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Has the Giving Crisis Reached the Point of No Return?

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Rasheeda Childress Sarah Jones for The Chronicle The giving crisis is finally beginning to hit nonprofits where it hurts — the pocketbook. But organizations are fighting to win back everyday donors.

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4 Steps for Organizing Assets to Strengthen Your Brand

NonProfit PRO

There's no better time than the new year to prioritize organization. Here are four simple steps to organize your brand assets.

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It's Election Season. Here's How Philanthropy Is Working to Secure the Vote.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Alex Daniels iStock/Getty Images Voting Booths set up in rows on Election Day. (iStock) Foundations and donors are aiming to bring down the thicket of barriers to a representative, unmanipulated vote.

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Insurance Protection Done Easy

NonProfit PRO

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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 Next Hurdle for Trust-Based Philanthropy: Showing Impact

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Alex Daniels Sarah Jones for The Chronicle Proponents have pressed for a less top-down relationship with nonprofits, and new approaches are now widespread. But their effectiveness isn’t yet known.

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Report: Fundraisers to Prioritize ‘Donor Engagement’ and ‘Pipeline Development’ in 2024

NonProfit PRO

Gravyty released its Donor Engagement Benchmark Report, which highlighted challenges fundraisers faced in 2023, and focuses for 2024.

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Comment on How Well Are You Paying Your Nonprofit Staff? by Alyson Molloy Hussey

Amy Eisenstein

If you are paying your nonprofit staff under market rate, the long-term damage to your organization could be much greater than you think.

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The Next Test of the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision: Race-Based Foundation Grants

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Alex Daniels Sarah Jones for The Chronicle The Fearless Fund, an Atlanta-based venture-capital firm, and its associated foundation face a lawsuit arguing that its grants targeted to Black women entrepreneurs violate civil-rights laws.

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How Nonprofit Leaders Can Delegate Successfully

Joan Garry

There is a thin line between doing and leading. Here are 10 causes of ineffective delegation as a nonprofit leader. What are they? And what is the solution? The post How Nonprofit Leaders Can Delegate Successfully appeared first on Joan Garry Consulting.

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Comment on How Well Are You Paying Your Nonprofit Staff? by Sherrie

Amy Eisenstein

We are finally moving in this direction with a 15% pay raise over the last 2 years but we are still way underpaid for a state-wide nonprofit! However, the board also increased our number of holidays and amount of PTO too! So we are getting there!

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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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A.I. Is the Future of Work. That Doesn’t Have to Be Bad.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Sara Herschander Sarah Jones for The Chronicle If A.I. can take care of busy work, burnt-out nonprofit employees may have more time to focus on what matters most.

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LSU Shreveport and Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Announce Partnership

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Kansas City, Mo. – The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance is proud to welcome The Institute for Nonprofit Administration and Research at LSU Shreveport as the newest university to join its Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) Campus Partnership Program. This partnership will provide all LSUS students with a preferred track to earn the nationally recognized Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential at a discounted rate.

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Newsletter: Saying Goodbye to a Special Friend ; 7 Sales Phrases That Will Help You Build Credibility; Nonprofits That Host In-Person Events Raise More Money

Selfish Giving

2024 is not off to a good start. My dog, "Charlie the Yorkie," died Friday morning. My wife and I were away in New Hampshire just after Christmas when my son called. Charlie was coughing a lot, and it was affecting his breathing. Speeding home, we rushed Charlie to a doggie emergency room, where doctors diagnosed him with a collapsed trachea. Yorkies have delicate tracheas, and we had spent years treating Charlie's with medication.

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Nonprofits Find Ways to Manage a Staffing Crisis With No End in Sight

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Jim Rendon Sarah Jones for the Chronicle Shorter workweeks, time off, and DEI training are helping groups hold on to workers.

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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 Close the Racial Homeownership Gap

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Jacob Wackerhausen on istock.com Homeownership is a key contributor to wealth generation, yet homeownership rates vary significantly by race. According to the National Association of Realtors , as of March 2023, while 72.7 percent of White Americans were homeowners, only 44 percent of Black Americans were homeowners (the rate for Latinx Americans was 50.6 percent and for Asian Americans 62.8 percent).

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How to Encourage Generosity Among Younger Generations

Top Nonprofits

Nonprofits are frequently told to diversify their revenue by seeking additional funding streams. However, you can also make your fundraising more sustainable by diving deeply into your funding streams and strategically targeting different segments of your nonprofit’s supporter base. There are various ways nonprofits can group their supporters, such as by location, giving history, and interests.

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What Does Community-Based Indigenous Journalism Look Like?

NonProfit Quarterly

For us, community-based media, what it looks like for us is, again, an Indigenous-led newsroom by Indigenous journalists—nuance and context you can’t find anywhere else, even in mainstream media. “Just because a story is new to you, it’s not new to the community.” And one example is we have a political reporter here in DC and she went to a Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing.

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Words to Avoid—2024 Edition

Big Duck

Ensure clarity and avoid miscommunication by questioning words and their attached meanings.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Unlocking change: Free access to Candid’s nonprofit resources

Candid

Candid’s ongoing commitment is to ensure all nonprofits and their communities have equitable access to Candid’s resources. Our mission is to get you what you need to do good—and that includes free access to the nonprofit resources, insights, and tools listed below. Free nonprofit educational resources Most nonprofit leaders hold deep expertise in their organization’s focus area, but not everyone working in the social sector arrives equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to fundr

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AI, Nonprofits, and Productivity: LinkedIn Live Event 1/24 at 10 am PT

Beth Kanter

Join me for a LinkedIn Live for a conversation with Devi Thomas from Microsoft Philanthropies to learn how your nonprofit can get AI ready in 2024. The technology is moving fast, but we are slowing down to have a conversation to get you started using the generative AI tools for productivity and creativity. Understand AI benefits and limitations for nonprofits.

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Learn more about the nonprofit Matt Damon co-founded

Nonprofit Leadership Podcast

Clean water. While most of us have access to it, there are millions upon millions across the world who don’t. There are approximately 700 million people, all over the world, who do not have access to safe water or sanitation. Today’s guest, Vedika Bhandarkar, describes a unique and effective strategy for getting more clean water to those in need.

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Cynthia Renta Named Executive Director, Girl Be Heard

NonProfit HR

For Immediate Release Cynthia Renta Named Executive Director of Girl Be HeardNew Executive Director to Champion Artistic Expression and Art as a Conduit for Social Change BROOKLYN, New York, January 17, 2024 — Girl Be Heard (GBH), a Brooklyn-based organization that amplifies and celebrates the voices of girls, young women, and gender-expansive youth through socially conscious … Read more The post Cynthia Renta Named Executive Director, Girl Be Heard appeared first on Nonprofit HR.

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Engage, Empower, Excel: Transforming Performance in the New Era of Work

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Adri Glover

The world of work has fundamentally changed. The series of waves that the pandemic began have rippled through the Great Resignation, quiet quitting, the Great Regret, and other eloquent phrases that boil down to the same thing: people aren’t engaged at work or enabled to perform at their best. The truth is that engagement and enablement is more important than ever, but how we do it is the critical differentiator for many organizations.

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Dazzle Your Donor Prospects with an Upgraded LinkedIn Headline

iMarketSmart

Many major gift officers don’t realize that one of the things some wealthy donor prospects do after receiving a first communication from you is to check out your LinkedIn profile. And the first things they tend to notice are the photo, the banner, and your LinkedIn headline. Your LinkedIn headline is your first message to anyone who sees your profile.

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A Banker’s Case for Public Banking

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: nortonrsx on istock.com For over 20 years, I have explored how to change financial systems in the United States to promote greater equity and inclusion. This has led me to the conclusion that if we want to close the racial wealth gap, we need to get serious about public banking. Public banks, owned by state and local governments, are driven by a community-serving mission, Currently, financial systems favor White-owned firms and disfavor firms that are owned by people of color, li

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Federal Climate Funds Are Plentiful — but Nonprofits Should Move Quickly

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Jim Rendon Justin A. Morris, Getty Images Experts say if a Republican wins the White House, the new administration could change the rules that govern the Inflation Reduction Act.