Stanford Social Innovation Review
JANUARY 23, 2025
By Alex Ash Narratives are an essential prerequisite to social change. The stories we see in the media and in content shared, both online and off, influence how society perceives, interacts with, and ultimately governs an issue area. Stories matter. We saw this in 2023, when the Hollywood strikes drew attention to AI in the workplace on an unprecedented scale.
Candid
JANUARY 23, 2025
Nonprofits thrive or fail based largely on the success of their fundraising efforts, but fundraising alone cannot ensure sustainability. What if the key to resilience lies not just in raising funds but in building a stronger community of stakeholders? Community buildingcultivating a network of engaged donors, volunteers, board members, and beneficiaries who share a sense of belonging and commitmentmight be the most overlooked strategy for long-term success.
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy
JANUARY 23, 2025
While widely seen as a threat to civil society, HR 9495 actually gives nonprofits more power to fight back than the existing law. By Darryll K. Jones Shutterstock While widely seen as a threat to civil society, HR 9495 actually gives nonprofits more power to fight back than the existing law.
Clairification
JANUARY 23, 2025
The recent conflation of Inauguration Day and the Martin Luther King Day holiday in the U.S. has me thinking about freedom. And also the push/pull between freedom and responsibility. Freedom without responsibility (i.e., being held responsible for your actions) doesn’t work well for anyone but one person. Responsibility without freedom is stressful.
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
JANUARY 23, 2025
By Drew Lindsay Photos by Alex Garcia for the Chronicle Two churches aim to come together across differences of faith, race, and class. It's a test of the the unifying power of a belief in God, with thorny questions about identity and compromise.
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 23, 2025
A Benevity report found that 76% of executives plan to increase investment in corporate social responsibility.
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NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 23, 2025
Donor retention rates continue to decline. However, there are some easy engagement strategies you can use to find and keep donors.
Jeff Brooks
JANUARY 23, 2025
This is a detail from that famous lithograph by M. C. Escher, Relativity. I think it’s a perfect picture of ineffective fundraising, and here’s why: One of the figures is the fundraiser. The other is the donor. They are in the same place, their feet literally on the same steps. They’re even moving the same direction. But they aren’t in the same world.
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 23, 2025
A Benevity report found that 76% of executives plan to increase investment in CSR, despite growing public scrutiny around it.
Philanthropy 2173
JANUARY 23, 2025
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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.
NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 23, 2025
Image Credit: Photo courtesy of Ariel Fisher. From the ashes, beauty will rise. Those were the words of Pastor Kerwin Manning at a meeting of Altadena and Pasadena residents organized by faith-based and social justice groups to demand a just and equitable recovery from the fires that ravaged Southern California in January 2025. From afar, its easy to think that the wildfires that swept our region mostly affected movie stars living their best lives by the ocean.
Philanthropy 2173
JANUARY 23, 2025
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NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 23, 2025
Image Credit: Alejandro Cartagena on Unsplash In an interview with NPQ , Paromita Shah shared resources that people can utilize to prepare for potential mass deportations under the Trump administration. Shah is the cofounder and executive director of the Washington, DC-based Just Futures Law, an organization composed of movement lawyers who work directly with community-based organizations to provide resources and legal support to groups fighting for a future beyond deportation and criminalizatio
NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 23, 2025
Image Credit: Getty Images on Unsplash While in the hospital I was [racking] my brain on how in the world I could bring in some money and pay our incoming medical bills while staying home with a medically complex child. Thats how Mallory Rose described the first few weeks with her newborn daughter, who was eventually, after multiple hospitalizations, diagnosed with a serious infection known as staph scalded skin syndrome.
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!
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