The Chronicle of Philanthropy
AUGUST 14, 2024
The cost of giving rose for people who no longer itemize deductions on their taxes. By Rasheeda Childress iStockphoto The cost of giving rose for people who no longer itemize deductions on their taxes.
NonProfit Leadership Alliance
AUGUST 14, 2024
In the bustling coastal city of Cotonou, Benin, in West Africa, one man stands out in the nonprofit sector: Norentz Gogan , a Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP). His life’s work revolves around empowering youth, fostering leadership, and driving social change. With over a decade of experience in educational program development, his story serves as a powerful reminder that CNP’s are beyond equipped to create a global impact.
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy
AUGUST 14, 2024
Democracy advocates are doubling down on the wrong strategies, writes a veteran organizing strategist. They should take lessons from abroad and the pre-1964 civil rights movement. By Deepak Bhargava Bettmann Archive Civil rights activist Bayard Rustin speaks to a group of march marshals before the 1963 Freedom March. Rustin was chief organizer for the historic march.
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
AUGUST 14, 2024
If there’s one thing nonprofit marketers could use more of, it is likely time and resources. Working with multiple social impact organizations, I constantly search for ways to optimize both and increase overall nonprofit productivity. During my journey, I have discovered the benefits of systematizing processes. Words like these are not naturally attractive to us right-brained thinkers.
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy
AUGUST 14, 2024
Inside an effort dubbed "mutual aid on steroids" that's getting a tryout in cities like Atlanta, Chicago, and Louisville By Drew Lindsay Leigh Vogel Lisa Kay Solomon of Stanford’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design endorses a colleague’s comments at a 2022 meeting of the National Civic Collaboratory.
NonProfit PRO
AUGUST 14, 2024
Soapbox Engage launched Advanced Fraud Protection, which combines machine learning and AI to protect nonprofits from fraud.
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NonProfit PRO
AUGUST 14, 2024
Just when it feels like you’re making headway with a donor, they pull back. Here's how being persistent in these situations pays off.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
AUGUST 14, 2024
Democracy advocates are doubling down on the wrong strategies, writes a veteran organizing strategist. They should take lessons from abroad and the pre-1964 civil rights movement. By Deepak Bhargava Bettmann Archive Civil rights activist Bayard Rustin speaks to a group of march marshals before the 1963 Freedom March. Rustin was chief organizer for the historic march.
Candid
AUGUST 14, 2024
Generative AI technologies have made it possible for users to transform raw information—quickly and easily—into a presentable and readable form. Although there is concern about how generative AI affects the integrity of written work and images, there is also hope that responsible adoption can boost the social sector’s impact. Greg Stanley at PEAK Grantmaking has argued that generative AI tools can streamline the grant application process by enabling grantmakers to summarize, categorize, and pre-
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
AUGUST 14, 2024
Recent legislation meant to promote transparency in giving by foreign philanthropists will boost the charitable world’s credibility. By Craig Kennedy Illustration by The Chronicle; The Wyss Foundation Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss and possibly other wealthy individuals from abroad donate to nonprofits that then move the money from 501(c)(3) organizations to 501(c)(4)s and political action groups that have more flexibility to engage in retail politics.
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.
NonProfit Quarterly
AUGUST 14, 2024
Image: “Death Caught From A Plane Window” by Yvonne Coleman Burney/ www.artbyycolemanburney.com Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2024 issue, “Escaping Corporate Capture.” In this conversation, Steve Dubb, senior economic justice editor at NPQ ; Rithika Ramamurthy, former economic justice editor at NPQ and now communications director at the Climate and Community Project; and Ananda Valenzuela, consultant and professional interim executive director, 1 talk
Big Duck
AUGUST 14, 2024
Learn how nonprofits can plan successful campaigns with this blog from Big Duck, a worker-owned communications firm.
Bloomerang
AUGUST 14, 2024
Have you ever wondered how charities and nonprofits know if they’re really making a difference? It’s not just about how much money they raise anymore. Donors and supporters want to see proof that their hard-earned money is having a real impact. This has led to a new trend in the nonprofit world called “ impact measurement.” What’s impact measurement all about?
Nonprofit Tech for Good
AUGUST 14, 2024
AI is not going to replace digital marketers and fundraisers, but when used effectively, AI can help you become a more efficient and successful digital marketer and fundraiser. The 2025 Certificate in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Marketing & Fundraising program will provide an honest, balanced approach to using AI for nonprofit marketing and fundraising and illuminate why human creativity is more valuable than ever.
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Veritus Group
AUGUST 14, 2024
As a frontline fundraiser, the best gift you can give to your manager, successor, and donors is to make sure your database is up to date. The post The Best Gift YOU Can Give appeared first on Veritus Group.
NonProfit Quarterly
AUGUST 14, 2024
As NPQ moves into its two-week summer break, economic justice editor Steve Dubb highlights eight selected articles f rom the first seven months of 2024. These articles range from writing by Sulma Arias and Manuel Pastor on how social justice philanthropy can boost movement power to articles from each of three published series this year— The Vision for Black Lives: An Economic Policy , Ending Work Requirements , and Just Transition: Liberating Finance to Build a Better World —to how a nonprofit s
The NonProfit Times
AUGUST 14, 2024
Eileen Wiens is the new chief sales officer for Bloomerang , the donor, volunteer, and fundraising management software platform for nonprofits based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Her primary objectives will be to transform the sales organization, oversee business development, new customer acquisition and expansion, and partnerships and sales enablement.
NonProfit Quarterly
AUGUST 14, 2024
As NPQ begins a two-week period of rest, the team highlights some of our favorite articles so far from 2024. These articles, selected by NPQ staff, present the wide scope of our racial justice coverage this year, on correcting history, reclaiming space, building movements, and more. The Impossible Dilemma of Black Female Leadership: The Tragedy of Nobody Seeing Us Even When Everybody’s Watching 1.
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.
Donorbox Nonprofit
AUGUST 14, 2024
Let’s be honest, most nonprofits — yours included — face various operational challenges every day. From navigating fluctuating fundraising trends to getting your messaging seen and heard in a sector saturated with appeals. However, 67% of nonprofits agree that using a CRM to track donations and manage communications is vital for their organization’s success.
iMarketSmart
AUGUST 14, 2024
As a gift officer, do you sometimes feel like your administrators and leaders are directing you to perform fundraising activities that don’t actually seem to produce much revenue? In our years of observation as we’ve helped large nonprofit organizations increase their major and planned gift revenue through fundraising automation, we have found ourselves consistently running up against “existing procedures.
NonProfit Quarterly
AUGUST 14, 2024
As NPQ begins a two-week period of rest, the Climate Justice team is highlighting some of our favorite articles from the year so far. These articles, selected by NPQ staff, explore the wide scope of our 2024 climate coverage, highlighting the fight against climate change as it relates to policy, young leaders, mental health, and more. How Rising Temperatures May Affect Future Elections 1.
NonProfit Quarterly
AUGUST 14, 2024
As NPQ begins a two-week period of rest, the team highlights some of our favorite articles so far from 2024. These articles, selected by NPQ staff, present the wide scope of our health justice coverage this year, on hope, healing justice, reproductive rights, and more. Hope Is a Practice and a Discipline: Building a Path to a Counterculture of Care 1.
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.
NonProfit Quarterly
AUGUST 14, 2024
Image: “Judgement” by Yvonne Coleman Burney/ www.artbyycolemanburney.com Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2024 issue, “Escaping Corporate Capture.” When asked to think about corporate capture’s nefarious impact in the world, I don’t have to look very far: Consider my own industry—the nonprofit sector. In the maze of advocacy and issue-based organizations, the tendrils of corporate influence grip tightly, shaping the contours of the sector in ways that sti
NonProfit Quarterly
AUGUST 14, 2024
A group of workers at Wilson Electric Services, a commercial electrical contractor that is 100% employee owned. Arizona, USA. Photo courtesy of Lisa McFate, Wilson Electric Services At NPQ , we have regularly explored the field of impact investing —that is, the use of investment capital for social benefit. We have also regularly examined the field of employee ownership.
NonProfit Quarterly
AUGUST 14, 2024
With the waning days of summer upon us, the NPQ team would like to offer up some of our favorite articles from the Leadership desk this year. These articles reflect the diversity and range of the work we strive to bring to our readers. Some represent news coverage of the sector; others present new ideas about how the nonprofit, philanthropic, and social justice sectors can survive and indeed thrive in these uncertain times, and more.
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