The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 8, 2024

A study of the billions in gifts by the maverick philanthropist reveals a little about which organizations she favors. By Drew Lindsay Harvard researchers mined information about the maverick philanthropist's nearly 2,000 grants to offer the best window yet into the types of organizations she favors.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 8, 2024

If you want to grow in 2024, your mid-level donors can be one of the most valuable segments to target in an upgrade campaign.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 8, 2024

Businessman Glen Taylor created a foundation that will support three community foundations. The money will back programs to help people across the state. By Maria Di Mento Plus, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Ehlers-Danlos Society, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and an Outward Bound education program all received large sums.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 8, 2024

Attain Partners launched Attain Digital, which will consolidate the firm's Salesforce and ERP offerings under one umbrella.

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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 Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 8, 2024

Few Name, Image, Likeness organizations, which help college athletes get compensated, are nonprofits. By Thalia Beaty and Glenn Gamboa, Associated Press Kyusung Gong/AP The University of Michigan’s Wolverines, and Montlake Futures, which supports athletes at the University of Washington, are set to benefit regardless of who wins the national championship.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JANUARY 8, 2024

Risks of Tech Implementation How many risks can you think of when purchasing new nonprofit technology? I can think of several. There are financial and successful integration risks, time investments, and learning-curve challenges to face, just to name a few. It may also be devastating to a nonprofit leader if a large investment in a new technology fell short of expectations.

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Non Profit AF

JANUARY 8, 2024

[Image description: A duck, photoshopped onto a background that looks like they’re stepping out from behind a sheet of wrinkled purple paper, kind of like how someone would step onto the stag…

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Clairification

JANUARY 8, 2024

Trust defines the credibility and legitimacy not only of your organization, but of the entire social benefit sector. Yet too few organizations make the effort to operationalize this construct into their fundraising and marketing planning. You should. Without donor trust and confidence in philanthropy there’s no future for social benefit organizations.

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Veritus Group

JANUARY 8, 2024

Cultivating meaningful relationships with your donors requires a relentless commitment to patience and persistence. The post Patience and Persistence: The Heartbeat of Successful Fundraising in 2024 appeared first on Veritus Group.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 8, 2024

Six nonprofit lessons learned from a bad board experience. Have you ever started an organization you were passionate about, only to be held hostage to the whims and emotional baggage of the board president? I hope not because let me tell you that it did not make for a great first foray into the world […] The post A Cautionary Tale: Overcoming Governance Nightmares in Nonprofit Organizations appeared first on Blue Avocado.

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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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Bloomerang

JANUARY 8, 2024

Bloomerang’s New Reporting Capabilities Last month we launched several new reporting capabilities to help you better understand volunteer impact, support grant submissions, and inspire existing and potential volunteers. These capabilities show: Key Metrics in Volunteer Contribution Analysis The number of interactions based on how often volunteers showed up for work—a volunteer who helps over a period of time is more valuable than the volunteer who engages a single time.

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Foundation Group

JANUARY 8, 2024

Bookkeeping for churches is critical to responsibly managing your ministry’s finances. Learn everything you need to know about church bookkeeping here!

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Fundraising Coach

JANUARY 8, 2024

It’s well-known in the nonprofit world that the second gift, sometimes even referred to as “the golden gift,” is when donor retention rates start to rise. So why do donors continue to give to your nonprofit after their first gift? Or conversely, why do so many first-time donors not give again? The answer could be as simple as not making a follow-up request in a timely manner.

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Prosper Strategies

JANUARY 8, 2024

Welcome to 2024! If you’re anything like me, you might be spending this first week of the new year dusting off the cobwebs and coaxing your brain back into “work mode.” I always find that perusing my favorite nonprofit blogs and news sites helps me get back into the swing of things. This year in […] The post Our 2023 Nonprofit Reading Roundup appeared first on Prosper Strategies.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2024

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The Charity CFO

JANUARY 8, 2024

Welcome to another episode of A Modern Nonprofit Podcast, where today we are joined by the founder of Grant Writing Made Easy and CEO of Krista Kurlinkus, LLC, you may have guessed it… Krista Kurlinkus! With over 10,000 students and a Ph.D. in English-Rhetoric, Composition & Literacy Studies, Krista is nothing short of an expert in her field. Her organization, Grant Writing Made Easy has a mission t o help visionaries and changemakers get the grant funding they deserve through 1-on-1 grant

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