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Country Music Doyenne Dolly Parton Gives $1 Million for Hurricane Relief

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The singer songwriter’s donation to Mountain Ways Foundation will help people who lost their homes to flooding during last month’s hurricane. By Maria Di Mento Derek Cress/Dollywood Parks & Resorts Country music singer and songwriter Dolly Parton announces a $1 million gift to Mountain Ways Foundation, along with a matching $1 million from her businesses, to help residents of eastern Tennessee who lost their homes in the floods that followed Hurricane Helene.

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More Than Half of Nonprofit Leaders Reported Not Having Donor Engagement Strategies

NonProfit PRO

To help nonprofits prepare for year-end fundraising and beyond, NonProfit PRO released its inaugural “2024 Nonprofit Fundraising Study.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches Its Largest Mayors Challenge Ever to Inspire City Leaders Globally

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

A city in India is giving farmers affordable access to cold storage, powered with solar panels, for their crops, which reduces waste and increases sales. By Glenn Gamboa, AP Business Writer AP The success of the cold storage program in Rourkela, India, has been replicated in other Indian cities, and other countries are thinking about starting their own programs.

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Insurance Protection Done Easy

NonProfit PRO

Experience the efficiency and convenience of PHLY's online portal, e-binding, and PHLYTrac telematics program. We Make It EASY!

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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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What megadonors miss about health-focused nonprofits 

Candid

Well-intended, ultra-high net worth (UHNW) individuals are donating large sums of money to fund solutions for some of society’s most challenging problems. Over the past decade, it has become increasingly commonplace for those individuals to make mega gifts to other wealthy and at times famous people who have visibility, access, and power, as opposed to traditional nonprofit organizations that engage in social programming, capacity building, and direct services.

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Momentive Software Announces GiveSmart Fundraising and Accounting Integration

NonProfit PRO

Momentive Software integrated its GiveSmart and MIP software, creating a connected fundraising and accounting solution suite.

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How Massachusetts is Seeking to Make Hunger History

Nonprofit Leadership Podcast

What does it take to solve food insecurity on a statewide level? In this episode, Erin McAleer, President and CEO of Project Bread, shares how Massachusetts is tackling food insecurity through advocacy, systemic change, and statewide collaboration. Erin discusses Project Bread’s radical approach to ending hunger by addressing both immediate needs and permanent solutions… Source What does it take to solve food insecurity on a statewide level?

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The Final Countdown: 5 Ways To Boost Year-End Donations

Bloomerang

Did you know that a lot of nonprofit organizations raise 30%, sometimes as much as 50% of their annual donations during the year-end giving season ? The lion’s share of all giving comes in December. Most nonprofits bring in nearly half of their online donations in the last week of the year. The three biggest giving days of the year are December 29, 30, and 31st.

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Top 10 Strategies to Transform Reluctant Fundraisers into Ready Philanthropy Facilitators

Clairification

What’s holding you back? Culture? Fear? How do you help people afraid of fundraising become comfortable in what should be a mission-aligned role for everyone associated with your nonprofit organization? After all, everyone benefits from increased philanthropy. Not just development staff. Increasingly, successful nonprofits are adopting cultures of philanthropy where everyone involved – administrative staff, program staff, board members, committee members, direct service volunteers and eve

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New FTC Rules Could Aid Donors In Opting Out

The NonProfit Times

Nonprofit managers are scrambling to get clarity on how to proceed regarding the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) new “click to cancel” provisions requiring businesses to make it easier for consumers to cancel enrollment in recurring billing, such as memberships. In the case of nonprofits, it could mean anything from making it easier to cancel recurring gifts, to getting out of gym memberships or membership of any type to any pausing ongoing donor relationships.

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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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Systems Change Isn’t One Thing. Financing Should Reflect That (Blog)

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Steve Waddell & Friedemann Polzin From experimentation to redesign to optimization, the interconnected processes by which systems are changed require distinct forms of funding.

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A Donor Offers to Give You Twice What You Expected

Veritus Group

Too often, situations arise where a donor wants to do more but the fundraiser is not prepared. Do not let this be you. Be ready. Here's how. The post A Donor Offers to Give You Twice What You Expected appeared first on Veritus Group.

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Digital civil society and digital governance

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Philadelphia, Independence Hall, photo by Miguel Angel Sanz from Unsplash I'm an historian. I used to sit in graduate seminars about the founding of the United States and wonder what these guys (all men, those founding fathers) were really thinking? Where did their ideas come from? There's lots of important scholarship about this now, including work that centers the knowledge of indigenous communities (land stolen, ideas taken).

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Property Management & Site Administrator

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Job Description Job Title: Property Management & Site Administrator Reports To: Executive Director/CEO FLSA Status: Part-time (up to 100h/month –Wednesdays set), Non-Exempt Sweetwater Spectrum Mission Statement To provide adults with autism with innovative, community-based, long-term housing that offers individual choice and challenges each resident to reach his or her highest potential.

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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.