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35.9% of Cancer-Related Crowdfunders Note Financial Hardship, Health-Related Needs

NonProfit PRO

More than one-third of U.S. campaigns on GoFundMe highlighted medical financial hardship and health-related social needs, researchers found.

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There’s Nothing Artificial About Fundraising

Bloomerang

I love technology as much as the next person, and have benefited enormously from its application throughout my personal, professional, and civic lives. Yet, as a lifelong advancement professional for three institutions of higher education, and now as a fundraising consultant/trainer, I have serious questions about the potential of artificial intelligence, or the ubiquitous AI, in the profoundly unique discipline of resource development.

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What Tinder Can Teach Nonprofits

NonProfit PRO

Dating apps can teach fundraisers a lot about building relationships. Read on to learn why you need to think more like a matchmaker.

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What could equitable investment in Black nonprofit leaders look like? 

Candid

In September 2024, Candid and ABFE published two fact sheets about Black nonprofit leadership : Key Facts about Nonprofits with Majority Black Leadership and Key Facts about Nonprofits with Black CEOs. The data showed the world what Black nonprofit leaders have known for decades: Systemic issues in the social sector impact our ability to obtain the necessary resources to do our work.

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

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, 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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4 Strategies for Mobilizing Volunteers on Social Media

Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

If youre an experienced marketing pro, social media is already on your radar as a valuable communication channel for acquiring donors and spreading awareness of your cause. But you can also use social media platforms to strengthen another facet of your support base volunteers. Your existing volunteers are some of the best marketing tools in your toolkit for boosting volunteer opportunities and adding to your ranks.

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Shining a Light Clairity Click-it: Nonprofit Links + Free Resources

Clairification

As we enter the season of light, and you move into full-steam-ahead year-end fundraising mode, theres something I want to remind you about your messaging. “Oh, by the way, its not about you. The biggest mistake you can make is thinking your organization is the story. People arent buying your organization. When someone asks: What do you do? theyre not interested in your organization so much as what your organization accomplishes.

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How Extreme Heat Is Hurting People in India’s Slums

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Abhi Biswas on Unsplash Surekha More, a 50-year-old housekeeper in Mumbai, migrated to the city eight years ago after farming turned unprofitable in her village. The move afforded more income for her and her husbandand the hope of a better future for their three children. The family rented a 75-square-foot tenement in a slum in the city, and More now earns about 15,000 ($179) a month, cleaning homes and washing dishes in a nearby high-rise.

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Embracing Purpose: A Journey Forward with an Equity Mindset

Boardsource

Inspired by Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund's purpose-driven approach, BoardSource President and CEO Monika Kalra Varma and David Onek sat down for a virtual fireside chat to explore insights on the practicalities and the possibilities of operationalizing PDBL principles within their organization.

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Relying on Crowd-Sourced Data? Here’s Why It Won’t Guarantee a Fair Compensation Strategy

NonProfit HR

When it comes to designing a fair and strategic compensation structure, the details matter. While job boards and crowd-sourced data can be a useful reference and are crucial for job seekers, they lack the precision and relevance needed to build salary structures that accurately reflect the realities and values of social impact organizations. As a … Read more The post Relying on Crowd-Sourced Data?

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Turn that pyramid into a funnel to raise more money

Jeff Brooks

If you ever took a psychology class, you may remember Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. It looks like this, with “low” physical needs at the bottom and “high” emotional and spiritual needs above. I’m not going to argue with Dr. Maslow. But I do have a problem with the way his pyramid is often interpreted in fundraising.

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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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Church Email Marketing: Key Strategies Every Church Needs

Donorbox Nonprofit

Did you know 99% of email users check their inboxes every day? Email is an incredible opportunity for your church to connect with members right where they are. Whether its sharing encouraging words, inviting them to an upcoming event, or following up with a visitor, email marketing for churches is one of the most effective […] The post Church Email Marketing: Key Strategies Every Church Needs appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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Toward Solidarity: Reparations and Land Back on California’s Horizon

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Liudmila Chernetska on iStock In the 1960s and 70s, the Black Panthers and the American Indian Movement (AIM)two groups organizing against distinct yet interwoven histories of oppressionrecognized their shared goals. They built an alliance grounded in reciprocity, mutual respect, and collective resistance to state oppression. As former AIM leader Dennis Banks reflected in Dodging Bullets: Stories from Survivors of Historical Trauma , When they talked about their issues, we saw our

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Email Marketing for Nonprofits: The Ultimate How-To Guide

Bloomerang

Email marketing for nonprofits is a powerful tool that can do much more for your brand than just raising awareness. In fact, a recent Global Trends in Giving report reveals that 33% of donors in the U.S. and Canada find email to be the communication channel that most inspires them to contributebeating all other platforms. Investing in strategic email marketing can amplify your fundraising return on investment (ROI), engage supporters personally, and rally even more people to champion your missio

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A Letter to Philanthropy: Saviorism Will Not Save Our Ecosystems

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Downside Up by Rene Lapris Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s fall 2024 issue, Supporting the Youth Climate Justice Movement. On June 11, 1992, at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 12-year-old Canadian youth organizer Severn Cullis-Suzuki addressed the United Nations: I am here to speak for the countless animals dying across this planet, because they have nowhere left to go.

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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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The Critical Theory of Love: Reconceptualizing Love for Social Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Ben Mater on Unsplash Within social justice and movement building work, love is frequently mentioned but rarely defined or operationalized. In this three-part series on the Critical Theory of Love framework, author Durryle Brooks aims to fill the gap. By exploring the social function of love, the framework seeks to reclaim love as a radical and transformative force, replacing an uncritical love that perpetuates White supremacy, racism, and other forms of oppression.

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Legislating the Future: European Youth Climate Activists at the Policy Table

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Smoke Spirits by Rene Laprise Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s fall 2024 issue, Supporting the Youth Climate Justice Movement. For our generationthose of us born in the 1990s, who have grown up amid an increasingly concerning discourse on climate changethe environmental future appears bleak and uncertain.

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Racial Justice Conference Uplifts Importance of Local Organizing and Coalition Building

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Facing Race Dont anticipatorily comply! This was the advice Kim Anderson gave to the thousands of attendees of the Facing Race conference during the opening plenary on November 20 in St. Louis, MO. Anderson is the executive director of the National Education Association (NEA), the largest labor union in the United States, which represents three million teachers and school personnel.