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Carnegie Returns to Its Roots With Millions in Grants to Public Libraries

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

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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Fill Your Auction with Bidders Not Eaters

NonProfit PRO

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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How to Encourage Spontaneous Donors to Give Again

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

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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The Essential Grant Management Checklist

NonProfit PRO

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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Recognition Powers High-Performance — If You Do it Right

Speaker: Debra Squyres

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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Nonprofits and Elections: What NOT to Do as a 501c3! 

Nonprofit Fixer

One of the joys of our democracy is the barrage of emails, texts, calls, and ads to engage us in elections. On one hand, it’s obnoxious. On the other hand, the alternative is worse: no one caring about my vote, opinion, or money. And so it goes. Anyone affiliated with nonprofit work is probably familiar with one of the cardinal rules: no electioneering.

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OneCause Unveils New AI Developments for Its Fundraising Platform

NonProfit PRO

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

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The Best Major Gift Ask Isn’t a Pitch

NonProfit PRO

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

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Tom Ahern on Donor-Focused Newsletters that Raise Money [PODCAST]

Jeff Brooks

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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Upcoming Webinar: Storytelling Tips & Tricks for Nonprofits

Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

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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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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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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What to Pay Attention to During Climate Week NYC 2024

NonProfit Quarterly

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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Anedot

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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Average Donation Amount – the Story Behind the Most Misunderstood Metric

Fundraising Report Card

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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How can you conduct marketing and fundraising ethically?

Big Duck

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

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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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ChatGPT & Google Gemini Identify Four Essentials for Successful Nonprofit Giving Campaigns

Nonprofit Tech for Good

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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Confessions of a former DEI skeptic  

Candid

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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A Modern Nonprofit Podcast: How Collaborative Funding Drives a Mission Forward

The Charity CFO

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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15 Silent Auction Software Tools to Power Your Events

Bloomerang

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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Pricing for Profit: How to Set, Negotiate, and Succeed

Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader

In today’s competitive market, pricing is more than just a number — it’s the cornerstone of profitability. The right pricing strategy ensures that you capture the true value of your offering, paving the way for sustainable growth and long-term success. Join Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader, in this exclusive session where he will explore how a well-crafted pricing approach balances customer perception with business objectives, creating a powerful tool for securing both competitive advantage a

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Call for Applications: Rural Ambassadors

MNA Association

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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Why Don’t Climate Evacuees Just Leave?

NonProfit Quarterly

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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Should You Lose Your Right to Vote If You Have a Criminal Record?

NonProfit Quarterly

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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How Black Women Organizers Center Those Closest to the Pain

NonProfit Quarterly

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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How to Scale Recurring Giving for Sustainable Growth

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Is your organization ready to build a recurring giving program that not only sustains but also propels your mission forward? 🚀 In this new webinar with industry visionary Tim Sarrantonio, we’ll guide you through the critical steps to establishing and scaling a successful recurring giving program. Whether you’re starting fresh or enhancing an existing program, this session will provide the strategies you need to deepen donor relationships and secure long-term support!

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Project 2025: What Does It Mean for Racial and Economic Justice?

NonProfit Quarterly

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.