The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JULY 29, 2024

Recruiting former grantees as board members has helped the Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund better connect to communities and boost fundraising. By Jim Rendon Courtesy of Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2) Donors and board members from the Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund visited the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., on a trip to key sites in the Civil Rights Movement in the South.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 29, 2024

How far have we come in fundraising? After digging through documents from my 41-year career, here's how I've seen monthly giving change.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JULY 29, 2024

The donation will expand the STARS College Network, a nonprofit Byron and Tina Trott started last year to ensure students from low-population areas get the chance to attend a college of their choice. By Maria Di Mento University of Chicago Admissions The University of Chicago hosts a number of summer programs geared towards students from rural communities and small towns.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 29, 2024

DAFgiving360 reported significant increases in giving in fiscal year 2024, with its donors recommending more than $6.6 billion in grants.

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Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

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Pam Moore

JULY 29, 2024

Taming the Social Media Beast – Mastering AI, Branding, and Team Alignment for 2024 In the fast-paced digital world, managing your social media strategy can often feel like trying to tame a wild beast. From keeping up with platform changes to integrating the latest AI tools, and ensuring your team is aligned and motivated, the challenges can seem endless.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 29, 2024

By Kevin Barenblat & Naomi Morenzoni In 1970, Songs of the Humpback Whale was released. The album was one of the first sound recordings of the humpback whales’ song and became an anthem for the environmental movement. It was credited with producing the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 that helped some whale species escape extinction. At the time, scientists didn’t know what the melodic sounds of whales meant or what whales were saying to each other.

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Bloomerang

JULY 29, 2024

Why are volunteer apps important? According to the Volunteer Management Progress Report , recruitment was the top challenge and priority of volunteer coordinators in 2023. Volunteer apps help widen your reach to new audiences, stay in touch with current volunteers, and build stronger relationships through a positive volunteer experience. This guide will cover top volunteer apps, features to look out for, and best practices for using your app effectively.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 29, 2024

Image credit: Tima Miroshnichenko on Pexels According to research first published in JAMA Network Open , members of Generation X (which includes people born between 1965 and 1980) have a greater chance of being diagnosed with cancer than any generation before them. The research paper , “Cancer Incidence Trends in Successive Social Generations in the US,” authored by Philip S.

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Foundation Group

JULY 29, 2024

Nonprofits can leverage corporate gift matches. Discover how to make matching gifts part of your fundraising to enhance your community.

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Bloomerang

JULY 29, 2024

Nonprofit membership models are all around us. Culture, arts, and environmental organizations live and breathe memberships. Advocacy and professional associations thrive on them. Lots of household nonprofit brands, like the AARP, ACLU, Girl Scouts, Human Rights Campaign, and the YMCA, use a membership model. What is a membership model? A membership is a type of business plan where individuals pay a recurring fee—dues—to access the value an organization creates.

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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.

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Clairification

JULY 29, 2024

There’s a treasure trove of knowledge and research around major gift fundraising. What works well. What doesn’t work at all. What’s, at best, half-baked. It’s not rocket science. But there’s definitely art, and some science, involved. The gestalt way of thinking about the three secrets boils down to simply being: (1) SMART, (2) SYSTEMATIC and (3) PASSIONATE.

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Fundraising Coach

JULY 29, 2024

As an individual working at a K-12 school, you know just how valuable funding for your organization is. You’re probably tapping into all the fundraising sources you can, from soliciting online donations to hosting fun events to building relationships with major donors. While these are all valuable revenue streams, you may be overlooking others that are just as, if not more, impactful.

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Concord Leadership

JULY 29, 2024

Establishing and reinforcing your company values allows you to keep employees engaged and motivated to do their best. Explore these tips to strengthen yours. The post Why Are Company Values Important? 4 Tips to Reinforce Yours appeared first on The Concord Leadership Group, LLC.

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The Charity CFO

JULY 29, 2024

The effectiveness of a nonprofit’s finance committee can be a major factor in an organization’s success. An effective, engaged committee helps the organization proactively and effectively manage its finances to advance its mission. An ineffective committee, however, can hold your organization back and could even lead to poor financial health. Are you worried your finance committee isn’t as effective as it should be?

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JULY 29, 2024

Daily Tasks of an SEO Expert: Essential Duties and Responsibilities An SEO expert’s daily routine is a blend of strategic planning and meticulous execution. To ensure their website ranks high on search engines, an SEO expert performs tasks such as keyword research, on-page optimization, and tracking web analytics. Partnering with the best SEO company can provide additional insights and tools to enhance these efforts.

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Fundraising Leadership

JULY 29, 2024

Issue 267 — July 29, 2024 Women make up 50% of the athletes at the Paris Olympics, an inflection point for women in sports. There’s change in the air for women’s leadership parity on many fronts, with sports on the leading edge of progress. Check out these numbers. Source: S&P Global Girls who play competitive sports disproportionately become top leaders later in life.

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