, 2024 This is a nonpartisan statement, and I believe it to the core of my being. Voting is #leadership. Do you agree? Or does it sound far-fetched? Maybe you think my mind is simply addled from the media barrage of political ads and stories leading up to Election Day, November 5. Yeah, they are quite annoying. I know who I’ve voted for (yes, I already cast my ballot) and why, but that’s not the point of this message.
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