The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The Carnegie Corporation of New York, founded by steel magnate and library builder Andrew Carnegie, thinks the public institutions can mend today's societal fractures. By Alex Daniels Illustration by the Chronicle; Library of Congress Top row, from left: the Carnegie Center in Phoenix, Ariz.; the 1918 Carnegie Library in Port Angeles, Wash.; the 1902 public library in Carthage, Mo.; and the Carnegie Library in Elk City, Okla.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Fundraisers rarely engage in balanced dialogues with donors. Instead, incorporate active listening into your major gift asks.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Just 12 percent of all donors give spontaneously, but the share is a little higher among Gen Z and Millennials, according to research from the Blackbaud Institute. By Rasheeda Childress Just 12 percent of all donors give spontaneously, but the share is a little higher among Gen Z and Millennials.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Learn from the experts in this highly anticipated session. Gain insights into how to fill your room with the right people who are bidders, not just eaters and discover how to acquire top auction items like trips, cruises, and more with ease and at no cost to you. Identify techniques for securing sponsors who are passionate about your cause and making your event a success.

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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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Amy Eisenstein

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

We’ve always described fundraising in the context of a cycle. But what if we’re looking at it the wrong way? Here's a modern look at raising major gifts.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Use this helpful resource to track the pre-award, post-award and audit stages of the grant process. Check off each step from being awarded the funding to the accounting and reporting.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

OneCause unveiled new developments for OneCause AI, a suite of artificial intelligence tools built directly into its fundraising platform.

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NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Image Credit: Source photos IFlynn on Wikimedia. On the busy streets of New York, youth are leading marches , art installations are being set up in parks. The city has been flooded with nonprofit groups, experts, activists, artists , leaders, young people, and speakers all concerned with the looming specter of climate change. The groups and individuals are here for Climate Week NYC 2024 , a massive conference running from September 22 through September 29.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

People are often surprised to learn that I haven’t always supported corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. After all, I’m a Black woman from Jamaica who works in human resources. But I used to be a skeptic. I didn’t understand systemic discrimination and thought hard work alone was the great equalizer. I believed it was better to “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” without any consideration for a person’s background.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

By Greg Fine – a marketing consultant that works to elevate nonprofit marketing impact, revitalize giving campaigns, and bring energy and awareness to nonprofit brands and their mission. Artificial intelligence is simplifying the nonprofit slog work that ties up enormous banks of time and resources. For nonprofit managers who oversee tedious administrative work and grant proposal grinds, for instance, AI is a godsend for reducing time suck.

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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

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Your nonprofit’s annual silent auction may be your most crucial recurring fundraising event. Silent auctions , whether online or in-person, bring your community of supporters together to fund your mission and celebrate your cause. Because these events have significant fundraising potential, you must ensure they go off without a hitch. That’s where silent auction software comes in handy.

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Clairification

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

I’m beginning again, as I often do, with a bit of borrowed insight: The hierarchy of insight It looks like this: data information knowledge understanding wisdom Which do we measure the most, spend the most obtaining and argue about most often? We might have it backwards. — Seth Godin Do you glorify data above understanding? Opinion above knowledge?

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Jeff Brooks

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Here’s an info-packed interview with the Superb Tom Ahern. We discuss how and why you can raise a lot of money with donor newsletters. Learn what’s working and what’s not, what most often goes wrong in donor newsletters, and what the heck is up with email newsletters? All from Tom’s book Making Money with Donor Newsletters. This podcast could change your fundraising forever!

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Elevate Your Nonprofit’s Narrative Ready to sprinkle some storytelling magic into your nonprofit’s mission? Join me and Boardable for a quick 30-minute power session where we’ll dive into fun and practical tips to craft narratives that engage, inspire, and drive action. Date: Sept 24, 2024 Time: 12 PM ET Register here: Storytelling Tips & Tricks for Nonprofits Whether you’re looking to attract new members, boost your fundraising, or just tell your story in a way that truly resonates, this we

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Big Duck

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Learn more about ethical fundraising and inclusive communications, and get tools to address problematic language in marketing.

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Anedot

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Classification: Non-Exempt Reports To: Associate Director Hourly rate: $30 Hours: 20 hours per week Organization: Sonoma Ecology Center (SEC) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that has worked with our community for over 30 years to identify and lead actions that achieve and sustain ecological health in Sonoma Valley and beyond. Our work improves the land, climate, water, and biodiversity – the foundation of our region’s high quality of life.

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MNA Association

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Call for Applications Contract Title: Nonprofit Ambassador Reports to: Membership Manager Approved by: Professional and Organizational Development Director Date: 9/13/2024 Grant Opportunity Overview   MNA is seeking rural community leaders positioned in local capacity building organizations or community coalitions to partner in resource sharing, networking, and development for local nonprofit leaders.

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Anedot

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Classification: Non-Exempt Reports To: Associate Director Hourly rate: $30 Hours: 20 hours per week Organization: Sonoma Ecology Center (SEC) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that has worked with our community for over 30 years to identify and lead actions that achieve and sustain ecological health in Sonoma Valley and beyond. Our work improves the land, climate, water, and biodiversity – the foundation of our region’s high quality of life.

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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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The Charity CFO

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

With a focus on the concept of collaborative funding, Tosha is joined today by the Executive Director of Young Futures , Katya Hancock. Young Futures is a 501c(3) organization with a mission to make it easier to grow up in the digital world. The organization focuses on young persons aged 10 -19, where they believe young people should still feel hopeful and optimistic about their futures.

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Anedot

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Classification: Non-Exempt Reports To: Associate Director Hourly rate: $30 Hours: 20 hours per week Organization: Sonoma Ecology Center (SEC) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that has worked with our community for over 30 years to identify and lead actions that achieve and sustain ecological health in Sonoma Valley and beyond. Our work improves the land, climate, water, and biodiversity – the foundation of our region’s high quality of life.

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Fundraising Report Card

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

In our continuing data storytelling series, we come to one of the most misunderstood statistics – the average donation amount. We want you to have absolute clarity about this metric, … Continue reading "Average Donation Amount – the Story Behind the Most Misunderstood Metric" The post Average Donation Amount – the Story Behind the Most Misunderstood Metric appeared first on Fundraising Report Card.

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NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Image credit: Pricetveyron on wikimedia.org In Southern California, the power company has shut off the electricity to over 240 households in a desperate attempt to keep residents safe—and get them out. The houses are in the Portuguese Bend region, in the coastal Rancho Palos Verdes neighborhood, positioned precariously on land that keeps shifting.

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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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NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Pixabay As of 2022, an estimated 4.4 million people in the United States had lost their right to vote due to felony convictions. This is equivalent to the population of Kentucky or Oregon. A report published in June by Human Rights Watch , The Sentencing Project, and the American Civil Liberties Union’s Voting Rights Project seeks to challenge this common practice.

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NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Image credit: Drazen Zigic on Unsplash Sixty years ago, in a powerful testimony at the Democratic National Convention (DNC), Fannie Lou Hamer, an impoverished Black sharecropper, detailed the brutality she faced for attempting to register to vote in rural Mississippi. She was arrested and beaten so severely in a Mississippi jail cell that she was left permanently disabled.

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NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Image credit: Elvert Barnes from Silver Spring MD, USA, via Wikimedia Rarely has a thinktank report gotten as much attention as Project 2025, which has sparked national conversation and was widely critiqued at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Published by the Heritage Foundation and formally titled Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise , the nearly 900-page document, divided into 30 chapters, offers a host of right-wing policy recommendations.

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