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What to Say on November 6 and How to Say It

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The words that philanthropy and nonprofits use can stoke division, particularly in tense moments, a new study finds. Here's how to get your message across and bring people together after the election. By Drew Lindsay Shutterstock The words that philanthropy and nonprofits use can stoke division, particularly in tense moments, a new study finds. Here's how to get your message across and bring people together after the election.

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The Critical Alignment of Board Chair and Executive

NonProfit PRO

When the board chair and executive are in harmony, everyone benefits. Here's how these two leaders can build a productive relationship.

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Here’s What I.V.F. Patients Really Need: More Access and Fewer Lies

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Politicalization of the procedure detracts from the urgent need for more funding and research. By Georgeanna Jones Klingensmith Stew Milne, AP Sarah Brown participates in a rally in support of in vitro fertilization treatments outside the Alabama State House in Montgomery. Politicalization of the procedure detracts from the urgent need for more funding and research.

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Study: 37% of Social Donors Gave More This Year Despite Economic Pressures

NonProfit PRO

OneCause unveiled its "Giving Experience Research Study," which revealed increased social giving, Gen Z's philanthropic impact, and more.

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

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, 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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The California Endowment Had a $1 Billion Plan. Then It Threw Out Its Playbook

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The foundation's decade-long Building Healthy Communities initiative set out to improve health in 14 California regions. It ended up redefining its approach to community change. By Sara Herschander Long Beach Forward A group organized through Long Beach Forward, part of the California Endowment’s Building Healthy Communities initiative, joins in the annual Long Beach Martin Luther King Jr.

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Your Guide To Preventing Fraud & Driving Donations

NonProfit PRO

Are you getting ready for a successful 2025? Make sure you’re aware of the unique threats that fraud brings to non-profit organizations and how you can protect your organization against them. This guide will help you understand how clean donor data and ID verification stop bad actors looking to take advantage of your trust and goodwill, prevent donor churn, and drive revenue so you can have a successful year!

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How to get media to cover your nonprofit 

Candid

It’s ironic: Despite having many more ways to communicate with their constituencies today—through social media, email, webinars, Zoom, and in-person events—many nonprofits still struggle to reach a broad audience. They still rely on external media outlets to help get the word out about their work and raise their profile. But not every nonprofit has a public relations team or a communications or media relations specialist who keeps track of local and national media outlets.

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Women in Nonprofit Leadership: A Beacon of Progress Amid Corporate America’s DEI Retrenchment 

NonProfit HR

In recent years, as corporate America scales back on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, the nonprofit sector has continued to move forward, particularly in advancing women into leadership roles. As the for-profit world dismantles DEI programs under financial and political pressures, nonprofits have remained steadfast in their commitment to gender and racial equity.

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6 Essential Silent Auction Rules for Your Best Auction Yet

The Killoe Group

Explore essential silent auction rules you must have in place at your event to ensure that it’s well-organized, profitable, and enjoyed by all attendees.

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Reimagining the Social Impact Sector: A Collaborative Future

NonProfit HR

We live in a time of exponential change, a pivotal moment where the future calls us to transcend the traditional boundaries and limits that we allow to define our lived experiences. Now, more than ever, the opportunity to reimagine how we work across every sector, including government, for-profits, nonprofits, associations, foundations and other philanthropic communities, … Read more The post Reimagining the Social Impact Sector: A Collaborative Future appeared first on.

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Recognition Powers High-Performance — If You Do it Right

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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Unexpected Giving Patterns Emerged During COVID

The NonProfit Times

The decline in giving rates due to the COVID-19 pandemic was much steeper than predicted for both recipients and non-recipients of federal stimulus money. Americans who received stimulus checks had a decline in giving rates that was approximately 2.7 percentage points greater than expected had there been no pandemic. Those without stimulus checks saw a decline that was estimated at 2.1 percentage points greater than anticipated.

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Job Hopping or Career Building: A Generational Perspective

NonProfit HR

In discussions about the future of work, there’s an often overlooked but vital topic to address in what’s shaping it: how different generations perceive job tenure. With 53% of organizations having the most challenge retaining employees aged 30 and below, according to Nonprofit HR’s 2023 Social Impact Talent Retention Practices Survey, let’s explore how younger … Read more The post Job Hopping or Career Building: A Generational Perspective appeared first on.

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The Ultimate Nonprofit Event Planning Checklist for Success

Bloomerang

Most nonprofits rely on a few annual fundraising events to bring in much-needed donations and to raise awareness for their cause. There are so many forms of fundraising events, from charity runs to fundraising festivals. No matter what event format your nonprofit is considering, you will need to take key event planning steps to make your fundraising event a success.

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The power of mystery for raising funds online and off

Jeff Brooks

Mystery is one of the most important (and under-used) tools for us in fundraising. It’s the most dependable way to get people’s attention. Email subject lines are a real laboratory for ways to grab attention. So are direct mail outer envelopes. Get those two things right — which most of the time means creating a tantalizing mystery — and you will raise more funds.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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How to Project Manage Your Nonprofit Story

Clairification

Your nonprofit’s story is the whole ball of wax. Without it, you’ve got nothing. So let’s really talk about this for a minute. A story is not “Give us money because we’re good guys and do good work.” Nor are “Sustain humanitarian aid,” “Support the arts,” or “Save our rivers” stories. Sure, there may be some implicit narratives hiding within these phrases, but they’re really tag lines or calls to action.

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Accounting Associate

Anedot

Job Title: Accounting Associate Reports to: Director of Finance FLSA Status (Exempt / Non-Exempt): Non-Exempt FTE/Hours per Week: 5 FTE (20 hours/week, 52 weeks) Team Collaboration: Operations, Development, Arts & Events, Communications, Human Services, Youth Programs Job Overview: The Accounting Associate supports all financial functions including but not limited to accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, banking, budgeting, financial audits and petty cash.

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Combining AI Breakthroughs and Better Policy to Defeat Superbugs

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Akhila Kosaraju Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) present a transformative opportunity to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges, particularly in the realm of health care. While every new technology entails some level of risk, generative AI also has the potential to save millions of lives. In particular, it could help address one of the most urgent global health threats in recent history—the crisis of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).